Content for TS 38.141-1 Word version: 18.3.0

3.1 Definitions 3.2 Symbols 3.3 Abbreviations
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1 Scope p. 18

The present document specifies the Radio Frequency (RF) test methods and conformance requirements for NR and NB-IoT operation in NR in-band Base Station (BS) Type 1-C and Type 1-H. These have been derived from, and are consistent with the conducted requirements for BS Type 1-C and BS Type 1-H in NR BS specification defined in TS 38.104.

A BS type 1-C only has conducted requirements so it requires compliance to this specification only.

A BS type 1-H has both conducted and radiated requirements so it requires compliance to the applicable requirements of this specification and TS 38.141-2.

BS type 1-O and BS type 2-O have only radiated requirements so they require compliance to TS 38.141-2 only.

2 References p. 18

The following documents contain provisions which, through reference in this text, constitute provisions of the present document.

References are either specific (identified by date of publication, edition number, version number, etc.) or non-specific.
For a specific reference, subsequent revisions do not apply.
For a non-specific reference, the latest version applies. In the case of a reference to a 3GPP document (including a GSM document), a non-specific reference implicitly refers to the latest version of that document in the same Release as the present document.

[1]

TR 21.905: "Vocabulary for 3GPP Specifications"

[2]

TS 38.104: "NR Base Station (BS) radio transmission and reception"

[3]

TS 38.141-2: "NR, Base Station (BS) conformance testing, Part 2: Radiated conformance testing"

[4]

ITU-R Recommendation M.1545, "Measurement uncertainty as it applies to test limits for the terrestrial component of International Mobile Telecommunications-2000"

[5]

ITU-R Recommendation SM.329: "Unwanted emissions in the spurious domain"

[6]

IEC 60 721-3-3: "Classification of environmental conditions - Part 3-3: Classification of groups of environmental parameters and their severities - Stationary use at weather protected locations"

[7]

IEC 60 721-3-4: "Classification of environmental conditions - Part 3: Classification of groups of environmental parameters and their severities - Clause 4: Stationary use at non-weather protected locations"

[8]

IEC 60 721: "Classification of environmental conditions"

[9]

IEC 60 068-2-1 (2007): "Environmental testing - Part 2: Tests. Tests A: Cold"

[10]

IEC 60 068-2-2: (2007): "Environmental testing - Part 2: Tests. Tests B: Dry heat"

[11]

IEC 60 068-2-6: (2007): "Environmental testing - Part 2: Tests - Test Fc: Vibration (sinusoidal)"

[12]

ITU-R Recommendation SM.328: "Spectra and bandwidth of emissions"

[13]

Federal Communications Commission: "Title 47 of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) "

[14]

ECC/DEC/(17)06: "The harmonised use of the frequency bands 1427-1452 MHz and 1492-1518 MHz for Mobile/Fixed Communications Networks Supplemental Downlink (MFCN SDL)"

[15]

TR 25.942: "RF system scenarios"

[16]

TS 38.212: "NR; Multiplexing and channel coding"

[17]

TS 38.211: "NR; Physical channels and modulation"

[18]

TS 38.214: "NR; Physical layer procedures for data"

[19]

TS 38.331: "NR; Radio Resource Control (RRC) protocol specification"

[20]

TR 38.901: "Study on channel model for frequencies from 0.5 to 100 GHz"

[21]

TS 38.101-1: "NR; User Equipment (UE) radio transmission and reception; Part 1: Range 1 Standalone"

[22]

TS 36.104: "Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access (E-UTRA); Base Station (BS) radio transmission and reception"

[23]

ITU-T Recommendation O.150, "Equipment for the measurement of digital and analogue/digital parameters"

[24]

TS 36.141: "Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access (E-UTRA); Base Station (BS) conformance testing"

[25]

ECC Decision(20)02: "Harmonised use of the paired frequency bands 874.4-880.0 MHz and 919.4-925.0 MHz and of the unpaired frequency band 1900-1910 MHz for Railway Mobile Radio (RMR)".

[26]

TS 37.141: "E-UTRA, UTRA and GSM/EDGE; Multi-Standard Radio (MSR) Base Station (BS) conformance testing".

[27]

TS 37.145-1: "Active Antenna System (AAS) Base Station (BS) conformance testing; Part 1: Conducted conformance testing".

3 Definitions, symbols and abbreviations p. 20

3.1 Definitions p. 20

For the purposes of the present document, the terms and definitions given in TR 21.905 and the following apply. A term defined in the present document takes precedence over the definition of the same term, if any, in TR 21.905.

aggregated BS channel bandwidth:

the RF bandwidth in which a Base Station transmits and receives multiple contiguously aggregated carriers. The aggregated BS channel bandwidth is measured in MHz

antenna connector:

connector at the conducted interface of the BS type 1-C

active transmitter unit:

transmitter unit which is ON, and has the ability to send modulated data streams that are parallel and distinct to those sent from other transmitter units to a BS type 1-C antenna connector, or to one or more BS type 1-H TAB connectors at the transceiver array boundary

Base Station RF Bandwidth:

RF bandwidth in which a base station transmits and/or receives single or multiple carrier(s) within a supported operating band

Base Station RF Bandwidth edge:

frequency of one of the edges of the Base Station RF Bandwidth

basic limit:

emissions limit relating to the power supplied by a single transmitter to a single antenna transmission line in ITU-R SM.329 [5] used for the formulation of unwanted emission requirements for FR1

BS channel bandwidth:

RF bandwidth supporting a single NR RF carrier with the transmission bandwidth configured in the uplink or downlink

BS type 1-C:

NR base station operating at FR1 with requirements set consisting only of conducted requirements defined at individual antenna connectors

BS type 1-H:

NR base station operating at FR1 with a requirement set consisting of conducted requirements defined at individual TAB connectors and OTA requirements defined at RIB

BS type 1-O:

NR base station operating at FR1 with a requirement set consisting only of OTA requirements defined at the RIB

BS type 2-O:

NR base station operating at FR2 with a requirement set consisting only of OTA requirements defined at the RIB

channel edge:

lowest or highest frequency of the NR carrier, separated by the BS channel bandwidth

carrier aggregation:

aggregation of two or more component carriers in order to support wider transmission bandwidths

carrier aggregation configuration:

a set of one or more operating bands across which the BS aggregates carriers with a specific set of technical requirements

contiguous carriers:

set of two or more carriers configured in a spectrum block where there are no RF requirements based on co-existence for un-coordinated operation within the spectrum block

contiguous spectrum:

spectrum consisting of a contiguous block of spectrum with no sub-block gap(s)

highest carrier:

The carrier with the highest carrier frequency transmitted/received in a specified frequency band

inter-band carrier aggregation:

carrier aggregation of component carriers in different operating bands

Inter-band gap:

The frequency gap between two supported consecutive operating bands

intra-band contiguous carrier aggregation:

contiguous carriers aggregated in the same operating band

intra-band non-contiguous carrier aggregation:

non-contiguous carriers aggregated in the same operating band

Inter RF Bandwidth gap:

frequency gap between two consecutive Base Station RF Bandwidths that are placed within two supported operating bands

lowest carrier:

the carrier with the lowest carrier frequency transmitted/received in a specified frequency band

lower sub-block edge:

frequency at the lower edge of one sub-block

maximum carrier output power:

mean power level measured per carrier at the indicted interface, during the transmitter ON period in a specified reference condition

maximum total output power:

mean power level measured within the operating band at the indicated interface, during the transmitter ON period in a specified reference condition

measurement bandwidth:

RF bandwidth in which an emission level is specified

multi-band connector:

antenna connector of the BS type 1-C or TAB connector of the BS type 1-H associated with a transmitter or receiver that is characterized by the ability to process two or more carriers in common active RF components simultaneously, where at least one carrier is configured at a different operating band than the other carrier(s) and where this different operating band is not a sub-band or superseding-band of another supported operating band

multi-carrier transmission configuration:

set of one or more contiguous or non-contiguous carriers that a BS is able to transmit simultaneously according to the manufacturer's specification

NB-IoT operation in NR in-band:

NB-IoT is operating in-band when it is located within a NR transmission bandwidth configuration plus 15 kHz at each edge but not within the NR minimum guard band GBChannel.

NB-IoT operation in NR guard band:

NB-IoT is operating in guard band when it is located within a NR BS channel bandwidth but is not NB-IoT operation in NR in-band.

non-contiguous spectrum:

spectrum consisting of two or more sub-blocks separated by sub-block gap(s)

operating band:

frequency range in which NR operates (paired or unpaired), that is defined with a specific set of technical requirements

Radio Bandwidth:

frequency difference between the upper edge of the highest used carrier and the lower edge of the lowest used carrier

rated carrier output power:

mean power level associated with a particular carrier the manufacturer has declared to be available at the indicated interface, during the transmitter ON period in a specified reference condition

rated total output power:

mean power level associated with a particular operating band the manufacturer has declared to be available at the indicated interface, during the transmitter ON period in a specified reference condition

requirement set:

one of the NR base station requirement's set as defined for BS type 1-C, BS type 1-H, BS type 1-O, and BS type 2-O

single-band connector:

antenna connector of the BS type 1-C or TAB connector of the BS type 1-H supporting operation either in a single operating band only, or in multiple operating bands but does not meet the conditions for a multi-band connector

sub-band:

sub-band of an operating band contains a part of the uplink and downlink frequency range of the operating band

sub-block:

one contiguous allocated block of spectrum for transmission and reception by the same base station

sub-block gap:

frequency gap between two consecutive sub-blocks within a Base Station RF Bandwidth, where the RF requirements in the gap are based on co-existence for un-coordinated operation

superseding-band:

superseding-band of an operating band includes the whole of the uplink and downlink frequency range of the operating band

TAB connector:

transceiver array boundary connector

TAB connector RX min cell group:

operating band specific declared group of TAB connectors to which BS type 1-H conducted RX requirements are applied

TAB connector TX min cell group:

operating band specific declared group of TAB connectors to which BS type 1-H conducted TX requirements are applied.

total RF bandwidth:

maximum sum of Base Station RF Bandwidths in all supported operating bands

transceiver array boundary:

conducted interface between the transceiver unit array and the composite antenna

transmitter OFF period:

time period during which the BS transmitter is not allowed to transmit

transmitter ON period:

time period during which the BS transmitter is transmitting data and/or reference symbols

transmitter transient period:

time period during which the transmitter is changing from the OFF period to the ON period or vice versa

upper sub-block edge:

frequency at the upper edge of one sub-block

3.2 Symbols p. 22

For the purposes of the present document, the following symbols apply:

Percentage of the mean transmitted power emitted outside the occupied bandwidth on the assigned channel

BW_Channel

BS channel bandwidth

BW_{Channel_CA}

Aggregated BS channel bandwidth, expressed in MHz. BW_{Channel_CA}= F_{edge_high}- F_{edge_low}.

BW_{Channel,block}

Sub-block bandwidth, expressed in MHz. BW_{Channel,block} = F_{edge,block,high} - F_{edge,block,low}.

BW_Config

Transmission bandwidth configuration, expressed in MHz, where BW_Config = N_RB x SCS x 12 kHz

BW_tot

Total RF bandwidth

Δf

Separation between the channel edge frequency and the nominal -3 dB point of the measuring filter closest to the carrier frequency

Δf_{BE_offset}

Separation between the edge of the last transmitted channel of the channels assigned for NR-U channel bandwidth and the nominal -3 dB point of the measuring filter closest to the carrier frequency

Δf_max

f_offset_max minus half of the bandwidth of the measuring filter

ΔF_Global

Global frequency raster granularity

Δf_OBUE

Maximum offset of the operating band unwanted emissions mask from the downlink operating band edge

Δf_OOB

Maximum offset of the out-of-band boundary from the uplink operating band edge

ΔF_Raster

Channel raster granularity

Δ_SUL

Channel raster offset for SUL

F_C

RF reference frequency on the channel raster

F_{C,block, high}

Fc of the highest transmitted/received carrier in a sub-block

F_{C,block, low}

Fc of the lowest transmitted/received carrier in a sub-block

F_{C_low}

The Fc of the lowest carrier, expressed in MHz

F_{C_high}

The Fc of the highest carrier, expressed in MHz

F_{edge_low}

The lower edge of aggregated BS channel bandwidth, expressed in MHz. F_{edge_low} = F_{C_low} - F_{offset_low}

F_{edge_high}

The upper edge of aggregated BS channel bandwidth, expressed in MHz. F_{edge_high} = F_{C_high} + F_{offset_high}.

F_{edge,block,low}

The lower sub-block edge, where F_{edge,block,low} = F_C,block,low - F_{offset_low}

F_{edge,block,high}

The upper sub-block edge, where F_{edge,block,high} = F_C,block,high + F_{offset_high}

F_{offset_high}

Frequency offset from F_{C_high} to the upper Base Station RF Bandwidth edge, or from F_{C,block, high} to the upper sub-block edge

F_{offset_low}

Frequency offset from F_{C_low} to the lower Base Station RF Bandwidth edge, or from F_{C,block, low} to the lower sub-block edge

F_{DL_low}

The lowest frequency of the downlink operating band

F_{DL_high}

The highest frequency of the downlink operating band

f_offset

Separation between the channel edge frequency and the centre of the measuring filter

f_offset_max

The offset to the frequency Δf_OBUE outside the downlink operating band

F_REF

RF reference frequency

F_REF,SUL

RF reference frequency for Supplementary Uplink (SUL) bands

F_{DL_low}

The lowest frequency of the downlink operating band

F_{DL_high}

The highest frequency of the downlink operating band

F_{UL_low}

The lowest frequency of the uplink operating band

F_{UL_high}

The highest frequency of the uplink operating band

GB_Channel

Minimum guard band defined in clause 5.3.3 of TS 38.104

Iuant

gNB internal logical interface between the implementation specific O&M function and the RET antennas and TMAs control unit function of the gNB

N_cells

The declared number corresponding to the minimum number of cells that can be transmitted by an BS type 1-H in a particular operating band

N_RB

Transmission bandwidth configuration, expressed in resource blocks

N_REF

NR Absolute Radio Frequency Channel Number (NR-ARFCN)

N_RXU,active

The number of active receiver units. The same as the number of demodulation branches to which compliance is declared for chapter 8 performance requirements

N_RXU,counted

The number of active receiver units that are taken into account for conducted Rx spurious emission scaling, as calculated in clause 7.6.1

N_{RXU,countedpercell}

The number of active receiver units that are taken into account for conducted RX spurious emissions scaling per cell, as calculated in clause 7.6.1

N_TXU,counted

The number of active transmitter units as calculated in clause 6.1, that are taken into account for conducted TX output power limit in clause 6.2.1, and for unwanted TX emissions scaling

N_{TXU,countedpercell}

The number of active transmitter units that are taken into account for conducted TX emissions scaling per cell, as calculated in clause 6.1

P_EM,n50,ind

Declared emission level for Band n50 in the band 1518-1559 MHz; ind = a, b

P_EM,n54,ind

Declared emission level for Band n54 in the band 1518-1559 MHz; ind = a, b, c, d, e, f

P_max,c,AC

Maximum carrier output power measured per antenna connector

P_max,c,cell

The maximum carrier output power per TAB connector TX min cell group

P_max,c,TABC

The maximum carrier output power per TAB connector

P_rated,c,AC

The rated carrier output power per antenna connector

P_rated,c,sys

The sum of P_rated,c,TABC for all TAB connectors for a single carrier

P_rated,c,TABC

The rated carrier output power per TAB connector

P_rated,t,AC

The rated total output power declared at the antenna connector

P_rated,t,TABC

The rated total output power declared at TAB connector

P_REFSENS

Conducted Reference Sensitivity power level

SS_REF

SS block reference frequency position

W_gap

Sub-block gap or Inter RF Bandwidth gap size

3.3 Abbreviations p. 24

For the purposes of the present document, the abbreviations given in TR 21.905 and the following apply. An abbreviation defined in the present document takes precedence over the definition of the same abbreviation, if any, in TR 21.905.

AAS

Active Antenna System

ACLR

Adjacent Channel Leakage Ratio

ACS

Adjacent Channel Selectivity

AWGN

Additive White Gaussian Noise

Base Station

Bandwidth

Carrier Aggregation

CACLR

Cumulative ACLR

CP-OFDM

Cyclic Prefix-OFDM

Continuous Wave

DFT-s-OFDM

Discrete Fourier Transform-spread-OFDM

DM-RS

Demodulation Reference Signal

E-UTRA

Evolved UTRA

EVM

Error Vector Magnitude

FDD

Frequency Division Duplex

Frequency Range

GSCN

Global Synchronization Channel Number

GSM

Global System for Mobile communications

ITU-R

Radiocommunication Sector of the International Telecommunication Union

ICS

In-Channel Selectivity

Local Area

LNA

Low Noise Amplifier

Medium Range

NB-IoT

Narrowband - Internet of Things

New Radio

NR-ARFCN

NR Absolute Radio Frequency Channel Number

OBUE

Operating Band Unwanted Emissions

OCC

Orthogonal Covering Code

OTA

Over The Air

Resource Block

RDN

Radio Distribution Network

REFSENS

Reference Sensitivity

Radio Frequency

RIB

Radiated Interface Boundary

RMS

Root Mean Square (value)

Reference Signal

Redundancy Version

Receiver

SCS

Sub-Carrier Spacing

SDL

Supplementary Downlink

SSB

Synchronization Signal Block

SUL

Supplementary Uplink

TAB

Transceiver Array Boundary

TAE

Time Alignment Error

TDD

Time division Duplex

TDL

Tapped Delay Line

Transmitter

Test Tolerance

UCI

Uplink Control Information

Zero Forcing