ETSI TS 138 521-2 V19.2.0 (2026-04)

5G; NR; User Equipment (UE) conformance specification; Radio transmission and reception; Part 2: Range 2 standalone (3GPP TS 38.521-2 version 19.2.0 Release 19)

RTS/TSGR-0538521-2vj20

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• Technical Committee: 3GPP RAN 5 - Mobile Terminal Conformance Testing (formely T1)
• Current Stage: 12 - Citation in the OJ (auto-insert)
• Completion Date: 02-Apr-2026

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TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION
5G;
NR;
User Equipment (UE) conformance specification;
Radio transmission and reception;
Part 2: Range 2 standalone
(3GPP TS 38.521-2 version 19.2.0 Release 19)

3GPP TS 38.521-2 version 19.2.0 Release 19 1 ETSI TS 138 521-2 V19.2.0 (2026-04)

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Contents
Intellectual Property Rights . 2
Legal Notice . 2
Modal verbs terminology . 2
Foreword . 17
1 Scope . 18
2 References . 18
3 Definitions, symbols and abbreviations . 19
3.1 Definitions . 19
3.2 Symbols . 21
3.3 Abbreviations . 23
4 General . 24
4.1 Relationship between minimum requirements and test requirements . 24
4.2 Applicability of minimum requirements . 25
4.3 Specification suffix information . 25
4.4 Test point analysis . 26
4.5 Applicability and test coverage rules. 26
5 Operating bands and channel arrangement . 26
5.1 General . 26
5.2 Operating bands . 27
5.2A Operating bands for CA . 27
5.2A.2 Void . 27
5.2A.3 Inter-band CA . 27
5.2D Operating bands for UL MIMO . 27
5.2K Operating bands for simultaneous reception or transmission in multiple directions . 28
5.3 UE Channel bandwidth . 28
5.3.1 General . 28
5.3.2 Maximum transmission bandwidth configuration . 29
5.3.3 Minimum guardband and transmission bandwidth configuration . 29
5.3.4 RB alignment . 31
5.3.5 Channel bandwidth per operating band . 31
5.3A UE Channel bandwidth for CA . 31
5.3A.1 General . 31
5.3A.2 Minimum guardband and transmission bandwidth configuration for CA . 31
5.3A.3 RB alignment with different numerologies for CA. 33
5.3A.4 UE channel bandwidth per operating band for CA . 33
5.3D Channel bandwidth for UL MIMO . 35
5.4 Channel arrangement . 35
5.4.1 Channel spacing . 35
5.4.1.1 Channel spacing for adjacent NR carriers . 35
5.4.2 Channel raster . 35
5.4.2.1 NR-ARFCN and channel raster. 35
5.4.2.2 Channel raster to resource element mapping. 36
5.4.2.3 Channel raster entries for each operating band . 36
5.4.3 Synchronization raster . 37
5.4.3.1 Synchronization raster and numbering . 37
5.4.3.2 Synchronization raster to synchronization block resource element mapping . 37
5.4.3.3 Synchronization raster entries for each operating band. 37
5.4A Channel arrangement for CA. 38
5.4A.1 Channel spacing for CA . 38
5.5 Configurations . 39
5.5A Configurations for CA . 39
5.5A.1 Configurations for intra-band contiguous CA. 39
5.5A.2 Configurations for intra-band non-contiguous CA . 40
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5.5A.3 Configurations for inter-band CA . 44
5.5D Configurations for UL MIMO . 44
6 Transmitter characteristics . 45
6.1 General . 45
6.2 Transmit power . 47
6.2.1 UE maximum output power . 47
6.2.1.0 General . 47
6.2.1.1 UE maximum output power - EIRP and TRP . 48
6.2.1.1_1 UE maximum output power - EIRP and TRP (Rel16 and forward) . 60
6.2.1.2 UE maximum output power - Spherical coverage . 62
6.2.1.2_1 UE maximum output power - Spherical coverage (Rel16 and forward) . 68
6.2.2 UE maximum output power reduction . 69
6.2.2.0 General . 69
6.2.2.3.1 UE maximum output power reduction for power class 1 . 70
6.2.2.3.2 UE maximum output power reduction for power class 2 . 71
6.2.2.3.3 UE maximum output power reduction for power class 3 . 72
6.2.2.3.4 UE maximum output power reduction for power class 4 . 73
6.2.2.3.5 UE maximum output power reduction for power class 5 . 73
6.2.2.3.6 UE maximum output power reduction for power class 6 . 73
6.2.2.3.7 UE maximum output power reduction for power class 7 . 73
6.2.2_1 UE maximum output power reduction enhancements . 89
6.2.2_1.0 General . 89
6.2.3 UE maximum output power with additional requirements . 96
6.2.3.3.1 General . 96
6.2.3.3.2 Void . 97
6.2.3.3.3 A-MPR for NS_202 . 97
6.2.3.3.4 A-MPR for NS_203 . 98
6.2.3.3.5 [Reserved] . 98
6.2.3.3.6 A-MPR for NS_205 . 98
6.2.4 Configured transmitted power . 108
6.2.4_1 Configured transmitted power with Power Boost . 109
6.2.5 UE maximum output power – EIRP with UL Gaps . 111
6.2A Transmit power for CA . 115
6.2A.1 UE maximum output power for CA . 115
6.2A.1.0 Minimum conformance requirements . 115
6.2A.1.1 UE maximum output power - EIRP and TRP for CA . 115
6.2A.1.1.1 UE maximum output power - EIRP and TRP for CA (2UL CA) . 115
6.2A.1.1.2 UE maximum output power - EIRP and TRP for CA (3UL CA) . 120
6.2A.1.1.3 UE maximum output power - EIRP and TRP for CA (4UL CA) . 122
6.2A.1.1.4 UE maximum output power - EIRP and TRP for CA (5UL CA) . 124
6.2A.1.1.5 UE maximum output power - EIRP and TRP for CA (6UL CA) . 125
6.2A.1.1.6 UE maximum output power - EIRP and TRP for CA (7UL CA) . 125
6.2A.1.1.7 UE maximum output power - EIRP and TRP for CA (8UL CA) . 125
6.2A.1.2 UE maximum output power - Spherical coverage . 126
6.2A.1.2.1 UE maximum output power - Spherical coverage for CA (2UL CA) . 126
6.2A.1.2.2 UE maximum output power - Spherical coverage for CA (3UL CA) . 130
6.2A.1.2.3 UE maximum output power - Spherical coverage for CA (4UL CA) . 133
6.2A.1.2.4 UE maximum output power - Spherical coverage for CA (5UL CA) . 135
6.2A.1.2.5 UE maximum output power - Spherical coverage for CA (6UL CA) . 135
6.2A.1.2.6 UE maximum output power - Spherical coverage for CA (7UL CA) . 136
6.2A.1.2.7 UE maximum output power - Spherical coverage for CA (8UL CA) . 136
6.2A.2 UE maximum output power reduction for CA . 136
6.2A.2.0 Minimum conformance requirements . 136
6.2A.2.0.1 General . 136
6.2A.2.0.2 Maximum output power reduction for power class 1 . 136
6.2A.2.0.3 Maximum output power reduction for power class 2 . 139
6.2A.2.0.4 Maximum output power reduction for power class 3 . 140
6.2A.2.0.5 Maximum output power reduction for power class 4 . 142
6.2A.2.0.6 Maximum output power reduction for power class 5 . 142
6.2A.2.0.7 Maximum output power reduction for power class 6 . 142
6.2A.2.1 UE maximum output power reduction for CA (2UL CA) . 142
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6.2A.2.2 UE maximum output power reduction for CA (3UL CA) . 165
6.2A.2.3 UE maximum output power reduction for CA (4UL CA) . 171
6.2A.2.4 UE maximum output power reduction for CA (5UL CA) . 178
6.2A.2.5 UE maximum output power reduction for CA (6UL CA) . 178
6.2A.2.6 UE maximum output power reduction for CA (7UL CA) . 178
6.2A.2.7 UE maximum output power reduction for CA (8UL CA) . 178
6.2A.3 UE maximum output power with additional requirements for CA . 178
6.2A.3.0 Minimum conformance requirements . 178
6.2A.3.0.1 General . 178
6.2A.3.0.2 Void . 179
6.2A.3.0.3 A-MPR for CA_NS_202 . 179
6.2A.3.0.4 A-MPR for CA_NS_203 . 179
6.2A.3.0.5 [Reserved] . 180
6.2A.3.0.6 A-MPR for CA_NS_205 . 180
6.2A.3.1 UE maximum output power with additional requirements for CA (2UL CA) . 181
6.2A.3.2 UE maximum output power with additional requirements for CA (3UL CA) . 188
6.2A.3.3 UE maximum output power with additional requirements for CA (4UL CA) . 195
6.2A.3.4 UE maximum output power with additional requirements for CA (5UL CA) . 202
6.2A.3.5 UE maximum output power with additional requirements for CA (6UL CA) . 202
6.2A.3.6 UE maximum output power with additional requirements for CA (7UL CA) . 203
6.2A.3.7 UE maximum output power with additional requirements for CA (8UL CA) . 203
6.2A.4 Configured transmitted power for CA . 203
6.2A.4.0 Minimum conformance requirements . 203
6.2A.4.1 Configured transmitted power for CA (2UL CA) . 204
6.2A.4.2 Configured transmitted power for CA (3UL CA) . 204
6.2A.4.3 Configured transmitted power for CA (4UL CA) . 204
6.2A.4.4 Configured transmitted power for CA (5UL CA) . 204
6.2A.4.5 Configured transmitted power for CA (6UL CA) . 204
6.2A.4.6 Configured transmitted power for CA (7UL CA) . 204
6.2A.4.7 Configured transmitted power for CA (8UL CA) . 205
6.2A.5 UE maximum output power - EIRP and TRP for CA (2UL CA) with UL Gaps . 205
6.2D Transmit power for UL MIMO . 207
6.2D.1 UE maximum output power for UL MIMO . 207
6.2D.1.0 General . 207
6.2D.1.1 UE maximum output power - EIRP and TRP for UL MIMO . 208
6.2D.1.2 UE maximum output power - Spherical coverage for UL MIMO . 217
6.2D.2 UE maximum output power reduction for UL MIMO . 220
6.2D.3 UE maximum output power with additional requirements for UL MIMO . 233
6.2D.4 Configured transmitted power for UL MIMO . 245
6.2K Transmitter power for simultaneous transmission to multiple directions . 245
6.2K.1 UE maximum output power for simultaneous transmission to multiple directions . 245
6.2K.1.1 UE maximum output power - EIRP and TRP . 246
6.2K.1.2 UE spherical coverage for simultaneous transmission to multiple directions . 248
6.2K.2 UE maximum output power reduction for simultaneous transmission to multiple directions . 248
6.2K.3 UE maximum output power with additional requirements for simultaneous transmission to multiple
directions . 249
6.2K.4 Configured transmitted power for simultaneous transmission to multiple directions . 249
6.3 Output power dynamics . 250
6.3.1 Minimum output power . 250
6.3.2 Transmit OFF power . 255
6.3.3 Transmit ON/OFF time mask . 257
6.3.3.1 General . 257
6.3.3.2 General ON/OFF time mask . 257
6.3.3.3 Transmit power time mask for slot and short or long subslot boundaries . 260
6.3.3.4 PRACH time mask . 261
6.3.3.5 Void. 265
6.3.3.6 SRS time mask . 265
6.3.3.7 PUSCH-PUCCH and PUSCH-SRS time masks . 269
6.3.3.8 Transmit power time mask for consecutive slot or long subslot transmission and short subslot
transmission boundaries . 270
6.3.3.9 Transmit power time mask for consecutive short subslot transmissions boundaries . 270
6.3.4 Power control . 270
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6.3.4.1 General . 270
6.3.4.2 Absolute power tolerance . 270
6.3.4.3 Relative power tolerance . 275
6.3.4.4 Aggregate power tolerance. 284
6.3A Output power dynamics for CA . 288
6.3A.1 Minimum output power for CA . 288
6.3A.1.0 Minimum conformance requirements . 288
6.3A.1.1 Minimum output power for CA (2UL CA) . 289
6.3A.1.2 Minimum output power for CA (3UL CA) . 292
6.3A.1.3 Minimum output power for CA (4UL CA) . 294
6.3A.1.4 Minimum output power for CA (5UL CA) . 297
6.3A.1.5 Minimum output power for CA (6UL CA) . 299
6.3A.1.6 Minimum output power for CA (7UL CA) . 301
6.3A.1.7 Minimum output power for CA (8UL CA) . 304
6.3A.2 Transmit OFF power for CA. 306
6.3A.2.0 Minimum conformance requirements . 306
6.3A.2.1 Void. 307
6.3A.2.2 Void. 307
6.3A.2.3 Void. 307
6.3A.3 Transmit ON/OFF time mask for CA . 307
6.3A.3.0 Minimum conformance requirements . 307
6.3A.3.1 General ON/OFF time mask for CA . 307
6.3A.3.1.1 General ON/OFF time mask for CA (2UL CA) . 307
6.3A.3.1.2 General ON/OFF time mask for CA (3UL CA) . 310
6.3A.3.1.3 General ON/OFF time mask for CA (4UL CA) . 311
6.3A.3.1.4 General ON/OFF time mask for CA (5UL CA) . 313
6.3A.3.1.5 General ON/OFF time mask for CA (6UL CA) . 313
6.3A.3.1.6 General ON/OFF time mask for CA (7UL CA) . 313
6.3A.3.1.7 General ON/OFF time mask for CA (8UL CA) . 313
6.3A.4 Power control for CA . 313
6.3A.4.1 General . 313
6.3A.4.2 Absolute power tolerance for CA . 313
6.3A.4.2.0 Minimum conformance requirements . 313
6.3A.4.2.1 Absolute power tolerance for CA (2UL CA) . 314
6.3A.4.2.2 Absolute power tolerance for CA (3UL CA) . 316
6.3A.4.2.3 Absolute power tolerance for CA (4UL CA) . 317
6.3A.4.2.4 Absolute power tolerance for CA (5UL CA) . 319
6.3A.4.2.5 Absolute power tolerance for CA (6UL CA) . 321
6.3A.4.2.6 Absolute power tolerance for CA (7UL CA) . 323
6.3A.4.2.7 Absolute power tolerance for CA (8UL CA) . 325
6.3A.4.3 Relative power tolerance for CA . 327
6.3A.4.3.0 Minimum conformance requirements . 327
6.3A.4.3.1 Relative power tolerance for CA (2UL CA) . 328
6.3A.4.3.2 Relative power tolerance for CA (3UL CA) . 328
6.3A.4.3.3 Relative power tolerance for CA (4UL CA) . 328
6.3A.4.3.4 Relative power tolerance for CA (5UL CA) . 328
6.3A.4.3.5 Relative power tolerance for CA (6UL CA) . 328
6.3A.4.3.6 Relative power tolerance for CA (7UL CA) . 328
6.3A.4.3.7 Relative power tolerance for CA (8UL CA) . 328
6.3A.4.4 Aggregate power tolerance for CA . 328
6.3A.4.4.0 Minimum conformance requirements . 328
6.3A.4.4.1 Aggregate power tolerance for CA (2UL CA) . 328
6.3A.4.4.2 Aggregate power tolerance for CA (3UL CA) . 331
6.3A.4.4.3 Aggregate power tolerance for CA (4UL CA) . 333
6.3A.4.4.4 Aggregate power tolerance for CA (5UL CA) . 334
6.3A.4.4.5 Aggregate power tolerance for CA (6UL CA) . 336
6.3A.4.4.6 Aggregate power tolerance for CA (7UL CA) . 337
6.3A.4.4.7 Aggregate power tolerance for CA (8UL CA) . 339
6.3D Output power dynamics for UL MIMO . 341
6.3D.0 General . 341
6.3D.1 Minimum output power for UL MIMO . 341
6.3D.2 Transmit OFF power for UL MIMO. 344
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6.3D.3 Transmit ON/OFF time mask for UL MIMO . 346
6.3D.3.1 General ON/OFF time mask for UL MIMO . 346
6.3D.3.2 Void. 349
6.3D.3.3 Void. 349
6.3D.3.4 Void. 349
6.4 Transmit signal quality . 349
6.4.1 Frequency error . 349
6.4.2 Transmit modulation quality . 351
6.4.2.1 Error vector magnitude . 351
6.4.2.1_1 Error vector magnitude with Power Boost . 358
6.4.2.2 Carrier leakage . 360
6.4.2.3 In-band emissions . 365
6.4.2.4 EVM equalizer spectrum flatness . 379
6.4.2.5 EVM spectral flatness for pi/2 BPSK modulation . 382
6.4.2.6 Phase continuity requirements for DMRS bundling . 385
6.4A Transmit signal quality for CA . 390
6.4A.1 Frequency error for CA . 390
6.4A.1.0 Minimum conformance requirements . 390
6.4A.1.1 Frequency error for CA (2UL CA) . 390
6.4A.1.2 Frequency error for CA (3UL CA) . 392
6.4A.1.3 Frequency error for CA (4UL CA) . 393
6.4A.1.4 Frequency error for CA (5UL CA) . 394
6.4A.1.5 Frequency error for CA (6UL CA) . 396
6.4A.1.6 Frequency er
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