ETSI TS 138 521-1 V17.9.0 (2023-06)

5G; NR; User Equipment (UE) conformance specification; Radio transmission and reception; Part 1: Range 1 standalone (3GPP TS 38.521-1 version 17.9.0 Release 17)

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• Technical Committee: 3GPP RAN 5 - Mobile Terminal Conformance Testing (formely T1)
• Current Stage: 8 - TB approval
• Completion Date: 14-Jun-2023

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ETSI TS 138 521-1 V17.9.0 (2023-08)
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION
5G;
NR;
User Equipment (UE) conformance specification;
Radio transmission and reception;
Part 1: Range 1 standalone
(3GPP TS 38.521-1 version 17.9.0 Release 17)
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Contents

Intellectual Property Rights ........................................................................................................................ 2

Legal Notice ............................................................................................................................................... 2

Modal verbs terminology ............................................................................................................................ 2

Foreword ................................................................................................................................................... 19

1 Scope .............................................................................................................................................. 20

2 References ...................................................................................................................................... 20

3 Definitions, symbols and abbreviations ......................................................................................... 21

3.1 Definitions ............................................................................................................................................... 21

3.2 Symbols ................................................................................................................................................... 22

3.3 Abbreviations .......................................................................................................................................... 24

4 General ........................................................................................................................................... 26

4.1 Relationship between minimum requirements and test requirements ..................................................... 26

4.2 Applicability of minimum requirements ................................................................................................. 26

4.3 Specification suffix information .............................................................................................................. 26

4.4 Test points analysis ................................................................................................................................. 27

4.5 Applicability and test coverage rules....................................................................................................... 27

4.6 Pass fail decision rule of test case ........................................................................................................... 27

5 Operating bands and Channel arrangement .................................................................................... 28

5.1 General .................................................................................................................................................... 28

5.2 Operating bands ....................................................................................................................................... 28

5.2A Operating bands for CA .......................................................................................................................... 29

5.2A.1 Intra-band CA .................................................................................................................................... 29

5.2A.2 Inter-band CA .................................................................................................................................... 30

5.2A.2.1 Inter-band CA (two bands) ........................................................................................................... 30

5.2A.2.2 Inter-band CA (three bands) ......................................................................................................... 32

5.2A.2.3 Inter-band CA (four bands) .......................................................................................................... 32

5.2B Operating bands for DC .......................................................................................................................... 32

5.2C Operating band combination for SUL ..................................................................................................... 32

5.2D Operating bands for UL MIMO .............................................................................................................. 33

5.2E Operating band for V2X .......................................................................................................................... 34

5.2E.1 V2X operating bands ......................................................................................................................... 34

5.2E.2 V2X operating bands for concurrent operation .................................................................................. 34

5.3 UE channel bandwidth ............................................................................................................................ 34

5.3.1 General ............................................................................................................................................... 34

5.3.2 Maximum transmission bandwidth configuration ............................................................................. 35

5.3.3 Minimum guard band and transmission bandwidth configuration ..................................................... 35

5.3.4 RB alignment ..................................................................................................................................... 37

5.3.5 UE channel bandwidth per operating band ........................................................................................ 37

5.3.6 Asymmetric channel bandwidths ....................................................................................................... 40

5.3A UE channel bandwidth for CA ................................................................................................................ 41

5.3A.1 General ............................................................................................................................................... 41

5.3A.2 Maximum transmission bandwidth configuration for CA ................................................................. 41

5.3A.3 Minimum guard band and transmission bandwidth configuration for CA......................................... 41

5.3A.4 Void ................................................................................................................................................... 43

5.3A.5 UE channel bandwidth per operating band for CA ............................................................................ 43

5.3E Channel bandwidth for V2X ................................................................................................................... 44

5.3E.1 General ............................................................................................................................................... 44

5.3E.2 Channel bandwidth for V2X concurrent operation ............................................................................ 45

5.3I Channel bandwidth for RedCap .............................................................................................................. 45

5.4 Channel arrangement ............................................................................................................................... 45

5.4.1 Channel spacing ................................................................................................................................. 45

5.4.1.1 Channel spacing for adjacent NR carriers .................................................................................... 45

5.4.2 Channel raster .................................................................................................................................... 45

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5.4.2.1 NR-ARFCN and channel raster.................................................................................................... 45

5.4.2.2 Channel raster to resource element mapping................................................................................ 46

5.4.2.3 Channel raster entries for each operating band ............................................................................ 46

5.4.3 Synchronization raster ....................................................................................................................... 48

5.4.3.1 Synchronization raster and numbering ......................................................................................... 48

5.4.3.2 Synchronization raster to synchronization block resource element mapping ............................... 49

5.4.3.3 Synchronization raster entries for each operating band................................................................ 49

5.4.4 TX–RX frequency separation ............................................................................................................ 50

5.4A Channel arrangement for CA................................................................................................................... 51

5.4A.1 Channel spacing for CA ..................................................................................................................... 51

5.4A.2 Channel raster for CA ........................................................................................................................ 52

5.4A.3 Synchronization raster for CA ........................................................................................................... 52

5.4A.4 Tx-Rx frequency separation for CA................................................................................................... 52

5.4E Channel arrangement for V2X ................................................................................................................ 52

5.4E.1 Channel spacing ................................................................................................................................. 52

5.4E.2 Channel raster .................................................................................................................................... 52

5.4E.2.1 NR-ARFCN and channel raster.................................................................................................... 52

5.4E.2.2 Channel raster to resource element mapping................................................................................ 52

5.4E.2.3 Channel raster entries for each operating band ............................................................................ 52

5.4E.3 Synchronization raster for V2X ......................................................................................................... 53

5.5 Void ......................................................................................................................................................... 53

5.5A Configurations for CA ............................................................................................................................. 53

5.5A.0 General ............................................................................................................................................... 53

5.5A.1 Configurations for intra-band contiguous CA.................................................................................... 53

5.5A.2 Configurations for intra-band non-contiguous CA ............................................................................ 55

5.5A.3 Configurations for inter-band CA ...................................................................................................... 55

5.5A.3.1 Configurations for inter-band CA (two bands) ............................................................................ 56

5.5A.3.2 Configurations for inter-band CA (three bands) .......................................................................... 62

5.5A.3.3 Configurations for inter-band CA (four bands) ............................................................................ 65

5.5B Configurations for DC ............................................................................................................................. 65

5.5C Configurations for SUL ........................................................................................................................... 65

6 Transmitter characteristics ............................................................................................................. 68

6.1 General .................................................................................................................................................... 68

6.1A General .................................................................................................................................................... 70

6.1E General .................................................................................................................................................... 79

6.2 Transmitter power ................................................................................................................................... 83

6.2.1 UE maximum output power ............................................................................................................... 83

6.2.2 UE maximum output power reduction ............................................................................................... 89

6.2.3 UE additional maximum output power reduction ............................................................................ 113

6.2.4 Configured transmitted power ......................................................................................................... 267

6.2A Transmitter power for CA ..................................................................................................................... 273

6.2A.1 UE maximum output power for CA ................................................................................................. 273

6.2A.1.0 Minimum conformance requirements ........................................................................................ 273

6.2A.1.0.1 Void ...................................................................................................................................... 273

6.2A.1.0.2 Void ...................................................................................................................................... 273

6.2A.1.0.3 UE maximum output power for Inter-band CA .................................................................... 273

6.2A.1.0.4 UE maximum output power for Intra-band contiguous CA ................................................. 275

6.2A.1.0.5 UE maximum output power for Intra-band non-contiguous CA .......................................... 275

6.2A.1.1 UE maximum output power for CA (2UL CA).......................................................................... 275

6.2A.2 UE maximum output power reduction for CA ................................................................................. 279

6.2A.2.0 Minimum conformance requirements ........................................................................................ 279

6.2A.2.0.1 FFS ....................................................................................................................................... 279

6.2A.2.0.2 FFS ....................................................................................................................................... 279

6.2A.2.0.3 Maximum Power Reduction for Inter-band CA ................................................................... 279

6.2A.2.0.4 Maximum Power Reduction for Intra-band contiguous CA ................................................. 280

6.2A.2.0.5 Maximum Power Reduction for Intra-band non-contiguous CA.......................................... 283

6.2A.2.1 UE maximum output power reduction for CA (2UL CA) .......................................................... 284

6.2A.3 UE additional maximum output power reduction for CA ................................................................ 303

6.2A.3.0 Minimum conformance requirements ........................................................................................ 303

6.2A.3.0.1 UE additional maximum output power reduction for Intra-band contiguous CA................. 303

6.2A.3.0.1.1 A-MPR for CA_NS_04................................................................................................... 304

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6.2A.3.0.1.1.2 Non-contiguous allocations ....................................................................................... 304

6.2A.3.0.1.1.3 AMPR to meet -25dBm/MHz ............................................................................... 305

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6.2A.3.0.2 FFS ....................................................................................................................................... 305

6.2A.3.0.3 UE additional maximum output power reduction for inter-band CA ................................... 305

6.2A.3.1 UE additional maximum output power reduction for CA (2UL CA) ......................................... 306

6.2A.4 Configured output power for CA ..................................................................................................... 317

6.2A.4.0 Minimum conformance requirements ........................................................................................ 317

6.2A.4.0.1 Configured transmitted power level ..................................................................................... 317

6.2A.4.0.2 ΔT for CA ........................................................................................................................ 322

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6.2A.4.0.2.1 FFS ....................................................................................................................................... 322

6.2A.4.0.2.2 FFS ....................................................................................................................................... 322

6.2A.4.0.2.3 ΔT for Inter-band CA ....................................................................................................... 322

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6.2A.4.1 Configured transmitted power for CA (2UL CA) ...................................................................... 323

6.2B Transmitter power for NR-DC .............................................................................................................. 329

6.2B.0 General ............................................................................................................................................. 329

6.2B.1 UE maximum output power for NR-DC .......................................................................................... 329

6.2B.1.0 Minimum conformance requirements ........................................................................................ 329

6.2B.1.0.1 FFS ....................................................................................................................................... 329

6.2B.1.0.2 FFS ....................................................................................................................................... 329

6.2B.1.0.3 UE maximum output power for inter-band NR-DC ............................................................. 329

6.2B.1.1 UE maximum output power for NR-DC .................................................................................... 329

6.2B.2 UE maximum output power reduction for NR-DC .......................................................................... 332

6.2B.2.0 Minimum conformance requirements ........................................................................................ 332

6.2B.2.0.1 FFS ....................................................................................................................................... 332

6.2B.2.0.2 FFS ....................................................................................................................................... 332

6.2B.2.0.3 UE maximum output power reduction for Inter-band NR-DC ............................................. 332

6.2B.2.1 UE maximum output power reduction for NR-DC .................................................................... 332

6.2B.3 UE additional maximum output power reduction for NR-DC ......................................................... 333

6.2B.3.0 Minimum conformance requirements ........................................................................................ 333

6.2B.3.0.1 FFS ....................................................................................................................................... 333

6.2B.3.0.2 FFS ....................................................................................................................................... 333

6.2B.3.0.3 UE additional maximum output power reduction for inter-band NR-DC ............................ 333

6.2B.3.1 UE additional maximum output power reduction for NR-DC ................................................... 334

6.2B.4 Configured output power for NR-DC .............................................................................................. 336

6.2B.4.0 Minimum conformance requirements ........................................................................................ 336

6.2B.4.0.1 Configured transmitted power level for NR-DC .................................................................. 336

6.2B.4.0.2 ΔT for NR-DC .................................................................................................................. 339

IB,c

6.2B.4.0.2.1 FFS .................................................................................................................................. 339

6.2B.4.0.2.2 FFS .................................................................................................................................. 339

6.2B.4.0.2.3 ΔT for Inter-band NR-DC .......................................................................................... 339

IB,c

6.2B.4.1 Configured transmitted power level for NR-DC ........................................................................ 339

6.2C Transmitter power for SUL ................................................................................................................... 342

6.2C.1 Configured transmitted power for SUL ........................................................................................... 342

6.2C.2 ΔT ................................................................................................................................................ 345

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6.2C.3 UE maximum output power for SUL ............................................................................................... 345

6.2C.3_1 Void .............................................................................................................

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