ETSI TS 138 522 V17.11.0 (2024-01)

5G; NR; User Equipment (UE) conformance specification; Applicability of radio transmission, radio reception and radio resource management test cases (3GPP TS 38.522 version 17.11.0 Release 17)

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• Status: Not Published
• Technical Committee: 3GPP RAN 5 - Mobile Terminal Conformance Testing (formely T1)
• Current Stage: 12 - Citation in the OJ (auto-insert)
• Completion Date: 30-Jan-2024

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TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION
5G;
NR;
User Equipment (UE) conformance specification;
Applicability of radio transmission, radio reception and radio
resource management test cases
(3GPP TS 38.522 version 17.11.0 Release 17)

3GPP TS 38.522 version 17.11.0 Release 17 1 ETSI TS 138 522 V17.11.0 (2024-01)

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Contents
Intellectual Property Rights . 2
Legal Notice . 2
Modal verbs terminology . 2
1 Scope . 5
2 References . 5
3 Definitions, symbols and abbreviations . 5
4 Recommended test case applicability . 5
Annex A (informative): Change history . 6
History . 15

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Foreword
This Technical Specification has been produced by the 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP).
The contents of the present document are subject to continuing work within the TSG and may change following formal
TSG approval. Should the TSG modify the contents of the present document, it will be re-released by the TSG with an
identifying change of release date and an increase in version number as follows:
Version x.y.z
where:
x the first digit:
1 presented to TSG for information;
2 presented to TSG for approval;
3 or greater indicates TSG approved document under change control.
y the second digit is incremented for all changes of substance, i.e. technical enhancements, corrections,
updates, etc.
z the third digit is incremented when editorial only changes have been incorporated in the document.
The present document is one part of a multi-part Technical Specification (TS) covering the New Radio (NR) User
Equipment (UE) conformance specification, which is divided in the following parts:
3GPP TS 38.521-1 [1]: NR; User Equipment (UE) conformance specification; Radio transmission and reception;
Part 1: Range 1 Standalone;
3GPP TS 38.521-2 [2]: NR; User Equipment (UE) conformance specification; Radio transmission and reception;
Part 2: Range 2 Standalone;
3GPP TS 38.521-3 [3]: NR; User Equipment (UE) conformance specification; Radio transmission and reception;
Part 3: Range 1 and Range 2 Interworking operation with other radios;
3GPP TS 38.521-4 [4]: NR; User Equipment conformance specification; Radio transmission and reception; Part
4: Performance;
3GPP TS 38.522: NR; User Equipment (UE) conformance specification; Applicability of RF and RRM
test cases;
3GPP TS 38.533 [5]: NR; User Equipment (UE) conformance specification; Radio resource management;
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1 Scope
The present document specifies the recommended applicability statement and completion status for the test cases
included in 3GPP TS 38.521-1 [1], TS 38.521-2 [2], TS 38.521-3 [3], TS 38.521-4 [4] and TS 38.533 [5]. These
applicability statements are based on the features implemented in the UE.
Special conformance testing functions can be found in 3GPP TS 38.509 [6] and the common test environments are
included in 3GPP TS 38.508-1 [7]. Common implementation conformance statement (ICS) proforma can be found in
3GPP TS 38.508-2 [8].
The present document is valid for UE implemented according to 3GPP releases starting from Release 15 up to the
Release indicated on the cover page of the present document.
2 References
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 unless the context in which the reference is made suggests a different Release is
relevant (information on the applicable release in a particular context can be found in e.g. test case title,
description or applicability, message description or content).
[1] to [11] (void)
[12] 3GPP TS 38.522 Release 18: "User Equipment (UE) conformance specification; Applicability of
radio transmission, radio reception and radio resource management test cases"
3 Definitions, symbols and abbreviations
Void
4 Recommended test case applicability
The requirements of the present document are provided in 3GPP TS 38.522 Release 18 [12].

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Annex A (informative): Change history
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Change history
Date Meeting TDoc CR R Cat Subject/Comment New
ev version
2017-08 RAN5#76 R5-173911 - - - Draft skeleton 0.0.1
2018-01 RAN5#1- R5-180107 - - - Updated after RAN5#1-5G-NR Adhoc: 0.1.0
5G-NR - Foreword, scope, references, definitions, symbols and
Adhoc abbreviations, recommended test case applicability updated
- clause 4.1.1, 4.1.2, 4.1.3 and 4.1.4 added
- change history added
2018-03 RAN5 #78 R5-181687 - - - TP for Clause 4.1.1 Range 1 standalone conformance test cases 0.2.0
2018-03 RAN5 #78 R5-181688 - - - TP for Clause 4.1.2 Range 2 standalone conformance test cases 0.2.0
2018-03 RAN5 #78 R5-181689 - - - TP for Clause 4.1.3 NR interworking between NR range1 and NR 0.2.0
range2 and between NR and LTE conformance test cases
2018-04 RAN5#2- R5-182013 - - - TP for Clause 3 Definitions, symbols and abbreviations 0.3.0
5G-NR
Adhoc
2018-04 RAN5#2- R5-182047 - - - TP for Clause 4 Recommended test case applicability 0.3.0
5G-NR
Adhoc
2018-08 RAN5#80 R5-185209 - - - TP for Clause 4.1.1 of TS 38.522 1.0.1
2018-08 RAN5#80 R5-185210 - - - TP for Clause 4.1.2 of TS 38.522 1.0.1
2018-08 RAN5#80 R5-185211 - - - TP for Clause 4.1.3 of TS 38.522 1.0.1
2018-09 RAN#81 - - - - raised to v15.0.0 with editorial changes only 15.0.0
2018-12 RAN#82 R5-186501 0013 - F Applicability rules implementation in 38.522 15.1.0
2018-12 RAN#82 R5-188223 0015 - F Applicability for RRM NR tests 15.1.0
2018-12 RAN#82 R5-187566 0016 - F Update note in section 4.1 to include CBW and SCS in RF test 15.1.0
applicability
2018-12 RAN#82 R5-187849 0014 1 F Adding applicability for new 38.521-1 CA TCs 15.1.0
2018-12 RAN#82 R5-187881 0008 1 F Update Clause 1 Scope of TS 38.522 15.1.0
2018-12 RAN#82 R5-187884 0011 1 F TP for Clause 4.1.2 of TS 38.522 15.1.0
2018-12 RAN#82 R5-187922 0017 - F Removing FR2 test case 7.4 from TS 38.522 due to testability 15.1.0
issue
2019-01 RAN#82 R5-187882 0009 1 F Update Clause 3 of TS 38.522 15.1.1
2019-01 RAN#82 R5-187883 0010 1 F TP for Clause 4.1.1 of TS 38.522 15.1.1
2019-01 RAN#82 R5-187885 0012 1 F TP for Clause 4.1.3 of TS 38.522 15.1.1
2019-03 RAN#83 R5-191722 0021 - F addition of applicability for BFD and measurement 15.2.0
2019-03 RAN#83 R5-192507 0020 1 F TP for TS 38.522 15.2.0
2019-03 RAN#83 R5-192508 0022 1 F Addition of RRM Test Cases Applicability 15.2.0
2019-06 RAN#84 R5-195444 0027 1 F TP for TS 38.522 15.3.0
2019-06 RAN#84 - - - - Administrative release upgrade to match the release of 3GPP TS 16.0.0
38.508-1 and TS 38.521-1 which were upgraded at RAN#84 to
Rel-16 due to Rel-16 relevant CR(s)
2019-06 RAN#84 - - - - Addition of missing Table part of R5-195444 and part of a note. 16.0.1
2019-06 RAN#84 - - - - Formatted big tables to landscape 16.0.2
2019-09 RAN#85 R5-197650 0030 1 - TP for TS 38.522 16.1.0
2019-09 RAN#85 R5-197650 0030 1 - Added missing changes of R5-197650 16.1.1
2019-12 RAN#86 R5-199089 0032 2 - TP for TS 38.522 16.2.0
2020-03 RAN#87 R5-201036 0033 1 F TP and format updated for TS 38.522 16.3.0
2020-06 RAN#88 R5-202958 0040 1 F R16 TDD ENDC PC2 TP for TS 38.522 16.4.0
2020-06 RAN#88 R5-203114 0037 2 F TP updated to applicability table 16.4.0
2020-09 RAN#89 R5-204098 0046 - F Correct applicability EN-DC event-triggered inter-frequency tests 16.5.0
2020-09 RAN#89 R5-204099 0047 - F Correct applicability NR SA event-triggered inter-frequency tests 16.5.0
2020-09 RAN#89 R5-204939 0043 1 F TP for TS 38.522 16.5.0
2020-09 RAN#89 R5-204940 0044 1 F Correction of 38.522 16.5.0
2020-12 RAN#90 R5-206905 0051 1 F Update to applicability spec for 5G test cases 16.6.0
2021-03 RAN#91 R5-210506 0055 - F Correction of applicability definitions for long DRX cycle related 16.7.0
test cases
2021-03 RAN#91 R5-210792 0058 - F Adding the test applicability of RF test cases for eMIMO 16.7.0
2021-03 RAN#91 R5-211158 0060 - F Addition of applicability new test case 6.3.2.1.3 in TS 38.521-4 16.7.0
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2021-03 RAN#91 R5-211159 - F Addition of applicability new test case 6.3.3.1.3 in TS 38.521-4 16.7.0
2021-03 RAN#91 R5-211610 - F Applicability of Error Vector Magnitude for V2X for non-concurrent 16.7.0
operation
2021-03 RAN#91 R5-211720 0054 1 F Correction of applicability definitions for PUSCH HalfPi BPSK 16.7.0
related test cases
2021-03 RAN#91 R5-211853 0059 1 F Update to applicability spec for 5G test cases 16.7.0
2021-03 RAN#91 R5-211913 0057 1 F Adding test applicability for switching test case 16.7.0
2021-03 RAN#91 R5-211917 0066 1 F Addition of new RRM test cases to the applicability table in 4.2 16.7.0
2021-03 RAN#91 R5-211918 0068 1 F Applicability for RRM NR HST test case 6.1.1.7 and 6.6.1.7 16.7.0
2021-03 RAN#91 - - - - Administrative release upgrade to match the release of 17.0.0
TS 38.508-1, TS 38.508-2 and TS 38.521-1 which were upgraded
at RAN#91 to Rel-17 due to Rel-17 relevant CRs
2021-06 RAN#92 R5-212078 0069 - F Addition of applicability for new test case 6.3.2.1.4 and 6.3.3.1.4 in 17.1.0
TS 38.521-4
2021-06 RAN#92 R5-212932 0075 - F Addition of test applicability for V2X RF test cases 17.1.0
2021-06 RAN#92 R5-212939 0076 - F Adding test applicability for eMIMO demod test cases 17.1.0
2021-06 RAN#92 R5-212948 0077 - F Adding test applicability for URLLC demod test cases 17.1.0
2021-06 RAN#92 R5-213095 0078 - F Adding test applicability for new test cases introduced in R17 17.1.0
2021-06 RAN#92 R5-214006 0074 1 F Addition of new V2X test cases to the applicability table in 4.1.1 17.1.0
2021-06 RAN#92 R5-214089 0073 1 F Update to applicability spec for 5G test cases 17.1.0
2021-06 RAN#92 R5-214096 0071 1 F Update of Applicability for Inter-band EN-DC Including FR2 17.1.0
2021-09 RAN#93 R5-214480 0081 - F 38.522 Jumbo CR for R16 CADC configurations 17.2.0
2021-09 RAN#93 R5-214534 0082 - F Addition of applicability for FR2 DL 256QAM demodulation test 17.2.0
case
2021-09 RAN#93 R5-214571 0083 - F Adding test applicability for UE power saving test cases 17.2.0
2021-09 RAN#93 R5-214609 0084 - F Correction of condition C30 C37 C37a C41 C41a and introduction 17.2.0
of condition C37b and C37c
2021-09 RAN#93 R5-214834 0085 - F Applicability for 5G-SRVCC 17.2.0
2021-09 RAN#93 R5-215033 0092 - F Addition of applicability for NR HST TCs 17.2.0
2021-09 RAN#93 R5-215045 0093 - F Addition of R16 FDD-TDD PC2 inter-band EN-DC baseline 17.2.0
implementation capabilities into 38.522
2021-09 RAN#93 R5-215079 0095 - F Addition of test applicability for V2X test cases 17.2.0
2021-09 RAN#93 R5-215245 0099 - F Addition of test applicability for RRM test case 6.6.4.5 17.2.0
2021-09 RAN#93 R5-215399 0102 - F Add 2-Step PRACH test cases to Applicability spec 17.2.0
2021-09 RAN#93 R5-215411 0103 - F Correction of RRM HST test cases applicability 17.2.0
2021-09 RAN#93 R5-215931 0090 1 F Addition of applicability for Mob_Enh TCs 17.2.0
2021-09 RAN#93 R5-215935 0096 1 F Adding test applicability for eMIMO test cases 17.2.0
2021-09 RAN#93 R5-215960 0098 1 F Addition of applicability of URLLC demod test cases 17.2.0
2021-09 RAN#93 R5-215981 0086 1 F FR2 standalone RF conformance test case applicability 17.2.0
2021-09 RAN#93 R5-216077 0097 1 F Test applicability for FR2 256QAM CQI reporting 17.2.0
2021-09 RAN#93 R5-216097 0101 1 F Update to applicability spec for 5G test cases 17.2.0
2021-12 RAN#94 R5-216539 0105 - F Addition of applicability for HST test case 5.2.3.1.9_1 17.3.0
2021-12 RAN#94 R5-216540 0106 - F Addition of applicability for HST test case 5.2.3.1.10_1 17.3.0
2021-12 RAN#94 R5-216784 0109 - F Correction to Test Bands Selection Criteria for performance test 17.3.0
cases
2021-12 RAN#94 R5-216852 0110 - F Correction to applicability of RLM TCs 17.3.0
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2021-12 RAN#94 R5-216870 - F Correction to applicability of Mob_enh RRM TCs 17.3.0
2021-12 RAN#94 R5-216911 - F Correction to applicability of HS
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