ETSI TS 138 508-1 V15.4.0 (2019-07)

5G; 5GS; User Equipment (UE) conformance specification; Part 1: Common test environment (3GPP TS 38.508-1 version 15.4.0 Release 15)

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• Status: Published
• Publication Date: 24-Jul-2019
• Technical Committee: 3GPP RAN 5 - Mobile Terminal Conformance Testing (formely T1)
• Current Stage: 12 - Completion
• Completion Date: 25-Jul-2019

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TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION
5G;
5GS;
User Equipment (UE) conformance specification;
Part 1: Common test environment
(3GPP TS 38.508-1 version 15.4.0 Release 15)

3GPP TS 38.508-1 version 15.4.0 Release 15 1 ETSI TS 138 508-1 V15.4.0 (2019-07)

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Contents
Intellectual Property Rights . 2
Legal Notice . 2
Modal verbs terminology . 2
Foreword . 16
1 Scope . 17
2 References . 17
3 Definitions, symbols and abbreviations . 19
3.1 Definitions . 19
3.2 Symbols . 19
3.3 Abbreviations . 19
4 Common test environments . 19
4.1 Environmental conditions . 19
4.1.1 Temperature . 19
4.1.2 Voltage . 20
4.2 Common requirements of test equipment . 21
4.2.1 General functional requirements . 21
4.2.2 Minimum functional requirements . 22
4.2.2.1 Supported Cell Configuration . 22
4.2.2.1.1 Supported Channels for an E-UTRA cell (NSA mode only) . 22
4.2.2.1.2 Supported Channels for a NR cell . 22
4.2.2.1.2.1 Logical channels . 22
4.2.2.1.2.2 Transport channels . 22
4.2.2.1.2.3 Physical channels . 22
4.3 Reference test conditions . 23
4.3.1 Test frequencies . 23
4.3.1.0 General . 23
4.3.1.0A Mid test channel bandwidth . 23
4.3.1.0B Low test channel bandwidth . 25
4.3.1.0C High test channel bandwidth . 27
4.3.1.0B Bandwidth part . 28
4.3.1.1 Test frequencies for NR operating bands in FR1 . 30
4.3.1.1.1 NR operating bands in FR1 . 30
4.3.1.1.2 NR inter-band CA configurations in FR1 . 111
4.3.1.1.3 NR intra-band contiguous CA in FR1 . 111
4.3.1.1.4 NR intra-band non-contiguous CA configurations in FR1 . 111
4.3.1.1.5 NR DC configurations in FR1 . 111
4.3.1.1.5 NR Operating SUL band combinations in FR1 . 111
4.3.1.2 Test frequencies for NR operating bands in FR2 . 112
4.3.1.2.1 NR operating bands in FR2 . 112
4.3.1.2.2 NR inter-band CA configurations in FR2 . 120
4.3.1.2.3 NR intra-band contiguous CA configurations in FR2 . 120
4.3.1.2.3.1 NR Intra-band contiguous CA configurations for CA_n257 . 120
4.3.1.2.3.1.1 CA_n257B. 120
4.3.1.2.3.3 FFS . 121
4.3.1.2.3.4 NR Intra-band contiguous CA configurations for CA_n260 . 121
4.3.1.2.3.4.1 CA_n260B. 121
4.3.1.2.3.4.2 CA_n260C. 122
4.3.1.2.3.4.3 CA_n260D . 122
4.3.1.2.3.4.4 CA_n260E . 122
4.3.1.2.3.4.5 CA_n260F . 122
4.3.1.2.3.4.6 CA_n260G . 122
4.3.1.2.3.4.7 CA_n260H . 122
4.3.1.2.3.4.8 CA_n260I . 123
4.3.1.2.3.5 NR Intra-band contiguous CA configurations for CA_n261 . 124
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4.3.1.2.3.5.1 CA_n261B. 124
4.3.1.2.4 NR intra-band non-contiguous CA configurations in FR2 . 125
4.3.1.2.4.1 NR Intra-band non-contiguous CA configurations for CA_n257 . 125
4.3.1.2.4.2 NR Intra-band non-contiguous CA configurations for CA_n258 . 125
4.3.1.2.4.3 FFS . 125
4.3.1.2.4.4 NR Intra-band non-contiguous CA configurations for CA_n260 . 125
4.3.1.2.4.4.1 CA_n260(XA) . 125
4.3.1.3 Test frequencies for NR band combinations between FR1 and FR2 . 127
4.3.1.3.1 NR inter-band CA configurations between FR1 and FR2 . 127
4.3.1.3.2 NR DC configurations between FR1 and FR2 . 127
4.3.1.4 Test frequencies for EN-DC band combinations with NR FR1 . 127
4.3.1.4.1 Inter-band EN-DC configurations with NR FR1 . 127
4.3.1.4.1.1 General . 127
4.3.1.4.1.2 Inter-band EN-DC configurations with NR FR1 (two bands) . 127
4.3.1.4.1.3 Inter-band EN-DC configurations with NR FR1 (three bands) . 128
4.3.1.4.1.4 Inter-band EN-DC configurations with NR FR1 (four bands) . 128
4.3.1.4.1.6 Inter-band EN-DC configurations with NR FR1 (six bands) . 128
4.3.1.4.2 Intra-band contiguous EN-DC configurations with NR FR1. 128
4.3.1.4.2.1 – 4.3.1.4.2.40 FFS . 128
4.3.1.4.2.41 Intra-band contiguous EN-DC configurations DC_(n)41 . 128
4.3.1.4.2.41.1 DC_(n)41AA . 129
4.3.1.4.2.42.to 4.3.1.4.2.70 FFS . 145
4.3.1.4.2.71.1 DC_(n)71AA . 145
4.3.1.4.3 Intra-band non-contiguous EN-DC configurations and NR FR1 . 163
4.3.1.4.3.1 – 4.3.1.4.3.40 FFS . 163
4.3.1.4.3.41 Intra-band non-contiguous EN-DC configurations DC_41_n41 . 163
4.3.1.4.3.41.1 DC_41A_n41A . 163
4.3.1.4 Test frequencies for Non-3GPP Access . 163
4.3.1.4.1 WLAN Test frequencies . 163
4.3.1.5 Test frequencies for EN-DC band combinations with NR FR2 . 164
4.3.1.5.1 Inter-band EN-DC configurations with NR FR2 . 164
4.3.1.5.1.2 Inter-band EN-DC configurations with NR FR2 (two bands) . 164
4.3.1.5.1.3 Inter-band EN-DC configurations with NR FR2 (three bands) . 164
4.3.1.5.1.4 Inter-band EN-DC configurations with NR FR2 (four bands) . 165
4.3.1.5.1.5 Inter-band EN-DC configurations with NR FR2 (five bands) . 165
4.3.1.5.1.6 Inter-band EN-DC configurations with NR FR2 (six bands) . 165
4.3.1.6 Test frequencies for EN-DC band combinations with NR FR1 and FR2 . 165
4.3.1.6.1 Inter-band EN-DC configurations with NR FR1 and FR2 . 165
4.3.1.6.1.2 Inter-band EN-DC configurations with NR FR1 and FR2 (three bands). 166
4.3.1.6.1.3 Inter-band EN-DC configurations with NR FR1 and FR2 (four bands) . 166
4.3.1.6.1.4 Inter-band EN-DC configurations with NR FR1 and FR2 (five bands) . 166
4.3.1.6.1.5 Inter-band EN-DC configurations with NR FR1 and FR2 (six bands) . 166
4.3.2 Radio conditions . 166
4.3.2.1 FR1, normal propagation condition for connected . 166
4.3.2.2 FR2, condition for OTA . 166
4.3.3 Physical channel allocations . 166
4.3.3.1 E-UTRA . 166
4.3.3.2 NR . 166
4.3.3.2.1 Antennas . 166
4.3.3.2.2 Downlink physical channels and physical signals . 167
4.3.3.2.3 Mapping of downlink physical channels and signals to physical resources . 167
4.3.4 Signal levels . 168
4.3.4.1 Signal levels for conducted testing . 168
4.3.4.1.1 Downlink signal levels . 168
4.3.4.2 Signal levels for OTA testing . 168
4.3.5 Standard test signals. 168
4.3.6 Physical layer parameters . 168
4.3.6.1 Downlink physical layer parameters . 168
4.3.6.1.1 Physical layer parameters for scheduling of PUSCH . 168
4.3.6.1.1.1 Physical layer parameters for DCI format 0_0. 168
4.3.6.1.1.2 Physical layer parameters for DCI format 0_1. 169
4.3.6.1.2 Physical layer parameters for scheduling of PDSCH . 172
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4.3.6.1.2.1 Physical layer parameters for DCI format 1_0. 172
4.3.6.1.2.2 Physical layer parameters for DCI format 1_1. 175
4.3.6.1.3 Void . 178
4.4 Reference system configurations . 178
4.4.1 Simulated network scenarios . 178
4.4.1.1 Standalone cell network scenarios . 178
4.4.1.1.1 Standalone E-UTRA single cell and multi cell network scenarios . 178
4.4.1.1.2 Standalone NR single cell network scenarios . 179
4.4.1.1.3 Standalone NR single mode multi cell network scenarios . 179
4.4.1.1.4 Standalone NR dual mode multi cell network scenarios . 179
4.4.1.1.5 Standalone NR 3GPP Inter-RAT network scenarios . 179
4.4.1.2 Non-standalone cell network scenarios . 180
4.4.1.2.1 Non-standalone E-UTRA single cell and NR single cell network scenarios . 180
4.4.1.2.2 Non-standalone E-UTRA single cell and NR single mode multi cell network scenarios . 180
4.4.1.2.3 Non-standalone E-UTRA single mode multi cell and NR single mode multi cell network
scenarios . 180
4.4.1.2.4 Non-standalone E-UTRA single cell and NR dual mode multi cell network scenarios . 181
4.4.1.3 Non-3GPP Accesss network scenarios. 181
4.4.1.3.1 WLAN network scenario . 181
4.4.2 Simulated cells . 181
4.4.3 Common parameters for simulated NR cells . 187
4.4.3.1 Common configurations of system information blocks . 188
4.4.3.1.1 Combinations of system information blocks for E-UTRA standalone, EN-DC and NGEN-DC . 188
4.4.3.1.2 Combinations of system information blocks for NR standalone and NE-DC . 188
4.4.3.1.3 Scheduling of system information blocks . 190
4.4A Test states . 192
4.4A.1 General . 192
4.4A.2 Test states and associated 5GC and RRC protocol states . 193
4.4A.3 Test state parameters . 194
4.4A.4 Test state ID syntax. 195
4.4A.5 Mapping of test state IDs and test parameters to generic procedures, generic procedure parameters
and specific message conditions . 196
4.5 Generic procedures . 197
4.5.1 General . 197
4.5.2 RRC_IDLE . 198
4.5.2.1 Initiation . 198
4.5.2.2 Procedures . 200
4.5.2.3 Specific message contents . 206
4.5.3 RRC_INACTIVE . 206
4.5.3.1 Initiation . 206
4.5.3.2 Procedures . 206
4.5.4 RRC_CONNECTED . 206
4.5.4.1 Initiation . 206
4.5.4.2 Procedures . 208
4.5.4.3 Specific message contents . 211
4.5.5 SWITCHED_OFF . 212
4.5.6 Void . 214
4.5A Auxiliary procedures . 214
4.5A.1 General . 214
4.5A.2 UE-requested PDU session establishment procedure . 214
4.5A.2A UE-requested PDU session establishment procedure over Non 3GPP Access . 218
4.5A.3 Procedure for IP address allocation in the user plane . 219
4.5A.4 Procedure for IMS signalling . 221
4.5A.5 IPsec Tunnel Disconnection in 5GC / WLAN . 222
4.5A.6 IPsec Tunnel Establishment in 5GC / WLAN . 222
4.6 Default NG-RAN RRC message and information elements contents . 224
4.6.1 Contents of RRC messages . 224
– CounterCheck . 224
– CounterCheckResponse . 225
– DLInformationTransfer . 225
– LocationMeasurementIndication . 226
– MIB . 227
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– MeasurementReport . 228
– MobilityFromNRCommand . 229
– Paging . 230
– RRCReestablishment . 231
– RRCReestablishmentComplete . 231
– RRCReestablishmentRequest . 232
– RRCReconfiguration . 233
– RRCReconfigurationComplete . 235
– RRCReject . 235
– RRCRelease . 236
– RRCResume . 237
– RRCResumeComplete . 238
– RRCResumeRequest . 238
– RRCResumeRequest1 . 239
– RRCSetup . 239
– RRCSetupComplete . 240
– RRCSetupRequest . 240
– RRCSystemInfoRequest . 241
– SecurityModeCommand . 241
– SecurityModeComplete . 242
– SecurityModeFailure. 242
– SIB1 . 243
– SystemInformation . 244
– UEAssistanceInformation . 244
– UECapabilityEnquiry . 245
– UECapabilityInformation . 245
– ULInformationTransfer . 246
4.6.2 System information blocks . 246
– SIB2 . 246
– SIB3 . 249
– SIB4 . 250
– SIB5 . 254
– SIB6 . 257
– SIB7 . 258
– SIB8 . 261
– SIB9 . 264
4.6.3 Radio resource control information elements . 265
– AdditionalSpectrumEmission . 265
– Alpha . 265
– AMF-Identifier . 265
– ARFCN-ValueEUTRA . 265
– ARFCN-ValueNR . 266
– BeamFailureRecoveryConfig . 266
– BSR-Config. 267
– BWP . 267
– BWP-Downlink . 268
– BWP-DownlinkCommon . 268
– BWP-DownlinkDedicated . 269
– BWP-Id . 269
– BWP-Uplink . 270
– BWP-UplinkCommon . 270
– BWP-UplinkDedicated . 271
– CellAccessRelatedInfo . 271
– CellAccessRelatedInfo-EUTRA-5GC . 272
– CellAccessRelatedInfo-EUTRA-EPC . 272
– CellGroupConfig . 273
– CellGroupId . 276
– CellIdentity . 276
– CellReselectionPriority . 277
– CellReselectionSubPriority . 277
– CGI-Info . 277
– CodebookConfig . 278
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– ConfiguredGrantConfig . 278
– ConnEstFailureControl . 279
– ControlResourceSet. 279
– ControlResourceSetId . 280
– ControlResourceSetZero . 280
– CrossCarrierSchedulingConfig . 280
– CSI-AperiodicTriggerStateList. 281
– CSI-FrequencyOccupation . 282
– CSI-IM-Resource . 283
– CSI-IM-ResourceId . 283
– CSI-IM-ResourceSet . 284
– CSI-IM-ResourceSetId . 284
– CSI-MeasConfig . 285
– CSI-ReportConfig . 286
– CSI-ReportConfigId . 287
– CSI-ResourceConfig . 287
– CSI-ResourceConfigId . 287
– CSI-ResourcePeriodicityAndOffset . 288
– CSI-RS-ResourceConfigMobility . 288
– CSI-RS-ResourceMapping . 289
– CSI-SemiPersistentOnPUSCH-TriggerStateList . 290
– CSI-SSB-ResourceSet . 290
– CSI-SSB-ResourceSetId . 290
– DedicatedNAS-Message . 290
– DMRS-DownlinkConfig . 291
– DMRS-UplinkConfig . 292
– DownlinkConfigCommon . 292
– DownlinkConfigCommonSIB .
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