ETSI TS 138 101-1 V15.7.0 (2019-10)

5G; NR; User Equipment (UE) radio transmission and reception; Part 1: Range 1 Standalone (3GPP TS 38.101-1 version 15.7.0 Release 15)

RTS/TSGR-0438101-1vf70

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• Status: Published
• Publication Date: 16-Oct-2019
• Technical Committee: 3GPP RAN 4 - Specification for radio performance
• Current Stage: 12 - Completion
• Completion Date: 17-Oct-2019

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ETSI TS 138 101-1 V15.7.0 (2019-10)






TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION
5G;
NR;
User Equipment (UE) radio transmission and reception;
Part 1: Range 1 Standalone
(3GPP TS 38.101-1 version 15.7.0 Release 15)

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Contents
Intellectual Property Rights . 2
Legal Notice . 2
Modal verbs terminology . 2
Foreword . 11
1 Scope . 12
2 References . 12
3 Definitions, symbols and abbreviations . 12
3.1 Definitions . 12
3.2 Symbols . 13
3.3 Abbreviations . 15
4 General . 16
4.1 Relationship between minimum requirements and test requirements . 16
4.2 Applicability of minimum requirements . 16
4.3 Specification suffix information . 16
5 Operating bands and channel arrangement . 17
5.1 General . 17
5.2 Operating bands . 17
5.2A Operating bands for CA . 18
5.2A.1 Intra-band CA . 18
5.2A.2 Inter-band CA . 19
5.2B Void . 19
5.2C Operating band combination for SUL . 19
5.3 UE channel bandwidth . 20
5.3.1 General . 20
5.3.2 Maximum transmission bandwidth configuration . 20
5.3.3 Minimum guardband and transmission bandwidth configuration . 21
5.3.4 RB alignment . 22
5.3.5 UE channel bandwidth per operating band . 22
5.3.6 Asymmetric channel bandwidths . 24
5.3A UE channel bandwidth for CA . 24
5.3A.1 General . 24
5.3A.2 Maximum transmission bandwidth configuration for CA . 24
5.3A.3 Minimum guardband and transmission bandwidth configuration for CA . 25
5.3A.4 Void . 26
5.3A.5 UE channel bandwidth per operating band for CA . 26
5.4 Channel arrangement . 27
5.4.1 Channel spacing . 27
5.4.1.1 Channel spacing for adjacent NR carriers . 27
5.4.2 Channel raster . 27
5.4.2.1 NR-ARFCN and channel raster. 27
5.4.2.2 Channel raster to resource element mapping. 28
5.4.2.3 Channel raster entries for each operating band . 28
5.4.3 Synchronization raster . 29
5.4.3.1 Synchronization raster and numbering . 29
5.4.3.2 Synchronization raster to synchronization block resource element mapping . 30
5.4.3.3 Synchronization raster entries for each operating band. 30
5.4.4 TX–RX frequency separation . 31
5.4A Channel arrangement for CA. 32
5.4A.1 Channel spacing for CA . 32
5.4A.2 Channel raster for CA . 32
5.4A.3 Synchronization raster for CA . 32
5.4A.4 Tx-Rx frequency separation for CA. 32
5.5 Void . 33
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5.5A Configurations for CA . 33
5.5A.1 Configurations for intra-band contiguous CA. 33
5.5A.2 Void . 34
5.5A.3 Configurations for inter-band CA . 34
5.5B Void . 37
5.5C Configurations for SUL . 37
6 Transmitter characteristics . 38
6.1 General . 38
6.2 Transmitter power . 38
6.2.1 UE maximum output power . 38
6.2.2 UE maximum output power reduction . 39
6.2.3 UE additional maximum output power reduction . 40
6.2.3.1 General . 40
6.2.3.2 A-MPR for NS_04 . 44
6.2.3.3 A-MPR for NS_10 . 45
6.2.3.4 A-MPR for NS_05 and NS_05U . 46
6.2.3.5 A-MPR for NS_40 . 49
6.2.3.6 A-MPR for NS_43 and NS_43U . 49
6.2.3.7 A-MPR for NS_03 and NS_03U . 50
6.2.3.8 A-MPR for NS_37 . 50
6.2.3.9 A-MPR for NS_38 . 51
6.2.3.10 A-MPR for NS_39 . 51
6.2.3.11 A-MPR for NS_41 . 52
6.2.3.12 A-MPR for NS_42 . 53
6.2.3.13 A-MPR for NS_18 . 53
6.2.4 Configured transmitted power . 53
6.2A Transmitter power for CA . 55
6.2A.1 UE maximum output power for CA . 55
6.2A.1.1 Void. 55
6.2A.1.2 Void. 55
6.2A.1.3 UE maximum output power for Inter-band CA . 55
6.2A.2 UE maximum output power reduction for CA . 56
6.2A.2.1 Void. 56
6.2A.2.2 Void. 56
6.2A.2.3 UE maximum output power reduction for Inter-band CA . 56
6.2A.3 UE additional maximum output power reduction for CA . 56
6.2A.3.1.1 Void . 56
6.2A.3.1.2 Void . 56
6.2A.3.1.3 UE additional maximum output power reduction for Inter-band CA . 56
6.2A.4 Configured output power for CA . 56
6.2A.4.1 Configured transmitted power level . 56
6.2A.4.1.1 Void . 56
6.2A.4.1.2 Void . 56
6.2A.4.1.3 Configured transmitted power for Inter-band CA . 56
6.2A.4.2 ΔT for CA . 58
IB,c
6.2A.4.2.1 Void . 58
6.2A.4.2.2 Void . 58
6.2A.4.2.3 ΔTIB,c for Inter-band CA. 58
6.2B Void . 59
6.2C Transmitter power for SUL . 59
6.2C.1 Configured transmitted power for SUL . 59
6.2C.2 ΔT . 59
IB,c
6.2D Transmitter power for UL MIMO . 60
6.2D.1 UE maximum output power for UL MIMO . 60
6.2D.2 UE maximum output power reduction for UL MIMO . 60
6.2D.3 UE additional maximum output power reduction for UL MIMO . 61
6.2D.4 Configured transmitted power for UL MIMO . 61
6.3 Output power dynamics . 61
6.3.1 Minimum output power . 61
6.3.2 Transmit OFF power . 62
6.3.3 Transmit ON/OFF time mask . 62
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6.3.3.1 General . 62
6.3.3.2 General ON/OFF time mask . 63
6.3.3.3 Transmit power time mask for slot and short or long subslot boundaries . 63
6.3.3.4 PRACH time mask . 63
6.3.3.5 Void. 64
6.3.3.6 SRS time mask . 64
6.3.3.7 PUSCH-PUCCH and PUSCH-SRS time masks . 66
6.3.3.8 Transmit power time mask for consecutive slot or long subslot transmission and short subslot

transmission boundaries . 67
6.3.3.9 Transmit power time mask for consecutive short subslot transmissions boundaries . 67
6.3.4 Power control . 68
6.3.4.1 General . 68
6.3.4.2 Absolute power tolerance . 68
6.3.4.3 Relative power tolerance . 68
6.3.4.4 Aggregate power tolerance. 69
6.3A Output power dynamics for CA . 69
6.3A.1 Minimum output power for CA . 69
6.3A.1.1 Void. 69
6.3A.1.2 Void. 69
6.3A.1.3 Minimum output power for inter-band CA . 69
6.3A.2 Transmit OFF power for CA. 70
6.3A.2.1 Void. 70
6.3A.2.2 Void. 70
6.3A.2.3 Transmit OFF power for inter-band CA. 70
6.3A.3 Transmit ON/OFF time mask for CA . 70
6.3A.3.1 Void. 70
6.3A.3.2 Void. 70
6.3A.3.3 Transmit ON/OFF time mask for inter-band CA . 70
6.3A.4 Power control for CA . 70
6.3A.4.1 Void. 70
6.3A.4.2 Void. 70
6.3A.4.3 Power control for inter-band CA . 70
6.3D Output power dynamics for UL MIMO . 70
6.3D.1 Minimum output power for UL MIMO . 70
6.3D.2 Transmit OFF power for UL MIMO. 70
6.3D.3 Transmit ON/OFF time mask for UL MIMO . 71
6.3D.4 Power control for UL MIMO . 71
6.4 Transmit signal quality . 71
6.4.1 Frequency error . 71
6.4.2 Transmit modulation quality . 71
6.4.2.1 Error Vector Magnitude . 71
6.4.2.2 Carrier leakage . 72
6.4.2.3 In-band emissions . 72
6.4.2.4 EVM equalizer spectrum flatness . 73
6.4.2.4.1 Requirements for Pi/2 BPSK modulation .
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