ETSI TS 138 101-2 V16.10.1 (2022-04)

5G; NR; User Equipment (UE) radio transmission and reception; Part 2: Range 2 Standalone (3GPP TS 38.101-2 version 16.10.1 Release 16)

RTS/TSGR-0438101-2vga1

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• Technical Committee: 3GPP RAN 4 - Specification for radio performance
• Current Stage: 12 - Completion
• Completion Date: 27-Apr-2022

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ETSI TS 138 101-2 V16.10.1 (2022-04)






TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION
5G;
NR;
User Equipment (UE) radio transmission and reception;
Part 2: Range 2 Standalone
(3GPP TS 38.101-2 version 16.10.1 Release 16)

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3GPP TS 38.101-2 version 16.10.1 Release 16 1 ETSI TS 138 101-2 V16.10.1 (2022-04)

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3GPP TS 38.101-2 version 16.10.1 Release 16 2 ETSI TS 138 101-2 V16.10.1 (2022-04)
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3GPP TS 38.101-2 version 16.10.1 Release 16 3 ETSI TS 138 101-2 V16.10.1 (2022-04)
Contents
Intellectual Property Rights . 2
Legal Notice . 2
Modal verbs terminology . 2
Foreword . 10
1 Scope . 12
2 References . 12
3 Definitions, symbols and abbreviations . 13
3.1 Definitions . 13
3.2 Symbols . 14
3.3 Abbreviations . 16
4 General . 18
4.1 Relationship between minimum requirements and test requirements . 18
4.2 Applicability of minimum requirements . 18
4.3 Specification suffix information . 18
5 Operating bands and channel arrangement . 20
5.1 General . 20
5.2 Operating bands . 20
5.2A Operating bands for CA . 20
5.2A.1 Intra-band CA . 20
5.2A.2 Inter-band CA . 21
5.2D Operating bands for UL MIMO . 21
5.3 UE Channel bandwidth . 21
5.3.1 General . 21
5.3.2 Maximum transmission bandwidth configuration . 22
5.3.3 Minimum guardband and transmission bandwidth configuration . 22
5.3.4 RB alignment . 23
5.3A UE channel bandwidth for CA . 24
5.3A.1 General . 24
5.3A.2 Minimum guardband and transmission bandwidth configuration for CA . 24
5.3A.3 RB alignment with different numerologies for CA. 26
5.3A.4 UE channel bandwidth per operating band for CA . 26
5.3D Channel bandwidth for UL MIMO . 27
5.4 Channel arrangement . 28
5.4.1 Channel spacing . 28
5.4.1.1 Channel spacing for adjacent NR carriers . 28
5.4.2 Channel raster . 28
5.4.2.1 NR-ARFCN and channel raster. 28
5.4.2.2 Channel raster to resource element mapping. 28
5.4.2.3 Channel raster entries for each operating band . 29
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
5.4A Channel arrangement for CA. 30
5.4A.1 Channel spacing for CA . 30
5.5 Configurations . 32
5.5A Configurations for CA . 32
5.5A.1 Configurations for intra-band contiguous CA. 32
5.5A.2 Configurations for intra-band non-contiguous CA . 37
5.5A.3 Configurations for inter-band CA . 49
5.5D Configurations for UL MIMO . 49
6 Transmitter characteristics . 50
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3GPP TS 38.101-2 version 16.10.1 Release 16 4 ETSI TS 138 101-2 V16.10.1 (2022-04)
6.1 General . 50
6.2 Transmitter power . 50
6.2.1 UE maximum output power . 50
6.2.1.0 General . 50
6.2.1.1 UE maximum output power for power class 1 . 50
6.2.1.2 UE maximum output power for power class 2 . 51
6.2.1.3 UE maximum output power for power class 3 . 52
6.2.1.4 UE maximum output power for power class 4 . 53
6.2.2 UE maximum output power reduction . 54
6.2.2.0 General . 54
6.2.2.1 UE maximum output power reduction for power class 1 . 54
6.2.2.2 UE maximum output power reduction for power class 2 . 55
6.2.2.3 UE maximum output power reduction for power class 3 . 56
6.2.2.4 UE maximum output power reduction for power class 4 . 57
6.2.3 UE maximum output power with additional requirements . 57
6.2.3.1 General . 57
6.2.3.2 Void. 58
6.2.3.2.1 Void . 58
6.2.3.2.2 Void . 58
6.2.3.2.3 Void . 58
6.2.3.2.4 Void . 58
6.2.3.3 A-MPR for NS_202 . 58
6.2.3.3.1 A-MPR for NS_202 for power class 1 . 58
6.2.3.3.2 A-MPR for NS_202 for power class 2 . 58
6.2.3.3.3 A-MPR for NS_202 for power class 3 . 58
6.2.3.3.4 A-MPR for NS_202 for power class 4 . 59
6.2.3.4 A-MPR for NS_203 . 59
6.2.3.4.1 A-MPR for NS_203 for power class 1 . 59
6.2.3.4.2 A-MPR for NS_203 for power class 2 . 59
6.2.3.4.3 A-MPR for NS_203 for power class 3 . 59
6.2.3.4.4 A-MPR for NS_203 for power class 4 . 59
6.2.4 Configured transmitted power . 59
6.2A Transmitter power for CA . 60
6.2A.1 UE maximum output power for CA . 60
6.2A.2 UE maximum output power reduction for CA . 60
6.2A.2.1 General . 60
6.2A.2.2 Maximum output power reduction for power class 1 . 61
6.2A.2.2.1 Maximum output power reduction for power class 1 intra-band contiguous UL CA . 61
6.2A.2.2.2 Maximum output power reduction for power class 1 intra-band non-contiguous UL CA . 62
6.2A.2.3 Maximum output power reduction for power class 2 . 62
6.2A.2.4 Maximum output power reduction for power class 3 . 62
6.2A.2.4.1 Maximum output power reduction for power class 3 intra-band contiguous CA . 62
6.2A.2.4.2 Maximum output power reduction for power class 3 intra-band non-contiguous CA . 63
6.2A.2.5 Maximum output power reduction for power class 4 . 64
6.2A.3 UE maximum output power with additional requirements for CA . 64
6.2A.3.1 General . 64
6.2A.3.2 Void. 65
6.2A.3.2.1 Void . 65
6.2A.3.2.2 Void . 65
6.2A.3.2.3 Void . 65
6.2A.3.2.4 Void . 65
6.2A.3.3 A-MPR for CA_NS_202 . 65
6.2A.3.3.1 A-MPR for CA_NS_202 for power class 1 . 65
6.2A.3.3.2 A-MPR for CA_NS_202 for power class 2 . 65
6.2A.3.3.3 A-MPR for CA_NS_202 for power class 3 . 65
6.2A.3.3.4 A-MPR for CA_NS_202 for power class 4 . 65
6.2A.3.4 A-MPR for CA_NS_203 . 65
6.2A.3.4.1 A-MPR for CA_NS_203 for power class 1 . 65
6.2A.3.4.2 A-MPR for CA_NS_203 for power class 2 . 66
6.2A.3.4.3 A-MPR for CA_NS_203 for power class 3 . 66
6.2A.3.4.4 A-MPR for CA_NS_203 for power class 4 . 66
6.2A.4 Configured transmitted power for CA . 66
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3GPP TS 38.101-2 version 16.10.1 Release 16 5 ETSI TS 138 101-2 V16.10.1 (2022-04)
6.2D Transmitter power for UL MIMO . 67
6.2D.1 UE maximum output power for UL MIMO . 67
6.2D.1.0 General . 67
6.2D.1.1 UE maximum output power for UL MIMO for power class 1 . 67
6.2D.1.2 UE maximum output power for UL MIMO for power class 2 . 68
6.2D.1.3 UE maximum output power for UL MIMO for power class 3 . 69
6.2D.1.4 UE maximum output power for UL MIMO for power class 4 . 70
6.2D.2 UE maximum output power reduction for modulation / channel bandwidth for UL MIMO . 71
6.2D.2.1 UE maximum output power reduction for modulation / channel bandwidth for UL MIMO for
power class 1 . 71
6.2D.2.2 UE maximum output power reduction for modulation / channel bandwidth for UL MIMO for
power class 2 . 71
6.2D.2.3 UE maximum output power reduction for modulation / channel bandwidth for UL MIMO for
power class 3 . 71
6.2D.2.4 UE maximum output power reduction for modulation / channel bandwidth for UL MIMO for
power class 4 . 72
6.2D.3 UE maximum output power reduction with additional requirements for UL MIMO . 72
6.2D.3.1 UE maximum output power reduction with additional requirements for UL MIMO for power
class 1 . 72
6.2D.3.2 UE maximum output power reduction with additional requirements for UL MIMO for power

class 2 . 72
6.2D.3.3 UE maximum output power reduction with additional requirements for UL MIMO for power
class 3 . 72
6.2D.3.4 UE maximum output power reduction with additional requirements for UL MIMO for power
class 4 . 72
6.2D.4 Configured transmitted power for UL MIMO . 72
6.3 Output power dynamics . 73
6.3.1 Minimum output power . 73
6.3.1.0 General . 73
6.3.1.1 Minimum output power for power class 1 . 73
6.3.1.2 Minimum output power for power class 2, 3, and 4 . 73
6.3.2 Transmit OFF power . 73
6.3.3 Transmit ON/OFF time mask . 74
6.3.3.1 General . 74
6.3.3.2 General ON/OFF time mask . 74
6.3.3.3 Transmit power time mask for slot and short or long subslot boundaries . 74
6.3.3.4 PRACH time mask . 75
6.3.3.5 Void. 76
6.3.3.6 SRS time mask . 76
6.3.3.7 PUSCH-PUCCH and PUSCH-SRS time masks . 77
6.3.3.8 Transmit power time mask for consecutive slot or long subslot transmission and short subslot
transmission boundaries .
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