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Agenda

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Conformance Test Introduction

LTE Conformance and Certification

Operator Acceptance Testing

Challenges of LTE UE Testing





Agenda

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What is “Conformance Test”?

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Determine to what extent a product implemented based on a particular

standard conforms to the individual requirements of the standard.

Conformance Test System

e.g. Agilent T4010S Test System

EUT - Equipment Under Test

e.g. LTE UE

Conformance Test





Defining Conformance

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Specific set of tests performed:

• According to standards, i.e. Test Specifications

• By an accredited test lab (could be lab owned by manufacturer)

• On a ‘recognized’ test platform

Test Specs

- A set of test cases

- Includes bands of operation

- Constantly evolves, over

‘releases’

Test Platform

Validation

- Approved test systems/tools

/instruments

- RF, Protocol or RRM

- Must keep pace with standards

- Proof validation for a certain

percentage (e.g. 80%) to be approved

Lab

Accreditation

- Lab must fulfill a set of

requirements defined by a 3rd

party, e.g. ISO 17025.

- Must use validated TPs.

- Might involve auditing

process.





When to Perform “Conformance Test”?

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Decide on Architecture

RF/Baseband Development

Call Stack Development

Integration

Functional Verification

Parametric Verification

Add SW Applications

Conformance Test

IOT

R & D Integration & System Test Conformance Inter-operability

Design Verification Product Design

Design Debug

Standard Validation





Conformance Test Categories Regulatory Conformance & Industry Conformance

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Industry Approval

e.g. GCF, PTCRB,

NFC/BT Logo

Regulatory Approval

e.g. CE, FCC, ……

Certified Product





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RAN WG1-WG5 Defines specs and test

specs for cellular network

elements

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LTE Conformance Testing Ecosystem

TF 160 Develops TTCN-3

code for LTE signaling

tests

• Set the Certification rules

• Select Test Cases and their

priority based in MNOs

requirements.

• Validate Test Platforms.

• Accredit Test Labs





Preparation process for UE Certification

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Each certification body selects a group of test cases and

defines their priority based on operators’ plans

Test system vendors develop the test cases required

on their test platforms

Each test system vendor selects an accredited lab to

validate their test cases using reference UEs

The lab submits a validation report to the specific

certification body for approval, enabling the test system

and the test cases for certification

Certification bodies do not adopt

the entire 3GPP test specs

GCF: Work Items (WI)

PTCRB: Request For Testing (RFT)





Type of tests and 3GPP specifications

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Test

specification

Testing area

36.508 Common test environment

36.521-1 RF Conformance Test Cases

36.521-2 Applicability for RF & RRM (ICS)

36.521-3 RRM Conformance Test Cases

36.523-1 Protocol Conformance Test Cases

36.523-2 Applicability for Protocol (ICS)

36.523-3 TTCN for Protocol

UE conformance testing is divided into three parts: radio

frequency (RF), radio resource management (RRM), and

signaling (Protocol).





GCF Organization

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GCF (Global Certification Forum) Certification is defined and

maintained by GCF members collectively.

The Conformance and Interoperability Group (CAG) identifies the

Certification Criteria through laboratory testing.

WI-090

LTE Rel-8 RF & RRM Work Items

WI-080

WI-081082

LTE Rel-8 Protocol Work Items

WI-091 092

WI-162

Rel-9 & CA Work Items

WI-150

Conformance

Test Cases

GCF CEC for WIs

TPAC





GCF Certification database

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Is a test case mandatory for Certification?

Has it been validated? In which TPs?





PTCRB Organization

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PTCRB (PCS Type Certification Review Board) framework for

GSM, UMTS and LTE UE certification services for North American

operators.

RFT 076

LTE Release 8

RFT 099 LTE Rel.9

Enhancements

RFT 103

Carrier Aggregation

Conformance

Test Cases





Update in GCF/PTCRB 2013 activities

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• Main work around LTE Rel-8

and Rel-9.

• In GCF, all bands activated for

Rel-8 except FDD 12 & 14.

• In Rel-9, validation started early

this year.

• New work items defined for CA

(WI-162/RFT 103).

• Validations expected by next

PVG#61 (May’13) and CAG#36

(Oct’13).





Agilent Technologies GCF/PTCRB LTE

Conformance Test Systems

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Technologies RF RRM Protocol

LTE FDD/TDD

RF

3GPP TS 36.521-1 RRM

3GPP TS 36.521-3 Protocol

3GPP TS 36.523-1 T4010S (TP95) T4020S (TP112) T4110S (TP94)





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The dramatic growth of ‘smart devices’ has increased the need of

further requirements on mobile devices before they are launched

on the network.

Operators are performing more rigorous conformance and

acceptance testing of devices before marketing them to customers.

The goal is to ensure devices promoted for their network will

meet customer expectations.





Acceptance Tests

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Designed around specific characteristics and conditions of the wireless network to

cover a multitude of scenarios that stress both network and UEs.

Details of an operator’s acceptance tests are usually confidential and differ in

specifications tested, measurement limits and implementation.

Operator’s technical requirements usually are:

• Regulatory: RF/EMC/Safety tests according to country standards

• Conformance: Tests against specific standards RF/protocol/SIM

• Interoperability: Tests compatibility between devices and devices to network.

• Functional Tests: Verification of functionalities and features.

• User Experience: Quality tests according to users expectations.

• Reliability: Endurance, extreme tests considering usage and different climatic

conditions.





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Challenges of LTE UE Testing (I)

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Many different LTE bands defined

Represent additional test requirements besides the inclusion of both

Frequency Division (FDD) and Time Division Duplex (TDD) modes.





Challenges of LTE UE Testing (II)

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OFDM and more bandwidths

The use of multiple subcarriers and the amount of BWs defined

dramatically increases the number of combinations under test.





Challenges of LTE UE Testing (& III)

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Fading & AWGN simulators are required

Fading simulators and AWGN generators are

required tools for testing robustness due to

multipath reception and noise interference

effects.

Inter-RAT requirements

Testing LTE UEs require exercising other

radio access technologies (RAT) supported,

as well as new inter-RAT tests required by

the addition of LTE.

Testing time

The number of permutations that could be

tested is enormous and therefore the testing

time required to execute them.





LTE RF Testing Definitions

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3GPP TS 36.101 establishes the minimum RF characteristics and minimum

performance requirements for E-UTRA User Equipment (UE)

3GPP TS 36.521-1 specifies the measurement procedures for the conformance

Radio transmission and reception tests of the UE based on the requirements

established by the TS 36.101

Four different sets of Tests are defined classified by the block of functionality under

test:

Chapter 6: Transmitter Characteristics

Chapter 7: Receiver Characteristics

Chapter 8: Performance Requirement

Chapter 9: Reporting of Channel State Information





Transmitter Characteristics

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• These test cases measures the quality of the UE

transmitter:

• Maximum output power.

• Transmit Signal Quality.

• Unwanted emissions.

• Intermodulation products.





Receiver Characteristics

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• These test cases measures the ability of the UE to

receive data:

• Sensitivity and maximum input level.

• Adjacent Channel Selectivity.

• Blocking, spurious, intermodulation.

• Spurious emissions.

… … … … … …

Out-of-band blocking





Performance Requirements

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Demodulation of PDSCH/PCFICH/PDCCH/PHICH:

• To verify the demodulation performance of these channels with a given

SNR and fading channel at different Transmission Modes.

Set-Up

Multiple MIMO Transmission Modes are tested





Reporting of Channel State Information

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• Verification of reporting capabilities of the UE:

CQI Reporting under AWGN and fading

Reporting of PMI and RI

Indicator which informs the eNB about

the quality of the channel seen by the UE

Reported as a positive integer between 0

(worst conditions) and 15 (best)

Channel Quality Indicator (CQI)





Need for Design Verification tests

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We are

developing an

LTE device.

Any bugs on it

will cost us

millions!

We need to verify

that everything is

working before

producing, both for

present and future

requirements

Current test specs

only covers a subset

of all possible

parameter

combinations…

standard test are not

enough!

We will need to develop our

own tests… that’s going to

require dedicated

development teams… and

we still will require to verify

compliance to conformance

specifications to certify the

solution…





Design Verification RF tests

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• DV tests address these needs by

providing:

• User-defined and customized

tests.

• Deeper parameterization than

conformance.

• More restricted pass/fail

criteria.

• Traceability with conformance

test cases (pre-conformance).





Receiver Test Case example

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To verify the UE’s ability to receive

data under conditions of low signal

level, ideal propagation and no

added noise.

A UE unable to meet the throughput

requirement under these conditions

will decrease the effective

coverage area of an e-NodeB.

7.3 Reference Sensitivity

Tested only for Full PDSCH Allocation

Throughput shall be ≥ 95%

PREFSENS depends on Band and BW

Notes:





Receiver DV Test Case example

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Creating a margin search test from

test case 7.3.Reference Sensitivity

Fine tuning search





Performance Test Cases example

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8.2 Demodulation of PDSCH

o 8.2.1.1 PDSCH Single Antenna

o 8.2.1.2 PDSCH Transmit Diversity (2x2 and 4x2)

o 8.2.1.3 PDSCH Open Loop Spatial Multiplexing (2x2 and 4x2)

o 8.2.1.4 PDSCH Closed Loop Spatial Multiplexing (2x2 and 4x2)

To verify the UE’s performance under a multi-path fading channel and a

particular Signal-to-Noise Ratio with a percentage of the information bit

throughput for a specified downlink Reference Measurement Channel (RMC)

not falling below a specified value.





Performance DV Test Cases examples

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DV edition example

How to test the PDSCH

performance for various

CFI values?





•Bandwidth extension by aggregating LTE carriers

• Up to 5 CCs can be allocated in both DL and UL

• Components carriers (CCs) backwards compatible with Rel-8/9

• Symmetric or asymmetric DL/UL configurations

•Deployment options

• Intra-band

• Contiguous CCs

• Non-contiguous CCs

• Inter-band

LTE-A – Carrier Aggregation concepts (I)

Band 1 Band 2

Band 1 Band 2

Band 1 Band 2





Test cases for Carrier Aggregation

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All current test cases defined in Rel-10.

A few ‘sample’ band combinations were defined in Rel-10. Most

of the band combinations are defined in Rel-11.

Test cases defined for inter-band without UL CA and intra-band

contiguous with and without UL CA.

56 RF test cases defined.

16 RRM test cases defined.

36 Protocol test cases defined.





Rel10 & Rel11 Operating bands for CA

E-UTRA CA

Band

E-UTRA

Band

Duplex

Mode

CA_1 1 FDD

CA_7 7 FDD

CA_38 38 TDD

CA_40 40 TDD

CA_41 41 TDD

Intra-band contiguous CA operating bands

Inter-band CA operating bands

Source: 3GPP TS 36.521-1 V11.0.0 (2013-03)

E-UTRA CA

Band

E-UTRA Band Duplex

Mode

CA_1-5 1

FDD 5

CA_1-18 1

FDD 18

CA_1-19 1

FDD 19

CA_1-21 1

FDD 21

CA_2-17 2

FDD 17

CA_2-29 2

FDD 29

CA_3-5 3

FDD 5

CA_3-7 3

FDD 7

E-UTRA CA

Band

E-UTRA Band Duplex

Mode

CA_3-8 3

FDD 8

CA_3-20 3

FDD 20

CA_4-5 4

FDD 5

CA_4-12 4

FDD 12

CA_4-13 4

FDD 13

CA_4-17 4

FDD 17

CA_7-20 7

FDD 20

CA_11-18 11

FDD 18





Carrier Aggregation RF testing

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RF Testing (3GPP TS36.521-1)

• Test cases already defined for sections 6, 7 and 8.

• Some test cases are still not fully defined.

s6. Transmitter characteristics

• Most tests for Intra-band contiguous with 2 UL CC.

• Specific test for Inter-band CA with 1 UL CC.

s7. Receiver characteristics

• Specific tests for inter-band CA

• Intra-band with and without UL CA

s8. Performance requirement

• Tests for FDD and TDD requirements.

• Specific tests for inter-band CA

• Involves MIMO, fading and AWGN





Carrier Aggregation testing challenges

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• CA testing requires emulating

multiple cells and multiple bands

combinations

• Analyze multiple transmit and

receive chains simultaneously in

multiple bands

• Performance test setups require

multiple cells, faders, AWGN

generators and combination

circuitry

• Complex connections with test

systems due to different UE

antenna configurations





Agilent LTE Conformance Products

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T4110S LTE Protocol Tester

T4020S LTE RRM Tester

ALL BASED ON THE SAME HARDWARE PLATFORM

T4010S LTE RF Tester

T2010A LTE Wireless Communications

Test Set





Questions?

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Backup slides

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Transmitter Test Cases

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Clause Title

6.2.2 UE maximum output power

6.2.3 Maximum power reduction (MPR)

6.2.4 Additional maximum power reduction (A-MPR)

6.2.5 Configure UE transmitted output power

6.3.2 Minimum output power

6.3.4.1 General ON/OFF time mask

6.3.4.2.1 PRACH time mask

6.3.4.2.2 SRS time mask

6.3.5.1 Power control absolute power tolerance

6.3.5.2 Power Control Relative Power Tolerance

6.3.5.3 Aggregate power control tolerance

6.5.1 Frequency error

6.5.2.1 Error vector magnitude (EVM)

6.5.2.1A PUSCH-EVM with exclusion period

6.5.2.2 IQ component

6.5.2.3 In-band emissions for non allocated RBs

6.5.2.4 Spectrum flatness

6.6.1 Occupied bandwidth

6.6.2.1 Spectrum Emission Mask

6.6.2.2 Additional Spectrum Emission Mask

6.6.2.3 Adjacent Channel Leakage Power Ratio

6.6.3.1 Transmitter Spurious emissions

6.6.3.2 Spurious emission band UE co-existence

6.6.3.2-1 Spurious emission band UE co-existence (Rel-9)

6.6.3.3 Additional spurious emissions

6.7 Transmit intermodulation





Receiver Test Cases

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Clause Title

7.3 Reference sensitivity level

7.4 Maximum input level

7.5 Adjacent Channel Selectivity (ACS)

7.6.1 In-band blocking

7.6.2 Out-of-band blocking

7.6.3 Narrow band blocking

7.7 Spurious response

7.8.1 Wideband intermodulation

7.9 Spurious emissions





Performance Test Cases (FDD)

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Clause Title

8.2.1.1.1 FDD PDSCH single antenna port performance

8.2.1.1.1-1 FDD PDSCH Single Antenna Port Performance (Rel-9)

8.2.1.1.2 FDD PDSCH Single Antenna Port Performance with 1 PRB

8.2.1.2.1 FDD PDSCH transmit diversity performance 2x2

8.2.1.2.1-1 FDD PDSCH transmit diversity performance 2x2 (Rel-9)

8.2.1.2.2 FDD PDSCH Transmit Diversity 4x2

8.2.1.2.2-1 FDD PDSCH Transmit Diversity 4x2 (Rel-9)

8.2.1.3.1 FDD PDSCH open loop spatial multiplexing 2x2

8.2.1.3.2 FDD PDSCH Open Loop Spatial Multiplexing 4x2

8.2.1.4.1 FDD PDSCH closed loop single/multi layer spatial multiplexing 2x2

8.2.1.4.1-1 FDD PDSCH closed loop multi layer spatial multiplexing 2x2 (Rel-9)

8.2.1.4.2 FDD PDSCH Closed Loop Single/Multiple Layer Spatial Multiplexing 4x2

8.2.1.4.2-1 FDD PDSCH Closed Loop Single/Multiple Layer Spatial Multiplexing 4x2 (Rel-9)

8.4.1.1 FDD PCFICH/PDCCH single antenna port performance

8.4.1.2.1 FDD PCFICH/PDCCH transmit diversity performance 2x2

8.4.1.2.1-1 FDD PCFICH/PDCCH transmit diversity performance 2x2 (Rel-9)

8.4.1.2.2 FDD PCFICH/PDCCH transmit diversity performance 4x2

8.4.1.2.2-1 FDD PCFICH/PDCCH transmit diversity performance 4x2 (Rel-9)

8.5.1.1 FDD PHICH single-antenna port performance

8.5.1.2.1 FDD PHICH transmit diversity performance 2x2

8.5.1.2.1-1 FDD PHICH transmit diversity performance 2x2 (Rel-9)

8.5.1.2.2 FDD PHICH transmit diversity performance 4x2

8.5.1.2.2-1 FDD PHICH transmit diversity performance 4x2 (Rel-9)

8.7.1.1 FDD Sustained data rate performance provided by lower layers (Rel-9)





Performance Test Cases (TDD)

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Clause Title

8.2.2.1.1 TDD PDSCH single antenna port performance

8.2.2.1.1-1 TDD PDSCH Single Antenna Port Performance (Rel-9)

8.2.2.1.2 TDD PDSCH Single Antenna Port Performance with 1 PRB

8.2.2.2.1 TDD PDSCH transmit diversity performance 2x2

8.2.2.2.1-1 TDD PDSCH transmit diversity performance 2x2 (Rel-9)

8.2.2.2.2 TDD PDSCH Transmit Diversity 4x2

8.2.2.2.2-1 TDD PDSCH Transmit Diversity 4x2 (Rel-9)

8.2.2.3.1 TDD PDSCH open loop spatial multiplexing 2x2

8.2.2.3.2 TDD PDSCH Open Loop Spatial Multiplexing 4x2

8.2.2.4.1 TDD PDSCH closed loop single/multi layer spatial multiplexing 2x2

8.2.2.4.1-1 TDD PDSCH closed loop multi layer spatial multiplexing 2x2 (Rel-9)

8.2.2.4.2 TDD PDSCH Closed Loop Single/Multiple Layer Spatial Multiplexing 4x2

8.2.2.4.2-1 TDD PDSCH Closed Loop Single/Multiple Layer Spatial Multiplexing 4x2 (Rel-9)

8.3.2.1.1 TDD PDSCH single-layer spatial multiplexing on antenna port 5

8.3.2.1.1-1 TDD PDSCH single-layer spatial multiplexing on antenna port 5 (Rel-9)

8.3.2.1.2 TDD PDSCH Single-layer Spatial Multiplexing on antenna port 7 or 8 without a simultaneous transmission (Rel-9)

8.3.2.1.3 TDD PDSCH single-layer spatial multiplexing on antenna port 7 or 8 with a simultaneous transmission (Rel-9)

8.3.2.2.1 TDD PDSCH dual-layer spatial multiplexing (Rel-9)

8.4.2.1 TDD PCFICH/PDCCH single antenna port performance

8.4.2.2.1 TDD PCFICH/PDCCH transmit diversity performance 2x2

8.4.2.2.1-1 TDD PCFICH/PDCCH transmit diversity performance 2x2 (Rel-9)

8.4.2.2.2 TDD PCFICH/PDCCH transmit diversity performance 4x2

8.4.2.2.2-1 TDD PCFICH/PDCCH transmit diversity performance 4x2 (Rel-9)

8.5.2.1 TDD PHICH single-antenna port performance

8.5.2.2.1 TDD PHICH transmit diversity performance 2x2

8.5.2.2.1-1 TDD PHICH transmit diversity performance 2x2 (Rel-9)

8.5.2.2.2 TDD PHICH transmit diversity performance 4x2

8.5.2.2.2-1 TDD PHICH transmit diversity performance 4x2 (Rel-9)

8.7.2.1 TDD Sustained data rate performance provided by lower layers (Rel-9)






Test Cases (FDD)

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Clause Title

9.2.1.1 FDD CQI reporting under AWGN conditions – PUCCH 1-0

9.2.2.1 FDD CQI reporting under AWGN conditions – PUCCH 1-1

9.3.1.1.1 FDD CQI Reporting under fading conditions – PUSCH 3-0

9.3.2.1.1 FDD CQI Reporting under fading conditions – PUCCH 1-0

9.3.2.1.1-1 FDD CQI Reporting under fading conditions – PUCCH 1-0 (Rel-9)

9.3.3.1.1 FDD CQI Reporting under fading conditions and frequency-selective interference –

PUSCH 3-0

9.3.4.1.1 FDD CQI Reporting under fading conditions – PUSCH 2-0 (Rel-9)

9.3.4.2.1 FDD CQI Reporting under fading conditions – PUCCH 2-0 (Rel-9)

9.4.1.1.1 FDD PMI Reporting – PUSCH 3-1 (Single PMI)

9.4.1.2.1 FDD PMI Reporting – PUCCH 2-1 (Single PMI) (Rel-9)

9.4.2.1.1 FDD PMI Reporting – PUSCH 1-2 (Multiple PMI)

9.4.2.1.1-1 FDD PMI Reporting – PUSCH 1-2 (Multiple PMI) (Rel-9)

9.4.2.2.1 FDD PMI Reporting – PUSCH 2-2 (Multiple PMI) (Rel-9)

9.5.1.1 FDD RI Reporting – PUCCH 1-1






Test Cases (TDD)

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Clause Title

9.2.1.2 TDD CQI reporting under AWGN conditions – PUCCH 1-0

9.2.2.2 TDD CQI reporting under AWGN conditions – PUCCH 1-1

9.3.1.1.2 TDD CQI Reporting under fading conditions – PUSCH 3-0

9.3.2.1.2 TDD CQI Reporting under fading conditions – PUCCH 1-0

9.3.2.1.2-1 TDD CQI Reporting under fading conditions – PUCCH 1-0 (Rel-9)

9.3.3.1.2 TDD CQI Reporting under fading conditions and frequency-selective interference –

PUSCH 3-0

9.3.4.1.2 TDD CQI Reporting under fading conditions – PUSCH 2-0 (Rel-9)

9.3.4.2.2 TDD CQI Reporting under fading conditions – PUCCH 2-0 (Rel-9)

9.4.1.1.2 TDD PMI Reporting – PUSCH 3-1 (Single PMI)

9.4.1.2.2 TDD PMI Reporting – PUCCH 2-1 (Single PMI) (Rel-9)

9.4.2.1.2 TDD PMI Reporting – PUSCH 1-2 (Multiple PMI)

9.4.2.1.2-1 TDD PMI Reporting – PUSCH 1-2 (Multiple PMI) (Rel-9)

9.4.2.2.2 TDD PMI Reporting – PUSCH 2-2 (Multiple PMI) (Rel-9)

9.5.1.2 TDD RI Reporting – PUSCH 3-1





CA RF Transmitter Test Cases

Clause Title

6.2.2A.1 UE Maximum Output Power for CA (intra-band contiguous DL CA and UL CA)

6.2.3A.1* Maximum Power Reduction (MPR) for CA (intra-band contiguous DL CA and UL CA)

6.2.4A.1* Additional Maximum Power Reduction (A-MPR) for CA (intra-band contiguous DL CA and UL CA)

6.2.5A.1 Configured UE transmitted Output Power for CA (intra-band contiguous DL CA and UL CA)

6.2.5A.2 Configured UE transmitted Output Power for CA (inter-band DL CA without UL CA)

6.3.2A.1 Minimum Output Power for CA (intra-band contiguous DL CA and UL CA)

6.3.3A.1 UE Transmit OFF power for CA (intra-band contiguous DL CA and UL CA)

6.3.4A.1.1 General ON/OFF time mask for CA (intra-band contiguous DL CA and UL CA)

6.3.5A.1.1 Power Control Absolute power tolerance for CA (intra-band contiguous DL CA and UL CA)

6.3.5A.2.1 Power Control Relative power tolerance for CA (intra-band contiguous DL CA and UL CA)

6.3.5A.3.1* Aggregate power control tolerance for CA (intra-band contiguous DL CA and UL CA)

6.5.1A.1 Frequency error for CA (intra-band contiguous DL CA and UL CA)

6.5.2A.1.1* Error Vector Magnitude (EVM) for CA (intra-band contiguous DL CA and UL CA)

6.5.2A.2.1* Carrier leakage for CA (intra-band contiguous DL CA and UL CA)

6.5.2A.3.1* In-band emissions for non allocated RB for CA (intra-band contiguous DL CA and UL CA)

6.6.1A.1 Occupied bandwidth for CA (intra-band contiguous DL CA and UL CA)

6.6.2.1A.1* Spectrum emission mask for CA (intra-band contiguous DL CA and UL CA)

6.6.2.3A.1 Adjacent Channel Leakage power Ratio for CA (intra-band contiguous DL CA and UL CA)

6.6.3.1A.1 Transmitter Spurious emissions for CA (intra-band contiguous DL CA and UL CA)

6.6.3.2A.1 Spurious emission band UE co-existence for CA (intra-band contiguous DL CA and UL CA)

6.6.3.3A.1* Additional spurious emissions for CA (intra-band contiguous DL CA and UL CA)

6.7A .1* Transmit intermodulation for CA (intra-band contiguous DL CA and UL CA)

Intra-band cont. DL CA and UL CA Inter-band DL CA only

*: Test case incomplete Source: 3GPP TS 36.521-1 V11.0.0 (2013-03)





CA RF Receiver Test Cases

Clause Title

7.3A.1 Reference sensitivity level for CA (intra-band contiguous DL CA and UL CA)

7.3A.2 Reference sensitivity level for CA (intra-band contiguous DL CA without UL CA)

7.3A.3* Reference sensitivity level for CA (inter-band DL CA without UL CA)

7.4A.1 Maximum input level for CA (intra-band contiguous DL CA and UL CA)

7.4A.2 Maximum input level for CA (intra-band contiguous DL CA without UL CA)

7.5A.1 Adjacent Channel Selectivity (ACS) for CA (intra-band contiguous DL CA and UL CA)

7.5A.2 Adjacent Channel Selectivity (ACS) for CA (intra-band contiguous DL CA without UL CA)

7.5A.3* Adjacent Channel Selectivity (ACS) for CA (inter-band DL CA without UL CA)

7.6.1A.1 In-band blocking for CA (intra-band contiguous DL CA and UL CA)

7.6.1A.2 In-band blocking for CA (intra-band contiguous DL CA without UL CA)

7.6.1A.3 In-band blocking for CA (inter-band DL CA without UL CA)

7.6.2A.1 Out-of-band blocking for CA (intra-band contiguous DL CA and UL CA)

7.6.2A.2 Out-of-band blocking for CA (intra-band contiguous DL CA without UL CA)

7.6.2A.3* Out-of-band blocking for CA (inter-band DL CA without UL CA)

7.6.3A.1 Narrow band blocking for CA (intra-band contiguous DL CA and UL CA)

7.6.3A.2 Narrow band blocking for CA (intra-band contiguous DL CA without UL CA)

7.6.3A.3 Narrow band blocking for CA (inter-band DL CA without UL CA)

7.7A.1 Spurious response for CA (intra-band contiguous DL CA and UL CA)

7.7A.2 Spurious response for CA (intra-band contiguous DL CA without UL CA)

7.7A.3* Spurious response for CA (inter-band DL CA without UL CA)

7.8.1A.1* Wideband intermodulation for CA (intra-band contiguous DL CA and UL CA)

7.8.1A.2* Wideband intermodulation for CA (intra-band contiguous DL CA without UL CA)

7.8.1A.3* Wideband intermodulation for CA (inter-band DL CA without UL CA)

Intra-band cont. DL CA and UL CA Intra-band cont. DL CA only Inter-band DL CA only

*: Test case incomplete Source: 3GPP TS 36.521-1 V11.0.0 (2013-03)





CA RF Performance Test Cases

Clause Title

8.2.1.1.1_A.1 FDD PDSCH Single Antenna Port Performance for CA (intra band contiguous DL CA)

8.2.1.1.1_A.2 FDD PDSCH Single Antenna Port Performance for CA (inter band DL CA)

8.2.1.3.1_A.1 FDD PDSCH Open Loop Spatial Multiplexing 2x2 for CA (intra-band contiguous DL CA)

8.2.1.3.1_A.2 FDD PDSCH Open Loop Spatial Multiplexing 2x2 for CA (inter-band DL CA)

8.2.1.4.2_A.1* FDD PDSCH Closed Loop Multi Layer Spatial Multiplexing 4 x 2 for CA (inter band DL CA)

8.2.2.1.1_A.1* TDD PDSCH Single Antenna Port Performance for CA (intra band contiguous DL CA)

8.2.2.3.1_A.1* TDD PDSCH Open Loop Spatial Multiplexing 2x2 for CA (intra band contiguous DL CA)

8.2.2.4.2_A.1* TDD PDSCH Closed Loop Multi Layer Spatial Multiplexing 4x2 for CA (intra band contiguous DL CA)

8.7.1.1_A.1* FDD sustained data rate performance for CA (intra-band contiguous DL CA)

8.7.1.1_A.2* FDD sustained data rate performance for CA (inter-band DL CA)

8.7.2.1_A.1* TDD sustained data rate performance for CA (intra band contiguous DL CA)

Intra-band cont. DL CA only Inter-band DL CA only

*: Test case incomplete

Source: 3GPP TS 36.521-1 V11.0.0 (2013-03)





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