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3.1 Definitions 3.2 Symbols 3.3 Abbreviations
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1 Scope p. 22

The present document establishes the minimum RF requirements for NR User Equipment (UE) operating on frequency Range 1.

2 References p. 22

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.

[1]

TR 21.905: "Vocabulary for 3GPP Specifications".

[2]

TS 38.101-2: "NR; User Equipment (UE) radio transmission and reception; Part 2: Range 2 Standalone".

[3]

TS 38.101-3: "NR; User Equipment (UE) radio transmission and reception; Part 3: Range 1 and Range 2 Interworking operation with other radios".

[4]

TS 38.521-1: "NR; User Equipment (UE) conformance specification; Radio transmission and reception; Part 1: Range 1 Standalone".

[5]

Recommendation ITU-R M.1545: "Measurement uncertainty as it applies to test limits for the terrestrial component of International Mobile Telecommunications-2000".

[6]

TS 38.211: "NR; Physical channels and modulation".

[7]

TS 38.331: "Radio Resource Control (RRC) protocol specification".

[8]

TS 38.213: "NR; Physical layer procedures for control".

[9]

ITU-R Recommendation SM.329-10, "Unwanted emissions in the spurious domain".

[10]

TS 38.214: "NR; Physical layer procedures for data".

[11]

TS 36.101: Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access (E-UTRA); User Equipment (UE) radio transmission and reception;

[12]

ETSI TS 102 792: "Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS); Mitigation techniques to avoid interference between European CEN Dedicated Short Range Communication (CEN DSRC) equipment and Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) operating in the 5 GHz frequency range".

[13]

TS 38.133: "NR; Requirements for support of radio resource management".

[14]

TS 37.213: "Physical layer procedures for shared spectrum channel access".

[15]

TS 38.306: "NR; User Equipment (UE) radio access capabilities".

[16]

TS 38.104: "NR; Base Station (BS) radio transmission and reception".

[17]

TS 23.256: "Support of Uncrewed Aerial Systems (UAS) connectivity, identification and tracking; Stage 2".

[18]

ECC Decision(22)07, "Harmonised technical conditions for the usage of aerial UE for communications based on LTE and 5G NR in the bands 703-733 MHz, 832-862 MHz, 880-915 MHz, 1710-1785 MHz, 1920-1980 MHz, 2500-2570 MHz and 2570-2620 MHz harmonised for MFCN", 18 November 22.

3 Definitions, symbols and abbreviations p. 23

3.1 Definitions p. 23

For the purposes of the present document, the terms and definitions given in TR 21.905 and the following apply. A term defined in the present document takes precedence over the definition of the same term, if any, in TR 21.905.

Aerial UE:

A UE supporting UAS (Uncrewed Aircraft Systems) as indicated by the capability [NR-UAV-support] [15] and that has an aerial subscription as described in TS 23.256. The UE is considered to have access to UAS services after the UE ha performed a successful authentication and authorization with the USS as described in TS 23.256.

Aggregated Channel Bandwidth:

The RF bandwidth in which a UE transmits and receives multiple contiguously aggregated carriers.

ATG UE:

The terminals or user equipments which are mounted in aircraft and support ATG feature as defined in clause x.x.x. from TS 38.306.

Carrier aggregation:

Aggregation of two or more component carriers in order to support wider transmission bandwidths.

Carrier aggregation band:

A set of one or more operating bands across which multiple carriers are aggregated with a specific set of technical requirements.

Carrier aggregation bandwidth class:

A class defined by the aggregated transmission bandwidth configuration and maximum number of component carriers supported by a UE.

Carrier aggregation configuration:

A combination of CA operating band(s) and CA bandwidth class(es) supported by a UE.

Con-current operation:

The simultaneous transmission and reception of sidelink and Uu interfaces while operation is agnostic of the service used on each interface.

Contiguous carriers:

A set of two or more carriers configured in a spectrum block where there are no RF requirements based on co-existence for un-coordinated operation within the spectrum block.

Contiguous resource allocation:

A resource allocation of consecutive resource blocks within one carrier or across contiguously aggregated carriers. The gap between contiguously aggregated carriers due to the nominal channel spacing is allowed.

Contiguous spectrum:

Spectrum Enhanced channel raster: channel raster with a 10 kHz granularity in bands with a 100 kHz channel raster.consisting of a contiguous block of spectrum with no sub-block gaps.

Inter-band carrier aggregation:

Carrier aggregation of component carriers in different operating bands.

Inter-band con-current operation:

Operation of NR Uu carrier and NR Sidelink carrier in different operating bands.

Intra-band contiguous carrier aggregation:

Contiguous carriers aggregated in the same operating band.

Intra-band non-contiguous carrier aggregation:

Non-contiguous carriers aggregated in the same operating band.

Intra-band SL CA UE:

UE that supports NR SL CA operation in a single band

NR SL CA:

Aggregation of two or more NR Sidelink component carriers in order to support wider transmission bandwidths

NR SL inter-band concurrent operating Band:

Band combinations of NR Uu carrier and NR Sidelink carrier in different operating bands.

NR SL-U UE:

UE that supports NR Sidelink operation in unlicensed bands (e.g. n46, n96, n102).

RedCap UE:

The UE with reduced capabilities as defined in clause 4.2.21.1 of TS 38.306.

Sub-band:

For a UE that supports shared spectrum channel access in wideband operation, a sub-band is the set of RBs within an approximately 20 MHz segment of the channel where the wideband channel is uniformly divided into an integer number of 20 MHz sub-bands. Sub-bands may be separately allocated in uplink and downlink.

Sub-block:

This is one contiguous allocated block of spectrum for transmission and reception by the same UE. There may be multiple instances of sub-blocks within an RF bandwidth.

Sub-block bandwidth:

The bandwidth of one sub-block.

Sub-block gap:

A frequency gap between two consecutive sub-blocks within an RF bandwidth, where the RF requirements in the gap are based on co-existence for un-coordinated operation.

UE transmission bandwidth configuration:

Set of resource blocks located within the UE channel bandwidth which may be used for transmitting or receiving by the UE.

Vehicular UE:

A UE embedded in a vehicle, permanently connected to an embedded antenna system that radiates externally for NR operating bands.

Wideband operation:

For a UE that supports shared spectrum channel access, wideband operation refers to operation within a channel larger than 20 MHz in which intra-cell guard bands may be configured to distinguish individual RB-sets

3.2 Symbols p. 24

For the purposes of the present document, the following symbols apply:

ΔF_Global

Granularity of the global frequency raster

ΔF_Raster

Band dependent channel raster granularity

Δf_OOB

Δ Frequency of Out Of Band emission

ΔF_TX-RX

Maximum deviation to the Tx-Rx carrier center frequency separation for asymmetric uplink/downlink channel bandwidth operation

ΔMPR_c

Allowed Maximum Power Reduction relaxation for serving cell c

ΔP_PowerClass

Adjustment to maximum output power for a given power class

Δ_RB

The starting frequency offset between the allocated RB and the measured non-allocated RB

ΔR_IB,c

Allowed reference sensitivity relaxation due to support for inter-band CA operation, for serving cell c

ΔR_IBC

Allowed reference sensitivity relaxation due to support for intra-band contiguous CA operation

ΔR_IBNC

Allowed reference sensitivity relaxation due to support for intra-band non-contiguous CA operation

ΔR_IB,4R

Reference sensitivity adjustment due to support for 4 antenna ports

ΔR_IB,8R

Reference sensitivity adjustment due to support for 8 antenna ports

ΔR_1R

Reference sensitivity adjustment due to support for 1 antenna ports

Δ_Shift

Channel raster offset

ΔT_C

Allowed operating band edge transmission power relaxation

ΔT_C,c

Allowed operating band edge transmission power relaxation for serving cell c

ΔT_IB,c

Allowed maximum configured output power relaxation due to support for inter-band CA operation, inter-band NR-DC operation and due to support for SUL operations, for serving cell c

BW_Channel

Channel bandwidth

BW_{Channel,block}

Sub-block bandwidth, expressed in MHz. BW_{Channel,block}= F_{edge,block,high} - F_{edge,block,low}

BW_{Channel_CA}

Aggregated channel bandwidth, expressed in MHz

BW_Channel,max

Maximum channel bandwidth supported among all bands in a release

BW_GB

max( BW_{GB,Channel(k)} )

BW_{GB,Channel(k)}

Minimum guard band defined in clause 5.3A.1 of carrier k

BW_DL

Channel bandwidth for DL

BW_UL

Channel bandwidth for UL

BW_interferer

Bandwidth of the interferer

Ceil(x)

Rounding upwards; ceil(x) is the smallest integer such that ceil(x) ≥ x

Floor(x)

Rounding downwards; floor(x) is the greatest integer such that floor(x) ≤ x

F_C

Center frequency of a carrier for a numerology defined by the RF reference frequency on the channel raster mapped to the carrier according to subclause 5.4.2.2

F_{C,block, high}

Fc of the highest transmitted/received carrier in a sub-block

F_{C,block, low}

Fc of the lowest transmitted/received carrier in a sub-block

F_C,low

The Fc of the lowest carrier, expressed in MHz

F_C,high

The Fc of the highest carrier, expressed in MHz

F_{DL_low}

The lowest frequency of the downlink operating band

F_{DL_high}

The highest frequency of the downlink operating band

F_{UL_low}

The lowest frequency of the uplink operating band

F_{UL_high}

The highest frequency of the uplink operating band

F_{edge,block,low}

The lower sub-block edge, where F_{edge,block,low} = F_C,block,low - F_{offset, low}.

F_{edge,block,high}

The upper sub-block edge, where F_{edge,block,high} = F_C,block,high + F_{offset, high}.

F_{edge, low}

The lower edge of aggregated channel bandwidth, expressed in MHz. F_edge,low = F_C,low - F_offset,low.

Fedge, high

The higher edge of aggregated channel bandwidth, expressed in MHz. F_edge,high = F_C,high + F_offset,high.

F_Interferer (offset)

Frequency offset of the interferer (between the center frequency of the interferer and the carrier frequency of the carrier measured)

F_Interferer

Frequency of the interferer

F_Ioffset

Frequency offset of the interferer (between the center frequency of the interferer and the closest edge of the carrier measured)

Frequency offset from FC_high to the higher edge or FC_low to the lower edge.

F_offset,high

Frequency offset from FC,high to the upper UE RF Bandwidth edge, or from F_{C,block, high} to the upper sub-block edge

F_offset,low

Frequency offset from FC,low to the lower UE RF Bandwidth edge, or from F_{C,block, low} to the lower sub-block edge

F_OOB

The boundary between the NR out of band emission and spurious emission domains

F_REF

RF reference frequency

F_REF-Offs

Offset used for calculating FREF

F_{REF, shift}

RF reference frequency for Supplementary Uplink (SUL) bands, the uplink of all FDD bands, and TDD bands

F_uw (offset)

The frequency separation of the center frequency of the carrier closest to the interferer and the center frequency of the interferer

GB_Channel

Minimum guard band defined in clause 5.3.3, expressed in kHz

L_CRB

Transmission bandwidth which represents the length of a contiguous resource block allocation expressed in units of resources blocks

Max()

The largest of given numbers

Min()

The smallest of given numbers

n_PRB

Physical resource block number

NR_ACLR

NR ACLR

N_RB

Transmission bandwidth configuration, expressed in units of resource blocks

N_{RB_agg}

The number of the aggregated RBs within the fully allocated aggregated channel bandwidth

N_(RB_(_agg) )=∑_ for carrier 1 to j, where μ is defined in TS 38.211

N_RB,c

The transmission bandwidth configuration of component carrier c, expressed in units of resource blocks

N_(RB,cj)=N_(RB_j )*2^(μ_j ) for carrier j, where μ is defined in TS 38.211

N_{RB,largest BW}

The largest transmission bandwidth configuration of the component carriers in the bandwidth combination, expressed in units of resource blocks

N_RB,low

The transmission bandwidth configurations according to Table 5.3.2-1 for the lowest assigned component carrier in clause 5.3A.1

N_RB,high

The transmission bandwidth configurations according to Table 5.3.2-1 for the highest assigned component carrier in clause 5.3A.1

N_REF

NR Absolute Radio Frequency Channel Number (NR-ARFCN)

N_REF-Offs

Offset used for calculating NREF

P_CMAX

The configured maximum UE output power

P_{CMAX, c}

The configured maximum UE output power for serving cell c

P_{CMAX, f, c}

The configured maximum UE output power for carrier f of serving cell c in each slot

P_EMAX

Maximum allowed UE output power signalled by higher layers

P_{EMAX, c}

Maximum allowed UE output power signalled by higher layers for serving cell c

P_Interferer

Modulated mean power of the interferer

P_{largest BW}

Power of the largest transmission bandwidth configuration of the component carriers in the bandwidth combination

P_{MaxOutputPower}

The rated maximum ATG UE output power at maximum modulation order and full PRB configurations which is indicated by ATG UE capability [RatedMOPATG]

P_PowerClass

The nominal UE power (i.e., no tolerance)

P-MPR_c

Power Management Maximum Power Reduction for serving cell c

P_RB

The transmitted power per allocated RB, measured in dBm

P_{REFSENS_SL}

The REFSENS power for Sidelink

P_UMAX

The measured configured maximum UE output power

Puw

Power of an unwanted DL signal

Power of a wanted DL signal

RB_start

The lowest RB index of transmitted resource blocks

RB_{start_CA}

The lowest RB index of transmitted resource blocks for intra-band contiguous CA

SCS_c

SCS for the component carrier c, expressed in kHz

SCS_{largest BW}

SCS for the largest transmission bandwidth configuration of the component carriers in the bandwidth combination, expressed in kHz

SCS_low

SCS for the lowest assigned component carrier in clause 5.3A.1, expressed in kHz

SCS_high

SCS for the highest assigned component carrier in clause 5.3A.1, expressed in kHz

Transient Period value signalled by the UE

tp_start

Start position of transient period relative to the symbol boundary

T(P_{CMAX, f, c})

Tolerance for applicable values of P_{CMAX, f, c} for configured maximum UE output power for carrier f of serving cell c

T_L,c

Absolute value of the lower tolerance for the applicable operating band as specified in clause 6.2.1

SS_REF

SS block reference frequency position

UTRA_ACLR

UTRA ACLR

3.3 Abbreviations p. 26

For the purposes of the present document, the abbreviations given in TR 21.905 and the following apply. An abbreviation defined in the present document takes precedence over the definition of the same abbreviation, if any, in TR 21.905.

ACLR

Adjacent Channel Leakage Ratio

ACS

Adjacent Channel Selectivity

A-MPR

Additional Maximum Power Reduction

ATG

Air-To-Ground

Base Station

Bandwidth

BWP

Bandwidth Part

Carrier Aggregation

CA_nX-nY

Inter-band CA of component carrier(s) in one sub-block within Band nX and component carrier(s) in one sub-block within Band nY where nX and nY are the applicable NR operating bands

Component Carriers

Carrier Group

CP-OFDM

Cyclic Prefix-OFDM

Continuous Wave

Dual Connectivity

DFT-s-OFDM

Discrete Fourier Transform-spread-OFDM

DM-RS

Demodulation Reference Signal

DTX

Discontinuous Transmission

E-UTRA

Evolved UTRA

EIRP

Equivalent Isotropically Radiated Power

EVM

Error Vector Magnitude

Frequency Range

FRC

Fixed Reference Channel

FWA

Fixed Wireless Access

GSCN

Global Synchronization Channel Number

Half Duplex

IBB

In-band Blocking

IDFT

Inverse Discrete Fourier Transformation

ITS

Intelligent Transportation System

ITU-R

Radiocommunication Sector of the International Telecommunication Union

MBW

Measurement bandwidth defined for the protected band

MCG

Master Cell Group

MOP

Maximum Output Power

MPR

Allowed maximum power reduction

MSD

Maximum Sensitivity Degradation

New Radio

NR-ARFCN

NR Absolute Radio Frequency Channel Number

Network Signalling

OCNG

OFDMA Channel Noise Generator

OOB

Out-of-band

P-MPR

Power Management Maximum Power Reduction

PRB

Physical Resource Block

Public Safety

PSBCH

Physical Sidelink Broadcast CHannel

PSCCH

Physical Sidelink Control CHannel

PSFCH

Physical Sidelink Feedback CHannel

PSSCH

Physical Sidelink Shared CHannel

QAM

Quadrature Amplitude Modulation

Resource Element

REFSENS

Reference Sensitivity

RedCap

Reduced Capability

Radio Frequency

RMS

Root Mean Square (value)

RSRP

Reference Signal Receiving Power

Receiver

Single Carrier

SCG

Secondary Cell Group

SCS

Subcarrier spacing

SDL

Supplementary Downlink

SEM

Spectrum Emission Mask

Sidelink

SL-MIMO

Sidelink-Multiple Antenna transmission

SNR

Signal-to-Noise Ratio

SRS

Sounding Reference Symbol

Synchronization Symbol

S-SSB

Sidelink Synchronization Signal Block

SUL

Supplementary uplink

TAB

Transceiver Array Boundary

TAE

Time Alignment Error

TAG

Timing Advance Group

Transmitter

TxD

Tx Diversity

UAS

Uncrewed Aircraft Systems

UAV

Uncrewed Aerial Vehicle

UL MIMO

Uplink Multiple Antenna transmission

ULFPTx

Uplink Full Power Transmission

USS

UAS Service Supplier

V2X

Vehicle to Everything