ETSI TS 137 104 V15.10.0 (2020-04)

ETSI TS 137 104 V15.10.0 (2020-04)






TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION
Digital cellular telecommunications system (Phase 2+) (GSM);
Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS);
LTE;
5G;
NR, E-UTRA, UTRA and GSM/EDGE;
Multi-Standard Radio (MSR) Base Station (BS)
radio transmission and reception
(3GPP TS 37.104 version 15.10.0 Release 15)

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3GPP TS 37.104 version 15.10.0 Release 15 1 ETSI TS 137 104 V15.10.0 (2020-04)



Reference
RTS/TSGR-0437104vfa0
Keywords
5G,GSM,LTE,UMTS
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Contents
Intellectual Property Rights . 2
Legal Notice . 2
Modal verbs terminology . 2
Foreword . 6
1 Scope . 7
2 References . 7
3 Definitions, symbols and abbreviations . 8
3.1 Definitions . 8
3.2 Symbols . 11
3.3 Abbreviations . 13
4 General . 15
4.1 Relation between the MSR specification and the single-RAT specifications . 15
4.2 Relationship between minimum requirements and test requirements . 15
4.3 Base station classes . 15
4.4 Regional requirements . 16
4.5 Operating bands and Band Categories. 17
4.5.1 Band category 1 aspects (BC1) . 21
4.5.2 Band category 2 aspects (BC2) . 21
4.5.3 Band category 3 aspects (BC3) . 22
4.6 Channel arrangement . 22
4.6.1 Channel spacing . 22
4.6.1A CA Channel spacing . 23
4.6.2 Channel raster . 24
4.6.3 Carrier frequencies and numbering . 24
4.7 Requirements for contiguous and non-contiguous spectrum . 24
4.8 Requirements for BS capable of multi-band operation . 24
5 Applicability of requirements . 25
5.1 Band category 1 . 25
5.2 Band category 2 . 28
5.3 Band category 3 . 31
5.4 Inclusion of requirements by reference . 34
6 Transmitter characteristics . 34
6.1 General . 34
6.2 Base station output power . 35
6.2.1 Minimum requirement . 35
6.2.2 Additional requirement (regional) . 35
6.2.3 E-UTRA minimum requirement for DL RS power . 36
6.2.4 UTRA FDD minimum requirement for primary CPICH power . 36
6.2.4A UTRA FDD minimum requirement for secondary CPICH power. 36
6.2.5 UTRA TDD minimum requirement for primary CCPCH power . 36
6.2.6 NB-IoT minimum requirement for DL NRS power . 36
6.3 Output power dynamics . 36
6.3.1 E-UTRA minimum requirement . 36
6.3.2 UTRA FDD minimum requirement . 36
6.3.3 UTRA TDD minimum requirement . 37
6.3.4 GSM/EDGE minimum requirement . 37
6.3.5 NB-IoT minimum requirement . 37
6.3.6 NR minimum requirement . 37
6.4 Transmit ON/OFF power . 37
6.4.1 Transmitter OFF power . 37
6.4.1.1 Minimum Requirement . 37
6.4.2 Transmitter transient period . 37
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6.4.2.1 Minimum requirements . 38
6.5 Transmitted signal quality . 39
6.5.1 Modulation quality . 39
6.5.1.1 E-UTRA minimum requirement . 39
6.5.1.2 UTRA FDD minimum requirement . 39
6.5.1.3 UTRA TDD minimum requirement . 39
6.5.1.4 GSM/EDGE minimum requirement . 39
6.5.1.5 NB-IoT minimum requirement . 39
6.5.1.6 NR minimum requirement . 39
6.5.2 Frequency error . 39
6.5.2.1 E-UTRA minimum requirement . 39
6.5.2.2 UTRA FDD minimum requirement . 39
6.5.2.3 UTRA TDD minimum requirement . 40
6.5.2.4 GSM/EDGE minimum requirement . 40
6.5.2.5 NB-IoT minimum requirement . 40
6.5.2.6 NR minimum requirement . 40
6.5.3 Time alignment error . 40
6.5.3.1 E-UTRA minimum Requirement . 40
6.5.3.2 UTRA FDD minimum requirement . 40
6.5.3.3 UTRA TDD minimum requirement . 40
6.5.3.4 NB-IoT minimum Requirement . 40
6.5.3.5 NR minimum Requirement . 40
6.6 Unwanted emissions . 41
6.6.1 Transmitter spurious emis sions . 41
6.6.1.1 Mandatory Requirements . 42
6.6.1.1.1 Minimum requirement (Category A) . 42
6.6.1.1.2 Minimum requirement (Category B) . 42
6.6.1.1.3 Additional minimum requirement for BC2 (Category B) . 42
6.6.1.2 Protection of the BS receiver of own or different BS . 43
6.6.1.2.1 Minimum Requirement . 43
6.6.1.3 Additional spurious emissions requirements . 43
6.6.1.3.1 Minimum Requirement . 43
6.6.1.4 Co-location with other base stations . 52
6.6.1.4.1 Minimum Requirement . 52
6.6.2 Operating band unwanted emissions . 57
6.6.2.1 General minimum requirement for Band Categories 1 and 3 . 58
6.6.2.2 General minimum requirement for Band Category 2 . 65
6.6.2.3 GSM/EDGE single-RAT requirements . 74
6.6.2.4 Additional requirements . 74
6.6.2.4.1 Limits in FCC Title 47 . 74
6.6.2.4.2 Unsynchronized operation for BC3 . 74
6.6.2.4.3 Protection of DTT. 74
6.6.2.4.4 Co-existence with services in adjacent frequency bands . 75
6.6.2.4.5 Co-existence with RNSS/GPS services in North America . 75
6.6.2.4.6 Additional requirements for band 41 . 76
6.6.2.4.7 Additional band 32, 50, 51, 74, 75 and 76 unwanted emissions . 76
6.6.2.4.8 Additional requirements for band 45 . 77
6.6.2.4.9 Additional requirements for band 48 . 78
6.6.3 Occupied bandwidth . 78
6.6.3.1 Minimum requirement . 78
6.6.4 Adjacent Channel Leakage Power Ratio (ACLR) . 78
6.6.4.1 E-UTRA minimum requirement . 78
6.6.4.2 UTRA FDD minimum requirement . 80
6.6.4.3 UTRA TDD minimum requirement . 81
6.6.4.4 Cumulative ACLR requirement in non-contiguous spectrum . 81
6.6.4.5 NB-IoT minimum requirement . 82
6.6.4.6 NR minimum requirement . 83
6.7 Transmitter intermodulation . 84
6.7.1 General minimum requirement . 84
6.7.2 Additional minimum requirement (BC1 and BC2) . 85
6.7.3 Additional minimum requirement (BC3) . 86
6.7.4 Additional requirements . 86
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7 Receiver characteristics . 87
7.1 General . 87
7.2 Reference sensitivity level . 87
7.2.1 E-UTRA minimum requirement . 87
7.2.2 UTRA FDD minimum requirement . 87
7.2.3 UTRA TDD minimum requirement . 88
7.2.4 GSM/EDGE minimum requirement . 88
7.2.5 NB-IoT minimum requirement . 88
7.2.6 NR minimum requirement . 88
7.2.7 Void . 88
7.3 Dynamic range . 88
7.3.1 E-UTRA minimum requirement . 88
7.3.2 UTRA FDD minimum requirement . 88
7.3.3 UTRA TDD minimum requirement . 88
7.3.4 GSM/EDGE minimum requirement . 88
7.3.5 NB-IoT minimum requirement . 88
7.3.6 NR minimum requirement . 88
7.4 In-band selectivity and blocking . 89
7.4.1 General blocking minimum requirement . 89
7.4.2 General narrowband blocking minimum requirement . 90
7.4.3 Additional Narrowband blocking minimum requirement for GSM/EDGE . 92
7.4.4 GSM/EDGE requirements for AM suppression . 92
7.4.5 Additional BC3 blocking minimum requirement . 92
7.5 Out-of-band blocking . 92
7.5.1 General minimum requirement . 92
7.5.2 Co-location minimum requirement . 93
7.6 Receiver spurious emissions. 98
7.6.1 General minimum requirement . 98
7.6.2 Additional minimum requirement for BC2 (Category B) . 99
7.7 Receiver intermodulation . 99
7.7.1 General intermodulation minimum requirement . 99
7.7.2 General narrowband intermodulation minimum requirement . 102
7.7.3 Additional narrowband intermodulation minimum requirement for GSM/EDGE . 106
7.8 In-channel selectivity . 106
7.8.1 E-UTRA minimum requirement . 106
7.8.2 NR minimum requirement . 106
8 Performance requirements . 106
8.1 E-UTRA minimum requirement . 106
8.2 UTRA FDD minimum requirement . 106
8.3 UTRA TDD minimum requirement . 107
8.4 GSM/EDGE minimum requirement . 107
8.5 NR minimum requirement . 107
Annex A (normative): Characteristics of interfering signals . 108
A.1 UTRA FDD interfering signal . . 108
A.2 UTRA TDD interfering signal . 108
A.3 E-UTRA interfering signal . 108
Annex B (normative):  Environmental requirements for the BS equipment . 109
Annex C (informative): Change history . 110
History . 117

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