ETSI TS 137 141 V15.10.0 (2020-04)

ETSI TS 137 141 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)
conformance testing
(3GPP TS 37.141 version 15.10.0 Release 15)

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3GPP TS 37.141 version 15.10.0 Release 15 1 ETSI TS 137 141 V15.10.0 (2020-04)



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RTS/TSGR-0437141vfa0
Keywords
5G,GSM,LTE,UMTS
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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 . 13
3.1 Definitions . 13
3.2 Symbols . 16
3.3 Abbreviations . 19
4 General test conditions and declarations . 20
4.1 Measurement uncertainties and test requirements . 20
4.1.1 General . 20
4.1.2 Acceptable uncertainty of Test System . 21
4.1.2.1 Measurement of transmitter . 22
4.1.2.2 Measurement of receiver . 23
4.1.3 Interpretation of measurement results . 25
4.2 Base Station classes . 26
4.3 Regional requirements . 26
4.4 Operating bands and band categories . 28
4.4.1 Band category 1 aspects (BC1) . 32
4.4.2 Band category 2 aspects (BC2) . 33
4.4.3 Band category 3 aspects (BC3) . 33
4.5 Channel arrangement . 33
4.5.1 Channel spacing . 33
4.5.1A CA Channel spacing . 34
4.5.2 Channel raster . 35
4.5.3 Carrier frequencies and numbering . 35
4.6 Manufacturer's declarations of regional and optional requirements . 35
4.6.1 Operating band and frequency range . 35
4.6.2 Spurious emissions category . 35
4.6.3 Additional operating band unwanted emissions . 36
4.6.4 Co-existence with other systems . 36
4.6.5 Co-location with other Base Stations . 36
4.6.6 NB-IoT sub-carrier spacing . 37
4.6.7 NB-IoT power dynamic range . 37
4.7 Capability set definition and manufacturer's declarations of supported RF configurations . 37
4.7.1 Definition of Capability Sets (CS) . 37
4.7.2 Manufacturer's declarations of supported RF configurations . 40
4.8 MSR test configurations . 44
4.8.1 TC1: UTRA multicarrier operation . 44
4.8.1.1 TC1a generation . 44
4.8.1.2 TC1b generation . 44
4.8.1.3 TC1 power allocation . 44
4.8.1a NTC1: UTRA multicarrier non-contiguous operation . 44
4.8.1a.1 NTC1a generation . 45
4.8.1a.2 NTC1 power allocation . 45
4.8.2 TC2: E-UTRA multicarrier operation . 45
4.8.2.1 TC2 generation . 45
4.8.2.2 TC2 power allocation . 45
4.8.2a NTC2: E-UTRA multicarrier non-contiguous operation . 45
4.8.2a.1 NTC2 generation . 46
4.8.2a.2 NTC2 power allocation . 46
4.8.3 TC3: UTRA and E-UTRA multi RAT operation . 46
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4.8.3.1 TC3a generation . 46
4.8.3.2 TC3b generation . 47
4.8.3.3 TC3 power allocation . 47
4.8.3a NTC3: UTRA and E-UTRA multi RAT non-contiguous operation . 47
4.8.3a.1 NTC3a generation . 47
4.8.3a.2 NTC3 power allocation . 48
4.8.4 TC4: BC2 transmitter operation. 48
4.8.4.1 TC4a generation . 48
4.8.4.2 TC4b generation . 48
4.8.4.3 TC4c generation . 49
4.8.4.4 TC4d generation . 49
4.8.4.5 TC4e generation . 49
4.8.4.6 TC4 power allocation . 50
4.8.4a NTC4: Non-contiguous multi RAT operations with GSM for the transmitter . 50
4.8.4a.1 NTC4a generation . 50
4.8.4a.2 NTC4b generation . 51
4.8.4a.3 NTC4c generation . 51
4.8.4a.4 NTC4 power allocation . 52
4.8.5 TC5: BC2 receiver operation . 52
4.8.5.1 TC5a generation . 52
4.8.5.2 TC5b generation . 53
4.8.5a NTC5: Non-contiguous multi RAT operations with GSM for the receiver . 53
4.8.5a.1 NTC5a generation . 53
4.8.5a.2 NTC5b generation . 53
4.8.5a.3 NTC5c generation . 53
4.8.6 TC6: Single carrier for receiver tests . 54
4.8.6.1 TC6a generation . 54
4.8.6.2 TC6b generation . 54
4.8.6.3 TC6c generation . 54
4.8.7 Generation of MB-MSR test configurations . 54
4.8.7.1 TC7a: MB-MSR test configuration for full carrier allocation . 54
4.8.7.1.1 TC7a generation . 54
4.8.7.1.2 TC7a power allocation . 55
4.8.7.2 TC7b: MB-MSR test configuration with high PSD per carrier . 55
4.8.7.2.1 TC7b generation . 55
4.8.7.2.2 TC7b power allocation . 56
4.8.7.3 TC7c: MB-MSR test configuration with GSM/EDGE single RAT operation in one band . 56
4.8.7.3.1 TC7c generation . 56
4.8.7.3.2 TC7c power allocation . 57
4.8.8 TC8: NB-IoT standalone multi-carrier operation . 57
4.8.8.1 TC8 generation . 57
4.8.8.2 TC8 power allocation . 57
4.8.9 TC9: GSM and NB-IoT standalone multi-carrier operation . 57
4.8.9.1 TC9 generation . 58
4.8.9.2 TC9 power allocation . 58
4.8.10 TC10: UTRA and NB-IoT standalone multi-carrier operation . 58
4.8.10.1 TC10 generation . 58
4.8.10.2 TC10 power allocation . 58
4.8.11 TC11: E-UTRA and NB-IoT standalone multi-carrier operation . 58
4.8.11.1 TC11 generation . 59
4.8.11.2 TC11 power allocation . 59
4.8.12 TC12: GSM and UTRA and NB-IoT standalone multi-carrier operation . 59
4.8.12.1 TC12 generation . 59
4.8.12.2 TC12 power allocation . 60
4.8.13 TC13: GSM and E-UTRA and NB-IoT standalone multi-carrier operation . 60
4.8.13.1 TC13 generation . 60
4.8.13.2 TC13 power allocation . 60
4.8.14 TC14: UTRA and E-UTRA and NB-IoT standalone multi-carrier operation . 60
4.8.14.1 TC14 generation . 60
4.8.14.2 TC14 power allocation . 61
4.8.15 TC15: GSM and E-UTRA with NB-IoT in-band multi-carrier operation . 61
4.8.15.1 TC15 generation . 61
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4.8.15.2 TC15 power allocation . 61
4.8.16 TC16: UTRA and E-UTRA with NB-IoT in-band multi-carrier operation . 61
4.8.16.1 TC16 generation . 61
4.8.16.2 TC16 power allocation . 62
4.8.17 TC17: E-UTRA and E-UTRA with NB-IoT in-band multi-carrier operation . 62
4.8.17.1 TC17 generation . 62
4.8.17.2 TC17 power allocation . 62
4.8.18 TC18: GSM and E-UTRA with NB-IoT guard-band multi-carrier operation . 62
4.8.18.1 TC18 generation . 62
4.8.18.2 TC18 power allocation . 63
4.8.19 TC19: UTRA and E-UTRA with NB-IoT guard-band multi-carrier operation . 63
4.8.19.1 TC19 generation . 63
4.8.19.2 TC19 power allocation . 63
4.8.20 TC20: E-UTRA and E-UTRA with NB-IoT guard-band multi-carrier operation . 63
4.8.20.1 TC20 generation . 63
4.8.20.2 TC20 power allocation . 64
4.8.21 TC21: Contiguous operation in CS16 . 64
4.8.21.1 TC21 generation . 64
4.8.21.2 TC21 power allocation . 64
4.8.22 NTC21: Non-contiguous operation in CS16 . 65
4.8.22.1 NTC21 generation . 65
4.8.22.2 NTC21 power allocation . 65
4.8.23 TC22: Contiguous operation in CS17 . 65
4.8.23.1 TC22 generation . 65
4.8.23.2 TC22 power allocation . 66
4.9 RF channels and test models . 66
4.9.1 RF channels . 66
4.9.2 Test models . 67
4.10 BS configurations . 68
4.10.1 Transmit configurations . 68
4.10.1.1 Transmission with multiple transmitter antenna connectors . 68
4.10.2 Receive configurations . 68
4.10.2.1 Reception with multiple receiver antenna connectors, receiver diversity . 69
4.10.3 Duplexers . 69
4.10.4 Power supply options . 69
4.10.5 Ancillary RF amplifiers . 69
4.10.6 BS with integrated Iuant BS modem . 70
4.10.7 BS using antenna arrays . 70
4.10.7.1 Receiver tests . 70
4.10.7.2 Transmitter tests . 71
4.11 Format and interpretation of tests . 71
4.12 Requirements for BS capable of multi-band operation . 72
4.13 Tests for BS capable of multi-band operation with three or more bands . 73
5 Applicability of requirements and test configurations .
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