ETSI TS 136 214 V15.5.0 (2020-01)

ETSI TS 136 214 V15.5.0 (2020-01)






TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION
LTE;
Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access (E-UTRA);
Physical layer;
Measurements
(3GPP TS 36.214 version 15.5.0 Release 15)

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Contents
Intellectual Property Rights . 2
Legal Notice . 2
Modal verbs terminology . 2
Foreword . 5
1 Scope . 6
2 References . 6
3 Definitions, symbols and abbreviations . 7
3.1 Definitions . 7
3.2 Symbols . 7
3.3 Abbreviations . 7
4 Control of UE/E-UTRAN measurements . 7
5 Measurement capabilities for E-UTRA . 8
5.1 UE measurement capabilities . 8
5.1.1 Reference Signal Received Power (RSRP) . 9
5.1.2 Void . 9
5.1.3 Reference Signal Received Quality (RSRQ) . 10
5.1.4 UTRA FDD CPICH RSCP . 10
5.1.5 UTRA FDD carrier RSSI . 10
5.1.6 UTRA FDD CPICH Ec/No . 11
5.1.7 GSM carrier RSSI . 11
5.1.8 Void . 11
5.1.9 UTRA TDD P-CCPCH RSCP . 11
5.1.10 CDMA2000 1x RTT Pilot Strength . 11
5.1.11 CDMA2000 HRPD Pilot Strength . 11
5.1.12 Reference signal time difference (RSTD) . 12
5.1.13 UE GNSS Timing of Cell Frames for UE positioning . 12
5.1.14 UE GNSS code measurements. 12
5.1.14A UE GNSS carrier phase measurements . 12
5.1.15 UE Rx – Tx time difference . 13
5.1.16 IEEE 802.11 WLAN RSSI . 13
5.1.17 MBSFN Reference Signal Received Power (MBSFN RSRP) . 13
5.1.18 MBSFN Reference Signal Received Quality (MBSFN RSRQ) . 14
5.1.19 Multicast Channel Block Error Rate (MCH BLER) . 14
5.1.20 CSI Reference Signal Received Power (CSI-RSRP) . 14
5.1.21 Sidelink Reference Signal Received Power (S-RSRP) . 15
5.1.22 Sidelink Discovery Reference Signal Received Power (SD-RSRP) . 15
5.1.23 Reference signal-signal to noise and interference ratio (RS-SINR) . 16
5.1.24 Received Signal Strength Indicator (RSSI) . 16
5.1.25 SFN and subframe timing difference (SSTD) . 17
5.1.26 Narrowband Reference Signal Received Power (NRSRP) . 17
5.1.27 Narrowband Reference Signal Received Quality (NRSRQ) . 18
5.1.28 Sidelink Received Signal Strength Indicator (S-RSSI) . 18
5.1.29 PSSCH Reference Signal Received Power (PSSCH-RSRP) . 18
5.1.30 Channel busy ratio (CBR) . 19
5.1.31 Channel occupancy ratio (CR) . 19
5.1.32 NR SS reference signal received power (NR-SS-RSRP) . 20
5.1.33 NR SS reference signal received quality (NR-SS-RSRQ) . 21
5.1.34 SFN and frame timing difference (SFTD) . 22
5.1.35 NR SS signal-to-noise and interference ratio (NR-SS-SINR) . 22
5.2 E-UTRAN measurement abilit ies . 22
5.2.1 DL RS TX power . 23
5.2.2 Received Interference Power . 23
5.2.3 Thermal noise power . 23
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5.2.4 Timing advance (T ) . 23
ADV
5.2.5 eNB Rx – Tx time difference . 24
5.2.6 E-UTRAN GNSS Timing of Cell Frames for UE positioning . 24
5.2.7 Angle of Arrival (AoA) . 24
5.2.8 UL Relative Time of Arrival (TUL-RTOA) . 24
Annex A (informative): Change history . 25
History . 27

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Foreword
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1 Scope
The present document contains the description and definition of the measurements done at the UE and network in order
to support operation in idle mode and connected mode.
2 References
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] 3GPP TR 21.905: "Vocabulary for 3GPP Specifications".
[2] 3GPP TS 36.201: "Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access (E-UTRA); Physical Layer –
General Description ".
[3] 3GPP TS 36.211: "Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access (E-UTRA); Physical channels and
modulation".
[4] 3GPP TS 36.212: "Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access (E-UTRA); Multiplexing and
channel coding ".
[5] 3GPP TS 36.213: "Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access (E-UTRA); Physical layer
procedures ".
[6] 3GPP TS 36.321: "Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access (E-UTRA); Medium Access
Control (MAC) protocol specification".
[7] 3GPP TS 36.331: "Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access (E-UTRA); Radio Resource
Control (RRC); Protocol specification ".
[8] 3GPP2 CS.0005-D v1.0 "Upper Layer (Layer 3) Signaling Standard for CDMA2000 Spread
Spectrum Systems Release D".
[9] 3GPP2 CS.0024-A v3.0 "cdma2000 High Rate Packet Data Air Interface Specification"
[10] 3GPP TS 36.104: "Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access (E-UTRA); Base Station (BS)
radio transmission and reception ".
[11] 3GPP TS 36.355: "Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access (E-UTRA); LTE Positioning
Protocol (LPP)"
[12] 3GPP TS 36.455: "Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access (E-UTRA); LTE Positioning
Protocol A (LPPa)"
[13] 3GPP TS 36.459: "Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access (E-UTRA); SLm Application
Protocol (SLmAP)"
[14] 3GPP TS 36.111: "Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access (E-UTRA); Location Measurement
Unit (LMU) performance specification; Network Based Positioning Systems in E-UTRAN"
[15] IEEE 802.11, Part 11: "Wireless LAN Medium Access Control (MAC) and Physical Layer (PHY)
specifications, IEEE Std.".
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[16] 3GPP TS 36.304: "Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access (E-UTRA); User Equipment (UE)
procedures in idle mode ".
[17] 3GPP TS 38.213: "NR; Physical layer procedures for control".
[18] 3GPP TS 38.133: "NR; Requirements for support of radio resource management".

3 Definitions, symbols and abbreviations
3.1 Definitions
For the purposes of the present document, the terms and definitions given in TR 21.905 [1] 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 [1].
3.2 Symbols
For the purposes of the present document, the following symbols apply:
Ec/No Received energy per chip divided by the power density in the band

3.3 Abbreviations
For the purposes of the present document, the abbreviations given in TR 21.905 [1] 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 [1].
1x RTT CDMA2000 1x Radio Transmission Technology
CPICH Common Pilot Channel
E-SMLC Enhanced Serving Mobile Location Centre
E-UTRA Evolved UTRA
E-UTRAN Evolved UTRAN
FDD Frequency Division Duplex
GNSS Global Navigation Satellite System
GSM Global System for Mobile communication
HRPD CDMA2000 High Rate Packet Data
LMU Location Measurement Unit
P-CCPCH Primary Common Control Physical Channel
RSCP Received Signal Code Power
RSRP Reference Signal Received Power
RSRQ Reference Signal Received Quality
RSSI Received Signal Strength Indicator
RSTD Reference Signal Time Difference
SRS Sounding Reference Signal
TDD Time Division Duplex
UTRA Universal Terrestrial Radio Access
UTRAN Universal Terrestrial Radio Access Network

4 Control of UE/E-UTRAN measurements
In this chapter the general measurement control concept of the higher layers is briefly described to provide an
understanding on how L1 measurements are initiated and controlled by higher layers.
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With the measurement specifications L1 provides measurement capabilities for the UE and E-UTRAN. These
measurements can be classified in different reported measurement types: intra-frequency, inter-frequency, inter-system,
traffic volume, quality and UE internal measurements (see the RRC Protocol [7]).
In the L1 measurement definitions, see chapter 5, the measurements are categorised as measurements in the UE (the
messages for these will be described in the MAC Protocol [6] or RRC Protocol [7] or LPP Protocol [11]) or
measurements in the E-UTRAN (the messages for these will be described in the Frame Protocol or LPPa Protocol [12]).
To initiate a specific measurement, the E-UTRAN transmits a 'RRC connection reconfiguration message' to the UE
including a measurement ID and type, a command (setup, modify, release), the measurement objects, the measurement
quantity, the reporting quantities and the reporting criteria (periodical/event-triggered), see [7] or E-SMLC transmits an
'LPP Request Location Information message' to UE, see [11].
When the reporting criteria are fulfilled the UE shall answer with a 'measurement report message' to the E-UTRAN
including the measurement ID and the results or an 'LPP Provide Location Information message' to the E-SMLC, see
[11].
For idle mode, the measurement information elements are broadcast in the System Information.

5 Measurement capabilities for E-UTRA
In this chapter the physical layer measurements reported to higher layers are defined.
5.1 UE measurement capabilities
The structure of the table defining a UE measurement quantity is shown below.

Column field Comment
Definition
Contains the definition of the measurement.
Applicable for
States in which state(s) it shall be possible to perform this measurement. The following terms are
used in the tables:
RRC_IDLE;
RRC_CONNECTED;

Intra-frequency appended to the RRC state:
Shall be possible to perform in the corresponding RRC state on an intra-frequency cell;
Inter-frequency appended to the RRC state:
Shall be possible to perform in the corresponding RRC state on an inter-frequency cell
Inter-RAT appended to the RRC state:
Shall be possible to perform in the corresponding RRC state on an inter-RAT cell.

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5.1.1 Reference Signal Received Power (RSRP)

Definition Reference signal received power (RSRP), is defined as the linear average over the power
contributions (in [W]) of the resource elements that carry cell-specific reference signals within the
considered measurement frequency bandwidth.
For RSRP determination the cell-specific reference signals R0 according to TS 36.211 [3] shall be
used. If the UE can reliably detect that R is available, it may use R in addition to R to
1 1 0
determine RSRP.

If higher layers indicate measurements based on discovery signals, the UE shall measure RSRP
in the subframes in the configured discovery signal occasions. For frame structure 1 and 2, if the
UE can reliably detect that cell-specific reference signals are present in other subframes, the UE
may use those subframes in addition to determine RSRP.

The reference point for the RSRP shall be the antenna connector of the UE.

If receiver diversity is in use by the UE, the reported value shall not be lower than the
corresponding RSRP of any of the individual diversity branches.
Applicable for RRC_IDLE intra-frequency,
RRC_IDLE inter-frequency,
RRC_CONNECTED intra-frequency,
RRC_CONNECTED inter-frequency
NOTE 1: The number of resource elements within the considered measurement frequency bandwidth and within the
measurement period that are used by the UE to determine RSRP is left up to the UE implementation with
the limitation that corresponding measurement accuracy requirements have to be fulfilled.
NOTE 2: The power per resource element is determined from the energy received during the useful part of the
symbol, excluding the CP.

5.1.2 Void

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5.1.3 Reference Signal Received Quality (RSRQ)

Definition Reference Signal Received Quality (RSRQ) is defined as the ratio N×RSRP/(E-UTRA carrier
RSSI), where N is the number of RB's of the E-UTRA carrier RSSI measurement bandwidth. The
measurements in the numerator and denominator shall be made over the same set of resource
blocks.

E-UTRA Carrier Received Signal Strength Indicator (RSSI), comprises the linear average of the
total received power (in [W]) observed only in certain OFDM symbols of measurement
subframes, in the measurement bandwidth, over N number of resource blocks by the UE from all
sources, including co-channel serving and non-serving cells, adjacent channel interference,
thermal noise etc.

Unless indicated otherwise by higher layers, RSSI is measured only from OFDM symbols
containing reference symbols for antenna port 0 of measurement subframes. If higher layers
indicate all OFDM symbols for performing RSRQ measurements, then RSSI is measured from
all OFDM symbols of the DL part of measurement subframes. If higher-layers indicate certain
subframes for performing RSRQ measurements, then RSSI is measured from all OFDM symbols
of the DL part of the indicated subframes.

If higher layers indicate measurements based on discovery signals, RSSI is measured from all
OFDM symbols of the DL part of the subframes in the configured discovery signal occasions.

The reference point for the RSRQ shall be the antenna connector of the UE.

If receiver diversity is in use by the UE, the reported value shall not be lower than the
corresponding RSRQ of any of the individual diversity branches.
Applicable for RRC_IDLE intra-frequency,
RRC_IDLE inter-frequency,
RRC_CONNECTED intra-frequency,
RRC_CONNECTED inter-frequency

5.1.4 UTRA FDD CPICH RSCP

Definition
Received Signal Code Power, the received power on one code measured on the Primary
CPICH. The reference point for the RSCP shall be the antenna connector of the UE. If Tx
diversity is applied on the Primary CPICH the received code power from each antenna shall be
separately measured and summed together in [W] to a total received code power on the Primary
CPICH. If receiver diversity is in use by the UE, the reported value shall not be lower than the
corresponding CPICH RSCP of any of the individual receive antenna branches.
Applicable for RRC_IDLE inter-RAT,
RRC_CONNECTED inter-RAT

5.1.5 UTRA FDD carrier RSSI

Definition The received wide band power, including thermal noise and noise generated in the receiver,
within the bandwidth defined by the receiver pulse shaping filter. The reference point for the
measurement shall be the antenna connector of the UE. If receiver diversity is in use by the UE,
the reported value shall not be lower than the corresponding UTRA carrier RSSI of any of the
individual receive antenna branches.
Applicable for RRC_IDLE inter-RAT,
RRC_CONNECTED inter-RAT
NOTE: This definition does not correspond to a reported measurement. This definition is just an intermediate
definition used in the definition of UTRA FDD CPICH Ec/No.

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5.1.6 UTRA FDD CPICH Ec/No

Definition The received energy per chip divided by the power density in the band. If receiver diversity is not
in use by the UE, the CPICH Ec/No is identical to CPICH RSCP/UTRA Carrier RSSI.
Measurement shall be performed on the Primary CPICH. The reference point for the CPICH
Ec/No shall be the antenna connector of the UE. If Tx diversity is applied on the Primary CPICH
the received energy per chip (Ec) from each antenna shall be separately measured and summed
together in [Ws] to a total received chip energy per chip on the Primary CPICH, before
calculating the Ec/No. If receiver diversity is in use by the UE, the measured CPICH Ec/No value
shall not be lower than the corresponding CPICH RSCP/UTRA Carrier RSSI of receive antenna
i i
branch i .
Applicable for
RRC_IDLE inter-RAT,
RRC_CONNECTED inter-RAT

5.1.7 GSM carrier RSSI

Definition Received Signal Strength Indicator, the wide-band received power within the relevant channel
bandwidth. Measurement shall be performed on a GSM BCCH carrier. The reference point for
the RSSI shall be the antenna connector of the UE.
Applicable for RRC_IDLE inter-RAT,
RRC_CONNECTED inter-RAT

5.1.8 Void

5.1.9 UTRA TDD P-CCPCH RSCP

Definition Received Signal Code Power, the received power on P-CCPCH of a neighbour UTRA TDD cell.
The reference point for the RSCP shall be the antenna connector of the UE.
Applicable for RRC_IDLE inter-RAT,
RRC_CONNECTED inter-RAT

5.1.10 CDMA2000 1x RTT Pilot Strength

Definition CDMA2000 1x RTT Pilot Strength measurement is defined in section 2.6.6.2.2 of [8]
Applicable for RRC_IDLE inter-RAT,
RRC_CONNECTED inter-RAT

5.1.11 CDMA2000 HRPD Pilot Strength

Definition CDMA2000 HRPD Pilot Strength Measurement is defined in section 8.7.6.1.2.3 of [9]
Applicable for RRC_IDLE inter-RAT,
RRC_CONNECTED inter-RAT

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5.1.12 Reference signal time difference (RSTD)

Definition The relative timing difference between the neighbour cell j and the reference cell i, defined as
T – T , where: T is the time when the UE receives the start of one
SubframeRxj SubframeRxi SubframeRxj
subframe from cell j TSubframeRxi is the time when the UE receives the corresponding start of one
subframe from cell i that is closest in time to the subframe received from cell j. T
...