SIST EN 301 908-14 V15.1.1:2021

ETSI EN 301 908-14 V15.1.1 (2021-09)






HARMONISED EUROPEAN STANDARD
IMT cellular networks;
Harmonised Standard for access to radio spectrum;
Part 14: Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access (E-UTRA)
Base Stations (BS)
Release 15

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2 ETSI EN 301 908-14 V15.1.1 (2021-09)

Reference
REN/MSG-TFES-15-14
Keywords
3G, 3GPP, cellular, digital, E-UTRA, IMT,
IMT-2000, LTE, mobile, radio, regulation, UMTS
ETSI
650 Route des Lucioles
F-06921 Sophia Antipolis Cedex - FRANCE

Tel.: +33 4 92 94 42 00  Fax: +33 4 93 65 47 16

Siret N° 348 623 562 00017 - APE 7112B
Association à but non lucratif enregistrée à la
Sous-Préfecture de Grasse (06) N° w061004871

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© ETSI 2021.
All rights reserved.

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Contents
Intellectual Property Rights . 7
Foreword . 7
Modal verbs terminology . 8
Introduction . 8
1 Scope . 9
2 References . 10
2.1 Normative references . 10
2.2 Informative references . 11
3 Definition of terms, symbols and abbreviations . 13
3.1 Terms . 13
3.2 Symbols . 20
3.3 Abbreviations . 21
4 Technical requirements specifications . 22
4.1 Environmental profile . 22
4.2 Conformance requirements . 23
4.2.1 Introduction. 23
4.2.2 Operating band unwanted emissions . 25
4.2.2.1 Definition . 25
4.2.2.2 Limits . 25
4.2.2.2.0 General . 25
4.2.2.2.1 Limits for Wide Area BS (bands 1, 3, 7, 8, 32, 33, 34, 38, 65, 69) . 27
4.2.2.2.2 Limits for Wide Area BS (bands 7, 22, 38, 40, 41, 42, 43, 50, 69, 75) . 28
4.2.2.2.3 Limits for Wide Area BS (bands 20, 28, 31, 67, 68, 72, 87, 88) . 31
4.2.2.2.4 Limits for Local Area BS . 32
4.2.2.2.5 Limits for Home BS . 33
4.2.2.2.6 Void . 35
4.2.2.2.7 Void . 35
4.2.2.2.8 Limits for Medium Range BS . 35
4.2.2.2.9 Additional limits for operation in bands 32, 75, 76 . 40
4.2.2.2.10 Minimum requirements for Local Area and Medium Range BS in band 46 . 40
4.2.2.2.11 Minimum requirements for stand-alone NB-IoT Wide Area BS . 42
4.2.2.2.12 Minimum requirements for stand-alone NB-IoT Local Area BS . 43
4.2.2.2.13 Minimum requirements for stand-alone NB-IoT Home BS . 44
4.2.2.2.14 Minimum requirements for stand-alone NB-IoT Medium Range BS . 45
4.2.2.2.15 Additional limits for operation in bands 50 and 75 within 1 432 - 1 452 MHz, and in bands 51
and 76 . 46
4.2.2.2.16 Additional limits for operation in band 43 for co-existence with FSS/FS . 46
4.2.2.3 Conformance . 47
4.2.3 Adjacent Channel Leakage power Ratio (ACLR) . 47
4.2.3.1 Definition . 47
4.2.3.2 Void. 47
4.2.3.3 Void. 47
4.2.3.4 Limits . 47
4.2.3.4.1 ACLR Limits . 47
4.2.3.4.2 Cumulative ACLR test requirement in non-contiguous spectrum limits . 50
4.2.3.5 Conformance . 51
4.2.4 Transmitter spurious emissions . 52
4.2.4.1 Definition . 52
4.2.4.2 Limits . 52
4.2.4.2.1 Spurious emissions . 52
4.2.4.2.2 Co-existence with other systems . 53
4.2.4.2.3 Protection of the BS receiver of own or different BS . 56
4.2.4.2.4 Co-existence with Home BS operating in other bands . 56
4.2.4.3 Conformance . 57
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4.2.5 Base Station maximum output power . 57
4.2.5.1 Definition . 57
4.2.5.2 Limit . 58
4.2.5.3 Conformance . 58
4.2.6 Transmitter intermodulation . 58
4.2.6.1 Definition . 58
4.2.6.2 Limit . 59
4.2.6.3 Conformance . 59
4.2.7 Receiver spurious emissions . 59
4.2.7.1 Definition . 59
4.2.7.2 Limit . 60
4.2.7.3 Conformance . 60
4.2.8 Blocking characteristics . 60
4.2.8.1 Definition . 60
4.2.8.2 Limit . 61
4.2.8.3 Conformance . 73
4.2.9 Receiver intermodulation characteristics . 73
4.2.9.1 Definition . 73
4.2.9.2 Limit . 73
4.2.9.3 Conformance . 86
4.2.10 Adjacent Channel Selectivity (ACS) and narrow-band blocking . 87
4.2.10.1 Definition . 87
4.2.10.2 Limit . 87
4.2.10.3 Conformance . 96
4.2.11 Home BS output power for adjacent UTRA channel protection. 96
4.2.11.1 Definition . 96
4.2.11.2 Limit . 96
4.2.11.3 Conformance . 97
4.2.12 Home BS output power for adjacent E-UTRA channel protection . 97
4.2.12.1 Definition and applicability . 97
4.2.12.2 Limit . 97
4.2.12.3 Conformance . 98
4.2.13 Home BS output power for co-channel E-UTRA protection . 98
4.2.13.1 Definition and applicability . 98
4.2.13.2 Limit . 98
4.2.13.3 Conformance . 99
4.2.14 Reference sensitivity level . 99
4.2.14.1 Definition . 99
4.2.14.2 Limits . 100
4.2.14.3 Conformance . 104
4.2.15 Downlink channel access procedure (Listen Before Talk (LBT)) . 105
4.2.15.1 General . 105
4.2.15.2 Limits . 105
4.2.15.3 Conformance . 105
4.2.16 Dynamic Frequency Selection (DFS) . 105
4.2.16.1 General . 105
4.2.16.2 Limits . 105
4.2.16.3 Conformance . 105
4.2.17 Base Station output power (band 46) . 105
4.2.17.1 General . 105
4.2.17.2 Limits . 106
4.2.17.3 Conformance . 106
5 Testing for compliance with technical requirements . 106
5.1 Environmental conditions for testing . 106
5.2 Void . 106
5.3 Essential radio test suites . 106
5.3.0 Introduction. 106
5.3.1 Operating band unwanted emissions . 107
5.3.1.0 General . 107
5.3.1.1 Initial conditions . 107
5.3.1.2 Procedure . 107
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5.3.1.3 Test requirement . 108
5.3.2 Adjacent Channel Leakage power Ratio (ACLR) . 108
5.3.2.1 Initial conditions . 108
5.3.2.2 Procedure . 109
5.3.2.3 Test requirement . 109
5.3.3 Transmitter spurious emissions . 109
5.3.3.0 General . 109
5.3.3.1 Initial conditions . 109
5.3.3.2 Procedure . 110
5.3.3.3 Test requirements . 110
5.3.4 Base Station maximum output power . 111
5.3.4.0 General . 111
5.3.4.1 Initial conditions . 111
5.3.4.2 Procedure . 111
5.3.4.3 Test requirement . 112
5.3.5 Transmitter intermodulation . 112
5.3.5.0 General . 112
5.3.5.1 Initial conditions . 112
5.3.5.2 Procedures . 112
5.3.5.3 Test requirement . 113
5.3.6 Receiver spurious emissions . 113
5.3.6.0 General . 113
5.3.6.1 Initial conditions . 113
5.3.6.2 Procedure . 114
5.3.6.3 Test requirement . 114
5.3.7 Blocking characteristics . 115
5.3.7.0 General . 115
5.3.7.1 Initial conditions . 115
5.3.7.2 Procedure . 115
5.3.7.3 Test requirement . 117
5.3.8 Receiver intermodulation characteristics . 117
5.3.8.0 General . 117
5.3.8.1 Initial conditions . 117
5.3.8.2 Procedures . 118
5.3.8.3 Test requirement . 119
5.3.9 Adjacent Channel Selectivity (ACS) and narrow-band blocking . 119
5.3.9.0 General . 119
5.3.9.1 Initial conditions . 119
5.3.9.2 Procedure for Adjacent Channel Selectivity . 119
5.3.9.3 Procedure for narrow-band blocking . 120
5.3.9.4 Test requirement . 122
5.3.10 Home BS output power for adjacent UTRA channel protection. 122
5.3.10.1 Initial conditions . 122
5.3.10.2 Procedure . 122
5.3.10.3 Test requirement . 123
5.3.11 Home BS output power for adjacent E-UTRA channel protection . 123
5.3.11.1 Initial conditions . 123
5.3.11.2 Procedure . 123
5.3.11.3 Test requirement . 124
5.3.12 Home BS output power for co-channel E-UTRA protection . 124
5.3.12.1 Initial conditions . 124
5.3.12.2 Procedure . 125
5.3.12.3 Test requirement . 125
5.3.13 Reference sensi
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Draft ETSI EN 301 908-14 V15.1.0 (2021-06)






HARMONISED EUROPEAN STANDARD
IMT cellular networks;
Harmonised Standard for access to radio spectrum;
Part 14: Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access (E-UTRA)
Base Stations (BS)
Release 15

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2 Draft ETSI EN 301 908-14 V15.1.0 (2021-06)

Reference
REN/MSG-TFES-15-14
Keywords
3G, 3GPP, cellular, digital, E-UTRA, IMT,
IMT-2000, LTE, mobile, radio, regulation, UMTS
ETSI
650 Route des Lucioles
F-06921 Sophia Antipolis Cedex - FRANCE

Tel.: +33 4 92 94 42 00  Fax: +33 4 93 65 47 16

Siret N° 348 623 562 00017 - APE 7112B
Association à but non lucratif enregistrée à la
Sous-Préfecture de Grasse (06) N° w061004871

Important notice
The present document can be downloaded from:
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experience to understand and interpret its content in accordance with generally accepted engineering or
other professional standard and applicable regulations.
No recommendation as to products and services or vendors is made or should be implied.
In no event shall ETSI be held liable for loss of profits or any other incidental or consequential damages.

Any software contained in this deliverable is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, express or implied, including but not
limited to, the warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose and non-infringement of intellectual property
rights and ETSI shall not be held liable in any event for any damages whatsoever (including, without limitation, damages
for loss of profits, business interruption, loss of information, or any other pecuniary loss) arising out of or related to the use
of or inability to use the software.
Copyright Notification
No part may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and
microfilm except as authorized by written permission of ETSI.
The content of the PDF version shall not be modified without the written authorization of ETSI.
The copyright and the foregoing restriction extend to reproduction in all media.

© ETSI 2021.
All rights reserved.

ETSI

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Contents
Intellectual Property Rights . 7
Foreword . 7
Modal verbs terminology . 8
Introduction . 8
1 Scope . 9
2 References . 11
2.1 Normative references . 11
2.2 Informative references . 12
3 Definition of terms, symbols and abbreviations . 14
3.1 Terms . 14
3.2 Symbols . 20
3.3 Abbreviations . 22
4 Technical requirements specifications . 23
4.1 Environmental profile . 23
4.2 Conformance requirements . 23
4.2.1 Introduction. 23
4.2.2 Operating band unwanted emissions . 26
4.2.2.1 Definition . 26
4.2.2.2 Limits . 26
4.2.2.2.0 General . 26
4.2.2.2.1 Limits for Wide Area BS (bands 1, 3, 7, 8, 32, 33, 34, 38, 65, 69) . 27
4.2.2.2.2 Limits for Wide Area BS (bands 7, 22, 38, 40, 41, 42, 43, 50, 69, 75) . 29
4.2.2.2.3 Limits for Wide Area BS (bands 20, 28, 31, 67, 68, 72, 87, 88) . 32
4.2.2.2.4 Limits for Local Area BS . 33
4.2.2.2.5 Limits for Home BS . 34
4.2.2.2.6 Void . 36
4.2.2.2.7 Void . 36
4.2.2.2.8 Limits for Medium Range BS . 36
4.2.2.2.9 Additional limits for operation in bands 32, 75, 76 . 41
4.2.2.2.10 Minimum requirements for Local Area and Medium Range BS in band 46 . 41
4.2.2.2.11 Minimum requirements for stand-alone NB-IoT Wide Area BS . 43
4.2.2.2.12 Minimum requirements for stand-alone NB-IoT Local Area BS . 44
4.2.2.2.13 Minimum requirements for stand-alone NB-IoT Home BS . 45
4.2.2.2.14 Minimum requirements for stand-alone NB-IoT Medium Range BS . 46
4.2.2.2.15 Additional limits for operation in bands 50 and 75 within 1 432-1 452 MHz, and in bands 51
and 76 . 47
4.2.2.2.16 Additional limits for operation in band 43 for co-existence with FSS/FS . 47
4.2.2.3 Conformance . 48
4.2.3 Adjacent Channel Leakage power Ratio (ACLR) . 48
4.2.3.1 Definition . 48
4.2.3.2 Void. 48
4.2.3.3 Void. 48
4.2.3.4 Limits . 48
4.2.3.4.1 ACLR Limits . 48
4.2.3.4.2 Cumulative ACLR test requirement in non-contiguous spectrum limits . 51
4.2.3.5 Conformance . 52
4.2.4 Transmitter spurious emis sions . 53
4.2.4.1 Definition . 53
4.2.4.2 Limits . 53
4.2.4.2.1 Spurious emissions . 53
4.2.4.2.2 Co-existence with other systems . 54
4.2.4.2.3 Protection of the BS receiver of own or different BS . 57
4.2.4.2.4 Co-existence with Home BS operating in other bands . 57
4.2.4.3 Conformance . 58
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4.2.5 Base Station maximum output power . 58
4.2.5.1 Definition . 58
4.2.5.2 Limit . 59
4.2.5.3 Conformance . 59
4.2.6 Transmitter intermodulation . 59
4.2.6.1 Definition . 59
4.2.6.2 Limit . 60
4.2.6.3 Conformance . 60
4.2.7 Receiver spurious emissions . 60
4.2.7.1 Definition . 60
4.2.7.2 Limit . 61
4.2.7.3 Conformance . 61
4.2.8 Blocking characteristics . 61
4.2.8.1 Definition . 61
4.2.8.2 Limit . 62
4.2.8.3 Conformance . 74
4.2.9 Receiver intermodulation characteristics . 74
4.2.9.1 Definition . 74
4.2.9.2 Limit . 74
4.2.9.3 Conformance . 87
4.2.10 Adjacent Channel Selectivity (ACS) and narrow-band blocking . 88
4.2.10.1 Definition . 88
4.2.10.2 Limit . 88
4.2.10.3 Conformance . 98
4.2.11 Home BS output power for adjacent UTRA channel protection. 98
4.2.11.1 Definition . 98
4.2.11.2 Limit . 98
4.2.11.3 Conformance . 99
4.2.12 Home BS output power for adjacent E-UTRA channel protection . 99
4.2.12.1 Definition and applicability . 99
4.2.12.2 Limit . 99
4.2.12.3 Conformance . 100
4.2.13 Home BS output power for co-channel E-UTRA protection . 100
4.2.13.1 Definition and applicability . 100
4.2.13.2 Limit . 100
4.2.13.3 Conformance . 101
4.2.14 Reference sensitivity level . 101
4.2.14.1 Definition . 101
4.2.14.2 Limits . 102
4.2.14.3 Conformance . 106
4.2.15 Downlink channel access procedure (Listen Before Talk (LBT)) . 107
4.2.15.1 General . 107
4.2.15.2 Limits . 107
4.2.15.3 Conformance . 107
4.2.16 Dynamic Frequency Selection (DFS) . 107
4.2.16.1 General . 107
4.2.16.2 Limits . 107
4.2.16.3 Conformance . 107
4.2.17 Base Station output power (band 46) . 107
4.2.17.1 General . 107
4.2.17.2 Limits . 108
4.2.17.3 Conformance . 108
5 Testing for compliance with technical requirements . 108
5.1 Environmental conditions for testing . 108
5.2 Void . 108
5.3 Essential radio test suites . 108
5.3.0 Introduction. 108
5.3.1 Operating band unwanted emissions . 109
5.3.1.0 General . 109
5.3.1.1 Initial conditions . 109
5.3.1.2 Procedure . 109
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5.3.1.3 Test requirement . 110
5.3.2 Adjacent Channel Leakage power Ratio (ACLR) . 110
5.3.2.1 Initial conditions . 110
5.3.2.2 Procedure . 111
5.3.2.3 Test requirement . 111
5.3.3 Transmitter spurious emis sions . 111
5.3.3.0 General . 111
5.3.3.1 Initial conditions . 111
5.3.3.2 Procedure . 112
5.3.3.3 Test requirements . 112
5.3.4 Base Station maximum output power . 113
5.3.4.0 General . 113
5.3.4.1 Initial conditions . 113
5.3.4.2 Procedure . 113
5.3.4.3 Test requirement . 114
5.3.5 Transmitter intermodulation . 114
5.3.5.0 General . 114
5.3.5.1 Initial conditions . 114
5.3.5.2 Procedures . 114
5.3.5.3 Test requirement . 115
5.3.6 Receiver spurious emissions . 115
5.3.6.0 General . 115
5.3.6.1 Initial conditions . 115
5.3.6.2 Procedure . 116
5.3.6.3 Test requirement . 116
5.3.7 Blocking characteristics . 117
5.3.7.0 General . 117
5.3.7.1 Initial conditions . 117
5.3.7.2 Procedure . 117
5.3.7.3 Test requirement . 119
5.3.8 Receiver intermodulation characteristics . 119
5.3.8.0 General . 119
5.3.8.1 Initial conditions . 119
5.3.8.2 Procedures . 120
5.3.8.3 Test requirement . 121
5.3.9 Adjacent Channel Selectivity (ACS) and narrow-band blocking . 121
5.3.9.0 General . 121
5.3.9.1 Initial conditions . 121
5.3.9.2 Procedure for Adjacent Channel Selectivity . 121
5.3.9.3 Procedure for narrow-band blocking . 122
5.3.9.4 Test requirement . 124
5.3.10 Home BS output power for adjacent UTRA channel protection. 124
5.3.10.1 Initial conditions . 124
5.3.10.2 Procedure . 124
5.3.10.3 Test requirement . 125
5.3.11 Home BS output power for adjacent E-UTRA channel protection . 125
5.3.11.1 Initial conditions . 125
5.3.11.2 Procedure . 125
5.3.11.3 Test requirement . 126
5.3.12 Home BS output power for co-channel E-UTRA protection . 126
5.3.12.1 Initial conditions . 126
5.3.12.2 Procedure . 127
5.3.12.3 Test requirement . 127
5.3
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SLOVENSKI STANDARD
oSIST prEN 301 908-14 V15.1.0:2021
01-september-2021
Celična omrežja IMT - Harmonizirani standard za dostop do radijskega spektra -
14. del: Bazne postaje za razviti prizemni radijski dostop za UMTS (E-UTRA), izdaja
15
IMT cellular networks - Harmonised Standard for access to radio spectrum - Part 14:
Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access (E-UTRA) Base Stations (BS) Release 15
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: ETSI EN 301 908-14 V15.1.0 (2021-06)
ICS:
33.060.99 Druga oprema za radijske Other equipment for
komunikacije radiocommunications
33.070.99 Druge mobilne storitve Other mobile services
oSIST prEN 301 908-14 V15.1.0:2021 en
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

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oSIST prEN 301 908-14 V15.1.0:2021
Draft ETSI EN 301 908-14 V15.1.0 (2021-06)






HARMONISED EUROPEAN STANDARD
IMT cellular networks;
Harmonised Standard for access to radio spectrum;
Part 14: Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access (E-UTRA)
Base Stations (BS)
Release 15

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oSIST prEN 301 908-14 V15.1.0:2021
 2 Draft ETSI EN 301 908-14 V15.1.0 (2021-06)

Reference
REN/MSG-TFES-15-14
Keywords
3G, 3GPP, cellular, digital, E-UTRA, IMT,
IMT-2000, LTE, mobile, radio, regulation, UMTS
ETSI
650 Route des Lucioles
F-06921 Sophia Antipolis Cedex - FRANCE

Tel.: +33 4 92 94 42 00  Fax: +33 4 93 65 47 16

Siret N° 348 623 562 00017 - APE 7112B
Association à but non lucratif enregistrée à la
Sous-Préfecture de Grasse (06) N° w061004871

Important notice
The present document can be downloaded from:
http://www.etsi.org/standards-search
The present document may be made available in electronic versions and/or in print. The content of any electronic and/or
print versions of the present document shall not be modified without the prior written authorization of ETSI. In case of any
existing or perceived difference in contents between such versions and/or in print, the prevailing version of an ETSI
deliverable is the one made publicly available in PDF format at www.etsi.org/deliver.
Users of the present document should be aware that the document may be subject to revision or change of status.
Information on the current status of this and other ETSI documents is available at
https://portal.etsi.org/TB/ETSIDeliverableStatus.aspx
If you find errors in the present document, please send your comment to one of the following services:
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Notice of disclaimer & limitation of liability
The information provided in the present deliverable is directed solely to professionals who have the appropriate degree of
experience to understand and interpret its content in accordance with generally accepted engineering or
other professional standard and applicable regulations.
No recommendation as to products and services or vendors is made or should be implied.
In no event shall ETSI be held liable for loss of profits or any other incidental or consequential damages.

Any software contained in this deliverable is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, express or implied, including but not
limited to, the warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose and non-infringement of intellectual property
rights and ETSI shall not be held liable in any event for any damages whatsoever (including, without limitation, damages
for loss of profits, business interruption, loss of information, or any other pecuniary loss) arising out of or related to the use
of or inability to use the software.
Copyright Notification
No part may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and
microfilm except as authorized by written permission of ETSI.
The content of the PDF version shall not be modified without the written authorization of ETSI.
The copyright and the foregoing restriction extend to reproduction in all media.

© ETSI 2021.
All rights reserved.

ETSI

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oSIST prEN 301 908-14 V15.1.0:2021
 3 Draft ETSI EN 301 908-14 V15.1.0 (2021-06)
Contents
Intellectual Property Rights . 7
Foreword . 7
Modal verbs terminology . 8
Introduction . 8
1 Scope . 9
2 References . 11
2.1 Normative references . 11
2.2 Informative references . 12
3 Definition of terms, symbols and abbreviations . 14
3.1 Terms . 14
3.2 Symbols . 20
3.3 Abbreviations . 22
4 Technical requirements specifications . 23
4.1 Environmental profile . 23
4.2 Conformance requirements . 23
4.2.1 Introduction. 23
4.2.2 Operating band unwanted emissions . 26
4.2.2.1 Definition . 26
4.2.2.2 Limits . 26
4.2.2.2.0 General . 26
4.2.2.2.1 Limits for Wide Area BS (bands 1, 3, 7, 8, 32, 33, 34, 38, 65, 69) . 27
4.2.2.2.2 Limits for Wide Area BS (bands 7, 22, 38, 40, 41, 42, 43, 50, 69, 75) . 29
4.2.2.2.3 Limits for Wide Area BS (bands 20, 28, 31, 67, 68, 72, 87, 88) . 32
4.2.2.2.4 Limits for Local Area BS . 33
4.2.2.2.5 Limits for Home BS . 34
4.2.2.2.6 Void . 36
4.2.2.2.7 Void . 36
4.2.2.2.8 Limits for Medium Range BS . 36
4.2.2.2.9 Additional limits for operation in bands 32, 75, 76 . 41
4.2.2.2.10 Minimum requirements for Local Area and Medium Range BS in band 46 . 41
4.2.2.2.11 Minimum requirements for stand-alone NB-IoT Wide Area BS . 43
4.2.2.2.12 Minimum requirements for stand-alone NB-IoT Local Area BS . 44
4.2.2.2.13 Minimum requirements for stand-alone NB-IoT Home BS . 45
4.2.2.2.14 Minimum requirements for stand-alone NB-IoT Medium Range BS . 46
4.2.2.2.15 Additional limits for operation in bands 50 and 75 within 1 432-1 452 MHz, and in bands 51
and 76 . 47
4.2.2.2.16 Additional limits for operation in band 43 for co-existence with FSS/FS . 47
4.2.2.3 Conformance . 48
4.2.3 Adjacent Channel Leakage power Ratio (ACLR) . 48
4.2.3.1 Definition . 48
4.2.3.2 Void. 48
4.2.3.3 Void. 48
4.2.3.4 Limits . 48
4.2.3.4.1 ACLR Limits . 48
4.2.3.4.2 Cumulative ACLR test requirement in non-contiguous spectrum limits . 51
4.2.3.5 Conformance . 52
4.2.4 Transmitter spurious emis sions . 53
4.2.4.1 Definition . 53
4.2.4.2 Limits . 53
4.2.4.2.1 Spurious emissions . 53
4.2.4.2.2 Co-existence with other systems . 54
4.2.4.2.3 Protection of the BS receiver of own or different BS . 57
4.2.4.2.4 Co-existence with Home BS operating in other bands . 57
4.2.4.3 Conformance . 58
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4.2.5 Base Station maximum output power . 58
4.2.5.1 Definition . 58
4.2.5.2 Limit . 59
4.2.5.3 Conformance . 59
4.2.6 Transmitter intermodulation . 59
4.2.6.1 Definition . 59
4.2.6.2 Limit . 60
4.2.6.3 Conformance . 60
4.2.7 Receiver spurious emissions . 60
4.2.7.1 Definition . 60
4.2.7.2 Limit . 61
4.2.7.3 Conformance . 61
4.2.8 Blocking characteristics . 61
4.2.8.1 Definition . 61
4.2.8.2 Limit . 62
4.2.8.3 Conformance . 74
4.2.9 Receiver intermodulation characteristics . 74
4.2.9.1 Definition . 74
4.2.9.2 Limit . 74
4.2.9.3 Conformance . 87
4.2.10 Adjacent Channel Selectivity (ACS) and narrow-band blocking . 88
4.2.10.1 Definition . 88
4.2.10.2 Limit . 88
4.2.10.3 Conformance . 98
4.2.11 Home BS output power for adjacent UTRA channel protection. 98
4.2.11.1 Definition . 98
4.2.11.2 Limit . 98
4.2.11.3 Conformance . 99
4.2.12 Home BS output power for adjacent E-UTRA channel protection . 99
4.2.12.1 Definition and applicability . 99
4.2.12.2 Limit . 99
4.2.12.3 Conformance . 100
4.2.13 Home BS output power for co-channel E-UTRA protection . 100
4.2.13.1 Definition and applicability . 100
4.2.13.2 Limit . 100
4.2.13.3 Conformance . 101
4.2.14 Reference sensitivity level . 101
4.2.14.1 Definition . 101
4.2.14.2 Limits . 102
4.2.14.3 Conformance . 106
4.2.15 Downlink channel access procedure (Listen Before Talk (LBT)) . 107
4.2.15.1 General . 107
4.2.15.2 Limits . 107
4.2.15.3 Conformance . 107
4.2.16 Dynamic Frequency Selection (DFS) . 107
4.2.16.1 General . 107
4.2.16.2 Limits . 107
4.2.16.3 Conformance . 107
4.2.17 Base Station output power (band 46) . 107
4.2.17.1 General . 107
4.2.17.2 Limits . 108
4.2.17.3 Conformance . 108
5 Testing for compliance with technical requirements . 108
5.1 Environmental conditions for testing . 108
5.2 Void . 108
5.3 Essential radio test suites . 108
5.3.0 Introduction. 108
5.3.1 Operating band unwanted emissions . 109
5.3.1.0 General . 109
5.3.1.1 Initial conditions . 109
5.3.1.2 Procedure . 109
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5.3.1.3 Test requirement . 110
5.3.2 Adjacent Channel Leakage power Ratio (ACLR) . 110
5.3.2.1 Initial conditions . 110
5.3.2.2 Procedure . 111
5.3.2.3 Test requirement . 111
5.3.3 Transmitter spurious emis sions . 111
5.3.3.0 General . 111
5.3.3.1 Initial conditions . 111
5.3.3.2 Procedure . 112
5.3.3.3 Test requirements . 112
5.3.4 Base Station maximum output power . 113
5.3.4.0 General . 113
5.3.4.1 Initial conditions . 113
5.3.4.2 Procedure . 113
5.3.4.3 Test requirement . 114
5.3.5 Transmitter intermodulation . 114
5.3.5.0 General . 114
5.3.5.1 Initial conditions . 114
5.3.5.2 Procedures . 114
5.3.5.3 Test requirement . 115
5.3.6 Receiver spurious emissions . 115
5.3.6.0 General . 115
5.3.6.1 Initial conditions . 115
5.3.6.2 Procedure . 116
5.3.6.3 Test requirement . 116
5.3.7 Blocking characteristics . 117
5.3.7.0 General . 117
5.3.7.1 Initial conditions . 117
5.3.7.2 Procedure . 117
5.3.7.3 Test requirement . 119
5.3.8 Receiver intermodulation characteristics . 119
5.3.8.0 General . 119
5.3.8.1 Initial conditions . 119
5.3.8.2 Procedures . 120
5.3.8.3 Test requirement . 121
5.3.9 Adjacent Channel Selectivity (ACS) and narrow-band blocking . 121
5.3.9.0 General . 121
5.3.9.1 Initial conditions . 121
5.3.9.2 Procedure for Adjacent Channel Selectivity . 121
5.3.9.3 Procedure for narrow-band blocking . 122
5.3.9.4 Test requirement . 124
5.3.10 Home BS output power for adjacent UTRA channel protection. 124
5.3.10.1 Initial conditions . 124
5.3.10.2 Procedure . 124
5.3.10.3 Test requirement . 125
5.3.11 Home BS output power for adjacent E-UTRA channel protection . 125
5.3.
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