5G NR Device Testing

Rafa Garcia – Industry Expert 2018.11.28

Keysight Technologies
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SANTA ROSA, Calif., Nov 13, 2018

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N O T J U S T A D I S TA N T F U T U R E – I T ’ S A R E A L I T Y

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Optional Title of the Presentation 5
Optional Title of the Presentation 6
• 5G Ecosystem

• 5G Standards

• 5G Testability Updates

• Keysight 5G Testing Solutions

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5G Protocol Conformance Toolset 8
Ecosystem and features

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5G Protocol Conformance Toolset 13
5G Standards Development
PROGRESS AND TIMELINE

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3GPP Specifications
Specifications structured in Releases
Stable platform for implementation of features
Addition of new features
Phases, related to a specific technology

How many releases, when

did they start?

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3GPP Specifications

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eMBB acceleration
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New Radio Timeline 1st 5G specification version
released in Dec 2017 for NSA
(Option 3)
• Lot of maintenance work in
H12018 to stabilize the specs
• ASN1 for NSA agreed to be
frozen for NSA in Mar 2018
• Additional work to complete SA
(Option 2) by Jun 2018
• Additional work to define basic
URLLC by June 2018
• Additional dual connectivity
options (Opt 4 and 7) couldn’t be
completed by Jun 2018 despite
operators requests
We are here…
1st 5G specs released

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5G 3GPP Releases Timeline
2017 2018 2019 2020

Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1

Rel-15 NSA Rel-15 NSA

(option-3) (option-3)
freeze ASN.1
Rel-15 SA Rel-15 SA
(option-2) (option-2)
freeze ASN.1

Rel-15 late Rel-15 late

drop freeze drop ASN.1

Rel-16 Rel-16
freeze ASN.1

Rel-16 SI phase

Rel-16 WI phase Performance phase

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Source: 3GPP RAN#72, RP-161266”
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Source: 3GPP RAN#72, RP-161266”
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Source: 3GPP RAN#72, RP-161266”
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Source: 3GPP RAN#72, RP-161266”
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Source: 3GPP RAN#72, RP-161266”
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Source: 3GPP RAN#72, RP-161266”
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 5 G N R S P E C I F I C AT I O N S : C O N D U C T E D V S R A D I AT E D

According to 3GPP 38.803:

RAN4 Spec title Estimated Comments
UE approval date
specs
38.101-1 NR; User Equipment (UE) radio TSG-RAN #78 Rapporteur;
transmission and reception (Dec’17) Vintola Ville
Technical Specification for NR range 1 for vvintola@QTI.QUALCOMM.CO Mode Frequency LTE FR1 FR2
UE RF requirements M ranges connections connections connections
Core part involved
38.101-2 NR; User Equipment (UE) radio TSG-RAN #78 Rapporteur;
transmission and reception (Dec’17) Vintola Ville SA FR1 -- Conducted- --
Technical Specification for NR range 2 for vvintola@QTI.QUALCOMM.CO calibrated
UE RF requirements M
SA FR2 -- -- Radiated-
Core part
38.101-3 NR; User Equipment (UE) radio TSG-RAN #78 Rapporteur; calibrated
transmission and reception (Dec’17) Vintola Ville SA FR1 (Pcell) + -- Radiated --not Radiated
Technical Specification for NR vvintola@QTI.QUALCOMM.CO
FR2 calibrated (*) calibrated
interworking between NR range1 + NR M
range2 and between NR and LTE for UE Core part NSA LTE + FR1 Conducted- Conducted- --
RF requirements calibrated calibrated
38.133 NR; Requirements for support of radio TSG-RAN #78 Rapporteur;
resource management (Dec’17) Yang Tang NSA LTE + FR2 Radiated --not Radiated
yang.tang@INTEL.COM calibrated (*) calibrated
Core part
38.101-4 NR; User Equipment (UE) performance TSG-RAN #82 Rapporteur; NSA LTE + FR1 Radiated --not Radiated --not Radiated
requirements (Dec’18) TBD (Pcell) + FR2 calibrated (*) calibrated (*) calibrated
Performance part
38.133 NR; Requirements for support of radio TSG-RAN #82 Rapporteur; (*) When measuring FR2.
resource management (Dec’18) TBD No FR1/LTE simultaneous measurements with FR2.
Performance part FR1 and LTE tested without FR2
References: R4-1803261, R4-1801587
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• DUT Antenna Configuration can be chosen by an optional declaration from a manufacturer

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P E R M I T T E D O TA T E S T S Y S T E M S

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R F PA R A M E T R I C S : M E A S U R E M E N T S E T - U P S D E S C R I P T I O N

DIRECT FAR FIELD NEAR FIELD TO FAR REVERBERATION

( R4-1803554 ) FIELD TRANSFORM CHAMBER
(R4-1805062) (R4-1803412)

Link Antenna for

beam steering
Not available

Measurement Antenna
for centre and off
centre of beam
measurements

INDIRECT FAR FIELD NEAR FIELD WITHOUT FAR

(R4-1803575) FIELD TRANSFORM (R4-1805896)
z

x Range antenna
y
DUT reflector
1

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2
Feed antenna
3

PM/SG
Positioner
controller

PC
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 R4-1710028
1. Only RRM static geometry scenarios to be prioritized so far, i.e. in terms of
RRM testing complexity scenarios:
1. Scenario 1: 1 NR TRxP + AWGN + Static AoA Impact:
Beam steering capability
2. Scenario 3: 1 NR TRxP + Fading + Static AoA not tested
3. Scenario 5: 2 NR TRxPs + AWGN + Static AoA
4. Scenario 7: 2 NR TRxPs + Fading + Static AoA

2. Fading i.e. emulation of the propagation channel for RRM is under

discussion in another WF.
Its appliance to 1 or 2 TRxPs affects directly the baseline setup.

Still under discussion as shown in section 2.2 in R4-1800021

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 R4-1803532, R4-1808402, R4-1808405
• OTA link, LTE radiated link for NSA (not calibrated). Positioning system.
• Rel 15 testing scope: Up to 2 NR transmission reception points TRxPs are emulated. (max num of
simultaneously active AoA )
• Relative angular relationships between the active AoA: 30º, 60º, 90º, 120º, 150º and 180º.

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 T E S T C A S E E S T I M AT E S

• Breakdown below based on the latest available RAN5 work plans and estimates.
• Covers Release-15 only. Further 5G PCT test cases will also be defined in later 3GPP releases.
• Test case numbers below are subject to ongoing revisions by RAN5.

Timescale for TTCN

5GS Rel-15 TCs # Comments
development
Test case breakdown:
Layer Phase 1 Phase 2 Phase 3 Phase x
MAC 28 9
2018: 90% RLC 17
NSA option 3 112
2019: 10% PDCP 14 May contain TCs for NR L1/L2 flexibility testing
RRC 12 20 9
NAS 3
Total 74 29 9
2018: 25%
SA options 2,5 ~250 Includes all layers of option3 + IdleMode, NR SDAP/RRC, 5GC, inter-RAT with 4G.
2019: 75%
Option4: extension of option2, test scope limited to DC.
NSA options 4,7 ~75 2019: 100% Option7: extension of option5, test scope limited to DC.
2018: 20%
IMS ~75 Voice, video, SMS, emergency, codecs…
2019: 80%
TOTAL: ~512
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 Umbrella Work Item Sub Work Items
WI-500_NR-nx
GCF WI-500_EUTRA-5GC-x
WI-500: 5G RF
WI-500_EN-DC_x_ny
Dec 2017: GCF approved the creation of 5G work WI-500_NGEN-DC_x_ny
items (SG#73) WI-501_NR-nx
WI-501_EUTRA-5GC-x
WI-501: 5G RRM
Mar 2018: 5G work item structure agreed WI-501_EN-DC_x_ny
WI-501_NGEN-DC_x_ny
(CAG#53bis)
WI-502_NR-nx
Apr 2018: Umbrella work items created WI-502: 5G De-Mod/CSI
WI-502_EUTRA-5GC-x
WI-502_EN-DC_x_ny
(CAG#54) WI-502_NGEN-DC_x_ny

Jul 2018: Sub-work items, with bands/ test case WI-503_NR-nx (opt 2)
WI-503_EUTRA-5GC-x (opt 5)
lists, agreed (CAG#55) WI-503: 5G RAN Protocol
WI-503_EN-DC_x_ny (opt 3)
WI-503_NGEN-DC_x_ny (opt 7)
Oct 2018: Target for first 5G test case validations WI-504_NR-nx
(CAG#56). Likely to be delayed due to WI-504_EUTRA-5GC-x
WI-504: 5G NAS Protocol
need to move to Sep ‘18 ASN.1 WI-504_EN-DC_x_ny
WI-504_NGEN-DC_x_ny
Jan 2019: Target for activation of 5G certification WI-505: IMS Protocol
(CAG#57)
WI-506: 5G Positioning

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