Table of Contents 4

1 Scope 9

2 Definitions, Symbols and Abbreviations 9

3 Reference 9

4 Test Environment 10

4.1 Default Test Environment 10

4.1.1 Special Test Environment 11

4.1.2 Cell Configuration 11

4.1.3 USIM Parameters 13

4.1.4 Common Procedures 13

4.1.5 Default End Points 14

4.2 Applicability for the UE Configuration 15

5 Basic Function 15

5.1 PLMN Selection 15

5.1.1 PLMN Selection, Multi-RAT Background, the highest priority HPLMN, Automatic Mode 15

5.2 Cell Selection 18

5.2.1 Multi-mode Environment Cell Selection, NR Cell Available 18

5.2.2 Multi-mode Environment Cell Selection, E-UTRAN Available 20

5.2.3. Multi-mode Environment Cell Selection, NR Cell Available 22

5.2.4. Multi-mode Environment Cell Selection, NSA Cell Available 24

5.2.5 Initial Cell Selection from Power-Up 26

5.3 RRC connection/connection reconfiguration 29

5.3.1 RRC connection re-establishment, radio link failure, re-establish to a Prepared Inter-Freq cell 29

5.3.2 BWP configuration, downlink and uplink BWP addition /release 31

5.4 Registration/De-registration 35

5.4.1 Initial Registration, SA 35

5.5 NSA 38

5.5.1 Multi-mode Environment Cell selection for NSA 38

5.5.2 Initial Registration, NSA 41

5.5.3 Bandwidth Part Configuration, SCG, EN-DC 44

5.5.4 NSA-RLF 47

5.6 CSI-RS Measurement 61

5.6.1 CSI Reporting Periodic in PUSCH 61

5.6.2 CSI Reporting Aperiodic in PUSCH 64

5.6.3 CSI Reporting Aperiodic in PUSCH 67

5.6.4 CSI-RS Based Intra Frequency Measurements on Neighbour Cell Beams 70

5.6.5 CSI-RS Based Inter Frequency Measurements on Neighbour Cell Beams 73

5.7 RRC Inactive mode cases in SA 77

5.7.1 RRC Connected Mode to RRC Inactive Mode and RRC Resume Procedure 77

5.7.2 Periodic RNA Procedure in RRC Inactive Mode 79

5.7.3 RNA in RRC Inactive Mode for Cell Reselection to new RNA cell 81

5.8 Access Barring, Access Class 84

5.8.1 Cell Barred while in RRC IDLE State 84

5.8.2 Access Categories for Different Services 87

5.8.3 Access Barring Check in RRC 90

5.9 DCI_ based BWP Switching 93

5.9.1 BWP change:upto2, downlink and uplink BWP switching by DCIs. 93

5.9.2 BWP Change Advance, switching BWPs upto4: BWP1/BWP2/BWP3/BWP4 by DCIs. 96

6 Mobility 99

6.1 Intra-system (NR) Mobility 99

6.1.1 Intra-system cell reselection 99

6.1.2 Intra-system handover 102

6.2 Inter-RAT Mobility 116

6.2.1 Inter-RAT cell reselection 116

6.2.2 Inter-RAT Handover 132

6.2.3 Inter-RAT Redirection Service 136

6.3 NSA 141

6.3.1 Cell Reselection, from NSA P-Cell to E-UTRAN cell 141

6.3.2 Cell Reselection, from E-UTRAN cell to NSA P-Cell 144

6.3.3 P-Cell Handover with SCG change, Data continuity 147

6.3.4 P-Cell Handover with SCG unchange, Data continuity 151

6.3.5 Data Session continuity, from NSA cell to E-UTRAN cell 154

6.3.6 Data Session continuity, from E-UTRAN cell to NSA cell 158

6.3.7 SCG change with P-Cell remain the same, Data continuity 161

6.3.8 Inter-band SCG change with P-Cell unchanged, Data continuity 165

6.3.9 Inter-band SCG change with P-Cell unchanged, Voice Call and Data continuity 166

7 Service 168

7.1 Voice 168

7.1.1 Redirection from NR to E-UTRAN, MO call, SA mode. 168

7.1.2 Redirection from NR to E-UTRAN, MT call, SA mode. 171

7.1.3 VoLTE MO Call with E-UTRAN Cell, UE works in NSA mode. 174

7.1.4 VoLTE MT Call with E-UTRAN Cell, UE works in NSA mode 177

7.1.5 VoNR MO voice Call, UE works in SA mode. 179

7.1.6 VoNR MT voice Call, UE works in SA mode 182

7.1.7 VoNR MO voice Call, with UL throughput under static channel 185

7.1.8 VoNR MT voice Call, with DL throughput under static channel 191

7.1.9 Inter-RAT handover between NR and E-UTRAN cells with IMS MO voice Call 197

7.1.10 Data Session continuity, Inter-RAT handover between NR and E-UTRAN cells with IMS MT voice Call. 202

8 Roaming 208

9 Power Consumption 208

9.1 Idle Mode 208

9.1.1 Idle Mode, Power Consumption, Cell Centre, SA 208

9.1.2 Idle Mode, Power Consumption, Cell Edge, SA 210

9.1.3 Idle Mode, Power Consumption, Cell Centre, NSA 212

9.1.4 Idle Mode, Power Consumption, Cell Edge, NSA 214

9.1.5 Idle mode with intra Frequency Measurement, Power Consumption 217

9.1.6 Idle mode with inter Frequency Measurement, Power Consumption 219

9.2 RRC Connection mode 222

9.2.1 Connected Mode, Power Consumption 222

9.2.2 Inter Frequency Handover, Power Consumption, LTE to LTE 231

9.2.3 Inter Frequency Handover, Power Consumption, NR Cell 235

9.3 Voice (VoLTE/VoNR) 238

9.3.1 VoLTE MO Call with E-UTRAN Cell, Power Consumption 238

9.3.2 VoNR MO call, Power Consumption 241

9.3.3 VoLTE MT Call with E-UTRAN Cell, Power Consumption 244

9.3.4 VoNR MT call, Power Consumption 247

9.4 Data Transmission, Power Consumption 250

9.4.1 UL Data Transmission, Power Consumption，SA 250

9.4.2 DL Data Transmission, Power Consumption, SA 259

9.4.3 Bi-direction Data Transmission, Power Consumption, SA 264

9.4.4 UL Data Transmission, Power Consumption，NSA 274

9.4.5 DL Data Transmission, Power Consumption, NSA 287

9.4.6 Bi-direction Data Transmission, Power Consumption, NSA 301

9.5 Power Consumption - Inactive Mode 315

9.5.1 RRC Inactive Mode, Power Consumption, SA 315

9.5.2 RRC Inactive Mode – RNA Timer Expiry, Power Consumption 317

9.6 BWP, Power Consumption 320

9.6.1 Downlink Data Transmission with different BWP, Power Consumption, SA 320

9.6.2 Uplink Data Transmission with different BWP, Power Consumption, SA 323

9.6.3 Downlink Data Transmission with different BWP, Power Consumption, NSA 325

9.6.4 Uplink Data Transmission with different BWP, Power Consumption, NSA 327

9.7 R16 Power saving 329

9.7.1 UAI 329

9.7.2 R16 Wakeup Signal (WUS) 344

9.7.3 R16 Maximum MIMO layers Adaptation (BWP spatial domain adaptation ) 350

9.7.4 Enhanced SkipUplinkTxDynamic 360

9.7.5 Scell Dormancy 362

10 Data Throughput 367

10.1 Downlink TCP Throughput 368

10.1.1 DL Throughput under static channel, DL 256QAM, DL4*4 MIMO 368

10.1.2 DL Throughput under fading channel, DL 256QAM, DL4*4 MIMO 371

10.1.3 DL Throughput under static channel, DL 256QAM, DL2*2 MIMO 374

10.2 Uplink TCP Throughput 377

10.2.1 UL Throughput under static channel, UL 64QAM, UL2*2 MIMO 377

10.2.2 UL Throughput under static channel, UL 256QAM, Single TX, HPUE 381

10.2.3 UL Throughput under static channel, UL 256QAM, UL2*2 MIMO 384

10.3 Bidirectional UDP Throughput 388

10.3.1 Bidirectional Throughput under static channel,256QAM, DL 4*4 and UL 2*2 MIMO 388

10.3.2 Bidirectional Throughput under fading channel,256QAM, DL 4*4 and UL 2*2 MIMO 391

10.3.3 Bidirectional Throughput under static channel,256QAM, DL 2*2 and UL Single TX 394

10.4 Downlink TCP Throughput, NSA 398

10.4.1 DL Throughput under static channel, NSA 398

10.4.2 DL Throughput under fading channel, NSA 402

10.4.3 DL Throughput under static channel on SCG, DL 256QAM, NSA 406

10.4.4 DL Throughput under fading channel on SCG, NSA 410

10.5 Uplink TCP Throughput, NSA 414

10.5.1 UL Throughput under static channel, UL 64QAM, NSA 414

10.5.2 UL Throughput under static channel, UL 256QAM, NSA 418

10.5.3 UL Throughput under static channel on SCG, UL 64QAM, NSA 422

10.5.4 UL Throughput under static channel on SCG, UL 256QAM, NSA 426

10.6 Bidirectional UDP Throughput, NSA 430

10.6.1 Bidirectional Throughput under static channel, 256QAM, NSA 430

10.6.2 Bidirectional Throughput under fading channel, NSA 434

10.6.3 Bidirectional Throughput under static channel on SCG, UL 64QAM, NSA 438

10.6.4 Bidirectional Throughput under static channel on SCG, UL 256QAM, NSA 442

10.6.5 Bidirectional Throughput under fading channel on SCG, NSA 446

11 Latency 451

11.1 Latency Basic Tests 451

11.1.1 Control Plane Latency – Basic Test 451

11.1.2 User Plane Latency – Basic Test 453

12 High Speed Train 456

13 Beam Management 456

13.1 Beam Determination – Beam change based on power level 456

13.2 Beam Sweeping – Initial Access 457

13.3 Beam Failure and Recovery 459

14 NR Carrier Aggregation 461

14.1 Downlink NR Carrier Aggregation 461

14.1.1 Throughput with DL NR CA 461

14.1.2 Mobility 472

14.2 Uplink NR Carrier Aggregation 510

14.2.1 Throughput with DL NR CA 510

14.2.2 Mobility 529

14.3 SUL 550

14.3.1 Throughput 550

14.3.2 Mobility 561

15 URLLC 579

15.1 Mini-slot 579

15.1.1 Functional test of Mini -slot 579

15.1.2 Performance test of Mini-Slot 583

15.2 Low code rate 589

15.2.1 Low code rate with data transfer, 64QAM 589

15.2.2 Low code rate with data transfer, 16QAM 591

15.2.3 Low code rate with data transfer, QPSK 591

15.3 Slot Repetition 592

15.3.1 Functional test of slot repetition 592

15.3.2 Performance test of slot repetition 594

15.4 PDCP Duplication 598

15.4.1 DL Throughput under AWGN channel with PDCP duplication 598

15.5 DS 1ms frame structure 601

15.5.1 Latency of IP data transfer with 1ms frame structure 601

15.5.2 R15 UL Throughput under static channel with 1ms frame structure 603

15.5.3 R15 DL Throughput under static channel with 1ms frame structure 605

15.5.4 DL Throughput under static channel with 1ms frame structure with TRS configured 608

Appendix A Test Channel Parameters 610

Appendix B Document Change Record 610