What 3GPP W-CDMA/HSPA Conformance Tests Are Supported?

Last updated: March 4, 2009

These tables list the tests specified in 3GPP TS 34.121, whether the tests are supported by the test set, and the recommended measurement to perform the tests.

3GPP TS 34.121 Section 5 Transmitter Characteristics
3GPP TS 34.121	Test Description	Supported in Test Set?	Measurement Procedure
5.2	Maximum Output Power	Yes	How Do I Make a Thermal Power Measurement?
5.2A	Maximum Output Power with HS-DPCCH (Release 5 only)	Yes^#	How Do I Make a Channel Power Measurement?
5.2AA	Maximum Output Power with HS-DPCCH (Release 6 and later)	Yes^#	How Do I Make a Channel Power Measurement?
5.2B	Maximum Output Power with HS-DPCCH and E-DCH	Yes^#	How Do I Make a Channel Power Measurement?
5.2C	UE Relative Code Domain Power Accuracy	Yes^#	How Do I Make a Code Domain Measurement?
5.2D	UE Relative Code Domain Power Accuracy for HS-DPCCH and E-DCH	Yes^#	How Do I Make a Code Domain Measurement?
5.3	Frequency Error	Yes	How Do I Make a Waveform Quality Measurement?
5.4.1	Open Loop Power Control in the Uplink	Yes	How Do I Make a PRACH Transmit On/Off Power Measurement?
5.4.2	Inner Loop Power Control in the Uplink	Partially	How Do I Make an Inner Loop Power Measurement? (does not support 3 dB step size)
5.4.3	Minimum Output Power	Yes	How Do I Make a Channel Power Measurement? (with RRC filter OFF)
5.4.4	Out-of-synchronization handling of output power	Yes^+, **	How Do I Make an Out-of-Synch Handling of Output Power Measurement? (Establish a connection between the test set and UE, initiate the measurement from the test set, measure the UE's output power using the spectrum analyzer)
5.5.1	Transmit OFF Power	Yes	How Do I Make a PRACH Transmit On/Off Power Measurement?
5.5.2	Transmit ON/OFF Time mask	Yes	How Do I Make a PRACH Transmit On/Off Power Measurement?
5.6	Change of TFC	Yes⁺	How Do I Make a Change of TFC (Transport Format Combination) Measurement?
5.7	Power setting in uplink compressed mode	No
5.7A	HS-DPCCH	Yes^#	How Do I Make a Dynamic Power Analysis Measurement?
5.8	Occupied Bandwidth (OBW)	Yes	How Do I Make an Occupied Bandwidth (OBW) Measurement?
5.9	Spectrum Emission Mask	Yes	How Do I Make a Spectrum Emission Mask Measurement?
5.9A	Spectrum Emission Mask with HS-DPCCH	Yes^#	How Do I Make a Spectrum Emission Mask Measurement?
5.9B	Spectrum Emission Mask with E-DCH	Yes^#	How Do I Make a Spectrum Emission Mask Measurement?
5.10	Adjacent Channel Leakage Power Ratio (ACLR)	Yes	How Do I Make an Adjacent Channel Leakage Ratio (ACLR) Measurement?
5.10A	Adjacent Channel Leakage Power Ratio (ACLR) with HS-DPCCH	Yes^#	How Do I Make an Adjacent Channel Leakage Ratio (ACLR) Measurement?
5.10B	Adjacent Channel Leakage Power Ratio (ACLR) with E-DCH	Yes^#	How Do I Make an Adjacent Channel Leakage Ratio (ACLR) Measurement?
5.11	Spurious Emissions	Yes**	Camp to test set, measure spurious emissions using external spectrum analyzer
5.12	Transmit Intermodulation	Yes^, *	Camp to the test set, inject tones using external signal generator, measure transmit intermodulation using external spectrum analyzer
5.13.1	Error Vector Magnitude (EVM)	Yes	How Do I Make a Waveform Quality Measurement?
5.13.1A	Error Vector Magnitude (EVM) with HS-DPCCH	Yes^#	How Do I Make a Waveform Quality Measurement?
5.13.1AA	Error Vector Magnitude (EVM) and Phase Discontinuity with HS-DPCCH	Yes^#	How Do I Make a Phase Discontinuity Measurement?
5.13.2	Peak code domain error	Partially	How Do I Make a Waveform Quality Measurement? (only for a single DPCH)
5.13.2A	Relative Code Domain Error with HS-DPCCH	Yes^#	How Do I Make a Code Domain Measurement?
5.13.2B	Relative Code Domain Error with HS-DPCCH and E-DCH	Yes^#	How Do I Make a Code Domain Measurement?
5.13.3	UE Phase Discontinuity	Yes	How Do I Make a Phase Discontinuity Measurement?
5.13.4	PRACH Preamble Quality	Partially⁺	How Do I Make a PRACH Preamble Analysis Measurement? (measurement is not performed on first preamble, AICH transmission timing is fixed to 0, measurement does not determine if correct access slot was used)

3GPP TS 34.121 Section 6 Receiver Characteristics
3GPP TS 34.121	Test Description	Supported in Test Set?	Measurement Procedure
6.2	Reference Sensitivity Level	Yes	How Do I Make a Loopback Bit Error Ratio (BER) Measurement?
6.3	Maximum Input Level	Yes	How Do I Make a Loopback Bit Error Ratio (BER) Measurement?
6.3A	Maximum Input Level for HS-PDSCH Reception (16QAM)	Yes^#	How Do I Make an HSDPA Block Error Ratio Measurement?
6.4	Adjacent Channel Selectivity (ACS) (Rel-99 and Rel-4)	Yes*	How Do I Make a Loopback Bit Error Ratio (BER) Measurement? (plus W-CDMA signal from a signal generator)
6.4A	Adjacent Channel Selectivity (ACS) (Rel-5 and later releases)	Yes*	How Do I Make a Loopback Bit Error Ratio (BER) Measurement? (plus W-CDMA signal from a signal generator)
6.5	Blocking Characteristics	Yes*	How Do I Make a Loopback Bit Error Ratio (BER) Measurement? (plus W-CDMA signal from a signal generator)
6.6	Spurious Response	Yes*	How Do I Make a Loopback Bit Error Ratio (BER) Measurement? (plus a CW signal from a signal generator)
6.7	Intermodulation Characteristics	Yes*	How Do I Make a Loopback Bit Error Ratio (BER) Measurement? (plus 2 CW signals from signal generators)
6.8	Spurious Emissions	Yes**	Camp to test set, measure spurious emissions using external spectrum analyzer

3GPP TS 34.121 Section 7 Performance Requirements
3GPP TS 34.121	Test Description	Supported in Test Set?	Measurement Procedure
7.2.1	Demodulation in Static Propagation Conditions: Demodulation of Dedicated Channel (DCH)	Yes	How Do I Make a Block Error Ratio (BLER) Measurement?
7.3.1	Demodulation of DCH in Multi-Path Fading Propagation Conditions: Single Link Performance	Partially^+, ***	How Do I Make a Block Error Ratio (BLER) Measurement? (plus multi-path fading simulator and external AWGN noise source) (only for tests with phase reference = P-CPICH)
7.4.1	Demodulation of DCH in Moving Propagation Conditions: Single Link Performance	Yes^+, ***	How Do I Make a Block Error Ratio (BLER) Measurement? (plus multi-path fading simulator and external AWGN noise source)
7.5.1	Demodulation of DCH in Birth-Death Propagation Conditions: Single Link Performance	Yes^+, ***	How Do I Make a Block Error Ratio (BLER) Measurement? (plus multi-path fading simulator and external AWGN noise source)
7.6.1	Demodulation of DCH in Open-Loop Transmit Diversity Mode	No
7.6.2	Demodulation of DCH in Closed Loop Transmit Diversity Mode	No
7.6.3	Demodulation of DCH in Site Selection Diversity Transmission Power Control Mode	No
7.7.1	Demodulation of DCH in Inter-Cell Soft Handover	No
7.7.2	Combining of TPC Commands from Radio Links of Different Radio Link Sets	No
7.7.3	Combining of Reliable TPC Commands from Radio Links of Different Radio Link Sets	No
7.8.1	Power Control in the Downlink, Constant BLER Target	No
7.8.2	Power Control in the Downlink, Initial Convergence	No
7.8.3	Power Control in the Downlink, Wind Up Effects	No
7.8.4	Power Control in the Downlink, Different Transport Formats	No
7.9.1	Downlink Compressed Mode: Single Link Performance	No
7.10	Blind Transport Format Detection	No
7.11	Demodulation of Paging Channel (PCH)	No
7.12	Detection of Acquisition Indicator (AI)	No

3GPP TS 34.121 Section 9 Performance Requirements for HSDPA
3GPP TS 34.121	Test Description	Supported in the Test Set?	Measurement Procedure
9.2.1A	Demodulation of HS-DSCH (Fixed Reference Channel): Single Link Performance - QPSK/16QAM, FRC H-Set 1/2/3	Yes^+, ***	How Do I Make an HSDPA Block Error Ratio Measurement? (plus multi-path fading simulator and external AWGN noise source)
9.2.1B	Demodulation of HS-DSCH (Fixed Reference Channel): Single Link Performance - QPSK, FRC H-Set 4/5	Yes^+, ***	How Do I Make an HSDPA Block Error Ratio Measurement? (plus multi-path fading simulator and external AWGN noise source)
9.2.1C	Demodulation of HS-DSCH (Fixed Reference Channel): Single Link Performance - QPSK/16QAM, FRC H-Set 6/3	Yes^+, ***	How Do I Make an HSDPA Block Error Ratio Measurement? (plus multi-path fading simulator and external AWGN noise source)
9.2.1D	Demodulation of HS-DSCH (Fixed Reference Channel): Single Link Performance - Enhanced Performance Requirements Type 1 - QPSK/16QAM, FRC H-Set 1/2/3	Yes^+, ***	How Do I Make an HSDPA Block Error Ratio Measurement? (plus multi-path fading simulator and external AWGN noise source)
9.2.1E	Demodulation of HS-DSCH (Fixed Reference Channel): Single Link Performance - Enhanced Performance Requirements Type 1 - QPSK/16QAM, FRC H-Set 6/3	Yes^+, ***	How Do I Make an HSDPA Block Error Ratio Measurement? (plus multi-path fading simulator and external AWGN noise source)
9.2.1F	Demodulation of HS-DSCH (Fixed Reference Channel): Single Link Performance - Enhanced Performance Requirements Type 2 - QPSK/16QAM, FRC H-Set 6/3	Yes^+, ***	How Do I Make an HSDPA Block Error Ratio Measurement? (plus multi-path fading simulator and external AWGN noise source)
9.2.1G	Single Link Performance - Enhanced Performance Requirements Type 3 - QPSK/16QAM, Fixed Reference Channel (FRC) H-Set 6/3	Yes^+, ***	How Do I Make an HSDPA Block Error Ratio Measurement? (plus multi-path fading simulator and external AWGN noise source)
9.2.1H	Single Link Performance - Enhanced Performance Requirements Type 2 - 64QAM, Fixed Reference Channel (FRC) H-Set 8	Yes^+, ***	How Do I Make an HSDPA Block Error Ratio Measurement? (plus multi-path fading simulator and external AWGN noise source) (with `User Defined Modulation Type` set to `64QAM` .
9.2.1I	Single Link Performance - Enhanced Performance Requirements Type 3 - 64QAM, Fixed Reference Channel (FRC) H-Set 8	Yes^+, ***	How Do I Make an HSDPA Block Error Ratio Measurement? (plus multi-path fading simulator and external AWGN noise source) (with `User Defined Modulation Type` set to `64QAM` .
9.2.2	Open Loop Diversity Performance	No
9.2.3	Closed Loop Diversity Performance	No
9.3.1	Reporting of CQI: Single Link Performance - AWGN Propagation Conditions	Yes+	HSDPA Reporting of Channel Quality Indicator Measurement Description
9.3.2	Reporting of CQI: Single Link Performance - Fading Propagation Conditions	No
9.3.3	Reporting of CQI: Open Loop Diversity Performance - AWGN Propagation Conditions	No
9.3.4	Reporting of CQI: Open Loop Diversity Performance - Fading Propagation Conditions	No
9.3.5	Reporting of CQI: Closed Loop Diversity Performance - AWGN Propagation Conditions	No
9.3.6	Reporting of CQI: Closed Loop Diversity Performance - Fading Propagation Conditions	No
9.4.1	HS-SCCH Detection Performance: Single Link Performance	Yes^+, ***	How Do I Make an HSDPA Block Error Ratio Measurement? (plus multi-path fading simulator and external AWGN noise source) (HS-SCCH 2-4 all use the same`Alternate H-RNTI` )
9.4.1A	HS-SCCH Detection Performance: Single Link Performance - Enhanced Performance Requirements Type 1	Partially^+, ***	How Do I Make an HSDPA Block Error Ratio Measurement? (plus multi-path fading simulator and external AWGN noise source) (HS-SCCH 2-4 all use the same`Alternate H-RNTI` )
9.4.2	HS-SCCH Detection Performance: Open Loop Diversity Performance	No
9.4.2A	HS-SCCH Detection Performance: Open Loop Diversity Performance - Enhanced Performance Requirements Type 1	No

3GPP TS 34.121 Section 10 Performance Requirement (E-DCH)
3GPP TS 34.121	Test Description	Supported in the Test Set?
10.2.1.1	Detection of E-DCH HARQ ACK Indicator Channel (E-HICH): Single Link Performance (10 ms TTI)	Yes+
10.2.1.2	Detection of E-DCH HARQ ACK Indicator Channel (E-HICH): Single Link Performance (2 ms TTI)	Yes+
10.3.1.1	Detection of E-DCH Relative Grant Channel (E-RGCH): Single Link Performance (10 ms TTI)	Yes+
10.3.1.2	Detection of E-DCH Relative Grant Channel (E-RGCH): Single Link Performance (2 ms TTI)	Yes+
10.4.1	Demodulation of E-DCH Absolute Grant Channel (E-AGCH): Single Link Performance	Yes+

⁺ This test is supported in the lab application only.

^# This test is supported in the lab application or feature-licensed test application only.

* Requires also an external signal generator, such as the E4438C ESG Vector Signal Generator.

** Requires also an external spectrum analyzer, such as the E4445A PSA Spectrum Analyzer.

*** Requires also a multi-path fading simulator and external AWGN source, such as the N5115B Fading Solution.

What 3GPP W-CDMA/HSPA Conformance Tests Are Supported?

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