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Test Plan for Millimeter-Wave Wireless Device

Over-the-Air Performance

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1.1 Purpose .............................................................................................................................. 11

1.4 Acronyms and Definitions ................................................................................................... 12

1.5 5G Millimeter-Wave Test Overview .................................................................................... 14

1.6 Device under Test (DUT) and Accessories - The Wireless Device .................................... 14

1.7 Wireless Device Documentation ......................................................................................... 14

Section 2 Permitted Test Methods ..................................................................................................... 15

2.1 Applicability Criteria ............................................................................................................ 15

2.2 Equivalence Criteria............................................................................................................ 15

2.3 Direct Far-Field (DFF)......................................................................................................... 15

2.4 Indirect Far-Field (IFF) based on Compact Antenna Test Range (CATR) ......................... 15

2.4.1 Description 15

3.1 Minimum Measurement Distance ....................................................................................... 19

3.2 Equipment Required ........................................................................................................... 19

3.3 Test Frequencies ................................................................................................................ 20

3.4 Quality of Quiet Zone Measurement Procedure ................................................................. 21

3.5 Reference AUT Orientations and Coordinate Systems ...................................................... 22

3.5.1 Distributed-axes System ..................................................................................................... 24

3.5.2 Combined-axes System ..................................................................................................... 26

3.6 Statistical Analysis .............................................................................................................. 28

Section 4 Range Reference Requirements ........................................................................................ 29

4.1 Theoretical Background ...................................................................................................... 29

4.2 Equipment Required ........................................................................................................... 29

5.4 Maximum Output Power – Spherical Coverage ................................................................. 34

Section 6 Test Procedure – Receiver ................................................................................................. 35

6.1 RX Beam Peak Search Procedure ..................................................................................... 35

6.2 REFSENS – EIS ................................................................................................................. 37

6.3 REFSENS – Spherical Coverage ....................................................................................... 38

Section 7 Measurement Uncertainty .................................................................................................. 39

7.1 EIRP Tests .......................................................................................................................... 39

7.2 TRP Tests ........................................................................................................................... 39

7.3 EIRP Spherical Coverage ................................................................................................... 40

7.4 EIS Tests ............................................................................................................................ 41

A.3 Test Setup - Instrumentation .............................................................................................. 52

Phantom Definitions............................................................................................................ 53

Measurement Uncertainty .................................................................................................. 54

C.2 Positioning Misalignment .................................................................................................... 54

C.3 Measurement Distance ....................................................................................................... 54

C.4 Quality of Quiet Zone .......................................................................................................... 54

C.5 Mismatch ............................................................................................................................ 54

C.6 Chamber Standing Wave ................................................................................................... 54

C.7 RF Power Measurement Equipment .................................................................................. 55

C.8 gNB Emulator ..................................................................................................................... 55