Creating a Test Plan - CE LTE-CA
The CE LTE-CA option is used for EU CE (RED) certification testing of terminal products supporting LTE Carrier Aggregation, covering both transmitter and receiver tests.
Basic Settings
Title: Test plan name, entered by the user.
CC Num: Number of carriers, currently only 2 is supported. Note: changing CC Num will clear the Band Info.
Band Info: Select the CA band combination supported by the product (e.g., CA_1C / CA_1A-3A / CA_1A-7A). The table then lists the DL / UL rows:
CC: Band of each Component Carrier.
UL Frequency: Uplink frequency range (MHz), auto-filled.
Pmax: Maximum transmit power (dBm), default 23.
Bandwidth DL / Bandwidth UL: Bandwidths (MHz) supported by each carrier, multi-select. Available options vary with the band combination.
Modulation: Modulations supported by the product (required), multi-select: QPSK / 16QAM / 64QAM / 256QAM, QPSK + 16QAM selected by default.
CC on one port: Whether the two carriers are output from the same antenna port (required): Yes / No.
Num of Chains: Number of transmit (TX) and receive (RX) chains.
Antenna Gain: Antenna gain and cable loss configuration:
Title / Gain: Antenna number and gain (dBi) for each carrier band.
Cable Loss: Cable loss from the product's antenna port to the Switch Box or spectrum analyzer. How to Create Common Cable Loss.
Switch Box Port: Port number of the switch connected to the antenna.
Item List: Test items included in CE LTE-CA. Items not applicable are greyed out automatically (e.g., C408):
(C401) Transmitter Maximum Output Power
(C402) Transmitter Spectrum Emission Mask
(C403) Transmitter Spurious Emissions
(C404) Transmitter Minimum Output Power
(C405) Transmitter Adjacent Channel Leakage Power Ratio (ACLR)
(C406) Receiver Adjacent Channel Selectivity (ACS)
(C407) Receiver Blocking Characteristics
(C408) Receiver Spurious Response
(C409) Receiver Inter-Modulation Characteristics
(C410) Receiver Spurious Emissions
(C411) Receiver Reference Sensitivity Level
Blocking Step: Frequency step (MHz) for the out of band blocking part of the Receiver Blocking test. For C407.
Advanced Setting
All settings in Advanced Setting can generally be kept at their default values. Adjust them only when the test results are abnormal or there are special test requirements.
Version: 3GPP Release version used for testing: 10 ~ 17. The default value can be changed on the Setting page.
Switch Box: Whether to use a Switch Box (RF switch).
External Filter: Whether an external filter is used in the RF path.
UE Control: Whether the software automatically controls the sample, default OFF.
TX Power Arg: TX power evaluation method: AVG / MAX / MIN.
Env: Environmental conditions, multi-select: NTNV / LTLV / LTHV / HTLV / HTHV.
UL-DL Config: LTE TDD uplink-downlink subframe configuration (0 ~ 6). Only relevant for TDD.
Hide Image Elements: Elements to hide in report images (e.g., the Ant marker).
Check Margin: Test margin check. Select an Item and fill in Value(dB); results with a margin smaller than the set value will be flagged.
Special Setting: Special settings. Options prefixed with [D] are debug options:
[D] Virtual Data / [D] Ignore BaseStation / [D] Ignore Cell Connected / [D] Random Data / [D] Ignore Eut Confirm / [D] Random Status: Debug options.
Manual Network Signal: Set the Network Signal manually.
SIM Model Number: SIM card model, default P0250. For MT8000 / MT8821.
Input Level: Input level (dBm).
min Power Requirement: Minimum power requirement, default 0 dBm.
Corresponding software option: LTE CA