Section: 3.2 Symbols
Content: For the purposes of the present document, the following symbols apply: BWChannel Channel bandwidth BWChannel,block Sub-block bandwidth, expressed in MHz. BWChannel,block= Fedge,block,high- Fedge,block,low. BWChannel_CA Aggregated channel bandwidth, expressed in MHz. BWGB Virtual guard band to facilitate transmitter (receiver) filtering above / below edge CCs. Transmitted energy per RE for reference symbols during the useful part of the symbol, i.e. excluding the cyclic prefix, (average power normalized to the subcarrier spacing) at the eNode B transmit antenna connector The averaged received energy per RE of the wanted signal during the useful part of the symbol, i.e. excluding the cyclic prefix, at the UE antenna connector; average power is computed within a set of REs used for the transmission of physical channels (including user specific RSs when present), divided by the number of REs within the set, and normalized to the subcarrier spacing F Frequency Fagg_alloc_low Aggregated Transmission Bandwidth Configuration. The lowest frequency of the simultaneously transmitted resource blocks. Fagg_alloc_high Aggregated Transmission Bandwidth Configuration. The highest frequency of the simultaneously transmitted resource blocks. FInterferer (offset) Frequency offset of the interferer (between the center frequency of the interferer and the carrier frequency of the carrier measured) FInterferer Frequency of the interferer FIoffset Frequency offset of the interferer (between the center frequency of the interferer and the closest edge of the carrier measured) FC Frequency of the carrier centre frequency FC_agg Aggregated Transmission Bandwidth Configuration. Center frequency of the aggregated carriers. FC,block, high Center frequency of the highest transmitted/received carrier in a sub-block. FC,block, low Center frequency of the lowest transmitted/received carrier in a sub-block. FC_low The centre frequency of the lowest carrier, expressed in MHz. FC_high The centre frequency of the highest carrier, expressed in MHz. FDL_low The lowest frequency of the downlink operating band FDL_high The highest frequency of the downlink operating band FUL_low The lowest frequency of the uplink operating band FUL_high The highest frequency of the uplink operating band Fedge,block,low The lower sub-block edge, where Fedge,block,low = FC,block,low - Foffset. Fedge,block,high The upper sub-block edge, where Fedge,block,high = FC,block,high + Foffset. Fedge_low The lower edge of aggregated channel bandwidth, expressed in MHz. Fedge_high The higher edge of aggregated channel bandwidth, expressed in MHz. Foffset Frequency offset from FC_high to the higher edge or FC_low to the lower edge. Foffset,block,low Separation between lower edge of a sub-block and the center of the lowest component carrier within the sub-block Foffset,block,high Separation between higher edge of a sub-block and the center of the highest component carrier within the sub-block Foffset_NS_23 Frequency offset in MHz needed if NS_23 is used FOOB The boundary between the E-UTRA out of band emission and spurious emission domains. The power spectral density of the total input signal (power averaged over the useful part of the symbols within the transmission bandwidth configuration, divided by the total number of RE for this configuration and normalised to the subcarrier spacing) at the UE antenna connector, including the own-cell downlink signal The total transmitted power spectral density of the own-cell downlink signal (power averaged over the useful part of the symbols within the transmission bandwidth configuration, divided by the total number of RE for this configuration and normalised to the subcarrier spacing) at the eNode B transmit antenna connector The total received power spectral density of the own-cell downlink signal (power averaged over the useful part of the symbols within the transmission bandwidth configuration, divided by the total number of RE for this configuration and normalised to the subcarrier spacing) at the UE antenna connector The received power spectral density of the total noise and interference for a certain RE (average power obtained within the RE and normalized to the subcarrier spacing) as measured at the UE antenna connector LCRB Transmission bandwidth which represents the length of a contiguous resource block allocation expressed in units of resources blocks LCtone Transmission bandwidth which represents the length of a contiguous sub-carrier allocation expressed in units of tones Ncp Cyclic prefix length NDL Downlink EARFCN The power spectral density of a white noise source (average power per RE normalised to the subcarrier spacing), simulating interference from cells that are not defined in a test procedure, as measured at the UE antenna connector The power spectral density of a white noise source (average power per RE normalized to the subcarrier spacing), simulating interference in non-CRS symbols in ABS subframe from cells that are not defined in a test procedure, as measured at the UE antenna connector. The power spectral density of a white noise source (average power per RE normalized to the subcarrier spacing), simulating interference in CRS symbols in ABS subframe from all cells that are not defined in a test procedure, as measured at the UE antenna connector. The power spectral density of a white noise source (average power per RE normalised to the subcarrier spacing), simulating interference in non-ABS subframe from cells that are not defined in a test procedure, as measured at the UE antenna connector The power spectral density (average power per RE normalised to the subcarrier spacing) of the summation of the received power spectral densities of the strongest interfering cells explicitly defined in a test procedure plus , as measured at the UE antenna connector. The respective power spectral density of each interfering cell relative to is defined by its associated DIP value, or the respective power spectral density of each interfering cell relative to is defined by its associated Es/Noc value. NOffs-DL Offset used for calculating downlink EARFCN NOffs-UL Offset used for calculating uplink EARFCN The power spectral density of a white noise source (average power per RE normalised to the subcarrier spacing) simulating eNode B transmitter impairments as measured at the eNode B transmit antenna connector NRB Transmission bandwidth configuration, expressed in units of resource blocks NRB_agg The number of the aggregated RBs within the fully allocated Aggregated Channel bandwidth. NRB_alloc Total number of simultaneously transmitted resource blocks in Channel bandwidth or Aggregated Channel Bandwidth. NRB,c The transmission bandwidth configuration of component carrier c, expressed in units of resource blocks NRB,largest BW The largest transmission bandwidth configuration of the component carriers in the bandwidth combination, expressed in units of resource blocks NRX Number of receiver antennas Ntone Transmission bandwidth configuration for category NB1 and NB2, expressed in units of tones. Ntone 3.75kHz Transmission bandwidth configuration for category NB1 and NB2 with 3.75 kHz sub-carrier spacing, expressed in units of tones. Ntone 15kHz Transmission bandwidth configuration for category NB1 and NB2 with 15 kHz sub-carrier spacing, expressed in units of tones. NUL Uplink EARFCN. Rav Minimum average throughput per RB. PCMAX The configured maximum UE output power. PCMAX, c The configured maximum UE output power for serving cell c. PEMAX Maximum allowed UE output power signalled by higher layers. Same as IE P-Max, defined in [7]. PEMAX, c Maximum allowed UE output power signalled by higher layers for serving cell c. Same as IE P-Max, defined in [7]. PInterferer Modulated mean power of the interferer PPowerClass PPowerClass is the nominal UE power (i.e., no tolerance). PPowerClass_Default PPowerClass_Default is the default nominal UE power (i.e., no tolerance) for the band. PUMAX The measured configured maximum UE output power. Puw Power of an unwanted DL signal Pw Power of a wanted DL signal RBstart Indicates the lowest RB index of transmitted resource blocks. RBend Indicates the highest RB index of transmitted resource blocks. Tno_hopping Transmission period within a TTI duration when consecutive symbols are transmitted without applying any frequency hopping ΔfOOB Δ Frequency of Out Of Band emission. ΔPPowerClass Adjustment to maximum output power for a given power class. ΔRIB,c Allowed reference sensitivity relaxation due to support for inter-band CA operation, for serving cell c. ΔRIB,4R Reference sensitivity adjustment due to support for 4 antenna ports. ΔRIB,8R Reference sensitivity adjustment due to support for 8 antenna ports. ΔTIB,c Allowed maximum configured output power relaxation due to support for inter-band CA operation, for serving cell c. TC Allowed operating band edge transmission power relaxation. TC,c Allowed operating band edge transmission power relaxation for serving cell c. TProSe Allowed operating band transmission power relaxation due to support of E-UTRA ProSe on an operating band. According to Clause 5.2 in TS 36.213[ Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access (E-UTRA); Physical layer procedures ]  [6] According to Clause 5.2 in TS 36.213[ Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access (E-UTRA); Physical layer procedures ]  [6] Test specific auxiliary variable used for the purpose of downlink power allocation, defined in Annex C.3.2. Wgap Sub-block gap size Wgap_L Sub-block gap size between lowest two CCs in frequency domain on CA_X-X-X Wgap_H Sub-block gap size between highest two CCs in frequency domain on CA_X-X-X