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UL FRC Update for 38.141-1 v18.7.0

This topic provides information for the release 18 uplink FRC update. It has following sections.

Overview

FR1 Coupling Rules

FR2 Coupling Rules

FRCs and Real-Time Uplink

Overview

The tables in this section list the new added/changed UL-FRC for Rel-18 (v18.7.0).

New Bandwidth Option Operates in
FR1 3MHz Only SCS15Khz
FR2 2000MHz Only SCS960Khz

An error message is displayed (as shown in the sample screen below) if the Bandwidth option is not in the selected Operating band.

FRC Type

New Added Reference Channels

FR1

FR1-A1

  • G-FR1-A1-20: SCS15k_9RB

  • G-FR1-A1-21: SCS15k_12RB

FR1-A2
  • G-FR1-A2-15: SCS15k_15RB

FR1-A3
  • G-FR1-A3-39: SCS15k_25RB

  • G-FR1-A3-40: SCS15k_270RB

  • G-FR1-A3-41: SCS30k_24RB

  • G-FR1-A3-42: SCS30k_273RB

FR2
FR2-A1
  • G-FR2-A1-6: SCS480k_66RB

  • G-FR2-A1-7: SCS960k_33RB

  • G-FR2-A1-8: SCS480k_33RB

  • G-FR2-A1-9: SCS960k_17RB

FRC Type

Changed to

Reference Channels

FR1- A8/A7

FR1- A7 in 38.141-1 v18.7.0 All Reference Channels from G-FR1-A8-1 to 4 changed to G-FR1-A7-1 to 4

FR1- A9/A8

FR1- A8 in 38.141-1 v18.7.0 All Reference Channels from G-FR1-A9-1 to 5 changed to G-FR1-A8-1 to 5

New Added FRC Type

New Added Reference Channels

FR1

FR1- A9

  • G-FR1-A9-1: SCS15k_25RB

  • G-FR1-A9-2: SCS15k_270RB

  • G-FR1-A9-3: SCS30k_24RB

  • G-FR1-A9-4: SCS30k_273RB

FR1- A12

  • G-FR1-A12-1: SCS15k_25RB

  • G-FR1-A12-2: SCS15k_106RB

  • G-FR1-A12-3: SCS30k_270RB

  • G-FR1-A12-4: SCS30k_24RB

  • G-FR1-A12-5: SCS30k_106RB

  • G-FR1-A12-6: SCS30k_273RB

FR1-A13 in 38.141-2 v18.7.0

FR1-A10 in 38.141-1 v18.7.0

  • G-FR1-A13-1: SCS15k_25RB

  • G-FR1-A13-2: SCS30k_24RB

FR1-A14 in 38.141-2 v18.7.0

FR1-A11 in 38.141-1 v18.7.0

  • G-FR1-A14-1: SCS15k_25RB

  • G-FR1-A14-2: SCS30k_24RB

FR2

FR2- A9

  • G-FR2-A9-1: SCS120k_32RB

  • G-FR2-A9-2: SCS120k_132RB

  • G-FR2-A9-3: SCS60k_66RB

  • G-FR2-A9-4: SCS120k_32RB

  • G-FR2-A9-5: SCS120k_132RB

  • G-FR2-A9-6: SCS60k_66RB

FR1 Coupling Rules

Yellow highlighted cells in the tables below indicate read-only.

FRC Type: A.1: FR1

Reference Channel Choices

DMRS-add-pos

Number Of Layers

Transform Precoding

PUSCH Mapping Type

Transport Block Size

G-FR1-A1-20: SCS15k_9RB 1 1 False TypeA 808
G-FR1-A1-21: SCS15k_12RB 1 1 False TypeA 1032
FRC Type: A.2: FR1

Reference Channel Choices

DMRS-add-pos

Number Of Layers

Transform Precoding

PUSCH Mapping Type

Transport Block Size

G-FR1-A2-15: SCS15k_15RB 1 1 False TypeA 5504
FRC Type: A.3: FR1

Reference Channel Choices

DMRS-add-pos

Number Of Layers

Transform Precoding

PUSCH Mapping Type

Transport Block Size

G-FR1-A3-39: SCS15k_25RB 1 4 False TypeA/TypeB 5384
G-FR1-A3-40: SCS15k_270RB 1 4 False TypeA/TypeB 58472
G-FR1-A3-41: SCS30k_24RB 1 4 False TypeA/TypeB 5256
G-FR1-A3-42: SCS30k_273RB 1 4 False TypeA/TypeB 59496
FRC Type: A.9: FR1

Reference Channel Choices

DMRS-add-pos

Number Of Layers

Transform Precoding

PUSCH Mapping Type

Transport Block Size

G-FR1-A9-1: SCS15k_25RB 1 4 False TypeA/TypeB 24576
G-FR1-A9-2: SCS15k_270RB 1 4 False TypeA/TypeB 262376
G-FR1-A9-3: SCS30k_24RB 1 4 False TypeA/TypeB 23568
G-FR1-A9-4: SCS30k_273RB 1 4 False TypeA/TypeB 270576
FRC Type: A.12: FR1

Reference Channel Choices

DMRS-add-pos

Number Of Layers

Transform Precoding

PUSCH Mapping Type

Transport Block Size

G-FR1-A12-1: SCS15k_25RB 1 4 False TypeA/TypeB 36896
G-FR1-A12-2: SCS15k_106RB 1 4 False TypeA/TypeB 155776
G-FR1-A12-3: SCS30k_270RB 1 4 False TypeA/TypeB 401640
G-FR1-A12-4: SCS30k_24RB 1 4 False TypeA/TypeB 35856
G-FR1-A12-5: SCS30k_106RB 1 4 False TypeA/TypeB 155776
G-FR1-A12-6: SCS30k_273RB 1 4 False TypeA/TypeB 401640
FRC Type: A.13: FR1 (A13 in 38.141-2 v18.7.0 or A10 in 38.141-1 v18.7.0)

Reference Channel Choices

DMRS-add-pos

Number Of Layers

Transform Precoding

PUSCH Mapping Type

Transport Block Size

G-FR1-A13-1: SCS15k_25RB 1 1 False TypeA/TypeB 19968
G-FR1-A13-2: SCS30k_24RB 1 1 False TypeA/TypeB 18960
FRC Type: A.14: FR1 (A14 in 38.141-2 v18.7.0 or A11 in 38.141-1 v18.7.0)

Reference Channel Choices

DMRS-add-pos

Number Of Layers

Transform Precoding

PUSCH Mapping Type

Transport Block Size

G-FR1-A14-1: SCS15k_25RB 1 1 False TypeA/TypeB 21000
G-FR1-A14-2: SCS30k_24RB 1 1 False TypeA/TypeB 20496

FR2 Coupling Rules

Yellow highlighted cells in the tables below indicate read-only.

FRC Type: A.9: FR2

Reference Channel Choices

DMRS-add-pos

Number Of Layers

Transform Precoding

PUSCH Mapping Type

Transport Block Size

G-FR2-A9-1: SCS120k_32RB 0 1 False TypeA/TypeB 18432
G-FR2-A9-2: SCS120k_132RB 0 1 False TypeA/TypeB 75792
G-FR2-A9-3: SCS60k_66RB 0 1 False TypeA/TypeB 37896
G-FR2-A9-4: SCS120k_32RB 1 1 False TypeA/TypeB 16392
G-FR2-A9-5: SCS120k_132RB 1 1 False TypeA/TypeB 67584
G-FR2-A9-6: SCS60k_66RB 1 1 False TypeA/TypeB 33816
FRC Type: A.1: FR2

Reference Channel Choices

DMRS-add-pos

Number Of Layers

Transform Precoding

PUSCH Mapping Type

Transport Block Size

G-FR2-A1-6: SCS480k_66RB 1 1 False TypeA 5632
G-FR2-A1-7: SCS960k_33RB 1 1 False TypeA 2856
G-FR2-A1-8: SCS480k_33RB 1 1 False TypeA 2856
G-FR2-A1-9: SCS960k_17RB 1 1 False TypeA 1480

FRCs and Real-Time Uplink

If the Capability is set to Real-time Uplink, the FRCs with 4 Number of Layers are not supported. In such a situation, if you try to select an FRC with 4 Number of Layers, an error is displayed as shown below.

Uplink FRC Configuration

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