参考规范
- 3GPP 37.808 Passive Intermodulation (PIM) handling for Base Stations(多制式互调测试)
Directory Listing /ftp/Specs/archive/37_series/37.808/
Conducted conformance testing(传导测试)
3GPP 38.141-1 6.7 Transmitter intermodulation
https://www.3gpp.org/ftp/Specs/archive/38_series/38.141-1/38141-1-hb0.zip
Radiated conformance testing (辐射测试也就是OTA)
3GPP 38.141-2 6.8 OTA transmitter intermodulation
https://www.3gpp.org/ftp/Specs/archive/38_series/38.141-2/38141-2-ha0.zip、
测量setup
经典setup from 37.808
干扰信号(-30dB相对于载波信号幅度)和5G 基站载波配置,定义了载波信号类型和功率幅度(最大载波功率)测试的结果必须符合6.6.3 ACLR、6.6.4 OBUE和6.65 杂散要求。
换句话来说从测试设备辐射出的能量需要满足所有发射指标(不能干扰相邻的载波、不干扰其他基站、不干扰本身和其它基站的上行)
Parameter | Value |
Wanted signal type | NR single carrier, or multi-carrier, or multiple intra-band contiguously or non-contiguously aggregated carriers, with NB-IoT operation in NR in-band if supported. |
Interfering signal type | NR signal, the minimum BS channel bandwidth (BWChannel) with 15 kHz SCS of the band defined in clause 5.3.5 of TS 38.104 [2]. |
Interfering signal level | Rated total output power (Prated,t,AC) in the operating band – 30 dB |
Interfering signal centre frequency offset from the lower/upper edge of the wanted signal or edge of sub-block inside a sub-block gap | ![]() |
NOTE 1: Interfering signal positions that are partially or completely outside of any downlink operating band of the BS are excluded from the requirement, unless the interfering signal positions fall within the frequency range of adjacent downlink operating bands in the same geographical area. NOTE 2: In Japan, NOTE 1 is not applied in Band n77, n78, n79. |
OTA 互调的limit
- 按照接受性能要求定义了最严的测试limit
- 测试DUT不发功(测试OTA PIM的目的不是验证天线性能,更关注的是DUT本身的非线性,由于外部能量辐射到DUT后产生的互调)
To demonstrate a simple example calculation of possible PIM impact on reference sensitivity, we consider the following assumptions which apply to a Wide Area (WA) BS deployment:
- Carrier power 2 × 43 dBm UTRA carriers
- Receiver Noise figure: 5 dB
- A conversion factor of 2.1 dB to convert the CW to UTRA modulation.
The conversion factor is a conservative average value based on empirical studies [2]. - Third order PIM performance of e.g. antenna: -150 dBc @ 2 × 43 dBm CW
Note that the conversion factor is an assumption used to derive the requirements and once the requirements are settled, the conversion factor in itself would have no further relevance. There would then be an agreed requirement that defines the PIM performance.
Based on the assumptions, the power of third order PIM products is 43-150= -107 dBm CW while the power of UTRA modulated PIM product would be -107 dBm + 2.1 dB (conversion factor) = -104.9 dBm /UTRA carrier BW.
Considering the noise floor of -103 dBm and the PIM level of -104.9 dBm (both normalized over a UTRA channel), the sensitivity degradation would be on the order of ~2 dB.