The Office of the Communications Authority (OFCA) in Hong Kong released “Type Acceptance Criteria for 5G New Radio Repeater Equipment Operating Below 6 GHz” (TAC 012) issue March 2023.
This document sets out the criteria for type acceptance (TAC12) of 5G New Radio (NR) repeater equipment of repeater type 1-C operating in frequency bands below 6 GHz.
The equipment shall meet the technical requirements as stipulated in the specification TS 38.115-1 titled “3rd Generation Partnership Project; Technical Specification Group Radio Access Network; NR; Repeater conformance testing – Part 1: Conducted conformance testing” published by the Third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) in respect of the following:
- output power,
- out of band gain,
- operating band unwanted emissions,
- TX/RX spurious emissions,
- Input/Output intermodulation,
- Adjacent Channel Rejection Ratio and
- Transmit ON/OFF power.
For more information on OFCA requirements for 5G NR Repeater Equipment, please contact iCertifi.