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Results With Increased CLGC Samspling Period
Figure 79 captures CLGC loop gain monitored over 1 hour with the TM2 signal described in Signal Under Test section with CLGC
sampling period increased to 1.5ms from 10us. The loop gain by and large remains stable /-0.05dB variation, with only 3
iterations where the loop gain varies by greater than 0.05dB. The loop gain stability is significantly better compared to 10us
sampling period shown in Figure 77.
Figure 79. CLGC Loop Gain vs Time, with CLGC sampling period increased to 1.5ms
CLGC RECOMMENDATIONS
A good recommendation for the user to overcome the issue described in Analysis of Results With 10us Batch Sampling Period
section would be to tune the CLGC sampling period to be at least equal to the time period of minimum no. of symbols during
which they expect to see a good variety in sub-carrier frequencies across the carrier bandwidth, so as to capture the PA gain
across frequencies as highlighted in the Results With Increased CLGC Samspling Period section of this document.
In 5G NR traffic carrying only synchronization and reference symbols for channel estimation, there could be a no. of different
combinations of DMRS (Demodulation Reference Symbols) locations, no. of symbols carrying DMRS, and up to 4 Bandwidth parts
in a single carrier bandwidth.
Given the different combinations and frequencies of reference symbols, a good approach to determine the CLGC sampling period
could be to carry out a statistical analysis of the signal which can be considered a tough case, and use that as a starting point for
the CLGC sampling period. A signal such as TM2 used in this case, with sparsely populated subcarriers at the edges of the carrier
bandwidth could qualify as a tough case for CLGC.
In the signal under test described in Signal Under Test section, where the power is distributed across resource blocks that are
sparse, in order for average power level of the captured samples to be close to the average frame power level, resource blocks in
different sub-carrier frequencies need to be accounted for. This ensures a good statistical probability of different sub-carriers
being engaged, and therefore a good variety in gain response of the PA seen by the CLGC algorithm.
A statistical analysis of the NR TM2 signal described in Signal Under Test section is described below. The expected value(average)
of the waveform over 1 frame = -37.1dBFS A statistical analysis of the 5GNR TM2 signal under test with different moving average
durations yields the following results:
Table 45. Statistical analysis of moving avg of 5GNR TM2 signal under test
Sl No.
Moving Avg Duration(us)
Mean(dBFS)
Std Deviation(dB)
1
10
-36.5
2.95
2
100
-37.55
1.49
3
1000
-37.14
0.012