TR-398无线WIFI测试规范

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IssueHistory

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2019

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Huawei

Firstreleaseofthetechnicalreport.

Issue1

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2019

25October

2019

LincolnLavoie,UNH-IOL

CorrectionstopublishingerrorwithinTable15thatappearedwithinsomepre-releaseversionsofTR-398.

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2021

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LincolnLavoie,UNH-IOL

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Corrigendum

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JasonWalls

JohnBlackford

HermanVerbueken

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QACafe

Commscope

Nokia

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TableofContents

1PurposeandScope 9

1.1Purpose 9

1.2Scope 9

2ReferencesandTerminology 11

2.1Conventions 11

2.2References 11

2.3Definitions 12

2.4Abbreviations 12

3TechnicalReportImpact 14

3.1EnergyEfficiency 14

3.2Security 14

3.3Privacy 14

4EquipmentFeatures 15

4.1DeviceUnderTest(DUT)andStation(STA) 15

4.1.1DeviceInformation 15

4.1.2ManagementoftheDUTandSTA 15

4.2TestingEquipmentandComponents 15

5TestEnvironment 17

5.1TestConfiguration 17

5.1.1Ethernet/IPTrafficSetup 17

5.1.2EthernetTrafficFlowGeneration 18

5.1.3Example:EthernettrafficgenerationbyiPerf3 18

5.2TestSetupCharacteristics 20

5.2.1ShieldedTestChamber 20

5.2.2DistanceandTestChannelRealization 20

5.2.3STARequirements 24

5.3DeviceUnderTest(DUT)settings 25

5.3.1DUTRequirements 25

5.3.2SSIDsetting 25

5.3.3Radiointerfacesettings 25

6PerformanceTests 29

6.1RFcapability 29

6.1.1ReceiverSensitivityTest 29

6.2Baselineperformance 32

6.2.1MaximumConnectionTest 32

6.2.2MaximumThroughputTest 34

6.2.3AirtimeFairnessTest 36

6.2.4Dual-bandThroughputTest 39

6.2.5BidirectionalThroughputTest 42

6.3Coverage 43

6.3.1RangeVersusRateTest 44

6.3.2Spatialconsistencytest 46

6.3.3802.11axPeakPerformanceTest 49

6.4MultipleSTAsPerformance 50

6.4.1MultipleSTAsPerformanceTest 51

6.4.2MultipleAssociation/DisassociationStabilityTest 53

6.4.3DownlinkMU-MIMOPerformanceTest 54

6.5Stability/Robustness 55

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6.5.1LongTermStabilityTest 55

6.5.2APCoexistenceTest 57

6.5.3AutomaticChannelSelectionTest 60

AppendixI.InstantiationsofTestSetups 63

I.1TestsetupbyusingIPpacketthroughTCPorUDP 63

I.2TestSetupbyUsingLevel-2EthernetPacket 64

AppendixII.TestCasesForFurtherStudy 65

II.1RepeatedWi-FiThroughputPerformanceTest 65

II.1.1Introduction 65

II.1.2Setup 65

II.1.3DUTConfiguration 65

II.1.4Procedures 66

II.1.5Metrics(Pass/FailCriteria) 66

II.2BasicRoamingPerformanceTest 67

II.2.1Introduction 67

II.2.2Setup 67

II.2.3DUTConfiguration 68

II.2.4Procedures 68

II.2.5Metrics(Pass/FailCriteria) 69

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ListofFigures

Figure1:TestsetupforperformancetestingforsingleSTA 17

Figure2:SingleChamberImplementation 22

Figure3:MultipleChamberImplementation 23

Figure4:Wi-FiMeshMultipleChamberImplementation 24

Figure5:TestSetupforReceiverSensitivity 30

Figure6:TestsetupofMaximumConnectionTest 33

Figure7:TestsetupofMaximumThroughputTest 35

Figure8:TestsetupofAirtimeFairnessTest 37

Figure9:TestsetupDual-bandThroughputTest 40

Figure10:TestsetupofRangeVersusRateTest 44

Figure11:TestsetupofSpatialConsistencyTest 47

Figure12:TestSetupofAPCoexistenceTest 58

Figure13:TestsetupbyusingTCP/UDPflowswithseparatePacketGenerator/Analyzer 63

Figure14:TestsetupbyusingTCP/UDPflowswiththededicatedtestingequipment 63

Figure15:TestsetupbyusingTCP/UDPflowswithanindependentSTA 64

Figure16:TestSetupbyusinglevel-2EthernetflowswithacommonPacketGenerator/Analyzer 64

ListofTables

Table1:DUTInformation 15

Table2:STAInformation 15

Table3:TrafficGenerator/AnalyzerInformation 16

Table4:AttenuatorInformation 16

Table5:TestChamberInformation 16

Table6:AdditionalAntennaInformation 16

Table7:TemperatureandHumidityRangeofTestFacility 20

Table8:SSIDsettingconfiguration 25

Table9:Worksettingconfigurationfor802.11n2.4GHzband 26

Table10:Worksettingconfigurationfor802.11ac5GHzband 27

Table11:Worksettingconfigurationfor802.11ax(2.4&5GHzband) 27

Table12:Wi-FiTestConfigurationsforReceiverSensitivity 30

Table13:MCSandTrafficTestConfigurationfor802.11n 31

Table14:MCSandTrafficTestConfigurationfor802.11ac 31

Table15:MCSandTrafficTestConfigurationfor802.11ax2.4GHz 31

Table16:MCSandTrafficTestConfigurationfor802.11ax5GHz 31

Table17:RequiredReceiverSensitivityfor802.11n 32

Table18:RequiredReceiverSensitivityfor802.11ac 32

Table19:RequiredReceiverSensitivityfor802.11ax2.4GHz 32

Table20:RequiredReceiverSensitivityfor802.11ax5GHz 32

Table21:TheThroughputRequirement 36

Table22:Dual-bandThroughputTestRequirements 41

Table23:Generalconfigurationforrangevsratetest 45

Table24:AdditionalattenuationforSTARFchainduringthetest 45

Table25:Thethroughputrequirement 46

Table26:Generalconfigurationforspatialconsistencytest 47

Table27:Pass/Failcriteriaforspatialconsistencytestbyperformance 48

Table28:Pass/Failcriteriaforspatialconsistencytestbyvariation 49

Table29:Wi-Ficonfigurationfor802.11axPeakPerformanceTest 50

Table30:802.11axPeakPerformanceThroughputRequirements 50

Table31:DUTconfigurationforMultipleAssociation/DisassociationStabilityTest 51

Table32:ThroughputrequirementofMultipleSTAsPerformanceTest 52

Table33:DUTconfigurationforMultipleAssociation/DisassociationStabilityTest 53

Table34:GeneralconfigurationforAPcoexistencetest 58

Table35:Channelconfigurationinthetest 59

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Table36Pass/FailcriteriaforAPcoexistencetest 60

Table37:SSIDconfigurationforadjacentnetwork 61

Table38:AutomationChannelSelectionTestRequirements 62

Table39:DUTconfigurationforRepeatedWi-FiThroughputPerformanceTest 65

Table40:Pass/FailrequirementsforRepeatedWi-FiThroughputPerformanceTestConfig1 66

Table41:Pass/FailrequirementsforRepeatedWi-FiThroughputPerformanceTestConfig2 66

Table42:Pass/FailrequirementsforRepeatedWi-FiThroughputPerformanceTestConfig3 67

Table43:Pass/FailrequirementsforRepeatedWi-FiThroughputPerformanceTestConfig4 67

Table44:DUTconfigurationforBasicRoamingPerformanceTest 68

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ExecutiveSummary

TR-398providesasetofperformancetestcaseswithpass/failrequirementsfor802.11n/ac/aximplementationsaccordingtoInstituteofElectricalandElectronicsEngineers(IEEE)specification802.11ac

[1].

TheprimarygoalofTR-398istoprovideastandardsetoftestcasesandframeworktomeasureaspectoftheperformancebetweenAccessPoint(AP)(e.g.,aCPEwithWi-Fi),oneormorereferencesStation(STA)(e.g.,PersonalComputer[PC],integratedtestingequipment,etc.),andifapplicable,oneWi-Firepeater,undercontrolledlaboratoryconditions.ThetestcasesaredefinedforaDeviceUnderTest(DUT–APonly),testedagainstaorasetofSTA.

TechnicalcontentsofTR-398testplanincludetestsetupinformation,equipmentconfigurationrequirements,testprocedures,andpass/failrequirementsforeachtestcase.

Issue2ofthistestplanupdatesanumberofthetestcases,addsadditionaltestcasesformeshandWi-FiroamingbetweenAPs,andthenew802.11axtechnology.

Issue2Corrigendum1ofthistestplanmakescorrectionstoseveralofthetestcases,insupportoftheBroadbandForumBBF.398GradeWi-FiProgram.

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1PurposeandScope

1.1Purpose

TR-398providesasetofperformancetestcaseswithpass/failrequirementsfor802.11n/ac/aximplementations,toassistoperatorsintheselectionofWi-Ficapabledevices.Operatorswilluseadditionalcriteria,suchasdeploymentscenarios,customerneeds,complexity,whenselectingequipmentanddefiningdeploymentconfigurations.ThesetestcasesarenotsuitableforconsumerselectionofdevicesintheabsenceofexpertlevelunderstandingofWi-Fioperation,configurations,anddeploymentscenarios.Thecorrespondingcertificationprogramsofinteroperabilityare“Wi-Fi4”“Wi-Fi5”,and“Wi-Fi6”for802.11n,802.11ac,and802.11axinWi-FiAlliance,respectively.

TheprimarygoalofTR-398Issue2Corrigendum1istoprovideastandardsetoftestcasesandframeworktomeasureaspectsoftheperformancebetweenAP(e.g.,aCPEwithWi-Fi),oneormorereferenceSTA(e.g.,PC,integratedtestingequipment,etc.),andifapplicable,oneWi-Firepeater,undercontrolledlaboratoryconditions.ThetestcasesaredefinedforaDeviceUnderTest(DUT–APonly),testedagainstaorasetofSTA.TheDUTSHOULDNOTbeareferencedesignandSHOULDcontainthenecessarysystemfunctionalitytoexecutethistestplan(seesection

5)

Technicalcontentinthistestplanincludestestsetupinformation,equipmentconfigurationrequirements,testprocedures,andpass/failrequirementsforeachtestcase.Specificmanufacturerinformationfortestandmeasurementhasnotbeenincludedinthisdocument,exceptincaseswheretheselectionoruseofalternateequipmentcouldnegativelyimpacttheresultsofthetesting.

1.2Scope

ThisTechnicalReportintendstoprovideaperformancetestplanfor“IEEEstandardforInformationtechnology-TelecommunicationsandinformationexchangebetweensystemsLocalandmetropolitanareanetworks-SpecificrequirementsPart11:WirelessLANMediumAccessControl(MAC)andPhysicalLayer(PHY)Specificationsspecification”.TR-398Issue2Corrigendum1isspecificallydevelopedfor802.11n/ac/axcompliantaccesspointdevices.TheperformanceofWi-Fistation(STA)isnotinthescopeofthisproject.

Wi-FiAccessPointdevicesareusedinawidevarietyofpremiseswhichcontainmanyelementswhichwillinfluenceWi-Fiperformance.TR-398Issue2Corrigendum1isintendedtoaddressageneralizedsetofperformancetestcasesperformedinacontrolledlaboratoryenvironment.Theperformancetestcasesareintendedfortheaccesspoint,toverify:

1)RFcapability

2)Throughputperformance

3)Spatialconsistency

4)Airtimefairness

5)Connectioncapability

6)Stability/Robustness

Issue2ofthistestplanmakesthefollowingchangesandprovidesthelistedadditionaltests:

•Additionoftestingandassociatedmetricsfor802.11axtoallapplicabletestcases

•Updatestoattenuationlevelsfortestsusingthe“medium”and“long”distances

•Newtestcasefor“Dual-bandThroughput”

•Newtestcasefor“BidirectionalThroughput”

•Newtestcasefor“RepeatedWi-FiPerformance”

•Newtestcasefor“BasicRoamingPerformance”

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•Newtestcasefor“ChannelAuto-selection”

•Newtestcasefor“802.11axPeakPerformance”

Issue2Corrigendum1makescorrectionsandchangestothefollowingtests:

•802.11axPeakPerformanceTest

•SpatialConsistencyTest

•APCoexistenceTest

•Air-timeFairnessTest

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Document

Title

Source

Year

2ReferencesandTerminology

2.1Conventions

InthisTechnicalReport,severalwordsareusedtosignifytherequirementsofthespecification.Thesewordsarealwayscapitalized.MoreinformationcanbefoundbeinRFC2119

[2].

SHALL

Thisword,ortheterm“REQUIRED”,meansthatthedefinitionisanabsoluterequirementofthespecification.

SHALLNOT

Thisphrasemeansthatthedefinitionisanabsoluteprohibitionofthespecification.

SHOULD

Thisword,ortheterm“RECOMMENDED”,meansthattherecouldexistvalidreasonsinparticularcircumstancestoignorethisitem,butthefullimplicationsneedtobeunderstoodandcarefullyweighedbeforechoosingadifferentcourse.

SHOULDNOT

Thisphrase,orthephrase"NOTRECOMMENDED"meansthattherecouldexistvalidreasonsinparticularcircumstanceswhentheparticularbehaviorisacceptableorevenuseful,butthefullimplicationsneedtobeunderstoodandthecasecarefullyweighedbeforeimplementinganybehaviordescribedwiththislabel.

MAY

Thisword,ortheterm“OPTIONAL”,meansthatthisitemisoneofanallowedsetofalternatives.AnimplementationthatdoesnotincludethisoptionSHALLbepreparedtointer-operatewithanotherimplementationthatdoesincludetheoption.

2.2References

ThefollowingreferencesareofrelevancetothisTechnicalReport.Atthetimeofpublication,theeditionsindicatedwerevalid.Allreferencesaresubjecttorevision;usersofthisTechnicalReportarethereforeencouragedtoinvestigatethepossibilityofapplyingthemostrecenteditionofthereferenceslistedbelow.

AlistofcurrentlyvalidBroadbandForumTechnicalReportsispublishedat

.

[1]

[2]

[3]

802.11

RFC2119

P.2040-1

IEEEstandardforInformationtechnology-TelecommunicationsandinformationexchangebetweensystemsLocalandmetropolitanareanetworks-SpecificrequirementsPart11:WirelessLANMediumAccessControl(MAC)andPhysicalLayer(PHY)Specificationsspecification

KeywordsforuseinRFCstoIndicate

RequirementLevels

Effectsofbuildingmaterialsandstructuresonradiowavepropagationaboveabout100MHz

IETF

IEEE

ITU-R

2016

1997

2015

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[4]Report

BuildingMaterialsandPropagation

Ofcom2014

2.3Definitions

ThefollowingterminologyisusedthroughoutthisTechnicalReport.

CPE

Wi-Fi

CustomerPremisesEquipment.InthecontextofthisTechnicalReport,CPEisusedforanydeviceorotherequipmentplacedinsidethepremisesofaServiceProvider’scustomer.

AnamecreatedandtrademarkedbytheWi-FiAlliancetodescribetechnologybasedonIEEE802.11standards.

2.4Abbreviations

ThisTechnicalReportusesthefollowingabbreviations:

AP

AccessPoint

DL

Downlink

DTIM

DeliveryTrafficIndicationMessage

DUT

DeviceUnderTest

GE

GigabitEthernet

GUI

GraphicalUserInterface

ICMP

InternetControlMessageProtocol

IEEE

InstituteofElectricalandElectronicsEngineers

IP

InternetProtocol

IPv4

InternetProtocolversion4

LAN

LocalAreaNetwork

MAC

MediumAccessControl

MCS

ModulationandCodingScheme

MIMO

Multi-inputMulti-output

MTU

MaximumTransmissionUnit

MU-MIMO

Multi-userMIMO

PC

PersonalComputer

PER

PacketErrorRate

PHY

PhysicalLayer

QoS

QualityofService

RF

RadioFrequency

SSID

ServiceSetIdentifier

STA

Station

TCP

TransmissionControlProtocol

TR

TechnicalReport

Tx

Transmission

UL

Uplink

UDP

UserDatagramProtocol

VLAN

VirtualLocalAreaNetwork

WA

WorkArea

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WLAN

WMM

WirelessLocalAreaNetwork

Wi-FiMultimedia

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3TechnicalReportImpact

3.1EnergyEfficiency

TR-398hasnoimpactonEnergyEfficiency.

3.2Security

TR-398hasnoimpactonSecurity.

3.3Privacy

AnyissuesregardingprivacyarenotaffectedbyTR-398.

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4EquipmentFeatures

4.1DeviceUnderTest(DUT)andStation(STA)

4.1.1DeviceInformation

Table1

and

Table2

areintendedtoprovidetestengineersandreadersofthetestreportwithsufficientinformationabouttheDUTandconnectedSTAsinordertoassurerepeatabilityofresultsandtoallowforaccuratecomparisonsofreportedtestresults.TheinformationdefinedinthetablesSHALLbeprovidedtothetestengineerpriortothestartofthetestingandSHALLbeincludedaspartofthetestreport.AllfieldsSHALLbepopulated;ifanitemisnotapplicabletotheDUTorconnectedSTAs,theitemMAYbemarkedas“NotApplicable”.

Table1:DUTInformation

DUTsystemvendor

DUTsystemfirmwareversion

DUTchipsetvendor

DUTchipsetfirmwareversion

Table2:STAInformation

STAtype(e.g.,PC,mobilephone,etc.)

STAsystemvendor

STAsystemfirmwareversion

STAchipsetvendor

STAchipsetfirmwareversion

SupportedIEEEspecificationbySTA

Note:MultipletablesofSTAsSHALLbecreatedtorecordtheinformationofSTAswithdifferentcapability(e.g.,legacySTAthatsupportsonly802.11a/b/g).

4.1.2ManagementoftheDUTandSTA

TheDUTSHALLsupportaDUTNorthboundmanagementprotocolorlocalGraphicalUserInterface(GUI)thatallowstheabilitytoconfigureandretrievethesettingsdefinedin

5.3

inthistestplan.ThemanagementprotocolisDUTvendordiscretionary.

TheSTASHALLsupportaSTASouthboundmanagementprotocolthatisrequiredforexecutionofthistestplanexceptasrequiredtoconfiguretheSTAtopassEthernettrafficbetweentheSTAandLocalAreaNetwork(LAN)interface(s).

4.2TestingEquipmentandComponents

Thissectionincludestablestorecordinformationoftestingequipmentandcomponentsthatareusedinthetest.TheinformationdefinedinthetablesSHALLbeprovidedtothetestengineerpriortothestartofthetestingandSHALLbeincludedaspartofthetestreport.AllfieldsSHALLbepopulated;ifanitemisnotapplicabletotheDUTorconnectedSTAs,theitemMAYbemarkedas“NotApplicable”.

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Table3:TrafficGenerator/AnalyzerInformation

Manufacturer

Equipmentmodel

Codeversion

Table4:AttenuatorInformation

Manufacturer

Componentmodel

Supportedfrequencyrange

Attenuationvalueusedinthetest

Table5:TestChamberInformation

Manufacturer

Equipmentmodel

Table6:AdditionalAntennaInformation

Manufacturer

Componentmodel

Whereitisused(ontestchamber/trafficanalyzer/etc.)

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Uplinktrafficflow

PacketGenerator/Analyzer

Physical

Layer

Test

Setup

STA

5TestEnvironment

TheWi-Fiperformancetestenvironmentcaneasilybeimpactedbyexternalfactorsandtheenvironment,suchasexistingofficeWi-Fisystems,ornearbyappliances(e.g.,microwaveovens).TheconstructionofthetestenvironmentusedbythistestplanSHALLbeconstructedinafashiontomitigatetheimpactoftheseexternalfactors.ThetestenvironmentSHALLmeettherequirementsoutlinedinthissectionforalltestswithinthistestplan.

5.1TestConfiguration

5.1.1Ethernet/IPTrafficSetup

TheLANinterface(s)usedfortransmissionoftesttrafficSHALLbeaGigabitEthernetport(s),supportingspeedsofatleast1Gbps.ThePeerStations(STAs)SHALLsend/receiveWi-Fipacketsto/fromt