Release Rel-16
5G NREnhances 5G NR with unlicensed spectrum, vehicle-to-everything, and private network support.
Frozen 2020-07-031,303 specifications
Key features: NR-U unlicensed, V2X, industrial IoT, integrated access backhaul
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TS 23.292
IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) centralized services; Stage 2
Architecture
Rel-16TS5GCUpdated 2026-07-25
TS 23.303
Proximity-based services (ProSe); Stage 2
Architecture
Rel-16TS5GCUpdated 2026-07-25
TS 23.316
Wireless and wireline convergence access support for the 5G System (5GS)
Architecture
Rel-16TS5GCUpdated 2026-07-25
TS 23.333
Multimedia Resource Function Controller (MRFC) - Multimedia Resource Function Processor (MRFP) Mp interface: Procedures descriptions
Architecture
Rel-16TS5GCUpdated 2026-07-25
TS 23.334
IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) Application Level Gateway (IMS-ALG) - IMS Access Gateway (IMS-AGW) interface: Procedures descriptions
Architecture
Rel-16TS5GCUpdated 2026-07-25
TS 23.335
User Data Convergence (UDC); Technical realization and information flows; Stage 2
Architecture
Rel-16TS5GCUpdated 2026-07-25
TS 23.379
Functional architecture and information flows to support Mission Critical Push To Talk (MCPTT); Stage 2
Architecture
Rel-16TS5GCUpdated 2026-07-25
TS 23.380
IMS Restoration Procedures
Architecture
Rel-16TS5GCUpdated 2026-07-25
TS 23.401
General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) enhancements for Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access Network (E-UTRAN) access
Architecture
Rel-16TS5GCUpdated 2026-07-25
TS 23.402
Architecture enhancements for non-3GPP accesses
Architecture
Rel-16TS5GCUpdated 2026-07-25
TS 23.434
Service Enabler Architecture Layer for Verticals (SEAL); Functional architecture and information flows
Architecture
Rel-16TS5GCUpdated 2026-07-25
TS 23.468
Group Communication System Enablers for LTE (GCSE_LTE); Stage 2
Architecture
Rel-16TS5GCUpdated 2026-07-25
TS 23.479
Technical Specification Group Services and System Aspects; UE MBMS APIs for Mission Critical Services;
Architecture
Rel-16TS5GCUpdated 2026-07-25
TS 23.501
System architecture for the 5G System (5GS)
Architecture
Rel-16TS5GCUpdated 2026-07-25
TS 23.502
Procedures for the 5G System (5GS)
Architecture
Rel-16TS5GCUpdated 2026-07-25
TS 23.503
Policy and charging control framework for the 5G System (5GS); Stage 2
Architecture
Rel-16TS5GCUpdated 2026-07-25
TS 23.527
5G System; Restoration procedures
Architecture
Rel-16TS5GCUpdated 2026-07-25
TS 23.632
User data interworking, coexistence and migration; Stage 2
Architecture
Rel-16TS5GCUpdated 2026-07-25
TS 23.682
Architecture enhancements to facilitate communications with packet data networks and applications
Architecture
Rel-16TSEPCUpdated 2026-07-25
TS 23.715
Study on system enhancements for provision of access to restricted local operator services by an unauthenticated User Equipment (UE)
Architecture
Rel-16TS5GCUpdated 2026-07-25