Release Rel-16
5G NREnhances 5G NR with unlicensed spectrum, vehicle-to-everything, and private network support.
Frozen 2020-07-0345 specifications in series 37
Key features: NR-U unlicensed, V2X, industrial IoT, integrated access backhaul
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TS 37.470
W1 interface; General aspects and principles
Architecture
Rel-16TSMulti-RATUpdated 2026-07-25
TS 37.471
W1 interface; Layer 1
Architecture
Rel-16TSMulti-RATUpdated 2026-07-25
TS 37.472
W1 interface; Signalling transport
Architecture
Rel-16TSMulti-RATUpdated 2026-07-25
TS 37.473
W1 interface; Application Protocol (W1AP)
Protocol
Rel-16TSMulti-RATUpdated 2026-07-25
TS 37.544
Universal Terrestrial Radio Access (UTRA) and Evolved UTRA (E-UTRA); User Equipment (UE) Over The Air (OTA) performance; Conformance testing
Architecture
Rel-16TSMulti-RATUpdated 2026-07-25
TS 37.571-1
User Equipment (UE) conformance specification for UE positioning; Part 1: Conformance test specification
Architecture
Rel-16TSMulti-RATUpdated 2026-07-25
TS 37.571-2
User Equipment (UE) conformance specification for UE positioning; Part 2: Protocol conformance
Architecture
Rel-16TSMulti-RATUpdated 2026-07-25
TS 37.571-3
User Equipment (UE) conformance specification for UE positioning; Part 3: Implementation Conformance Statement (ICS)
Architecture
Rel-16TSMulti-RATUpdated 2026-07-25
TS 37.571-4
User Equipment (UE) conformance specification for UE positioning; Part 4: Test suites
Architecture
Rel-16TSMulti-RATUpdated 2026-07-25
TS 37.571-5
User Equipment (UE) conformance specification for UE positioning; Part 5: Test scenarios and assistance data
Architecture
Rel-16TSMulti-RATUpdated 2026-07-25
TS 37.716-33
E-UTRA (Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access) - NR Dual Connectivity (EN-DC) of 3 bands Down Link (DL) and 3 band Up Link (UL)
Architecture
Rel-16TSMulti-RATUpdated 2026-07-25
TS 37.815
Study on high power User Equipment (UE) (power class 2) for E-UTRA (Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access) - NR Dual Connectivity (EN-DC) (1 LTE FDD band + 1 NR TDD band)
Architecture
Rel-16TSMulti-RATUpdated 2026-07-25
TS 37.816
Study on RAN-centric data collection and utilization for LTE and NR
Architecture
Rel-16TSMulti-RATUpdated 2026-07-25
TS 37.823
Coexistence between LTE-MTC and NR
Architecture
Rel-16TSMulti-RATUpdated 2026-07-25
TS 37.824
Coexistence between NB-IoT and NR
Architecture
Rel-16TSMulti-RATUpdated 2026-07-25
TS 37.825
High power User Equipment (UE) (power class 2) for E-UTRA (Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access) - NR Dual Connectivity (EN-DC) (1 LTE TDD band + 1 NR TDD band)
Architecture
Rel-16TSMulti-RATUpdated 2026-07-25
TS 37.873
Study on optimizations of UE radio capability signalling; NR / Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access Network (E-UTRAN) aspects
Architecture
Rel-16TSMulti-RATUpdated 2026-07-25
TS 37.890
Feasibility Study on 6 GHz for LTE and NR in Licensed and Unlicensed Operations
Architecture
Rel-16TSMulti-RATUpdated 2026-07-25
TS 37.900
Radio Frequency (RF) requirements for Multicarrier and Multiple Radio Access Technology (Multi-RAT) Base Station (BS)
Architecture
Rel-16TSMulti-RATUpdated 2026-07-25
TS 37.901-5
Study on 5G NR User Equipment (UE) application layer data throughput performance
Architecture
Rel-16TSMulti-RATUpdated 2026-07-25