Release Rel-16
5G NREnhances 5G NR with unlicensed spectrum, vehicle-to-everything, and private network support.
Frozen 2020-07-03101 specifications in series 38
Key features: NR-U unlicensed, V2X, industrial IoT, integrated access backhaul
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TS 38.214
NR; Physical layer procedures for data
Physical Layer
Rel-16TS5G NRUpdated 2026-07-25
TS 38.215
NR; Physical layer measurements
Physical Layer
Rel-16TS5G NRUpdated 2026-07-25
TS 38.300
NR; NR and NG-RAN Overall description; Stage-2
Architecture
Rel-16TS5G NRUpdated 2026-07-25
TS 38.304
NR; User Equipment (UE) procedures in Idle mode and in RRC Inactive state
Architecture
Rel-16TS5G NRUpdated 2026-07-25
TS 38.305
NG Radio Access Network (NG-RAN); Stage 2 functional specification of User Equipment (UE) positioning in NG-RAN
Architecture
Rel-16TS5G NRUpdated 2026-07-25
TS 38.306
NR; User Equipment (UE) radio access capabilities
Architecture
Rel-16TS5G NRUpdated 2026-07-25
TS 38.307
NR; Requirements on User Equipments (UEs) supporting a release-independent frequency band
Architecture
Rel-16TS5G NRUpdated 2026-07-25
TS 38.314
NR; Layer 2 measurements
Architecture
Rel-16TS5G NRUpdated 2026-07-25
TS 38.321
NR; Medium Access Control (MAC) protocol specification
Protocol
Rel-16TS5G NRUpdated 2026-07-25
TS 38.322
NR; Radio Link Control (RLC) protocol specification
Protocol
Rel-16TS5G NRUpdated 2026-07-25
TS 38.323
NR; Packet Data Convergence Protocol (PDCP) specification
Protocol
Rel-16TS5G NRUpdated 2026-07-25
TS 38.331
NR; Radio Resource Control (RRC); Protocol specification
Protocol
Rel-16TS5G NRUpdated 2026-07-25
TS 38.340
NR; Backhaul Adaptation Protocol (BAP) specification
Architecture
Rel-16TS5G NRUpdated 2026-07-25
TS 38.401
NG-RAN; Architecture description
Architecture
Rel-16TS5G NRUpdated 2026-07-25
TS 38.410
NG-RAN; NG general aspects and principles
Architecture
Rel-16TS5G NRUpdated 2026-07-25
TS 38.411
NG-RAN; NG layer 1
Architecture
Rel-16TS5G NRUpdated 2026-07-25
TS 38.412
NG-RAN; NG signalling transport
Architecture
Rel-16TS5G NRUpdated 2026-07-25
TS 38.413
NG-RAN; NG Application Protocol (NGAP)
Protocol
Rel-16TS5G NRUpdated 2026-07-25
TS 38.414
NG-RAN; NG data transport
Architecture
Rel-16TS5G NRUpdated 2026-07-25
TS 38.415
NG-RAN; PDU session user plane protocol
Architecture
Rel-16TS5G NRUpdated 2026-07-25