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 26.449
Codec for Enhanced Voice Services (EVS); Comfort Noise Generation (CNG) aspects
Codecs & Media
Rel-16TSCodecs & MediaUpdated 2026-07-26
TS 26.450
Codec for Enhanced Voice Services (EVS); Discontinuous Transmission (DTX)
Codecs & Media
Rel-16TSCodecs & MediaUpdated 2026-07-26
TS 26.451
Codec for Enhanced Voice Services (EVS); Voice Activity Detection (VAD)
Codecs & Media
Rel-16TSCodecs & MediaUpdated 2026-07-26
TS 26.452
Codec for Enhanced Voice Services (EVS); ANSI C code; Alternative fixed-point using updated basic operators
Codecs & Media
Rel-16TSCodecs & MediaUpdated 2026-07-26
TS 26.453
Codec for Enhanced Voice Services (EVS); Speech codec frame structure
Codecs & Media
Rel-16TSCodecs & MediaUpdated 2026-07-26
TS 26.454
Codec for Enhanced Voice Services (EVS); Interface to Iu, Uu, Nb and Mb
Codecs & Media
Rel-16TSCodecs & MediaUpdated 2026-07-26
TS 26.501
5G Media Streaming (5GMS); General description and architecture
Codecs & Media
Rel-16TSCodecs & MediaUpdated 2026-07-26
TS 26.511
5G Media Streaming (5GMS); Profiles, codecs and formats
Codecs & Media
Rel-16TSCodecs & MediaUpdated 2026-07-26
TS 26.512
5G Media Streaming (5GMS); Protocols
Codecs & Media
Rel-16TSCodecs & MediaUpdated 2026-07-26
TS 26.801
User Equipment (UE) supporting handset mode with non-traditional earpieces
Codecs & Media
Rel-16TSCodecs & MediaUpdated 2026-07-26
TS 26.843
Codec for Enhanced Voice Services (EVS); Study on non-bit-exact conformance criteria and tools for floating-point EVS codec
Codecs & Media
Rel-16TSCodecs & MediaUpdated 2026-07-26
TS 26.850
MBMS for Internet of Things (IoT)
Codecs & Media
Rel-16TSCodecs & MediaUpdated 2026-07-26
TS 26.891
5G enhanced mobile broadband; Media distribution
Codecs & Media
Rel-16TSCodecs & MediaUpdated 2026-07-26
TS 26.902
Video codec performance
Codecs & Media
Rel-16TSCodecs & MediaUpdated 2026-07-26
TS 26.903
Improved video support for Packet Switched Streaming (PSS) and Multimedia Broadcast/Multicast Service (MBMS) Services
Codecs & Media
Rel-16TSCodecs & MediaUpdated 2026-07-26
TS 26.904
Improved video coding support
Codecs & Media
Rel-16TSCodecs & MediaUpdated 2026-07-26
TS 26.905
Mobile stereoscopic 3D video
Codecs & Media
Rel-16TSCodecs & MediaUpdated 2026-07-26
TS 26.906
Evaluation of High Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC) for 3GPP services
Codecs & Media
Rel-16TSCodecs & MediaUpdated 2026-07-26
TS 26.907
HTML5 for a new presentation layer in 3GPP services
Codecs & Media
Rel-16TSCodecs & MediaUpdated 2026-07-26
TS 26.909
Study on improved streaming Quality of Experience (QoE) reporting in 3GPP services and networks
Codecs & Media
Rel-16TSCodecs & MediaUpdated 2026-07-26