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 22.179
Mission Critical Push to Talk (MCPTT); Stage 1
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TS 22.182
Customized Alerting Tones (CAT) requirements; Stage 1
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TS 22.183
Customized Ringing Signal (CRS) requirements; Stage 1
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TS 22.185
Service requirements for V2X services
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TS 22.186
Service requirements for enhanced V2X scenarios
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TS 22.220
Service requirements for Home Node B (HNB) and Home eNode B (HeNB)
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TS 22.226
Global Text Telephony (GTT); Stage 1
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TS 22.228
Service requirements for the Internet Protocol (IP) multimedia core network subsystem (IMS); Stage 1
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TS 22.233
Transparent end-to-end packet-switched streaming service; Stage 1
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TS 22.240
Service requirements for 3GPP Generic User Profile (GUP); Stage 1
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TS 22.242
Digital Rights Management (DRM); Stage 1
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TS 22.243
Speech recognition framework for automated voice services; Stage 1
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TS 22.246
Multimedia Broadcast/Multicast Service (MBMS) user services; Stage 1
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TS 22.250
IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) Group Management; Stage 1
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TS 22.259
Service requirements for Personal Network Management (PNM); Stage 1
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TS 22.261
Service requirements for the 5G system
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TS 22.262
Message service within the 5G System (5GS); Stage 1
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TS 22.268
Public Warning System (PWS) requirements
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TS 22.278
Service requirements for the Evolved Packet System (EPS)
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Rel-16TS3GPP ServicesUpdated 2026-07-25
TS 22.279
Combined Circuit Switched (CS) and IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) sessions; Stage 1
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