Release Rel-16
5G NREnhances 5G NR with unlicensed spectrum, vehicle-to-everything, and private network support.
Frozen 2020-07-0391 specifications in series 36
Key features: NR-U unlicensed, V2X, industrial IoT, integrated access backhaul
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TS 36.465
Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access Network (E-UTRAN) and Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN); Xw interface user plane protocol
Architecture
Rel-16TSLTE-Advanced ProUpdated 2026-07-25
TS 36.508
Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access (E-UTRA) and Evolved Packet Core (EPC); Common test environments for User Equipment (UE) conformance testing
Architecture
Rel-16TSLTE-Advanced ProUpdated 2026-07-25
TS 36.509
Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access (E-UTRA) and Evolved Packet Core (EPC); Special conformance testing functions for User Equipment (UE)
Architecture
Rel-16TSLTE-Advanced ProUpdated 2026-07-25
TS 36.521-1
Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access (E-UTRA); User Equipment (UE) conformance specification; Radio transmission and reception; Part 1: Conformance testing
Architecture
Rel-16TSLTE-Advanced ProUpdated 2026-07-25
TS 36.521-2
Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access (E-UTRA); User Equipment (UE) conformance specification; Radio transmission and reception; Part 2: Implementation Conformance Statement (ICS)
Architecture
Rel-16TSLTE-Advanced ProUpdated 2026-07-25
TS 36.521-3
Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access (E-UTRA); User Equipment (UE) conformance specification; Radio transmission and reception; Part 3: Radio Resource Management (RRM) conformance testing
Architecture
Rel-16TSLTE-Advanced ProUpdated 2026-07-25
TS 36.523-1
Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access (E-UTRA) and Evolved Packet Core (EPC); User Equipment (UE) conformance specification; Part 1: Protocol conformance specification
Architecture
Rel-16TSLTE-Advanced ProUpdated 2026-07-25
TS 36.523-2
Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access (E-UTRA) and Evolved Packet Core (EPC); User Equipment (UE) conformance specification; Part 2: Implementation Conformance Statement (ICS) proforma specification
Architecture
Rel-16TSLTE-Advanced ProUpdated 2026-07-25
TS 36.523-3
Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access (E-UTRA) and Evolved Packet Core (EPC); User Equipment (UE) conformance specification; Part 3: Test suites
Architecture
Rel-16TSLTE-Advanced ProUpdated 2026-07-25
TS 36.579-1
Mission Critical (MC) services over LTE; Part 1: Common test environment
Architecture
Rel-16TSLTE-Advanced ProUpdated 2026-07-25
TS 36.579-2
Mission Critical (MC) services over LTE; Part 2: Mission Critical Push To Talk (MCPTT) User Equipment (UE) Protocol conformance specification
Architecture
Rel-16TSLTE-Advanced ProUpdated 2026-07-25
TS 36.579-4
Mission Critical (MC) services over LTE; Part 4: Test Applicability and Implementation Conformance Statement (ICS) proforma specification
Architecture
Rel-16TSLTE-Advanced ProUpdated 2026-07-25
TS 36.579-5
Mission Critical (MC) services over LTE; Part 5: Abstract test suite (ATS)
Architecture
Rel-16TSLTE-Advanced ProUpdated 2026-07-25
TS 36.579-6
Mission Critical (MC) services over LTE; Part 6: Mission Critical Video (MCVideo) User Equipment (UE) Protocol conformance specification
Architecture
Rel-16TSLTE-Advanced ProUpdated 2026-07-25
TS 36.579-7
Mission Critical (MC) services over LTE; Part 7: Mission Critical Data (MCData) User Equipment (UE) Protocol conformance specification
Architecture
Rel-16TSLTE-Advanced ProUpdated 2026-07-25
TS 36.762
410 – 430 MHz Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access (E-UTRA) Frequency Division Duplex (FDD) Band(s) for LTE Public Protection and Disaster Relief (PPDR) and Professional Mobile Radio (PMR) / Public Access Mobile Radio (PAMR) in Europe
Architecture
Rel-16TSLTE-Advanced ProUpdated 2026-07-25
TS 36.776
Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access (E-UTRA); Study on LTE-based 5G terrestrial broadcast
Architecture
Rel-16TSLTE-Advanced ProUpdated 2026-07-25
TS 36.791
Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Acces (E-UTRA) 2.4 GHz Time Division Duplex (TDD) Band for US
Architecture
Rel-16TSLTE-Advanced ProUpdated 2026-07-25
TS 36.903
Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access (E-UTRA) and Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access Network (E-UTRAN); Derivation of test tolerances for Radio Resource Management (RRM) conformance tests
Architecture
Rel-16TSLTE-Advanced ProUpdated 2026-07-25
TS 36.904
Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access (E-UTRA) and Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access Network (E-UTRAN); Derivation of test tolerances for User Equipment (UE) radio reception conformance tests
Architecture
Rel-16TSLTE-Advanced ProUpdated 2026-07-25