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 38.521-2
NR; User Equipment (UE) conformance specification; Radio transmission and reception; Part 2: Range 2 standalone
Architecture
Rel-16TS5G NRUpdated 2026-07-25
TS 38.521-3
NR; User Equipment (UE) conformance specification; Radio transmission and reception; Part 3: Range 1 and Range 2 Interworking operation with other radios
Architecture
Rel-16TS5G NRUpdated 2026-07-25
TS 38.521-4
NR; User Equipment (UE) conformance specification; Radio transmission and reception; Part 4: Performance
Architecture
Rel-16TS5G NRUpdated 2026-07-25
TS 38.522
NR; User Equipment (UE) conformance specification; Applicability of radio transmission, radio reception and radio resource management test cases
Architecture
Rel-16TS5G NRUpdated 2026-07-25
TS 38.523-1
5GS; User Equipment (UE) conformance specification; Part 1: Protocol
Architecture
Rel-16TS5G NRUpdated 2026-07-25
TS 38.523-2
5GS; User Equipment (UE) conformance specification; Part 2: Applicability of protocol test cases
Architecture
Rel-16TS5G NRUpdated 2026-07-25
TS 38.523-3
5GS; User Equipment (UE) conformance specification; Part 3: Protocol Test Suites
Architecture
Rel-16TS5G NRUpdated 2026-07-25
TS 38.533
NR; User Equipment (UE) conformance specification; Radio Resource Management (RRM)
Architecture
Rel-16TS5G NRUpdated 2026-07-25
TS 38.807
Study on requirements for NR beyond 52.6 GHz
Architecture
Rel-16TS5G NRUpdated 2026-07-25
TS 38.809
NR; Background for integrated access and backhaul radio transmission and reception
Architecture
Rel-16TS5G NRUpdated 2026-07-25
TS 38.810
NR; Study on test methods
Architecture
Rel-16TS5G NRUpdated 2026-07-25
TS 38.812
Study on Non-Orthogonal Multiple Access (NOMA) for NR
Architecture
Rel-16TS5G NRUpdated 2026-07-25
TS 38.817-01
General aspects for User Equipment (UE) Radio Frequency (RF) for NR
Architecture
Rel-16TS5G NRUpdated 2026-07-25
TS 38.819
LTE Band 65 for NR (n65)
Architecture
Rel-16TS5G NRUpdated 2026-07-25
TS 38.820
Study on the 7 to 24 GHz frequency range for NR
Architecture
Rel-16TS5G NRUpdated 2026-07-25
TS 38.821
Solutions for NR to support Non-Terrestrial Networks (NTN)
Architecture
Rel-16TSNTNUpdated 2026-07-25
TS 38.822
NR; User Equipment (UE) feature list
Architecture
Rel-16TS5G NRUpdated 2026-07-25
TS 38.823
Study of further enhancement for disaggregated gNB
Architecture
Rel-16TS5G NRUpdated 2026-07-25
TS 38.824
Study on physical layer enhancements for NR ultra-reliable and low latency case (URLLC)
Architecture
Rel-16TS5G NRUpdated 2026-07-25
TS 38.825
Study on NR industrial Internet of Things (IoT)
Architecture
Rel-16TS5G NRUpdated 2026-07-25