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 29.674
Interface between the UE radio Capability Management Function (UCMF) and the Mobility Management Entity (MME); Stage 3
Architecture
Rel-16TS5GCUpdated 2026-07-25
TS 29.675
User Equipment (UE) radio capability provisioning service; Stage 3
Architecture
Rel-16TS5GCUpdated 2026-07-25
TS 29.808
Study on the Nudsf Service Based Interface
Architecture
Rel-16TS5GCUpdated 2026-07-25
TS 29.827
Study on Policy and Charging for Volume Based Charging
Architecture
Rel-16TS5GCUpdated 2026-07-25
TS 29.843
Study on Load and Overload Control of 5GC Service Based Interface
Architecture
Rel-16TS5GCUpdated 2026-07-25
TS 29.890
CT WG3 aspects of 5G System Phase 1
Architecture
Rel-16TS5GCUpdated 2026-07-25
TS 29.891
5G System - Phase 1 CT WG4 Aspects
Architecture
Rel-16TS5GCUpdated 2026-07-25
TS 29.892
Study on User Plane Protocol in 5GC
Architecture
Rel-16TS5GCUpdated 2026-07-25
TS 29.893
Study on IETF QUIC Transport for 5GC Service Based Interfaces
Architecture
Rel-16TS5GCUpdated 2026-07-25
TS 29.909
Diameter-based protocols usage and recommendations in 3GPP
Architecture
Rel-16TS5GCUpdated 2026-07-25
TS 29.935
Study on User Data Convergence (UDC) data model
Architecture
Rel-16TS5GCUpdated 2026-07-25
TS 29.949
Study on technical aspects on roaming end-to-end scenarios with Voice over LTE (VoLTE) IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) and other networks
Architecture
Rel-16TS5GCUpdated 2026-07-25
TS 29.994
Recommended infrastructure measures to overcome specific Mobile Station (MS) and User Equipment (UE) faults
Architecture
Rel-16TS5GCUpdated 2026-07-25
TS 31.101
UICC-terminal interface; Physical and logical characteristics
Subscriber Identity
Rel-16TSUICC & Smart CardsUpdated 2026-07-26
TS 31.102
Characteristics of the Universal Subscriber Identity Module (USIM) application
Subscriber Identity
Rel-16TSUICC & Smart CardsUpdated 2026-07-26
TS 31.103
Characteristics of the IP Multimedia Services Identity Module (ISIM) application
Subscriber Identity
Rel-16TSUICC & Smart CardsUpdated 2026-07-26
TS 31.104
Characteristics of the Hosting Party Subscription Identity Module (HPSIM) application
Subscriber Identity
Rel-16TSUICC & Smart CardsUpdated 2026-07-26
TS 31.111
Universal Subscriber Identity Module (USIM) Application Toolkit (USAT)
Subscriber Identity
Rel-16TSUICC & Smart CardsUpdated 2026-07-26
TS 31.115
Secured packet structure for (Universal) Subscriber Identity Module (U)SIM Toolkit applications
Subscriber Identity
Rel-16TSUICC & Smart CardsUpdated 2026-07-26
TS 31.116
Remote APDU Structure for (U)SIM Toolkit applications
Subscriber Identity
Rel-16TSUICC & Smart CardsUpdated 2026-07-26