Release Rel-16
5G NREnhances 5G NR with unlicensed spectrum, vehicle-to-everything, and private network support.
Frozen 2020-07-03124 specifications in series 24
Key features: NR-U unlicensed, V2X, industrial IoT, integrated access backhaul
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TS 24.424
Management Object (MO) for Extensible Markup Language (XML) Configuration Access Protocol (XCAP) over the Ut interface for Manipulating Supplementary Services (SS)
Protocol
Rel-16TSIMSUpdated 2026-07-25
TS 24.481
Mission Critical Services (MCS) group management; Protocol specification
Protocol
Rel-16TSIMSUpdated 2026-07-25
TS 24.482
Mission Critical Services (MCS) identity management; Protocol specification
Protocol
Rel-16TSIMSUpdated 2026-07-25
TS 24.483
Mission Critical Services (MCS) Management Object (MO)
Protocol
Rel-16TSIMSUpdated 2026-07-25
TS 24.484
Mission Critical Services (MCS) configuration management; Protocol specification
Protocol
Rel-16TSIMSUpdated 2026-07-25
TS 24.486
Vehicle-to-Everything (V2X) Application Enabler (VAE) layer; Protocol aspects; Stage 3
Protocol
Rel-16TSIMSUpdated 2026-07-25
TS 24.501
Non-Access-Stratum (NAS) protocol for 5G System (5GS); Stage 3
Protocol
Rel-16TSIMSUpdated 2026-07-25
TS 24.502
Access to the 3GPP 5G Core Network (5GCN) via non-3GPP access networks
Protocol
Rel-16TSIMSUpdated 2026-07-25
TS 24.519
5G System (5GS); Time-Sensitive Networking (TSN) Application Function (AF) to Device-Side TSN Translator (DS-TT) and Network-Side TSN Translator (NW-TT) protocol aspects; Stage 3
Protocol
Rel-16TSIMSUpdated 2026-07-25
TS 24.523
Core and enterprise Next Generation Network (NGN) interaction scenarios; Architecture and functional description
Protocol
Rel-16TSIMSUpdated 2026-07-25
TS 24.524
Hosted enterprise services; Architecture, functional description and signalling
Protocol
Rel-16TSIMSUpdated 2026-07-25
TS 24.525
Business trunking; Architecture and functional description
Protocol
Rel-16TSIMSUpdated 2026-07-25
TS 24.526
User Equipment (UE) policies for 5G System (5GS); Stage 3
Protocol
Rel-16TSIMSUpdated 2026-07-25
TS 24.535
5G System (5GS); Device-Side Time Sensitive Networking (TSN) Translator (DS-TT) to Network-Side TSN Translator (NW-TT) protocol aspects; Stage 3
Protocol
Rel-16TSIMSUpdated 2026-07-25
TS 24.544
Group Management - Service Enabler Architecture Layer for Verticals (SEAL); Protocol specification
Protocol
Rel-16TSIMSUpdated 2026-07-25
TS 24.545
Location Management - Service Enabler Architecture Layer for Verticals (SEAL); Protocol specification
Protocol
Rel-16TSIMSUpdated 2026-07-25
TS 24.546
Configuration management - Service Enabler Architecture Layer for Verticals (SEAL); Protocol specification
Protocol
Rel-16TSIMSUpdated 2026-07-25
TS 24.547
Identity management - Service Enabler Architecture Layer for Verticals (SEAL); Protocol specification
Protocol
Rel-16TSIMSUpdated 2026-07-25
TS 24.548
Network Resource Management - Service Enabler Architecture Layer for Verticals (SEAL); Protocol specification
Protocol
Rel-16TSIMSUpdated 2026-07-25
TS 24.571
5G System (5GS); Control plane Location Services (LCS) procedures; Stage 3
Protocol
Rel-16TSIMSUpdated 2026-07-25