Release Rel-16
5G NREnhances 5G NR with unlicensed spectrum, vehicle-to-everything, and private network support.
Frozen 2020-07-03144 specifications in series 26
Key features: NR-U unlicensed, V2X, industrial IoT, integrated access backhaul
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TS 26.906
Evaluation of High Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC) for 3GPP services
Codecs & Media
Rel-16TSCodecs & MediaUpdated 2026-07-26
TS 26.907
HTML5 for a new presentation layer in 3GPP services
Codecs & Media
Rel-16TSCodecs & MediaUpdated 2026-07-26
TS 26.909
Study on improved streaming Quality of Experience (QoE) reporting in 3GPP services and networks
Codecs & Media
Rel-16TSCodecs & MediaUpdated 2026-07-26
TS 26.910
Study on media handling aspects of Radio Access Network (RAN) delay budget reporting in Multimedia Telephony Service for Internet Protocol (IP) Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) (MTSI)
Codecs & Media
Rel-16TSCodecs & MediaUpdated 2026-07-26
TS 26.911
Codec(s) for Circuit-Switched (CS) multimedia telephony service; Terminal implementor’s guide
Codecs & Media
Rel-16TSCodecs & MediaUpdated 2026-07-26
TS 26.914
Multimedia telephony over IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS); Optimization opportunities
Codecs & Media
Rel-16TSCodecs & MediaUpdated 2026-07-26
TS 26.917
Multimedia Broadcast Multicast Services (MBMS) and Packet-switched Streaming Service (PSS) enhancements to support television services
Codecs & Media
Rel-16TSCodecs & MediaUpdated 2026-07-26
TS 26.918
Virtual Reality (VR) media services over 3GPP
Codecs & Media
Rel-16TSCodecs & MediaUpdated 2026-07-26
TS 26.919
Study on media handling aspects of conversational services in 5G systems
Codecs & Media
Rel-16TSCodecs & MediaUpdated 2026-07-26
TS 26.921
Investigations on ambient noise reproduction systems for acoustic testing of terminals
Codecs & Media
Rel-16TSCodecs & MediaUpdated 2026-07-26
TS 26.922
Video telephony robustness improvements extensions; Performance evaluation
Codecs & Media
Rel-16TSCodecs & MediaUpdated 2026-07-26
TS 26.923
Study on media handling aspects of IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) based telepresence
Codecs & Media
Rel-16TSCodecs & MediaUpdated 2026-07-26
TS 26.924
Multimedia telephony over IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS); Study on improved end-to-end Quality of Service (QoS) handling for Multimedia Telephony Service for IMS (MTSI)
Codecs & Media
Rel-16TSCodecs & MediaUpdated 2026-07-26
TS 26.925
Typical traffic characteristics of media services on 3GPP networks
Codecs & Media
Rel-16TSCodecs & MediaUpdated 2026-07-26
TS 26.928
Extended Reality (XR) in 5G
Codecs & Media
Rel-16TSCodecs & MediaUpdated 2026-07-26
TS 26.929
QoE parameters and metrics relevant to the Virtual Reality (VR) user experience
Codecs & Media
Rel-16TSCodecs & MediaUpdated 2026-07-26
TS 26.931
Evaluation of Additional Acoustic Tests for Speech Telephony
Codecs & Media
Rel-16TSCodecs & MediaUpdated 2026-07-26
TS 26.935
Packet Switched (PS) conversational multimedia applications; Performance characterisation of default codecs
Codecs & Media
Rel-16TSCodecs & MediaUpdated 2026-07-26
TS 26.936
Performance characterization of 3GPP audio codecs
Codecs & Media
Rel-16TSCodecs & MediaUpdated 2026-07-26
TS 26.937
Transparent end-to-end Packet-switched Streaming Service (PSS); Real-time Transport Protocol (RTP) usage model
Codecs & Media
Rel-16TSCodecs & MediaUpdated 2026-07-26