Release Rel-16
5G NREnhances 5G NR with unlicensed spectrum, vehicle-to-everything, and private network support.
Frozen 2020-07-03149 specifications in series 29
Key features: NR-U unlicensed, V2X, industrial IoT, integrated access backhaul
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TS 29.511
5G System; Equipment Identity Register Services; Stage 3
Architecture
Rel-16TS5GCUpdated 2026-07-25
TS 29.512
5G System; Session Management Policy Control Service; Stage 3
Architecture
Rel-16TS5GCUpdated 2026-07-25
TS 29.513
5G System; Policy and Charging Control signalling flows and QoS parameter mapping; Stage 3
Architecture
Rel-16TS5GCUpdated 2026-07-25
TS 29.514
5G System; Policy Authorization Service; Stage 3
Architecture
Rel-16TS5GCUpdated 2026-07-25
TS 29.515
5G System; Gateway Mobile Location Services; Stage 3
Architecture
Rel-16TS5GCUpdated 2026-07-25
TS 29.517
5G System; Application Function Event Exposure Service; Stage 3
Architecture
Rel-16TS5GCUpdated 2026-07-25
TS 29.518
5G System; Access and Mobility Management Services; Stage 3
Architecture
Rel-16TS5GCUpdated 2026-07-25
TS 29.519
5G System; Usage of the Unified Data Repository Service for Policy Data, Application Data and Structured Data for Exposure; Stage 3
Architecture
Rel-16TS5GCUpdated 2026-07-25
TS 29.520
5G System; Network Data Analytics Services; Stage 3
Architecture
Rel-16TS5GCUpdated 2026-07-25
TS 29.521
5G System; Binding Support Management Service; Stage 3
Architecture
Rel-16TS5GCUpdated 2026-07-25
TS 29.522
5G System; Network Exposure Function Northbound APIs; Stage 3
Architecture
Rel-16TS5GCUpdated 2026-07-25
TS 29.523
5G System; Policy Control Event Exposure Service; Stage 3
Architecture
Rel-16TS5GCUpdated 2026-07-25
TS 29.524
5G System; Cause codes mapping between 5GC interfaces; Stage 3
Architecture
Rel-16TS5GCUpdated 2026-07-25
TS 29.525
5G System; UE Policy Control Service; Stage 3
Architecture
Rel-16TS5GCUpdated 2026-07-25
TS 29.526
5G System; Network Slice-Specific and SNPN Authentication and Authorization services; Stage 3
Architecture
Rel-16TSNetwork SlicingUpdated 2026-07-25
TS 29.531
5G System; Network Slice Selection Services; Stage 3
Architecture
Rel-16TSNetwork SlicingUpdated 2026-07-25
TS 29.540
5G System; SMS Services; Stage 3
Architecture
Rel-16TS5GCUpdated 2026-07-25
TS 29.541
5G System; Network Exposure (NE) function services for Non-IP Data Delivery (NIDD) and Short Message Services (SMS); Stage 3
Architecture
Rel-16TS5GCUpdated 2026-07-25
TS 29.542
5G System; Session management services for Non-IP Data Delivery (NIDD); Stage 3
Architecture
Rel-16TS5GCUpdated 2026-07-25
TS 29.544
5G System; Secured Packet Application Function (SP-AF) services; Stage 3
Architecture
Rel-16TS5GCUpdated 2026-07-25