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 26.938
Packet-switched Streaming Service (PSS); Improved support for dynamic adaptive streaming over HTTP in 3GPP
Codecs & Media
Rel-16TSCodecs & MediaUpdated 2026-07-26
TS 26.939
Guidelines on the Framework for Live Uplink Streaming (FLUS)
Codecs & Media
Rel-16TSCodecs & MediaUpdated 2026-07-26
TS 26.943
Recognition performance evaluations of codecs for Speech Enabled Services (SES)
Codecs & Media
Rel-16TSCodecs & MediaUpdated 2026-07-26
TS 26.944
End-to-end multimedia services performance metrics
Codecs & Media
Rel-16TSCodecs & MediaUpdated 2026-07-26
TS 26.946
Multimedia Broadcast/Multicast Service (MBMS) user service guidelines
Codecs & Media
Rel-16TSCodecs & MediaUpdated 2026-07-26
TS 26.947
Multimedia Broadcast/Multicast Service (MBMS); Selection and characterisation of application layer Forward Error Correction (FEC)
Codecs & Media
Rel-16TSCodecs & MediaUpdated 2026-07-26
TS 26.948
Study on video enhancements in 3GPP multimedia services
Codecs & Media
Rel-16TSCodecs & MediaUpdated 2026-07-26
TS 26.949
Video formats for 3GPP services
Codecs & Media
Rel-16TSCodecs & MediaUpdated 2026-07-26
TS 26.950
Study on Surround Sound codec extension for Packet Switched Streaming (PSS) and Multimedia Broadcast/Multicast Service (MBMS)
Codecs & Media
Rel-16TSCodecs & MediaUpdated 2026-07-26
TS 26.952
Codec for Enhanced Voice Services (EVS); Performance characterization
Codecs & Media
Rel-16TSCodecs & MediaUpdated 2026-07-26
TS 26.953
Interactivity support for 3GPP-based streaming and download services
Codecs & Media
Rel-16TSCodecs & MediaUpdated 2026-07-26
TS 26.954
Test plan for speech quality and delay through a headset electrical interface
Codecs & Media
Rel-16TSCodecs & MediaUpdated 2026-07-26
TS 26.957
Study on Server And Network-assisted Dynamic Adaptive Streaming over HTTP (DASH) (SAND) for 3GPP multimedia services
Codecs & Media
Rel-16TSCodecs & MediaUpdated 2026-07-26
TS 26.959
Study on enhanced Voice over LTE (VoLTE) performance
Codecs & Media
Rel-16TSCodecs & MediaUpdated 2026-07-26
TS 26.967
eCall data transfer; In-band modem solution
Codecs & Media
Rel-16TSCodecs & MediaUpdated 2026-07-26
TS 26.969
eCall data transfer; In-band modem solution; Characterization report
Codecs & Media
Rel-16TSCodecs & MediaUpdated 2026-07-26
TS 26.973
Update to fixed-point basic operators
Codecs & Media
Rel-16TSCodecs & MediaUpdated 2026-07-26
TS 26.975
Performance characterization of the Adaptive Multi-Rate (AMR) speech codec
Codecs & Media
Rel-16TSCodecs & MediaUpdated 2026-07-26
TS 26.976
Performance characterization of the Adaptive Multi-Rate Wideband (AMR-WB) speech codec
Codecs & Media
Rel-16TSCodecs & MediaUpdated 2026-07-26
TS 26.978
Results of the Adaptive Multi-Rate (AMR) noise suppression selection phase
Codecs & Media
Rel-16TSCodecs & MediaUpdated 2026-07-26