Release Rel-17
5G NRExtends 5G NR to new device classes and satellite access.
Frozen 2022-03-23118 specifications in series 38
Key features: RedCap (NR-Light), NR-NTN, multicast/broadcast, XR support
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TS 38.561
NR; User Equipment (UE) conformance specification; UE TRP (Total Radiated Power) and TRS (Total Radiated Sensitivity) requirements and test methodologies for FR1 (NR SA and EN-DC)
Architecture
Rel-17TS5G NRUpdated 2026-07-25
TS 38.785
User Equipment (UE) radio transmission and reception for enhanced NR sidelink
Architecture
Rel-17TS5G NRUpdated 2026-07-25
TS 38.808
Study on supporting NR from 52.6 GHz to 71 GHz
Architecture
Rel-17TS5G NRUpdated 2026-07-25
TS 38.822
NR; User Equipment (UE) feature list
Architecture
Rel-17TS5G NRUpdated 2026-07-25
TS 38.830
Study on NR coverage enhancements
Architecture
Rel-17TS5G NRUpdated 2026-07-25
TS 38.832
NR; Study on enhancement of Radio Access Network (RAN) slicing
Architecture
Rel-17TS5G NRUpdated 2026-07-25
TS 38.833
Further enhancement on NR demodulation performance
Architecture
Rel-17TS5G NRUpdated 2026-07-25
TS 38.834
Measurements of User Equipment (UE) Over-the-Air (OTA) performance for NR FR1; Total Radiated Power (TRP) and Total Radiated Sensitivity (TRS) test methodology
Architecture
Rel-17TS5G NRUpdated 2026-07-25
TS 38.836
Study on NR sidelink relay
Architecture
Rel-17TS5G NRUpdated 2026-07-25
TS 38.837
UE RF Requirements for Transparent Tx Diversity (TxD) for NR
Architecture
Rel-17TS5G NRUpdated 2026-07-25
TS 38.838
Study on XR (Extended Reality) evaluations for NR
Architecture
Rel-17TS5G NRUpdated 2026-07-25
TS 38.839
Principles and requirements for simultaneous Rx/Tx band combinations for NR CA/DC, NR SUL and LTE/NR DC
Architecture
Rel-17TS5G NRUpdated 2026-07-25
TS 38.841
High power UE for NR inter-band Carrier Aggregation with 2 bands downlink and x bands uplink (x =1,2)
Architecture
Rel-17TS5G NRUpdated 2026-07-25
TS 38.842
High power User Equipment (UE) (power class 2) for NR inter-band Carrier Aggregation (CA) and Supplementary Uplink (SUL) configurations with x (x>2) bands DL and y (y=1, 2) bands UL
Architecture
Rel-17TS5G NRUpdated 2026-07-25
TS 38.844
Study on Efficient utilization of licensed spectrum that is not aligned with existing NR channel bandwidth
Architecture
Rel-17TS5G NRUpdated 2026-07-25
TS 38.845
Study on scenarios and requirements of in-coverage, partial coverage, and out-of-coverage NR positioning use cases
Architecture
Rel-17TS5G NRUpdated 2026-07-25
TS 38.847
New frequency range for NR (47.2 – 48.2 GHz)
Architecture
Rel-17TS5G NRUpdated 2026-07-25
TS 38.849
Introduction of 6GHz NR unlicensed operation
Architecture
Rel-17TS5G NRUpdated 2026-07-25
TS 38.851
User Equipment (UE) Further enhancements of NR RF requirements for frequency range 2 (FR2)
Architecture
Rel-17TS5G NRUpdated 2026-07-25
TS 38.852
Introduction of 1900MHz NR band for Europe for Rail Mobile Radio (RMR)
Architecture
Rel-17TS5G NRUpdated 2026-07-25