Last week saw the finalization of 3GPP’s next wave of 5G standards, Release 16. Despite a delay of a few months because of the pandemic crisis, the specifications have now been frozen after a series of online meetings of the 3GPP groups.
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3GPP Release 18 and onward After the December 2020 meeting, 3GPP updated its public documented information to include Release 18 as a 5G release.
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At the TSG#88e Plenary meetings – ending July 3, 2020 – Release 16 was completed with both the Stage 3 freeze and the ASN. 1 and OpenAPI specification freeze being approved . The “Release 16 Description; Summary of Rel-16 Work Items” (TR21.
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Detailed Overview of LTE 3GPP releases
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Release timelines: Release #Status [Note 3]End date (Protocols stable)Release 18Open2024-03 (SA#103)Release 17Open2022-06-10 (SA#96)Release 16Frozen2020-07-03 (SA#88-e)Release 15Frozen2019-06-07 (SA#84)Releases – 3GPP www.3gpp.org › specifications › 67-releases
Read moreWhat is the latest 3GPP release and its major introductions?
The focus will be on 3GPP Release 16 and 17. Release 16 was completed on July 3, 2020 with the slight delay due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Read moreWhat is 3GPP initial release for 5G?
3GPP has split the 5G standard into two releases: Release 15 , which corresponds to NR Phase 1, and Release 16, which corresponds to NR Phase 2. In NR Phase 1, there are common elements between LTE and NR, such as both using orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM).
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