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5G NR 3GPP Specification Matrix and Document References

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This page provides a 5G NR 3GPP specification matrix, outlining the key 3GPP documents used in the development of 5G NR-based User Equipment (UEs) and Base Stations.

Introduction

There are two main versions of 5G: 5G NR (New Radio) and 5G TF (Verizon Technical Forum).

5G NR 3GPP Documents Specification Matrix

The following table outlines the 3GPP documents used for 5G NR development.

5G NR 3GPP specification reference	Description
TS 38.101	NR; User Equipment (UE) radio transmission and reception SPECIFICATION WITHDRAWN
TS 38.101-1	NR; User Equipment (UE) radio transmission and reception; Part 1: Range 1 Standalone
TS 38.101-2	NR; User Equipment (UE) radio transmission and reception; Part 2: Range 2 Standalone
TS 38.101-3	NR; User Equipment (UE) radio transmission and reception; Part 3: Range 1 and Range 2 Interworking operation with other radios
TS 38.101-4	NR; User Equipment (UE) radio transmission and reception; Part 4: Performance requirements
TS 38.104	NR; Base Station (BS) radio transmission and reception
TS 38.113	NR; Base Station (BS) and repeater ElectroMagnetic Compatibility (EMC)
TS 38.124	NR; Electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) requirements for mobile terminals and ancillary equipment
TS 38.133	NR; Requirements for support of radio resource management
TS 38.141	NR; Base Station (BS) conformance testing SPECIFICATION WITHDRAWN
TS 38.141-1	NR; Base Station (BS) conformance testing Part 1: Conducted conformance testing
TS 38.141-2	NR; Base Station (BS) conformance testing Part 2: Radiated conformance testing
TS 38.201	NR; Physical layer; General description
TS 38.202	NR; Services provided by the physical layer
TS 38.211	NR; Physical channels and modulation
TS 38.212	NR; Multiplexing and channel coding
TS 38.213	NR; Physical layer procedures for control
TS 38.214	NR; Physical layer procedures for data
TS 38.215	NR; Physical layer measurements
TS 38.300	NR; Overall description; Stage-2
TS 38.304	NR; User Equipment (UE) procedures in idle mode and in RRC Inactive state
TS 38.305	NG Radio Access Network (NG-RAN); Stage 2 functional specification of User Equipment (UE) positioning in NG-RAN
TS 38.306	NR; User Equipment (UE) radio access capabilities
TS 38.307	NR; Requirements on User Equipments (UEs) supporting a release-independent frequency band
TS 38.321	NR; Medium Access Control (MAC) protocol specification
TS 38.322	NR; Radio Link Control (RLC) protocol specification
TS 38.323	NR; Packet Data Convergence Protocol (PDCP) specification
TS 38.331	NR; Radio Resource Control (RRC); Protocol specification
TS 38.401	NG-RAN; Architecture description
TS 38.410	NG-RAN; NG general aspects and principles
TS 38.411	NG-RAN; NG layer 1
TS 38.412	NG-RAN; NG signalling transport
TS 38.413	NG-RAN; NG Application Protocol (NGAP)
TS 38.414	NG-RAN; NG data transport
TS 38.420	NG-RAN; Xn general aspects and principles
TS 38.421	NG-RAN; Xn layer 1
TS 38.422	NG-RAN; Xn signalling transport
TS 38.423	NG-RAN; Xn Application Protocol (XnAP)
TS 38.424	NG-RAN; Xn data transport
TS 38.425	NG-RAN; NR user plane protocol
TS 38.455	NG-RAN; NR Positioning Protocol A
TS 38.460	NG-RAN; E1 general aspects and principles
TS 38.461	NG-RAN; E1 layer 1
TS 38.462	NG-RAN; E1 signalling transport
TS 38.463	NG-RAN; E1 Application Protocol (E1AP)
TS 38.470	NG-RAN; F1 general aspects and principles
TS 38.471	NG-RAN; F1 layer 1
TS 38.472	NG-RAN; F1 signalling transport
TS 38.473	NG-RAN; F1 Application Protocol (F1AP)
TS 38.474	NG-RAN; F1 data transport
TS 38.475	NG-RAN; F1 interface user plane protocol
TS 38.508-1	5GS; User Equipment (UE) conformance specification; Part 1: Common test environment
TS 38.508-2	5GS; User Equipment (UE) conformance specification; Part 2: Common Implementation Conformance Statement (ICS) proforma
TS 38.509	5GS; Special conformance testing functions for User Equipment (UE)
TS 38.521-1	NR; User Equipment (UE) conformance specification; Radio transmission and reception; Part 1: Range 1 Standalone
TS 38.521-2	NR; User Equipment (UE) conformance specification; Radio transmission and reception; Part 2: Range 2 Standalone
TS 38.521-3	NR; User Equipment (UE) conformance specification; Radio transmission and reception; Part 3: NR interworking between NR range1 and NR range2; and between NR and LTE
TS 38.521-4	NR; User Equipment (UE) conformance specification; Radio transmission and reception; Part 4: Performance
TS 38.522	NR; User Equipment (UE) conformance specification; Applicability of RF and RRM test cases
TS 38.523-1	5GS; UE conformance specification; Part 1: Protocol conformance specification
TS 38.523-2	5GS; UE conformance specification; Part 2: Implementation Conformance Statement (ICS) proforma specification
TS 38.523-3	5GS; UE conformance specification; Part 3: Test Suites
TS 38.533	NR; User Equipment (UE) conformance specification; Radio Resource Management (RRM)
TR 38.801	Study on new radio access technology: Radio access architecture and interfaces
TR 38.802	Study on new radio access technology Physical layer aspects
TR 38.803	Study on new radio access technology: Radio Frequency (RF) and co-existence aspects
TR 38.804	Study on new radio access technology Radio interface protocol aspects
TR 38.805	Study on new radio access technology; 60 GHz unlicensed spectrum
TR 38.806	Study of separation of NR Control Plane (CP) and User Plane (UP) for split option 2
TR 38.810	Study on test methods for New Radio
TR 38.811	Study on NR to support non-terrestrial networks
TR 38.812	Study on Non-Orthogonal Multiple Access (NOMA) for NR
TR 38.813	New frequency range for NR (3.3-4.2 GHz)
TR 38.814	New frequency range for NR (4.4-4.99 GHz)
TR 38.815	New frequency range for NR (24.25-29.5 GHz)
TR 38.816	Study on CU-DU lower layer split for NR
TR 38.817-01	General aspects for UE RF for NR
TR 38.817-02	General aspects for BS RF for NR
TR 38.818	General aspects for RRM and demodulation for NR
TR 38.874	NR; Study on integrated access and backhaul
TR 38.889	Study on NR-based access to unlicensed spectrum
TR 38.900	Study on channel model for frequency spectrum above 6 GHz
TR 38.901	Study on channel model for frequencies from 0.5 to 100 GHz
TR 38.903	NR; Derivation of test tolerances for RRM and User Equipment (UE) radio reception conformance tests
TR 38.905	NR; Derivation of test points for radio transmission and reception conformance test cases
TR 38.912	Study on new radio access technology
TR 38.913	Study on scenarios and requirements for next generation access technologies

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