The 5G Standard

Specifications Per TSG Round

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3GPP specifications are made available – free of charge – four times a year following the quarterly Technical Specification Group (TSG) plenary meetings. At each TSG round, specs can be:

  • Newly brought under change control (i.e. at least 80% complete)
  • Unchanged from their previous versions
  • Revised as a result of incorporating approved Change Requests (either in existing Releases or in the latest Release)
  • At Release-freeze time, upgraded to that Release with no technical change

The 3GPP Mobile Competence Centre (MCC) aims to make all Specs available following a TSG round as soon as possible. The target dates are shown in the table below. Where very many CRs have to be implemented, or very many specifications are to be produced, a further week beyond the above deadlines may be required. These dates are agreed by the TSG Chairs. Over the Christmas and New Year period, when the winter TSG round finishes shortly before the holiday period, an extra week or so is normally added to the final deadlines

Quick link to the specifications: https://www.3gpp.org/ftp/Specs/

The link above takes you straight to the specifications, but you need to know what you are looking for. To find a particular specification by series, look at the Specifications Series page

3GPP specifications

The term “3GPP specification” covers all GSM (including GPRS and EDGE), W-CDMA (including HSPA), LTE (including LTEAdvanced and LTE-Advanced Pro) and 5G specifications.

Revised versions of many of these specifications are produced up to four times a year following the quarterly TSG plenary meetings.

The table below leads to information about:

  • Specifications arising from each plenary TSG meeting, including the latest versions of each specification that was not changed at that meeting, i.e. each directory holds a complete set of specifications
  • The month of the meeting and the meeting number
  • The Status List web page summarizing the current version number for every release of every 3GPP specification.
  • Details of each specification (working group, rapporteur, the Project Manager in MCC (Mobile Competence Centre), the meeting at which it was, or is expected to be, “frozen” (i.e. the point after which only corrections are allowed) – all are in the Status lists.

Full details of the Specifications, their history and current status can be found on the 3GPP portal.

                CommentClick here to see list of specs awaiting uploadSpecs DirectoryTSG RANTSG SATSG GERAN  (closed)TSG CT
2024-03Target for availablilty of all new/revised specs

TSG CT, RAN, SA = 2024-04-12
2024-03RAN#103SA#103CT#103
2023-122023-12RAN#102 SA#102CT#102
2023-092023-09RAN#101 SA#101CT#101
2023-062023-06RAN#100 SA#100CT#100
2023-032023-03RAN#99SA#99CT#99
2022-122022-12RAN#98-eSA#98-eCT#98-e
2022-092022-0997-e97-e97-e
2022-062022-06969696
2021-122021-1294-e94-e94-e
2021-092021-0993-e93-e93-e
2021-062021-0692-e92-e
2021-032021-0391-e91-e91-e
2020-122020-1290-e90-e90-e
2022-032022-0395-e95-e95-e
2020-092020-0989-e89-e89-e
2020-062020-0688-e88-e88-e
2020-032020-0387-e87-e87-e
2019-122019-12868686
2019-092019-09858585
2019-062019-06848484
2019-032019-03838383
2018-122018-12828282
2018-092018-09818181
2018-062018-06808080
2018-032018-03797979
2017-122017-12787878
2017-092017-09777777
2017-062017-06767676
2017-032017-03757575
2016-122016-12747474
2016-092016-09737373
2016-062016-0672727072
2016-032016-0371716971
2015-122015-1270706870
2015-092015-0969696769
2015-062015-0668686668
2015-032015-0367676567
2014-122014-1266666466
2014-092014-0965656365
2014-062014-0664646264
2014-032014-0363636163
2013-092013-0961615961
2013-122013-1262626062
2013-062013-0660605860
2013-032013-0359595759
2012-122012-1258585658
2012-092012-0957575557
2012-062012-0656565456
2012-032012-0355555355
2011-122011-1254545254
2011-092011-0953535153
2011-062011-0652525052
2011-032011-0351514951
2010-122010-1250504850
2010-092010-0949494749
2010-062010-0648484648
2010-032010-0347474547
2009-122009-1246464446
2009-092009-0945454345
2009-062009-0644444244
2009-032009-0343434143
2008-092008-0941413941
2008-122008-1242424042
2008-062008-0640403840
2008-032008-0339393739
2007-122007-1238383638
2007-092007-0937373537
2007-062007-0636363436
2007-032007-0335353335
2006-122006-1234343234
2006-09GERAN henceforward meets synchronously with other TSGs, so no further "delta" directories necessary.2006-0933333133
2006-06New at GERAN only.2006-0630
2006-062006-06323232
2006-04New at GERAN only.2006-0429
2006-032006-03313131
2006-01New at GERAN only.2006-0128
2005-122005-12303030
2005-11New at GERAN only.2005-1127
2005-092005-09292929
8/9/2005New at GERAN only.2005-0926
2005-06New at GERAN only.2005-0625
2005-062005-06282828
2005-04New at GERAN only.2005-0424
2005-03RAN closed and RANnew opened, CN and T closed, CT opened.2005-032727bis, 27272727
2005-01New at GERAN only.2005-0123
2004-11New at GERAN only.2004-1122
2004-092004-0925252525
2004-08New at GERAN only.2004-0821
2004-06New at GERAN only.2004-0620
2004-062004-0624242424
2004-04New at GERAN only.2004-0419
2004-032004-0323232323
2004-122004-1226262626
2004-02New at GERAN only.2004-0218
2003-122003-1222222222
2003-11New at GERAN only.2003-1117
2003-09New at GERAN only.2003-0916
2003-092003-0921212121
2003-06New at GERAN only.2003-0615
2003-04New at GERAN only.2003-0414
2003-062003-0620202020
2003-032003-0319191919
2003-02New at GERAN only.2003-0213
2002-12, 2002-112002-121818181812
2002-092002-091717171711
2002-06Rel-5 GERAN features content functionally frozen2002-0610
2002-042002-049
2002-06Rel-5 features content functionally frozen (remainder, non-GERAN)2002-0616161616
2002-028
2002-03Rel-5 features content functionally frozen (part)2002-0315151515
2001-122001-1214141414
2001-086
2001-062001-06121212125
2001-06Rel-4 GERAN features content functionally frozen4
2001-092001-0913131313
2001-117
2001-03Rel-4 non-GERAN features content functionally frozen2001-0311111111
2001-013
2000-12, 2000-112000-12101010102
2000-11
2000-092000-0999991
2000-062000-068888
2000-037777
1999-12R99 features content functionally frozen6666
1999-105555
1999-06444
1999-054
1999-043333
1999-032222
1998-121111