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5G For Absolute Beginners: Part 7: 3GPP Roadmap
5G For Absolute Beginners: Part 7: 3GPP Roadmap
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3GPP Release-15
Source: 3GPP
See 3GPP Release Features and Study Items here
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Release-15 Output: Focussed on eMBB & FWA support
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3GPP Standards Timeline – Revised Dec. 2019
2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4
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3GPP Release-16
Work in Progress
Source: 3GPP
See 3GPP Release Features and Study Items here
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Release-16 Output: URLLC + mMTC (rebraded LTE-M/NB-IoT)
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3GPP Standards Timeline – Revised Dec. 2019
2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4
Approval
of Rel-18
Rel-18
content
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3GPP Release-17
Source: 3GPP
See 3GPP Release Features and Study Items here
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Release-17: Motivation for NR-Light
NR-Light
(a.k.a. NR-Lite)
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5G Spider Diagram Combined with NR-Light
Low Latency
eMBB
10
URLLC
8
LTE-M (eMTC)
6
NB-IoT Battery Life Reliability
4
NR-Light
2
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3GPP Standards Timeline – Revised Dec. 2019
2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4
Approval
of Rel-18
Rel-18
content
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3GPP Standards Timeline – Revised Mar. 2020
2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2
Rel-16
Rel-16 freeze Rel-16 RAN4
Rel-16 content Rel-16 specification development Performance
definition Completion
Rel-16
ASN.1
freeze
Approval
of Rel-18
Rel-18 content
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Further Study on this topic
• 3GPP Release 15 (link)
• 3GPP Release 16 (link)
• 3GPP Release 17 (link)
• 3GPP 5G Specifications (link)
• Introduction to NR-Light a.k.a. NR-Lite (link)
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Operator Watch Blog – https://www.operatorwatch.com/
Thank You Connectivity Technology Blog – https://www.connectivity.technology/
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