3GPP Release 16 & 17 Insights

May 18, 2021
- Intellectual Property (IP)

Various groups of telecommunication associations, which are also known as Organizational Partners, collaborated to form 3GGP. The main objective of 3GGP was to make a globally applicable 3G mobile phone system specifically based on the Global System for Mobile Communication specification within the scope of International Mobile Telecommunications – 2000 project of International Telecommunication Union.

Overview of Release 15
The focus of Release 15 is Enhanced Mobile Broadband, so all features are geared toward enabling:

New Radio (NR) & 5G System – Phase 1
Massive Machine-Type-Communication and IoT
Vehicle-to-Anything Communications (V2x) Phase 2
Mission Critical (MC) interworking with Old systems
Wireless LAN and unlicensed spectrum
API Exposure – Third party access to 5G services
Service Based Architecture
Further LTE & 4G improvement

Overview of Release 16
The most notable new verticals and deployment scenarios addressed in release 16 are in the areas of:

Integrated access and backhaul (IAB)
NR in unlicensed spectrum
Features related to Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) and ultra-reliable low latency communication (URLLC)
Positioning
Intelligent transportation systems (ITS) and vehicle-to-anything (V2X) communications

Overview of Release 17
There are plenty of features in both Releases 16 and Releases 17. For the sake of brevity and clarity, we have only discussed the key features which we have identified, divided into four main areas:

Industrial IoT
Other Verticals
Network Deployment and Automation
Device Enhancement

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