3GPP Release 14 - 2017

3GPP wont to maintain Release Descriptions here for all different releases but have stopped doing that since 2014. For Release-14, a replacement document "3GPP TR 21.914: Release 14 Description; Summary of Rel-14 Work Items" is now available here.

Release 14 focusses on the following items:

• Improving the Mission Critical aspects, especially with the introduction of Video and Data services
• Introducing the Vehicle-to-Everything (V2X) aspects, especially the Vehicle-to-Vehicle (V2)
• Improving the Cellular Internet of Things (CIoT) aspects, with 2G, 3G and 4G support of Machine-Type of Communications (MTC)
• Improving the radio interface, especially by enhancing the aspects associated with coordination with WLAN and unlicensed spectrum
• A set of uncorrelated improvements, e.g. on Voice over LTE (VoLTE), IMS, Location reporting.
• Performance enhancements for high speed
• Multi-Band BS testing with three or more bands
• Measurement Gap Enhancement for LTE
• Radiated performance requirements for the verification of multi-antenna reception of UEs
• LTE bandwidth flexibility enhancements

The continuation of this document provides an exhaustive view of all the things specified by 3GPP in Release 14.

Reference : -

1 https://www.3gpp.org/ftp/Specs/archive/21_series/21.914/

2 https://www.3gpp.org/ftp/Information/WORK_PLAN/Description_Releases/

3 http://www.techplayon.com/3gpp-release-14/

4 https://blog.3g4g.co.uk/2017/12/summary-of-3gpp-release-14-work-items.html

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