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Explainers and Profiles of Standards Specifications

Standards Work

Technology explainers, specification profiles and blueprints, implementation guidelines — by the members for the industry.

Why Explainers & Profiles

Understand it. Prove its value. Scale it. Resources produced by 5G-MAG members — covering the full cycle from reading a spec to shaping the next one.

Specification analysis for real-world applications

Breaking down specification text into what it actually means for a working deployment.

Making standards actionable

So implementers don’t each have to independently interpret dense specification text the same way — one clear reading, reused across the industry, instead of duplicated effort and divergent interpretations.

Lowering the barrier to entry

So engineers outside the standards process can get up to speed on what a specification actually enables without reading the spec text itself.

What You'll Find Here

Every destination on this hub, in one place.

Categories & Topics

Every technology area, browsable by category and topic.

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Technology Exchanges

Recorded workshop talks explaining specifications to industry.

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Glossary

3GPP process terms and acronyms used across the documentation.

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3GPP Work Items per Release

TR 21.9xx summary reports, Rel-15 to 19.

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Categories & Topics

Profiles and blueprints that turn standards into implementation-ready analysis — organised by technology area.

Media Streaming, Multicast & Real-Time Communications

For service providers, streaming platforms and network operators delivering media at any scale — unicast, multicast, satellite or real-time — and measuring how well it performs.

5G Media Streaming (5GMS)Unicast on-demand and live content delivery over 5G, downlink and uplink camera-to-cloud contribution.5G Multicast Broadcast Services (MBS)5G-native MBS for efficient one-to-many delivery.DVB-I Services over 5G SystemsBroadcast service discovery and hybrid delivery integration.Multimedia Delivery ProtocolsFLUTE and ROUTE transport for one-way delivery of DASH, HLS and CMAF content over broadcast and multicast.Non-Terrestrial NetworksMBS over satellite and NTN mobility analysis.Real-Time CommunicationsLow-latency two-way media over 5G.UE Data Collection, Reporting and Event ExposureDevice-side QoE feedback and analytics for delivery optimisation.

5G Broadcast for TV, Radio and Emergency Alerts

LTE-based over-the-air broadcast reaching any device without a network subscription — for TV, radio and public warning services.

5G Broadcast - TV, Radio and Emergency AlertsOver-the-air broadcast for TV, radio and emergency services.

Immersive Media Experiences

For platforms and device vendors building next-generation viewing experiences — AR, VR, volumetric video and avatar-based communication — delivered over 5G networks.

Avatar Communication with MPEG ARFReal-time conversational avatars over 5G using the MPEG Avatar Representation Format (ARF).Volumetric Video with MPEG V3CV3C point-cloud video and beyond-2D evaluation frameworks.XR and MPEG-I Scene DescriptionAR/VR content delivery and interactive 3D scene composition.

Connected Media Production and Contribution

For production companies and network operators using 5G at studios, venues and remote locations where professional-grade reliability, timing accuracy and network quality are required.

Connectivity Quality with Network APIsCAMARA and 3GPP APIs for QoS control and network event exposure.Non-Public NetworksPrivate 5G deployments for media production venues.Time Sensitive CommunicationsDeterministic low-latency transport for professional media equipment.

Research Topics

Currently AI/ML and 6G research — early-stage work that will shape future releases rather than deployable technology today.

AI Traffic CharacterizationModeling AI/ML network traffic on the 6G Testbed.AI/ML in 5G Media StandardsNWDAF network-side analytics vs. UE-side data collection tracks for AI/ML in 3GPP — tracked on the Standards hub.Towards 6G MediaEarly 6G research and technical analysis for future media technologies.

Technology Exchanges

Recorded workshop talks explaining 3GPP and MPEG media specifications to industry.

In Action

Introduction to 5G Media Streaming (3GPP Release 16) - Technology Exchange

Thorsten Lohmar (Ericsson) and Frédéric Gabin (Dolby)

In Action

Dynamic Policies for 5G Media Streaming (3GPP Release 16) - Technology Exchange

Thorsten Lohmar (Ericsson) and Imed Bouazizi (Qualcomm)

In Action

5G Media Streaming over eMBMS (3GPP Release 17) - Technology Exchange

Thomas Stockhammer (Qualcomm) and Richard Bradbury (BBC)

In Action

Edge Media Processing in 5G Media Streaming (3GPP Release 17) - Technology Exchange

Imed Bouazizi (Qualcomm), Richard Bradbury (BBC) and Iraj Sodagar (Tencent)

In Action

User Services for the 5G Multicast-Broadcast Service (3GPP Release 17) - Technology Exchange

Richard Bradbury (BBC) and Thorsten Lohmar (Ericsson)

In Action

UE Data Collection & Reporting framework for Event Exposure (3GPP Release 17) - Technology Exchange

Richard Bradbury (BBC) and Charles Lo (Qualcomm)

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