Rel-19 scope and timeline

Release 19 Scope and Key Work Items

3GPP Release 19 represents the second phase of 5G-Advanced, with content freeze targeted for late 2025. The release encompasses approximately 60 work items spanning all Technical Specification Groups. Priority features include Ambient IoT for zero-energy and ultra-low-power devices using backscatter communication, enhanced NTN with regenerative satellite payloads and inter-satellite handover, normative AI/ML specifications for CSI compression and beam management, XR optimization with bounded-latency scheduling, eRedCap reducing device bandwidth to 5 MHz, and advanced carrier aggregation…