3GPP Explorer
What mobile standards decided — and what those decisions mean.
CP‑OFDM remains the baseline. Huawei, Apple, Nokia and Deutsche Telekom say advanced shaping adds cost for marginal gains; Qualcomm and Verizon want the narrowed study kept alive.
Based on 30 decisions across 13 meetings. Study agreements are not yet normative 6G specifications.
Current standards status
5G‑Advanced
Normative workStandardized and evolving
6G
Study phaseStudy agreements, not yet a normative standard
3GPP Quarterly · June 2026
Radio: Bands, RF & NR Evolution
Samsung, Huawei and seven others beat CATT and ZTE's push for a separate system-information block; MSG4 signaling stays static, not dynamic.
AI/ML & Analytics
128 antenna ports and a fixed quantization codebook are settled; Apple, Huawei and Ericsson still want one CQI formula, while Qualcomm and vivo want vendors free to choose their own.
Ambient IoT
Ambient IoT devices will implement the more complex interleaving scheme, which should improve link robustness and coverage, particularly for larger data packets. This aligns the technology closer with mature LTE implementations, potentially easing integration for network equipment vendors.
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