Reviewed semantic catalogue · 2026-09-30. Records with reviewed release bounds are evaluated against Rel-20; unbounded records remain curated orientation metadata rather than guessed release claims. Coverage ↗
Procedure Trace
Follow one operation across the standards stack
curated trace
Initial Context Setup
Rel-15+ · active in Rel-20
Create the initial UE-associated NG-RAN context, including security and bearer-related context.
Specification
TS 23.501
5GS architecture
● curated golden set
Working groupSA2
System domainCore
AbstractionStage 2
Release lensRel-20
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Initial release—
Latest version—
Series23
Why read this?
The architectural anchor for 5GS: network functions, reference points, service-based architecture, mobility, sessions, slicing and policy interactions.