Technical Specification (TS)

IndustryTS

Description

Normative 3GPP specifications defining the mobile network standards. Numbered with a dotted core (e.g. 23.207), optional letter suffix (U, dcs, ext), and 1-2 hyphenated parts. Tagged with a release token (REL-N for releases 4+, plus legacy Ph1/Ph2/UMTS/Release 2000) and a three-part version (X.Y.Z) that increases with each revision.

Syntax

3GPP identifiers use a type prefix (TS for Technical Specification, TR for Technical Report) followed by a dotted number, optional letter suffix (U, dcs, ext), 1-2 hyphenated parts, release token (REL-N, Ph1, UMTS, Release 2000), and three-part version (X.Y.Z). Default form has no publisher token; with_publisher=true adds '3GPP ' prefix.

Examples 4

TS 23.207:REL-4/2.0.0

3GPP TS 23.207:REL-4/2.0.0

TS 29.198-04-1:REL-5/5.0.0

TS 26.171:REL-5/5.0.0

Components Used

3GPP Technical Specification (TS) identifiers are composed of these elements:

Publisher

3GPP — omitted by default, added when with_publisher=true

e.g.3GPP

Type Prefix

TS for Technical Specification, TR for Technical Report

e.g.TS

:type_prefix

Number

Dotted core (e.g. 23.207), kept as string to preserve leading zeros

e.g.23.207

:number

Suffix

Optional letter suffix directly after number: 'U', 'dcs', 'ext'

e.g.U

:suffix

Parts

1-2 hyphenated parts (e.g. -1, -04-1), strings preserve zero-padding

e.g.-04-1

:parts

Release

Raw release token: 'REL-4', 'Ph1', 'UMTS', 'Release 2000'

e.g.REL-4

:release

Version

Three-part version string (X.Y.Z)

e.g.2.0.0

:version

Algebraic Relations

Relations that can involve Technical Specification (TS) identifiers:

Relation	Description	Syntax	Example
Default Form	No publisher prefix (default)	`<TS\|TR> <number>[<suffix>][<parts>]:<release>/<version>`	`TS 23.207:REL-4/2.0.0`
With Publisher	Publisher prefix added	`3GPP <TS\|TR> <number>[<suffix>][<parts>]:<release>/<version>`	`3GPP TS 23.207:REL-4/2.0.0`
Multi-part	Multi-part spec with hyphenated parts	`<TS\|TR> <number>-<part1>[-<part2>]:<release>/<version>`	`TS 29.198-04-1:REL-5/5.0.0`
Legacy Release	Pre-REL-4 release tokens	`<TS\|TR> <number>:<Ph1\|Ph2\|UMTS\|Release 2000>/<version>`	`TR 00.01U:UMTS/3.0.0`

URN Mapping

Patternurn:3gpp:[type]:[number]:[release]:[version]