Hans van der Veen, NEC Labs Europe and Member of the 5G-IA Pre-Standardization WG reports on the RAN Plenary in December 2020, including changes that have taken place since the last plenary in September.
Rel-16
Rel-16 Planning (aka 5G Phase 2)
Stage 1: frozen December 2018 without exceptions
Stage 2: frozen June 2019 with exceptions; all remaining Stage 2 work was completed by March 2020
RAN1: frozen December 2019