---
license: other
license_name: 3gpp
license_link: https://www.3gpp.org/
language:
- en
pretty_name: 3GPP Specifications (Rel-8 to Rel-20)
tags:
- telecommunications
- 3gpp
- 5g
- 4g
- lte
- nr
- standards
- open-telco
size_categories:
- 10K<n<100K
---

# 3GPP specification mirror

> Part of the **[Open-Telco Telecom Standards Corpus](https://huggingface.co/collections/GSMA/telecom-standards-corpus-6a432dc598fc32729754fecf)**.  
> Sibling mirrors: **3GPP** · [ETSI](https://huggingface.co/datasets/GSMA/etsi) · [ITU-T](https://huggingface.co/datasets/GSMA/itu) · [O-RAN](https://huggingface.co/datasets/GSMA/oran) · [GSMA](https://huggingface.co/datasets/GSMA/gsma) · [TM Forum](https://huggingface.co/datasets/GSMA/tmforum) · [CAMARA](https://huggingface.co/datasets/GSMA/camara)

This dataset mirrors 3GPP's published specifications. Every source is kept twice: `original/` is the document as 3GPP released it, and `marked/` is that same document converted to Markdown for search and retrieval, one `raw.md` per document with any figures extracted beside it. The two trees share identical paths, so a file in `original/` has a parsed twin at the matching path under `marked/`; both are grouped by 3GPP release, Rel-8 through Rel-20. `MANIFEST.md` indexes the snapshot.

```text
3gpp/
  original/             # specs as published, by release
    Rel-15/  Rel-16/  Rel-17/  Rel-18/  ...
  marked/               # Markdown mirror of original/, same paths
    Rel-18/.../raw.md   #   one per document, images beside it
  MANIFEST.md           # snapshot index
```

## How it is organized

- `original/` holds the specifications as 3GPP published them, grouped by release (Rel-8 through Rel-20).
- `marked/` is the Markdown twin of `original/` at identical paths, one `raw.md` per document with figures beside it.
- `MANIFEST.md` indexes the snapshot.

## How to use

Pull only the Markdown twins (skip the heavy `original/` tree) and read them straight:

```python
from huggingface_hub import snapshot_download

path = snapshot_download("GSMA/3GPP", repo_type="dataset", allow_patterns="marked/**")
# every parsed document is a marked/**/raw.md
```

## The corpus

This dataset is part of the **Open-Telco Telecom Standards Corpus**, an effort to make telecommunications open by mirroring every major standards body into clean, machine-readable Markdown. The full set: 3GPP, ETSI, ITU-T, O-RAN, GSMA, TM Forum, and CAMARA. Browse them all in the [collection](https://huggingface.co/collections/GSMA/telecom-standards-corpus-6a432dc598fc32729754fecf).

## License and attribution

The mirrored documents remain the property of 3GPP and its Organizational Partners and stay subject to its terms; see [www.3gpp.org](https://www.3gpp.org/). This dataset reproduces them in original and Markdown form for research, search, and retrieval. Cite the underlying specification by its 3GPP TS/TR number when you use it.