Standardization

Below is a timeline of all the updated finished work from OpenCAPIF to 3GPP (SA6). Q2 of 2025 has been approved at WG level but not at the plenary level and is waiting for final confirmation.

timeline

Below is a list of works that have been accepted by 3GPP, and links to documents.

Research Item Target SDO (WG) Target Study Item / Work Item (Approved and edited Specification Version) Meeting Name (Meeting Date) Submitted Contribution: Achieved Impact
CAPIF Guidelines 3GPP (SA6) 3GPP TR 23.946 (v0.3.0) TSGS6_059_Athens (February 2024) S6-240529: Open source implementation of CAPIF for TR 23.946
CAPIF Guidelines 3GPP (SA6) 3GPP TR 23.946 (v0.6.0) TSGS6_062_Maastricht (August 2024) S6-243631: Accepted contributions to TR 23.946 on OpenCAPIF example for NEF API Expousure using OpenCAPIF (section 6.4 NEF Publishes an API)
CAPIF Guidelines 3GPP (SA6) 3GPP TR 23.946 (v0.6.0) TSGS6_062_Maastricht (August 2024) S6-243633: Accepted contributions to TR 23.946 on OpenCAPIF example for API Invoker using OpenCAPIF (section 6.8 API consumption from an API Invoker)
CAPIF Guidelines 3GPP (SA6) 3GPP TR 23.946 (v0.6.0) TSGS6_062_Maastricht (August 2024) S6-243510: Accepted contributions to TR 23.946 on OpenCAPIF examples using POSTMAN for examples in the document (Annex A: Examples from OpenCAPIF)
CAPIF Guidelines 3GPP (SA6) 3GPP TR 23.946 (v0.6.0) TSGS6_062_Maastricht (August 2024) S6-243265: Update and alignment of the listed APIs that OpenCAPIF has adopted from CAPIF with the terminology used in 3GPP TS 29.222
CAPIF Guidelines 3GPP (SA6) 3GPP TR 23.946 (v0.7.0) TSGS6_063_India (October 2024) S6-244198: ETSI MEC deployment based on CAPIF
CAPIF Guidelines 3GPP (SA6) 3GPP TR 23.946 (v0.7.0) TSGS6_063_India (October 2024) S6-244557: NEF AEF profile updates
CAPIF Guidelines 3GPP (SA6) 3GPP TR 23.946 (v0.7.0) TSGS6_063_India (October 2024) S6-244558: pCR on Supported Features
CAPIF Guidelines 3GPP (SA6) 3GPP TR 23.946 (v0.7.0) TSGS6_063_India (October 2024) S6-244559: CAPIF Core Function APIs test Annex
CAPIF Guidelines 3GPP (SA6) 3GPP TR 23.946 (v0.8.0) TSGS6_064_Orlando (November 2024) S6-245430: CAPIF Vendor Extensibility
CAPIF Guidelines 3GPP (SA6) 3GPP TR 23.946 (v0.8.0) TSGS6_064_Orlando (November 2024) S6-245431: MEC Platform as an API Provider
CAPIF Guidelines 3GPP (SA6) TSGS6_064_Orlando (November 2024) TR 23.946: First publication as part of Release 19
CAPIF Guidelines 3GPP (SA6) 3GPP TR 23.946 (v18.1.0) TSGS6_065_Athens (February 2025) S6-250365: Correction to obtaining CAPIF credentials
CAPIF Guidelines 3GPP (SA6) 3GPP TR 23.946 (v18.2.0) TSGS6_066_Gothenburg (April 2025) S6-251128: CAPIF_EXT Authentication and Authorization info
CAPIF Guidelines 3GPP (SA6) 3GPP TR 23.946 (v18.2.0) TSGS6_066_Gothenburg (April 2025) S6-251165: CAPIF_EXT Annex C errors and omissions
CAPIF 3GPP (SA6) TSGS6_067_Fukuoka (May 2025) S6-252547: New WID on Guidelines for Application Enablement usage
CAPIF 3GPP (SA6) TSGS6_067_Fukuoka (May 2025) S6-252541: New study item on CAPIF Phase 4
CAPIF 3GPP (SA6) TSGS6_067_Fukuoka (May 2025) S6-252503: New SID on Application user consent