Intellectual Property India Publishes Patent Application for Handling Security Keys For Inter-Centralized Unit Layer Triggered Mobility In Mobility Network

MUMBAI, India, Oct. 26 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202617092155 A) filed by Apple Inc. on July 29, 2026, for Handling Security Keys For Inter-Centralized Unit Layer Triggered Mobility In Mobility Network.

Inventors include Palle Venkata, Naveen Kumar R; Guo, Shu; Xu, Fangli; Hu, Haijing; Sirotkin, Alexander; Chen, Yuqin; Cheng, Peng; Kuo, Ping-Heng; and Rossbach, Ralf.

The application for the patent was published on October 23, 2026, under issue no. 43/2026.

Abstract: Described herein are embodiments for inter-centralized unit (CU) layer triggered mobility (LTM) switch using a media access control (MAC) control element (CE). In some embodiments, a source network node may distribute a next security k...