MUMBAI, India, Nov. 2 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202617094996 A) filed by Apple Inc. on August 05, 2026, for On-Demand Ssb Operation For Secondary Cells.

Inventors include Cui, Jie; Wu, Dan; Zhang, Dawei; He, Hong; Raghavan, Manasa; Cheng, Peng; Li, Qiming; Tang, Yang; and Song, Yuexia.

The application for the patent was published on October 30, 2026, under issue no. 44/2026.

Abstract: An apparatus configured to process, based on signals received from a serving cell, a measurement object (MO) configuration to measure one or more neighbor cells for a frequency layer, wherein the MO configuration comprises an indication that the one or more neighbor cells include at least one on-demand synchronizatio...