MUMBAI, India, July 7 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202418047220 A) filed by Apple Inc. on June 19, 2024, for Physical Broadcast Channel Extension In Wireless Communications.

Inventors include Zhang, Yushu; He, Hong; Zhang, Dawei; Zeng, Wei; Yao, Chunhai; Sun, Haitong; Kim, Yuchul; Ye, Chunxuan; Oteri, Oghenekome Number; Yang, Weidong; Tang, Yang; Cui, Jie Filed On; Hu, Haijing; Wu, Zhibin; and Xu, Fangli.

The application for the patent was published on July 03, 2026, under issue no. 27/2026.

Abstract: To extend a physical broadcast channel (PBCH) in wireless communications, an extended physical broadcast channel (EPBCH) transmission is generated with one or more legacy PBCH blocks and one or more EPB...