MUMBAI, India, July 13 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202444103385 A) filed by Nokia Technologies Oy on December 26, 2024, for Resource Handling In Cell Switch.

Inventors include Samuli Heikki Turtinen; Timo Koskela; and Endrit Dosti.

The application for the patent was published on July 10, 2026, under issue no. 28/2026.

Abstract: Example embodiments of the disclosure relate to methods, apparatuses, and a 5 computer readable storage medium for handling contention free random access (CFRA) resources in a cell switch. In a method, a first apparatus, receives, from a second apparatus, a configuration indicating CFRA resources for at least one candidate cell. The first apparatus receives, from the second a...