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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 22, 2023
Filed:
Apr. 14, 2022
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Srirang A. Lovlekar, Fremont, CA (US);
Sethuraman Gurumoorthy, San Jose, CA (US);
Murtaza A. Shikari, Mountain View, CA (US);
Srinivasan Nimmala, San Jose, CA (US);
Sree Ram Kodali, San Jose, CA (US);
Fangli Xu, Beijing, CN;
Haijing Hu, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Yuqin Chen, Beijing, CN;
Dawei Zhang, Saratoga, CA (US);
Longda Xing, San Jose, CA (US);
Zhiwei Wang, Beijing, CN;
Yaoqi Yan, Beijing, CN;
Muthukumaran Dhanapal, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Huarui Liang, Beijing, CN;
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
A user equipment (UE) includes first and second subscriber identity modules (SIMs), possibly subscribed to different carriers. When the first SIM is in a connected state and the second SIM is in an idle state, the UE may need to periodically tune away a radio from a first frequency used for communication under the first SIM to a second frequency used for idle mode activity under the second SIM. The UE may provide to the network of the first SIM the second SIMs traffic activity pattern and/or serving frequency so that the network may provide coordinated configuration and/or scheduling for the UE device, e.g., in order to make the action of tuning away (and tuning back) the radio more efficient and/or to decrease the network impact of such radio tune aways (e.g., to decrease wasted uplink scheduling and wasted downlink transmissions for the first SIM).