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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 26, 2025
Filed:
Aug. 05, 2021
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Sethuraman Gurumoorthy, San Ramon, CA (US);
Alexander Sirotkin, Hod Hasharon, IL;
Birgit Breining, Munich, DE;
Fangli Xu, Beijing, CN;
Haijing Hu, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Naveen Kumar R. Palle Venkata, San Diego, CA (US);
Pavan Nuggehalli, San Carlos, CA (US);
Ralf Rossbach, Munich, DE;
Sarma V. Vangala, Campbell, CA (US);
Srirang A Lovlekar, Fremont, CA (US);
Yuqin Chen, Beijing, CN;
Zhibin Wu, Los Altos, CA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
A user equipment (UE) is configured to enter a radio resource control (RRC) CONNECTED state on a first network using a first subscriber identification module (SIM) and an RRC INACTIVE or RRC IDLE state on a second network using a second SIM, transmit, to the first network, a request for a scheduling gap (SG) configuration, wherein, during a duration of the SG, the first network avoids scheduling resources for the UE, receive, from the first network, an indication of the SG configuration to be used, during the duration of the SG, tune away from the first network to perform operations on the second network and after the duration of the SG, tune back to the first network, wherein the RRC CONNECTED state is maintained on the first network during the duration of the SG.