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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 04, 2015
Filed:
Feb. 09, 2012
J. Alfredo Ruvalcaba, San Diego, CA (US);
Shriram Ganesh, San Diego, CA (US);
Damir Didjusto, San Diego, CA (US);
J. Alfredo Ruvalcaba, San Diego, CA (US);
Shriram Ganesh, San Diego, CA (US);
Damir Didjusto, San Diego, CA (US);
QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Abstract
A method is disclosed for saving power in a user equipment (UE), which includes discovering at least one available access technology radio access network (RAN) having at least one access technology type, switching off power to a removable Universal Integrated Circuit Card (UICC) having subscription information for a second technology type different from a first technology type when a first technology type RAN is the only access technology RAN available, and establishing access to first technology type RAN user subscription information in a nonvolatile memory (NV) on the UE when a first technology type RAN is the only access technology RAN available.