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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 03, 2016
Filed:
Apr. 12, 2012
Applicant:
Safouane Sfar, Nuremberg, DE;
Inventor:
Safouane Sfar, Nuremberg, DE;
Assignee:
ST-Ericsson SA, Plan-les-Ouates, CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 36/14 (2009.01); H04W 60/00 (2009.01); H04W 36/02 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 36/14 (2013.01); H04W 60/005 (2013.01); H04W 36/023 (2013.01);
Abstract
An apparatus and process is provided for handling downlink transmissions to a user equipment (UE) from a service provider wherein the UE is adapted to be associated with two subscriber identity modules (SIMs). The two SIMs are associated with a first communication network and a second communication network such that the UE can request a switch of downlink data via the first communication network to the second communication network.