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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 16, 2016
Filed:
May. 18, 2013
Qualcomm Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Bhaskara Viswanadham Batchu, Medak, IN;
Aditya Kailash Bohra, Gujarat, IN;
Anand Rajurkar, Hyderabad, IN;
QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Abstract
Methods, systems and devices are provided for managing quad SIM functionality on a mobile device. The method includes maintaining a first subscription and a second subscription active in slotted idle states on a first RF chain on the mobile device. The first subscription being associated with a first SIM and the second subscription being associated with a second SIM. The method also includes maintaining a third subscription and a fourth subscription active in slotted idle states on a second RF chain on the mobile device. The third subscription being associated with a third SIM and the fourth subscription being associated with a fourth SIM. In the slotted idle states the first, second, third and fourth subscriptions are able to monitor pages in respective paging channel slots. Further, the method includes switching the third subscription to the first RF chain in response to the fourth subscription entering a dedicated traffic state.