Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Methods and apparatus to support multiple subscriber identities in a wireless communication device
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Application No.: US15305648Application Date: 2014-05-30
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Publication No.: US10299109B2Publication Date: 2019-05-21
- Inventor: Jianxiong Shi , Li Su , Qiang Miao , Wenping Lou
- Applicant: Apple Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Cupertino
- Assignee: Apple Inc.
- Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Cupertino
- Agency: Dickinson Wright RLLP
- International Application: PCT/CN2014/078909 WO 20140530
- International Announcement: WO2015/180126 WO 20151203
- Main IPC: H04L12/26
- IPC: H04L12/26 ; H04W8/18 ; H04W4/12 ; H04W88/02

Abstract:
Apparatus and methods to support multiple subscriber identities in a wireless communication device are disclosed. A representative method includes the wireless communication device communicating with a first wireless network via a first wireless cellular protocol software stack for a first subscriber identity provided by a first subscriber identity module; communicating with a second wireless network via a second wireless cellular protocol software stack for a second subscriber identity provided by a second subscriber identity module; and sharing mobility management tasks between the first and second wireless cellular protocol software stacks when the first and second subscriber identity modules are each associated with the same wireless network provider either as a serving carrier or as a roaming carrier. Mobility management tasks that are shared include one or more of paging channel monitoring, measuring a serving cell and/or neighbor cells, evaluating cell reselection and handover options, and reading broadcast channels.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170070877A1 METHODS AND APPARATUS TO SUPPORT MULTIPLE SUBSCRIBER IDENTITIES IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE Public/Granted day:2017-03-09
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