Invention Application
- Patent Title: METHODS AND APPARATUS TO SUPPORT ACCESS TO SERVICES FOR MULTIPLE SUBSCRIBER IDENTITY MODULES METHODS AND APPARATUS TO SUPPORT ACCESS TO SERVICES FOR MULTIPLE SUBSCRIBER IDENTITY MODULES
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Application No.: PCT/US2020/066620Application Date: 2020-12-22
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Publication No.: WO2021087497A1Publication Date: 2021-05-06
- Inventor: NIMMALA, Srinivasan , RAVIKUMAR, Kavya B. , KISS, Krisztian , KAVURI, Lakshmi N. , KUMAR, Utkarsh , VENKATARAMAN, Vijay , ZHU, Yifan , PRABHAKAR, Alosious Pradeep , SADIQUE, Mohammed
- Applicant: APPLE INC.
- Applicant Address: One Apple Park Way
- Assignee: APPLE INC.
- Current Assignee: APPLE INC.
- Current Assignee Address: One Apple Park Way
- Agency: FERRAZANO, Michael J. et al.
- Priority: US17/086,175 2020-10-30
- Main IPC: H04W76/12
- IPC: H04W76/12 ; H04W76/15 ; H04W76/11 ; H04W76/22 ; H04W68/00 ; H04W60/00 ; H04W28/02 ; H04W80/10 ; H04W88/06
Abstract:
Apparatus and methods to support parallel access to services of multiple subscriber identity modules (SIMs) and/or electronic SIMs (eSIMs) by a wireless device are disclosed. The wireless device is a single-radio wireless device that includes wireless circuitry that supports an active voice or video connection via a single radio access network of a cellular wireless network at a time. To send or receive data for a second SIM/eSIM, when an active voice or video connection for a first SIM/eSIM uses the wireless circuitry, the single-radio wireless device can i) establish parallel, linked protocol data unit (PDU) sessions for different SIMs, ii) multiplex traffic for different SIMs over a common radio connection with SIM information embedded in protocol headers for routing by network equipment, and/or iii) use an additional dedicated bearer using a first, active SIM for each data network name (DNN) over which to route for a second, suspended SIM..
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