公开(公告)号：US20180160386A1

公开(公告)日：2018-06-07

申请号：US15368183

申请日：2016-12-02

Applicant: QUALCOMM Incorporated

Inventor： Bhaskaran ARUMUGAM ,  Sai Lokesh LADHAGIRI KRISHNAKUMAR ,  Manjunatha Subbamma ANANDA

IPC: H04W60/00 ,  H04L29/06 ,  H04W72/04

CPC classification number: H04L69/28 ,  H04L63/0853 ,  H04W8/183 ,  H04W12/00405 ,  H04W12/00502 ,  H04W12/08 ,  H04W48/16 ,  H04W88/06

Abstract: A method for home public land mobile network (HPLMN) search during roaming for a multi-subscriber identity module (SIM) mobile communication device, may include: determining that a first subscription and a second subscription are roaming; determining whether an HPLMN search timer has expired for the first subscription; in response to determining that the HPLMN search timer has expired for the first subscription, determining whether a mode capability of the first subscription is greater than a mode capability of the second subscription; and in response to determining that the mode capability of the first subscription is greater than the mode capability of the second subscription, performing an HPLMN search for the first subscription.