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Granted Patent B2
US 12684429 · App. 18/250,919 · Granted Jul 14, 2026

Tearing down a packet data session after a transition to a different subscription of a dual subscriber identity module dual standby user equipment

Inventors: Hao Zhang (Shanghai, CN); Fojian Zhang (Shenzhen, CN); Yi Liu (Shenzhen, CN); Xianghua Chen (Shenzhen, CN); Wei He (Shanghai, CN); Yan Wang (Shanghai, CN); Jian Li (Shanghai, CN); Jing Zhou (Shanghai, CN)
Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
H04W36/0069H04W36/1443
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Patent No.
US 12684429
App. No.
18/250,919
Granted
Jul 14, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

Disclosed are techniques for wireless communication. In an aspect, a subscriber identity module (SIM) dual standby (DSDS) user equipment (UE) may transition a packet data session from a first radio access technology (RAT) associated with a first subscription to a second RAT associated with a second subscription, and may further transmit, over the first RAT responsive to the packet data session transition to the second RAT, one or more messages to tear down the packet data session over the first RAT.

Claims (47)

1 . A method of wireless communication performed by a dual subscriber identity module (SIM) dual standby (DSDS) user equipment (UE), comprising:

transitioning a packet data session from a first radio access technology (RAT) associated with a first subscription to a second RAT associated with a second subscription;

transmitting, over the first RAT responsive to the packet data session transition to the second RAT, one or more messages to tear down the packet data session over the first RAT; and

receiving downlink packet data over the first RAT after the packet data session transition to the second RAT,

wherein the transmission of the one or more messages is triggered in response to the received downlink packet data.

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the first subscription is a default data subscription (DDS) subscription and the second subscription is a non-DDS subscription.

3 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the first subscription is a non-default data subscription (DDS) subscription and the second subscription is a DDS subscription.

4 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the first RAT and second RATs are different.

5 . The method of claim 4 , wherein the first RAT is 4G Long Term Evolution (LTE) and the second RAT is 5G New Radio (NR).

6 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the first and second RATs are the same.

7 . The method of claim 6 , wherein the first and second RATs are 4G Long Term Evolution (LTE).

8 . The method of claim 6 , wherein the first and second RATs are 5G New Radio (NR).

9 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the first RAT is 4G Long Term Evolution (LTE).

10 . The method of claim 9 , wherein the one or more messages comprise a packet data network (PDN) Disconnect Request.

11 . The method of claim 10 , wherein the one or more messages further comprises a PDC Connectivity Request message following the PDN Disconnect Request.

12 . The method of claim 9 , wherein the one or more messages comprise a Tracking Area Update (TAU) with an Evolved Packet System (EPS) identifier (ID) set to False.

13 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the first RAT is 5G New Radio (NR).

14 . The method of claim 13 , wherein the one or more messages comprise a packet data unit (PDU) Session Release Request, a PDU Session Release Complete, and a PDU Session Establishment Request.

15 . A dual subscriber identity module (SIM) dual standby (DSDS) user equipment (UE), comprising:

a memory;

at least one transceiver; and

at least one processor communicatively coupled to the memory and the at least one transceiver, the at least one processor configured to:

transition a packet data session from a first radio access technology (RAT) associated with a first subscription to a second RAT associated with a second subscription;

transmit, over the first RAT responsive to the packet data session transition to the second RAT, one or more messages to tear down the packet data session over the first RAT; and

receive downlink packet data over the first RAT after the packet data session transition to the second RAT,

wherein the transmission of the one or more messages is triggered in response to the received downlink packet data.

16 . The DSDS UE of claim 15 , wherein the first subscription is a default data subscription (DDS) subscription and the second subscription is a non-DDS subscription.

17 . The DSDS UE of claim 15 , wherein the first RAT and second RATs are different.

18 . The DSDS UE of claim 15 , wherein the first and second RATs are the same.

19 . A subscriber identity module (SIM) dual standby (DSDS) user equipment (UE), comprising:

means for transitioning a packet data session from a first radio access technology (RAT) associated with a first subscription to a second RAT associated with a second subscription;

means for transmitting, over the first RAT responsive to the packet data session transition to the second RAT, one or more messages to tear down the packet data session over the first RAT; and

means for receiving downlink packet data over the first RAT after the packet data session transition to the second RAT,

wherein the transmission of the one or more messages is triggered in response to the received downlink packet data.

20 . The DSDS UE of claim 19 , wherein the first subscription is a default data subscription (DDS) subscription and the second subscription is a non-DDS subscription.

21 . The DSDS UE of claim 19 , wherein the first RAT and second RATs are different.

22 . The DSDS UE of claim 19 , wherein the first and second RATs are the same.

23 . The DSDS UE of claim 19 , further comprising:

means for receiving downlink packet data over the first RAT after the packet data session transition to the second RAT,

wherein the transmission of the one or more messages is triggered in response to the received downlink packet data.

24 . The DSDS UE of claim 19 , wherein the transmission of the one or more messages is triggered directly based on the packet data session transition to the second RAT.

25 . A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a set of instructions, the set of instructions comprising one or more instructions that, when executed by one or more processors of a dual subscriber identity module (SIM) dual standby (DSDS) user equipment (UE) cause the DSDS UE to:

transition a packet data session from a first radio access technology (RAT) associated with a first subscription to a second RAT associated with a second subscription; and

transmit, over the first RAT responsive to the packet data session transition to the second RAT, one or more messages to tear down the packet data session over the first RAT; and

transmit downlink packet data over the first RAT after the packet data session transition to the second RAT,

wherein the transmission of the one or more messages is triggered in response to the received downlink packet data.

26 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 25 , wherein the first subscription is a default data subscription (DDS) subscription and the second subscription is a non-DDS subscription.