IP Library Granted Patent US 8,880,106
Granted Patent B2
US 8,880,106 · App. 13/365,008 · Granted Nov 4, 2014

Operation of devices supporting multiple SIMs

Inventors: Mungal Singh Dhanda (Slough, GB); Subbarayudu Mutya (Hyderabad, IN); Venkata Raji Reddy Kanthala (Hyderabad, IN); Simon Walke (Farnborough, GB)
Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
H04W68/02
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Patent No.
US 8,880,106
App. No.
13/365,008
Granted
Nov 4, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

Exemplary embodiments are directed to operation of a device supporting multiple SIMs. A method may include detecting a paging collision scenario between a first subscription and at least a second subscription. The method may further include modifying a page reading operation of at least one of the first subscription and the at least a second subscription to avoid a paging collision between the first subscription and the at least a second subscription. Other aspects, embodiments, and features are also claimed and described in the application.

Claims (36)

1. A method, comprising:

detecting a paging collision scenario between a first subscription and a second subscription;

determining that at least one of the common control channel configuration group for a first subscription is the same as a common control channel configuration group for the second subscription and a paging group for the first subscription is the same as a paging group for the second subscription; and

modifying a page reading operation of at least one of the first subscription and the second subscription to avoid a paging collision between the first subscription and the second subscription in response to the determination, the modifying comprising:

reading a paging block index for the first subscription during one paging period of a paging sub-channel; and

reading a paging block index for the second subscription during a subsequent paging period on the paging sub-channel.

2. The method of claim 1 , the modifying comprising sharing received paging information from a first cell to a second, different cell if a determined common control channel configuration group and a paging group for the first subscription are respectively the same as a determined common control channel configuration group and a paging group for the second subscription.

3. A device, comprising:

means for detecting a potential paging collision between a first subscription and a second subscription;

means for determining that at least one of the common control channel configuration group for a first subscription is the same as a common control channel configuration group for the second subscription and a paging group for the first subscription is the same as a paging group for the second subscription; and

means for modifying a page reading operation of at least one of the first subscription and the second subscription to avoid a paging collision between the first subscription and the second subscription in response to the determination, the modifying comprising:

reading a paging block index for the first subscription during one paging period of a paging sub-channel; and

reading a paging block index for the second subscription during a subsequent paging period on the paging sub-channel.

4. A non-transitory computer-readable medium including computer-executable instructions, which when executed on a computer, perform the acts comprising:

detecting a potential paging collision between a first subscription and a second subscription;

determining that at least one of the common control channel configuration group for a first subscription is the same as a common control channel configuration group for the second subscription and a paging group for the first subscription is the same as a paging group for the second subscription; and

modifying a page reading operation of at least one of the first subscription and the second subscription to avoid a paging collision between the first subscription and the second subscription in response to the determination, the modifying comprising:

reading a paging block index for the first subscription during one paging period of a paging sub-channel; and

reading a paging block index for the second subscription during a subsequent paging period on the paging sub-channel.

5. A method, comprising:

detecting a paging collision scenario between a first subscription and a second subscription;

determining that at least one of the common control channel configuration group for a first subscription is the same as a common control channel configuration group for the second subscription and a paging group for the first subscription is the same as a paging group for the second subscription; and

modifying a page reading operation of at least one of the first subscription and the second subscription to avoid a paging collision between the first subscription and the second subscription in response to the determination, the modifying comprising:

reading a paging block index for a first subscription during a paging period of a paging sub-channel; and

reading a paging block index for a second subscription during a paging period of a subsequent paging sub-channel.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein the common control channel configuration group and the paging group for each of the first subscription and the second subscription are associated with a single cell.

7. The method of claim 5 , further comprising determining if the first subscription and the second subscription are associated with a single network.

8. The method of claim 5 , further comprising determining a common control channel configuration group and a paging group for the first subscription with parameters associated with the second cell.

9. The method of claim 5 , wherein the common control channel configuration group and the paging group for the second subscription with parameters are associated with the first cell.

10. In a communications network comprising multiple communication devices wherein the communication devices can communicate with at least one other communication device, an article of manufacture comprising: one or more processors configured to detect a paging collision scenario between a first subscription and a second subscription; determine that at least one of the common control channel configuration group for a first subscription is the same as a common control channel configuration group for the second subscription and a paging group for the first subscription is the same as a paging group for the second subscription; and modify a page reading operation of at least one of the first subscription and the second subscription to avoid a paging collision between the first subscription and the second subscription in response to the determination, the modifying comprising: reading a paging block index for the first subscription during one paging period of a paging sub-channel; and reading a paging block index for the second subscription during a subsequent paging period on the paging sub-channel.

11. In a communications network comprising multiple communication devices wherein the communication devices can communicate with at least one other communication device, an article of manufacture comprising: one or more processors configured to:

detect a paging collision scenario between a first subscription and a second subscription;

determining that at least one of the common control channel configuration group for a first subscription is the same as a common control channel configuration group for the second subscription and a paging group for the first subscription is the same as a paging group for the second subscription; and

modify a page reading operation of at least one of the first subscription and the second subscription to avoid a paging collision between the first subscription and the second subscription in response to the determination, the modifying comprising:

reading a paging block index for a first subscription during a paging period of a paging sub-channel; and

reading a paging block index for a first subscription during a paging period of a paging sub-channel.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 29, 2012
From: DHANDA, MUNGAL SINGH; MUTYA, SUBBARAYUDU; KANTHALA, VENKATA RAJI REDDY; WALKE, SIMON
To: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
Reel/Frame 027957/0213 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 61439260 · Feb 3, 2011
Related Publication 20130035120A1 · Feb 7, 2013