Dynamic wireless transceiver selection in a wireless communication device
View Patent ↗Embodiments disclosed herein provide systems and methods for dynamically selecting a wireless transceiver in a wireless communication device. In a particular embodiment, a method operating a wireless communication device having multiple wireless transceivers provides exchanging wireless media communications with a first communication network using a first one of the wireless transceivers. The method further provides processing a data structure of access connections and instructions to select a wireless data connection in a second communication network, wherein the instructions are associated with a wireless data service of the second communication network in the data structure, and processing one of the instructions to disable the first wireless transceiver. The method further provides exchanging additional wireless media communications with the second communication network using a second one of the wireless transceivers.
1. A method of operating a wireless communication device having multiple wireless transceivers, the method comprising: exchanging wireless media communications with a first communication network using a first one of the wireless transceivers; processing a preferred roaming list (PRL), wherein the PRL includes access connections and instructions to select a wireless data connection in a second communication network, wherein the instructions are associated with a wireless data service of the second communication network in the PRL; processing one of the instructions to disable the first wireless transceiver, wherein the one of the instructions directs the wireless communication device to disable the first wireless transceiver; in response to disabling the first wireless transceiver, exchanging additional wireless media communications with the second communication network using a second one of the wireless transceivers.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the list comprises a preferred roaming list (PRL) that includes the access connections and instructions.
3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the associated instructions are application programming interface (API) calls to an operating system of the wireless communication device.
4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first communication network comprises a home wireless network and the second communication network comprises a visited wireless network.
5. The method of claim 1 , wherein processing the PRL is performed in response to leaving a coverage area of the first communication network.
6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first one of the wireless transceivers comprises a code division multiple access (CDMA) one times Radio Transmission Technology (1xRTT) transceiver.
7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first one of the wireless transceivers comprises a Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) transceiver.
8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the second one of the wireless transceivers comprises a code division multiple access (CDMA) Evolution-Data Only (EVDO) transceiver.
9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the second one of the wireless transceivers comprises a Long Term Evolution (LTE) transceiver.
10. The method of claim 1 , wherein the media communications comprise a voice call.
11. A wireless communication device, comprising:
a first wireless transceiver configured to exchange wireless media communications with a first communication network; a processing system configured to process a preferred roaming list (PRL), wherein the PRL includes access connections and instructions, to select a wireless data connection in a second communication network, wherein the instructions are associated with a wireless data service of the second communication network in the PRL, and, in response, processing one of the instructions to disable the first wireless transceiver; a second wireless transceiver configured to exchange additional wireless media communications with the second communication network over the wireless data connection.
12. The wireless communication device of claim 11 , wherein the list comprises a preferred roaming list (PRL) that includes the access connections and instructions.
13. The wireless communication device of claim 11 , wherein the associated instructions are application programming interface (API) calls to an operating system of the wireless communication device.
14. The wireless communication device of claim 11 , wherein the first communication network comprises a home wireless network and the second communication network comprises a visited wireless network.
15. The wireless communication device of claim 11 , wherein the processing system is configured to process the PRL in response to leaving a coverage area of the first communication network.
16. The wireless communication device of claim 11 , wherein the first one of the wireless transceivers comprises a code division multiple access (CDMA) one times Radio Transmission Technology (1xRTT) transceiver.
17. The wireless communication device of claim 11 , wherein the first one of the wireless transceivers comprises a Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) transceiver.
18. The wireless communication device of claim 11 , wherein the second one of the wireless transceivers comprises a code division multiple access (CDMA) Evolution-Data Only (EVDO) transceiver.
19. The wireless communication device of claim 11 , wherein the second one of the wireless transceivers comprises a Long Term Evolution (LTE) transceiver.
20. The wireless communication device of claim 11 , wherein the media communications comprise a voice call.