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Granted Patent B2
US 12,096,352 · App. 17/596,198 · Granted Sep 17, 2024

Cell selection method and apparatus, communication device, and storage medium

Inventor: Wei Hong (Beijing, CN)
Assignee: BEIJING XIAOMI MOBILE SOFTWARE CO., LTD.
H04W48/20H04W48/16H04W76/15H04W88/06
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Patent No.
US 12,096,352
App. No.
17/596,198
Granted
Sep 17, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A cell selection method includes: when a terminal contains at least two subscriber identification modules, using one of the at least two subscriber identification modules to select a cell in which each of the at least two subscriber identification modules resides.

Claims (36)

1. A method for cell selection, comprising:

in response to that a terminal comprises at least two subscriber identification modules (SIMs), for each of the at least two SIMs detecting whether there is cell information stored in the SIM; and

in response to that there is cell information stored in at least one SIM of the at least two SIMs, selecting a cell for each of the at least two SIMs to reside in according to the cell information stored in one of the at least one SIM.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

in response to that no cell information is stored in any one of the at least two SIMs, scanning, by the one of the at least two SIMs, a radio frequency (RF) channel, and selecting, according to a scan result, the cell for each of the at least two SIMs to reside in.

3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

sending cell information of the selected cell to a remaining SIM of the at least two SIMs except the SIM used to select the cell.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

enabling each of the at least two SIMs to reside in the selected cell.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the at least two SIMs are connected to a same operator network.

6. A mobile terminal, comprising:

an antenna;

a memory, configured to store an executable program; and

a processor, coupled with the antenna and the memory, and configured to control transceiving of the antenna and run the executable program to:

in response to that the mobile terminal comprises at least two subscriber identification modules (SIMs), for each of the at least two SIMs, detect whether there is cell information stored in the SIM; and

in response to that there is cell information stored in at least one SIM of the at least two SIMs, select a cell for each of the at least two SIMs to reside in according to the cell information stored in one of the at least one SIM.

7. The mobile terminal of claim 6 , wherein the processor is further configured to:

in response to that no cell information is any one of the at least two SIMs, scan a radio frequency (RF) channel, and select, according to a scan result, the cell for each of the at least two SIMs to reside in.

8. The mobile terminal of claim 6 , wherein the processor is further configured to:

send cell information of the selected cell to a remaining SIM of the at least two SIMs except the SIM used to select the cell.

9. The mobile terminal of claim 6 , wherein the processor is further configured to:

enable each of the at least two SIMs to reside in the selected cell.

10. The mobile terminal of claim 6 , wherein the at least two SIMs are connected to a same operator network.

11. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having stored thereon an executable program that, when executed by a processor, implements a method for cell selection, the method comprising:

in response to that a terminal comprises at least two subscriber identification modules (SIMs) and no cell information is stored in any one of the at least two SIMs, scanning, by one of the at least two SIMs, a radio frequency (RF) channel, and selecting, according to a scan result, a cell for each of the at least two SIMs to reside in.

12. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 11 , wherein the selecting, by one of the at least two SIMs, a cell for each of the at least two SIMs to reside in comprises:

selecting, according to cell information stored in the one of the at least two SIMs, the cell for each of the at least two SIMs to reside in.

13. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 12 , wherein the method further comprises:

for each of the at least two SIMs, detecting whether there is cell information stored in the SIM,

wherein the selecting, according to cell information stored in the one of the at least two SIMs, the cell for each of the at least two SIMs to reside in comprises:

in response to that there is cell information stored in at least one SIM of the at least two SIMs, selecting the cell for each of the at least two SIMs to reside in according to the cell information stored in one of the at least one SIM.

14. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 11 , wherein the method further comprises:

sending cell information of the selected cell to a remaining SIM of the at least two SIMs except the SIM used to select the cell.

15. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 11 , wherein the method further comprises:

enabling each of the at least two SIMs to reside in the selected cell.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 11 , wherein the at least two SIMs are connected to a same operator network.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 3, 2021
From: HONG, WEI
To: BEIJING XIAOMI MOBILE SOFTWARE CO., LTD.
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Continuity (1)
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