Quad SIM functionality for a dual active mobile device
Methods, systems and devices are provided for managing quad SIM functionality on a mobile device. The method includes maintaining a first subscription and a second subscription active in slotted idle states on a first RF chain on the mobile device. The first subscription being associated with a first SIM and the second subscription being associated with a second SIM. The method also includes maintaining a third subscription and a fourth subscription active in slotted idle states on a second RF chain on the mobile device. The third subscription being associated with a third SIM and the fourth subscription being associated with a fourth SIM. In the slotted idle states the first, second, third and fourth subscriptions are able to monitor pages in respective paging channel slots. Further, the method includes switching the third subscription to the first RF chain in response to the fourth subscription entering a dedicated traffic state.
1. A method of managing multi-subscriber identity/identification module (multi-SIM) functionality on a mobile device, comprising:
maintaining active in first slotted idle states a first subscription and a second subscription on a first radio frequency (RF) chain of the mobile device, the first subscription associated with a first SIM and the second subscription associated with a second SIM;
maintaining active in second slotted idle states a third subscription and a fourth subscription on a second RF chain of the mobile device, the third subscription associated with a third SIM and the fourth subscription associated with a fourth SIM, wherein in the first slotted idle states and the second slotted idle states the first, second, third and fourth subscriptions monitor pages in respective ones of paging channel slots; and
switching the third subscription to the first RF chain in response to the fourth subscription entering a dedicated traffic state, wherein the first subscription, the second subscription, and the third subscription remain active monitoring pages in the respective ones of the paging channel slots on the first RF chain when the third subscription is switched to the first RF chain.
2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
switching the third subscription to the second RF chain in response to the fourth subscription leaving the dedicated traffic state.
3. A computing device, comprising:
a processor coupled to a first radio frequency (RF) chain, a second RF chain, and a first, second, third, and fourth subscriber identity/identification module (SIM), the processor configured with processor-executable instructions to:
maintain active in first slotted idle states a first subscription and a second subscription on the RF chain, the first subscription associated with the first SIM and the second subscription associated with the second SIM;
maintain active in second slotted idle states a third subscription and a fourth subscription on the second RF chain, the third subscription associated with the third SIM and the fourth subscription associated with the fourth SIM, wherein in the first and second slotted idle states the first, second, third and fourth subscriptions monitor pages in respective ones of paging channel slots; and
switch the third subscription to the first RF chain in response to the fourth subscription entering a dedicated traffic state, wherein the first subscription, the second subscription, and the third subscription remain active monitoring pages in the respective ones of the paging channel slots on the first RF chain when the third subscription is switched to the first RF chain.
4. The computing device of claim 3 , wherein the processor is further configured with processor-executable instructions to:
switch the third subscription to the second RF chain in response to the fourth subscription leaving the dedicated traffic state.
5. A multi-subscriber identity/identification module (multi-SIM) computing device, comprising:
means for maintaining active in first slotted idle states a first subscription and a second subscription on a first radio frequency (RF) chain, the first subscription associated with a first SIM and the second subscription associated with a second SIM;
means for maintaining active in second slotted idle states a third subscription and a fourth subscription on a second RF chain, the third subscription associated with a third SIM and the fourth subscription associated with a fourth SIM, wherein in the first and second slotted idle states the first, second, third and fourth subscriptions monitor pages in respective ones of paging channel slots; and
means for switching the third subscription to the first RF chain in response to the fourth subscription entering a dedicated traffic state, wherein the first subscription, the second subscription, and the third subscription remain active monitoring pages in the respective ones of the paging channel slots on the first RF chain when the third subscription is switched to the first RF chain.
6. The multi-SIM computing device of claim 5 , further comprising:
means for switching the third subscription to the second RF chain in response to the fourth subscription leaving the dedicated traffic state.
7. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium having stored thereon processor-executable software instructions configured to cause a processor of a multi-subscriber identity/identification module (multi-SIM) mobile device to perform operations comprising:
maintaining active in first slotted idle states a first subscription and a second subscription on a first radio frequency (RF) chain of the multi-SIM mobile device, the first subscription associated with a first SIM and the second subscription associated with a second SIM;
maintaining active in second slotted idle states a third subscription and a fourth subscription on a second RF chain of the multi-SIM mobile device, the third subscription associated with a third SIM and the fourth subscription associated with a fourth SIM, wherein in the first and second slotted idle states the first, second, third and fourth subscriptions monitor pages in respective ones of paging channel slots; and
switching the third subscription to the first RF chain in response to the fourth subscription entering a dedicated traffic state, wherein the first subscription, the second subscription, and the third subscription remain active monitoring pages in the respective ones of the paging channel slots on the first RF chain when the third subscription is switched to the first RF chain.
8. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 7 , wherein the stored processor-executable instructions are configured to cause the processor of the multi-SIM mobile device to perform operations further comprising:
switching the third subscription to the second RF chain in response to the fourth subscription leaving the dedicated traffic state.