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Granted Patent B2
US 12,279,302 · App. 17/654,363 · Granted Apr 15, 2025

Techniques for prioritizing communications for dual subscriber user equipment

Inventors: Reza Shahidi (San Diego, CA); Qingxin Chen (San Diego, CA); Lan Lan (San Diego, CA); Yong Xie (San Diego, CA); Carlos Marcelo Dias Pazos (Carlsbad, CA); James Beckman (La Jolla, CA); Cheol Hee Park (San Diego, CA); Leena Zacharias (San Jose, CA); Arnaud Meylan (San Diego, CA); Shanshan Wang (San Diego, CA)
Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
H04W74/002H04L47/6275H04W8/183H04W8/20H04W74/0833H04W88/06
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Patent No.
US 12,279,302
App. No.
17/654,363
Granted
Apr 15, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may initiate a first service associated with a first subscriber identity module (SIM) of the UE and a first priority. The UE may initiate a second service associated with a second SIM of the UE and a second priority. The UE may switch the first priority and the second priority during at least part of the first service or the second service. The UE may perform a communication in accordance with at least one of the first priority or the second priority. Numerous other aspects are described.

Claims (67)

1. A user equipment (UE) for wireless communication, comprising:

one or more memories; and

one or more processors, coupled to the one or more memories, configured to:

initiate a first service associated with a first subscriber identity module (SIM) of the UE;

initiate a second service associated with a second SIM of the UE;

switch priorities of the first service and the second service while the first service and the second service are active,

wherein the first service has a first time window having a first priority and a second time window having a second priority, and

wherein the second service has a third time window having the second priority and a fourth time window having the first priority; and

perform a communication in accordance with the priorities of the first service and the second service.

2. The UE of claim 1 , wherein the first service is a voice service, and wherein a time window for the voice service is configured to include a transmission time of a packet for the voice service.

3. The UE of claim 2 , wherein the time window for the voice service is based at least in part on information regarding the voice service provided by an Internet Protocol multimedia subsystem of the UE.

4. The UE of claim 1 , wherein the first service is a voice service, and wherein the one or more processors are configured to:

modify a duration of a time window for the voice service based at least in part on hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) feedback regarding the voice service.

5. The UE of claim 4 , wherein the duration of the time window for the voice service is lengthened to include a retransmission of a communication associated with the first SIM.

6. The UE of claim 4 , wherein the duration of the time window for the voice service is shortened based at least in part on a communication associated with the first SIM being an initial transmission.

7. The UE of claim 1 , wherein the first service is prioritized over the second service based at least in part on neither of the first service and the second service being voice services.

8. The UE of claim 7 , wherein the first time window and the second time window are selected based at least in part on times of transmissions associated with the first service.

9. The UE of claim 7 , wherein the fourth time window occupies a greater period of a time interval than the third time window.

10. The UE of claim 1 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to determine a priority configuration for the first service and the second service based at least in part on the first service being associated with a default data SIM of the UE.

11. The UE of claim 1 , wherein the first time window and the second time window occupy equal portions of a period of a time interval associated with the first service based at least in part on the priorities of the first service and the second service being equal to each other.

12. The UE of claim 1 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to:

transmit a random access message, associated with the second SIM, during a time window associated with the second service.

13. The UE of claim 12 , wherein the random access message associated with the second SIM is prioritized over a concurrent random access message associated with the first SIM.

14. The UE of claim 12 , wherein the random access message associated with the second SIM is prioritized over a concurrent random access message associated with the first SIM based at least in part on a priority of the random access message associated with the second SIM being unknown, and based at least in part on the random access message associated with the second SIM arriving before the random access message associated with the first SIM.

15. The UE of claim 1 , wherein switching the priorities of the first service and the second service comprises:

switching the first time window from the first priority to the second priority;

switching the second time window from the second priority to the first priority;

switching the third time window from the second priority to the first priority; and

switching the fourth time window from the first priority to the second priority.

16. The UE of claim 1 , wherein the first service is associated with a higher priority than the second service before the switch.

17. The UE of claim 1 , wherein a priority configuration indicates:

the first time window corresponds to the third time window; and

the second time window corresponds to the fourth time window.

18. The UE of claim 1 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to:

determine a priority configuration of at least one of the first service or the second service based at least in part on a master subscriber selected from the first SIM and the second SIM.

19. The UE of claim 18 , wherein the master subscriber is associated with the first SIM.

20. The UE of claim 18 , wherein the master subscriber is associated with a lower priority service of the first service and the second service.

21. A method of wireless communication performed by a user equipment (UE), comprising:

initiating a first service associated with a first subscriber identity module (SIM) of the UE;

initiating a second service associated with a second SIM of the UE;

switching priorities of the first service and the second service while the first service and the second service are active,

wherein the first service has a first time window having a first priority and a second time window having a second priority, and

wherein the second service has a third time window having the second priority and a fourth time window having the first priority; and

performing a communication in accordance with the priorities of the first service and the second service.

22. The method of claim 21 , wherein the first service is a voice service, and wherein a time window for the first service is configured to include a transmission time of a packet for the voice service.

23. The method of claim 22 , wherein the time window for the first service is based at least in part on information regarding the voice service provided by an Internet Protocol multimedia subsystem of the UE.

24. The method of claim 21 , wherein the first service is a voice service, and wherein the method further comprises:

modifying a duration of a third time window for the first service based at least in part on hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) feedback regarding the voice service.

25. The method of claim 24 , wherein the duration of the third time window for the first service is lengthened to include a retransmission of a communication associated with the first SIM.

26. The method of claim 24 , wherein the duration of the third time window for the first service is shortened based at least in part on a communication associated with the first SIM being an initial transmission.

27. The method of claim 21 , wherein the first service is prioritized over the second service based at least in part on neither of the first service and the second service being voice services.

28. The method of claim 27 , wherein the first time window and the second time window are selected based at least in part on times of transmissions associated with the first service.

29. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a set of instructions for wireless communication, the set of instructions comprising:

one or more instructions that, when executed by one or more processors of a user equipment (UE), cause the UE to:

initiate a first service associated with a first subscriber identity module (SIM) of the UE;

initiate a second service associated with a second SIM of the UE;

switch priorities of the first service and the second service while the first service and the second service are active,

wherein the first service has a first time window having a first priority and a second time window having a second priority, and

wherein the second service has a third time window having the second priority and a fourth time window having the first priority; and

perform a communication in accordance with the priorities of the first service and the second service.

30. An apparatus for wireless communication, comprising:

means for initiating a first service associated with a first subscriber identity module (SIM) of the apparatus;

means for initiating a second service associated with a second SIM of the apparatus;

means for switching priorities of the first service and the second service while the first service and the second service are active,

wherein the first service has a first time window having a first priority and a second time window having a second priority, and

wherein the second service has a third time window having the second priority and a fourth time window having the first priority; and

means for performing a communication in accordance with the priorities of the first service and the second service.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 12, 2022
From: SHAHIDI, REZA; CHEN, QINGXIN; LAN, LAN; XIE, YONG; PAZOS, CARLOS MARCELO DIAS; BECKMAN, JAMES; PARK, CHEOL HEE; ZACHARIAS, LEENA; MEYLAN, ARNAUD; WANG, SHANSHAN
To: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
Reel/Frame 059571/0144 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 63159816 · Mar 11, 2021
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