IP Library Granted Patent US 12,457,581
Granted Patent B2
US 12,457,581 · App. 17/825,668 · Granted Oct 28, 2025

Communication control method and user equipment

Inventor: Masato Fujishiro (Yokohama, JP)
Assignee: KYOCERA Corporation
H04W68/02H04W8/22
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Patent No.
US 12,457,581
App. No.
17/825,668
Granted
Oct 28, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A user equipment according to an aspect is registered with a first mobile network by using a first subscriber identity module (SIM) and registered with a second mobile network using a second SIM. The user equipment includes a processor. The processor executes a process of receiving, from the first mobile network, configuration information for configuring either a non-execution timing for not executing downlink transmission from the first mobile network to the user equipment or an execution timing for executing the downlink transmission. The processor executes a process of transmitting, to the second mobile network, identification information for identifying a timing configured according to the configuration information.

Claims (22)

1 . A communication control method using a user equipment configured to communicate with a first mobile network by using a first subscriber identity module (SIM) and to communicate with a second mobile network by using a second SIM, the communication control method comprising:

receiving, by the user equipment from the first mobile network, information for determining timing of uplink transmission to the first mobile network;

transmitting, by the user equipment to the second mobile network, a gap request indicating the timing of uplink transmission to the first mobile network; and

receiving, by the user equipment from the second mobile network, configuration information configuring a gap based on the gap request to the user equipment.

2 . A user equipment configured to communicate with a first mobile network by using a first subscriber identity module (SIM) and to communicate with a second mobile network by using a second SIM, the user equipment comprising a processor and a memory, the processor is configured to:

receive, from the first mobile network, information for determining timing of uplink transmission to the first mobile network;

transmit, to the second mobile network, a gap request indicating the timing of uplink transmission to the first mobile network; and

receive, from the second mobile network, configuration information configuring a gap based on the gap request to the user equipment.

3 . An apparatus for controlling a user equipment configured to communicate with a first mobile network by using a first subscriber identity module (SIM) and to communicate with a second mobile network by using a second SIM, the apparatus comprising a processor and a memory, the processor is configured to:

receive, from the first mobile network, information for determining timing of uplink transmission to the first mobile network;

transmit, to the second mobile network, a gap request indicating the timing of uplink transmission to the first mobile network; and

receive, from the second mobile network, configuration information configuring a gap based on the gap request to the user equipment.

4 . A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising, stored thereupon, computer program instructions for execution by a user equipment configured to communicate with a first mobile network by using a first subscriber identity module (SIM) and to communicate with a second mobile network by using a second SIM, the program instructions being configured to cause the user equipment to execute processing of:

receiving, by the user equipment from the first mobile network, information for determining timing of uplink transmission to the first mobile network;

transmitting, by the user equipment to the second mobile network, a gap request indicating the timing of uplink transmission to the first mobile network; and

receiving, by the user equipment from the second mobile network, configuration information configuring a gap based on the gap request to the user equipment.

5 . A system comprising:

a user equipment configured to communicate with a first mobile network by using a first subscriber identity module (SIM) and to communicate with a second mobile network by using a second SIM, wherein

the user equipment is configured to:

receive, from the first mobile network, information for determining timing of uplink transmission to the first mobile network;

transmit, to the second mobile network, a gap request indicating the timing of uplink transmission to the first mobile network; and

receive, from the second mobile network, configuration information configuring a gap based on the gap request to the user equipment.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 26, 2022
From: FUJISHIRO, MASATO
To: KYOCERA CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 060029/0963 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2019-214616 · Nov 27, 2019 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTJP2020044117 · Nov 26, 2020
Related Publication 20220287004A1 · Sep 8, 2022
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