QUAD SIM FUNCTIONALITY FOR A DUAL ACTIVE MOBILE DEVICE

摘要

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.

主权项

1. A method of managing quad 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 state and the second slotted idle state the first, second, third and fourth subscriptions are able to 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.