US 11,882,610 B2
Establishing connections using multiple subscriber identity modules via a single communication link
Punyaslok Purkayastha, San Diego, CA (US); Gavin Bernard Horn, La Jolla, CA (US); Ozcan Ozturk, San Diego, CA (US); and Reza Shahidi, San Diego, CA (US)
Assigned to QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US)
Filed by QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US)
Filed on Aug. 10, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/398,908.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/065,330, filed on Aug. 13, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0053586 A1, Feb. 17, 2022
Int. Cl. H04W 76/15 (2018.01); H04W 8/20 (2009.01); H04W 74/08 (2009.01); H04W 76/11 (2018.01)
CPC H04W 76/15 (2018.02) [H04W 8/20 (2013.01); H04W 74/0833 (2013.01); H04W 76/11 (2018.02)] 30 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of wireless communication by a user equipment (UE) configured to communicate using a first subscription and a second subscription, the method comprising:
establishing a first connection with a base station via a communication link using the first subscription of the UE;
establishing a second connection with the base station via the communication link using the second subscription of the UE, wherein the communication link is a common communication link shared by the first subscription and the second subscription; and
performing at least one of a first communication, via the communication link, using the first subscription, or a second communication, via the communication link, using the second subscription,
wherein the at least one of the first communication using the first subscription or the second communication using the second subscription is performed via a UE protocol stack having a physical layer and a media access (MAC) layer that are shared for the first subscription and the second subscription.