US 12,262,426 B2
Dual 5G connection mechanisms to support multi-operators with different service traffic simultaneously
Zhixian Xiang, Frisco, TX (US); and Mazin Ali Al-Shalash, Frisco, TX (US)
Assigned to HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD., Shenzhen (CN)
Filed by Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., Shenzhen (CN)
Filed on Apr. 14, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/720,964.
Application 17/720,964 is a continuation of application No. PCT/US2020/055409, filed on Oct. 13, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/976,094, filed on Feb. 13, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/959,589, filed on Jan. 10, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/914,882, filed on Oct. 14, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0240330 A1, Jul. 28, 2022
Int. Cl. H04W 56/00 (2009.01); H04L 12/46 (2006.01); H04W 76/12 (2018.01)
CPC H04W 76/12 (2018.02) [H04L 12/4633 (2013.01); H04W 56/001 (2013.01)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
transmitting, via a transmit chain (TX chain) of a user equipment (UE), an uplink signal to a first wireless network associated with a first base station or a second wireless network associated with a second base station, the uplink signal including information indicative of a first receive chain (RX chain) of the UE being synchronized to the first base station to receive first traffic from the first wireless network and a second RX chain of the UE being synchronized to the second base station to receive second traffic from the second wireless network; and
transmitting, by the UE, uplink traffic for the first wireless network and the second wireless network to the second base station via the TX chain of the UE while the UE maintaining an active connection with the first wireless network.