CPC H04W 8/183 (2013.01) [G09G 3/3233 (2013.01); G09G 3/3291 (2013.01); H04B 1/3816 (2013.01); H04N 7/181 (2013.01); H04W 48/18 (2013.01); H04W 76/10 (2018.02); H04W 76/12 (2018.02); H04W 76/15 (2018.02); G09G 2300/0861 (2013.01); G09G 2320/0626 (2013.01); H04W 84/12 (2013.01)] | 16 Claims |
1. A method of using a plurality of Radio Frequency (RF) units at a wireless communication device, comprising:
(a) scanning a plurality of base stations through a scanning RF unit;
(b) observing signal quality received from the plurality of base stations through the scanning RF unit;
(c) connecting to one or more base stations using the plurality of RF units;
(d) transmitting and receiving data packets using the plurality of RF units through the one or more base stations; and
(e) adjusting data transmission performance metric monitoring frequency;
wherein:
the scanning RF unit is in the plurality of RF units and the one or more base stations are in the plurality of base stations; and
the wireless communication device is configured to use a plurality of Subscriber Identification Module (SIM) cards housed in a first external device.
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