US 12,302,284 B2
Paging an idle subscriber identity module using a connected subscriber identity module operating in a single radio configuration for 5G or other next generation wireless network
Ralf Bendlin, Cedar Park, TX (US); Arunabha Ghosh, Austin, TX (US); Thomas Novlan, Cedar Park, TX (US); Milap Majmundar, Austin, TX (US); and Xiaoyi Wang, Austin, TX (US)
Assigned to AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P., Atlanta, GA (US)
Filed by AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P., Atlanta, GA (US)
Filed on Feb. 22, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/112,608.
Application 18/112,608 is a continuation of application No. 17/361,944, filed on Jun. 29, 2021, granted, now 11,617,156.
Application 17/361,944 is a continuation of application No. 16/777,378, filed on Jan. 30, 2020, granted, now 11,096,144, issued on Aug. 17, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/910,748, filed on Oct. 4, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0217410 A1, Jul. 6, 2023
Int. Cl. H04W 76/28 (2018.01); H04W 8/18 (2009.01); H04W 8/24 (2009.01); H04W 36/00 (2009.01); H04W 68/00 (2009.01); H04W 76/27 (2018.01)
CPC H04W 68/005 (2013.01) [H04W 8/183 (2013.01); H04W 8/24 (2013.01); H04W 76/27 (2018.02)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method, comprising:
determining, by network equipment comprising a processor resulting in a first determination, whether a second subscriber identity module is in an active state with respect to a user equipment comprising a first subscriber identity module and the second subscriber identity module, wherein the first subscriber identity module is in an idle state at a time that the first determination is made; and
in response to the first determination being that the second subscriber identity module is in the active state, facilitating, by the network equipment, transmission of a paging request received by the second subscriber identity module, wherein the paging request is designated for the first subscriber identity module.