US 11,997,752 B2
Method and apparatus for multiple-USIM device in a wireless communication system
Meng-Hui Ou, Taipei (TW); and Yu-Hsuan Guo, Taipei (TW)
Assigned to ASUSTek Computer Inc., Taipei (TW)
Filed by ASUSTek Computer Inc., Taipei (TW)
Filed on Dec. 9, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/546,115.
Application 17/546,115 is a continuation of application No. 16/882,118, filed on May 22, 2020, granted, now 11,228,899.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/861,686, filed on Jun. 14, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/861,654, filed on Jun. 14, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0104001 A1, Mar. 31, 2022
Int. Cl. H04W 68/00 (2009.01); H04W 8/08 (2009.01); H04W 8/18 (2009.01); H04W 24/08 (2009.01); H04W 48/16 (2009.01); H04W 76/11 (2018.01); H04W 76/27 (2018.01); H04W 76/30 (2018.01)
CPC H04W 8/183 (2013.01) [H04W 8/08 (2013.01); H04W 24/08 (2013.01); H04W 48/16 (2013.01); H04W 68/005 (2013.01); H04W 76/11 (2018.02); H04W 76/27 (2018.02); H04W 76/30 (2018.02)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of a User Equipment (UE) with a first Universal Subscriber Identity Module (USIM) and a second USIM, the method comprising:
performing at least one of registration or a service request procedure to a network associated with the second USIM, wherein one or more preferences associated with service prioritization are reported by the UE to the network during at least one of the registration or the service request procedure; and
after the one or more preferences, indicating a prioritized service, are reported by the UE to the network during at least one of the registration or the service request procedure, receiving, from the network, a paging message for the prioritized service previously reported by the UE to the network, wherein the UE establishes a Radio Resource Control (RRC) connection corresponding to the second USIM in response to the paging message.