Techniques for improved power consumption in user equipments

A user equipment (UE) for wireless communication, comprising:

• a memory;
• and
• at least one processor in communication with the memory, wherein the at least one processor is configured to:
• determine that a first subscription associated with a first subscriber identity module (SIM) corresponds to a designated data subscription (DDS), with the first subscription being different from a second subscription associated with a second SIM at the UE;
• identify at least one inter-cell frequency band and intra-cell frequency band within carrier aggregation (CA) capability information;
• remove the at least one inter-cell frequency band from the CA capability information prior to transmission of the CA capability information;
• and
• transmit, to at least one network entity, CA capability information including the at least one intra-cell frequency band for the second subscription based on determining that the first subscription associated with the first SIM corresponds to the DDS.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing computer executable code for communication, comprising code for:

• determining that a first subscription associated with a first subscriber identity module (SIM) corresponds to a designated data subscription (DDS), with the first subscription being different from a second subscription associated with a second SIM at the UE;
• identifying at least one inter-cell frequency band within the carrier aggregation (CA) capability information;
• removing the at least one identified inter-cell frequency band from the CA capability information prior to transmission of the CA capability information;
• and
• transmitting, to at least one network entity, CA capability information including the at least one intra-cell frequency band for the second subscription based in part on determining that the first subscription associated with the first SIM corresponds to the DDS.

An apparatus for wireless communications, comprising:

• means for determining that a first subscription associated with a first subscriber identity module (SIM) corresponds to a designated data subscription (DDS), with the first subscription being different from a second subscription associated with a second SIM at the UE;
• means for identifying at least one inter-cell frequency band within the carrier aggregation (CA) capability information;
• means for removing the at least one identified inter-cell frequency band from the CA capability information prior to transmission of the CA capability information;
• and
• means for transmitting, to at least one network entity, CA capability information including the at least one intra-cell frequency band for the second subscription based in part on determining that the first subscription associated with the first SIM corresponds to the DDS.