Multi-active electronic subscriber identity module profiles for multi-service user equipment

A method of wirelessly communicating by a wireless communication device using two different embedded subscriber identity module (eSIM) profiles to establish two different user equipment (UE) radio access network (RAN) attachments, comprising:

• accessing a first eSIM profile stored in a physical UE by a first virtual UE instance executing on a processor of the physical UE, wherein the physical UE comprises a plurality of antennas including a first antenna and a second antenna;
• establishing a first UE attachment to a radio access network via a first wireless link by the first virtual UE instance based on credentials accessed from the first eSIM profile, wherein the first wireless link is supported by the first antenna;
• conducting a first wireless communication session by the first virtual UE instance via the first UE attachment;
• accessing a second eSIM profile stored in the physical UE by a second virtual UE instance executing on the processor of the physical UE;
• establishing a second UE attachment to a radio access network via a second wireless link by the second virtual UE instance based on credentials accessed from the second eSIM profile, wherein the second wireless link is supported by the second antenna;
• and
• conducting a second wireless communication session by the second virtual UE instance via the second UE attachment.

A wireless communication device for establishing two different user equipment (UE) radio access network (RAN) attachments, comprising:

• a radio transceiver;
• a plurality of antennas including a first antenna and a second antenna;
• a baseband processor communicatively coupled to the radio transceiver providing a software interface to support a plurality of virtual user equipment (UE) application instances;
• an application processor communicatively coupled to the baseband processor;
• a non-transitory memory;
• a virtual user equipment (UE) application stored in the non-transitory memory that, when executed by the application processor as a first virtual UE instance, the first virtual UE application instance:
• accesses a first eSIM profile stored in the non-transitory memory,
• establishes a first UE attachment to a radio access network via a first wireless link and the baseband processor based on credentials accessed from the first eSIM profile, wherein the first wireless link is supported by the first antenna, and
• conducts a first wireless communication session via the first UE attachment,
• and when executed by the application processor as a second virtual UE application instance, the second virtual UE application instance:
• accesses a second eSIM profile stored in the non-transitory memory,
• establishes a second UE attachment to a radio access network via a first wireless link and the baseband processor based on credentials accessed from the second eSIM profile, wherein the second wireless link is supported by the second antenna, and
• conducts a second wireless communication session via the second UE attachment.