Multimode radio access technology control based on power and performance considerations

A user equipment comprising:

• at least one antenna array;
• first and second modems coupled to the at least one antenna array, the first modem supporting a first radio access technology (RAT) and the second modem supporting a second RAT;
• a processor coupled to the first and second modems;
• and
• a memory storing instructions configured to manipulate the processor to:
• responsive to detecting a low data throughput condition while the first RAT and second RAT are enabled, configure the first modem to selectively disable one or more capabilities of the first RAT, the one or more capabilities including at least one of an intra-band carrier aggregation capability, an inter-band carrier aggregation capability, or a component carrier;
• and
• responsive to a receive throughput exceeding a receive threshold or a transmit throughput exceeding a transmit threshold while the first RAT is disabled and the second RAT is enabled:
• configure the first modem to enable the first RAT;
• and
• responsive to determining that a data rate requirement of the user equipment is greater than an estimated throughput of the first RAT, configure the first RAT to operate in a dual-connectivity mode with the second RAT;
• wherein at least one of the receive threshold or the transmit threshold is set relative to a throughput capacity of a first radio access network (RAN) accessed via the first RAT or of a second RAN accessed via the second RAT.