US 2014/0274168 A1 · PAGING BLOCK RATE CONTROL IN DUAL-SIM-DUAL-STANDBY (DSDS) HANDSETS

Abstract

The various embodiments include methods for managing how a DSDS mobile communication device that is accessing an arbitrary combination of any two mobile telephony networks processes paging collisions. The embodiment methods promote the control of the paging block rates for two distinct subscriptions, in which a subscription's paging block rate is the long-term percentage of its blocked paging messages over its total number of received paging messages. In the various embodiments, a mobile communication device may use a paging blocking bias to achieve a particular paging blocking rate. The paging blocking bias may be set or adjusted through various means to cause a first subscription to have a paging blocking rate that is less than, equal to, or greater than a paging blocking rate for a second subscription.

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Dependent claims

A method of resolving a paging collision between a first subscription and a second subscription on a dual-SIM-dual-standby communication device, comprising:

initializing a biased coin algorithm in response to the dual-SIM-dual-standby communication device attaching to two mobile networks;
applying the biased coin algorithm to select one of the first and second subscriptions in response to detecting the paging collision;
and
completing a paging communication for one of the first and second subscriptions based on a result of the biased coin algorithm.

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A dual-SIM-dual-standby communication device, comprising

a first SIM card;
a second SIM card;
a memory;
and
a processor coupled to the memory, the first SIM card, and the second SIM card, wherein the processor is configured with processor-executable instructions to perform operations comprising:
initializing a biased coin algorithm in response to attaching to two mobile networks;
applying the biased coin algorithm to select one of a first subscription and a second subscription in response to detecting a paging collision between the first subscription and the second subscription;
and
completing a paging communication for one of the first and second subscriptions based on a result of the biased coin algorithm.

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A dual-SIM-dual-standby communication device, comprising

a first SIM card;
a second SIM card;
a memory;
and
a processor coupled to the memory, the first SIM card, and the second SIM card, wherein the processor is configured with processor-executable instructions to perform operations comprising:
initializing a Markov chain algorithm with a first state and a second state in response to attaching to two mobile networks;
using the Markov chain algorithm to select one of a first subscription and a second subscription in response to detecting a paging collision between the first subscription and the second subscription;
and
completing a paging communication for one of the first and second subscriptions based on a result of the Markov chain algorithm.

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A dual-SIM-dual-standby communication device, comprising:

means for initializing a biased coin algorithm in response to attaching to two mobile networks;
means for applying the biased coin algorithm to select one of a first subscription and a second subscription in response to detecting a paging collision between the first subscription and the second subscription;
and
means for completing a paging communication for one of the first and second subscriptions based on a result of the biased coin algorithm.

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A non-transitory processor-readable storage medium having stored thereon processor-executable software instructions configured to cause a processor of a dual-SIM-dual-standby communication device to perform operations comprising:

initializing a biased coin algorithm in response to the dual-SIM-dual-standby communication device attaching to two mobile networks;
applying the biased coin algorithm to select one of a first subscription and a second subscription in response to detecting a paging collision between the first subscription and the second subscription;
and
completing a paging communication for one of the first and second subscriptions based on a result of the biased coin algorithm.

1 more element

initializing a Markov chain algorithm with a first state and a second state in response to the dual-SIM-dual-standby communication device attaching to two mobile networks;
using the Markov chain algorithm to select one of a first subscription and a second subscription in response to detecting a paging collision between the first subscription and the second subscription;
and
completing a paging communication for one of the first and second subscriptions based on a result of the Markov chain algorithm.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Paging block rate control in dual-sim-dual-standby (dsds) handsets

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Paging block rate control in dual-sim-dual-standby (dsds) handsets

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