Adaptive reception of lte in a single radio wireless device

A single radio wireless communication device comprising:

• one or more processors;
• and
• wireless circuitry in communication with the one or more processors, the wireless circuitry comprising:
• a radio frequency transmit signaling chain configurable for transmission to a first wireless network and to a second wireless network;
• a first radio frequency receive signaling chain configurable for reception from the first wireless network and from the second wireless network;
• and
• a second radio frequency receive signaling chain configurable for reception from the first wireless network and from the second wireless network,
• wherein the one or more processors are configured to cause the single radio wireless communication device to:
• communicate with the first wireless network using the radio frequency transmit signaling chain, the first radio frequency receive signaling chain, and the second radio frequency receive signaling chain;
• transmit a first indicator to the first wireless network before initiating a tune-away event, the first indicator comprising information to cause the first wireless network to adjust one or more downlink transmission properties for communication to the single radio wireless communication device to correspond to use of fewer radio frequency receive signaling chains during the tune-away event than before the tune-away event;
• reconfiguring at least one of the first radio frequency receive signaling chain and the second radio frequency receive signaling chain to communicate with the second wireless network during the tune-away event;
• transmitting a second indicator to the first wireless network before completing the tune-away event, the second indicator comprising information to cause the first wireless network to adjust one or more downlink transmission properties for communication to the single radio wireless communication device to correspond to use of more radio frequency receive signaling chains after the tune-away event than during the tune-away event;
• and
• reconfiguring the at least one of the first radio frequency receive signaling chain and the second radio frequency receive signaling chain to the communicate with the first wireless network after completing the tune-away event.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by one or more processors of a single radio wireless communication device, cause the single radio wireless communication device to:

• transmit a first indicator to a first wireless network before initiating a tune-away event, the first indicator comprising information to cause the first wireless network to adjust one or more downlink transmission properties for communication to the single radio wireless communication device during the tune-away event;
• reconfigure at least one radio frequency receive signaling chain to communicate with a second wireless network during the tune-away event;
• transmit a second indicator to the first wireless network before completing the tune-away event, the second indicator comprising information to cause the first wireless network to readjust the one or more downlink transmission properties for communication to the single radio wireless communication device after the tune-away event;
• and
• reconfigure the at least one radio frequency receive signaling chain to the communicate with the first wireless network after completing the tune-away event.