Methods for call management with multiple subscriber identity cards and apparatuses using the same
AssigneeMediatek Inc.
InventorsYi-Ting Cheng, Pei-Shiuan Ho, Yu-Ting Chen, Keng-Ming Huang
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Abstract
An embodiment of a method for call management, performed by a processing unit of a UE (user equipment), is disclosed. The method is employed in a hardware configuration of at least two subscriber identity cards sharing a radio resource. A PS (packet-switched) service is first provided for the first subscriber identity card. Packet data transmission and reception is handed over to a second PS service with the second subscriber identity card from the first PS service after receiving a call request requesting a CS (circuit-switched) service with the second subscriber identity card.
Claims16
A method for call management, performed by a processing unit of a UE (user equipment), wherein the UE is equipped with a first subscriber identity card and a second subscriber identity card, which share a radio resource, comprising:
- providing a first PS (packet-switched) service for the first subscriber identity card;
- handing over packet data transmission and reception to a second PS service with the second subscriber identity card from the first PS service after receiving a call request requesting a CS (circuit-switched) service with the second subscriber identity card,
- wherein the handing-over step further comprises:
- performing a NAT (network address transition) after receiving the call request wherein the NAT replaces a destination address of an incoming packet with a first address corresponding to the first SIM and replaces a source address of a outputting packet with a second address corresponding to the second SIM;
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- canceling the NAT after the second PS service is released, and maintaining the NAT when the first services is terminated.
An apparatus for call management with a first subscriber identity card and a second subscriber identity card, which share a radio resource, comprising:
- a processing unit, providing a first PS (packet-switched) service for the first subscriber identity card via the shared radio resource, and handing over packet data transmission and reception via the shared radio resource to a second PS service for the second subscriber identity card from the first PS service after receiving a call request requesting a CS (circuit-switched) service with the second subscriber identity card,
- wherein the processing unit further performs a NAT (network address transition after receiving the call request wherein the NAT replaces a destination address of an incoming packet with a first address corresponding to the first SIM and replaces a source address of a outputting packet with a second address corresponding to the second SIM, and
- canceling the NAT after the second PS service is released, and maintaining the NAT when the first service is terminated.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.