Wireless system selection factoring RF resource availability in dual access phones

A multi-Subscriber-Identity-Module (SIM), multi-active mobile communication device, comprising:

• a first radio-frequency (RF) chain;
• a second RF chain;
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• a processor coupled to the first RF chain and the second RF chain, wherein the processor is configured with processor executable instructions to:
• determine whether a service of a second subscription that is associated with the first RF chain is preempting or will preempt a service of a first subscription on the first RF chain;
• determine whether there is another service on the second RF chain that is available as a substitute for the preempted service of the first subscription in response to determining that a service of the second subscription that is associated with the first RF chain is preempting or will preempt a service of the first subscription on the first RF chain;
• and
• configure the first subscription to acquire the substitute service on the second RF chain in response to determining that there is another service on the second RF chain that is available as a substitute for the preempted service of the first subscription.

A multi-Subscriber-Identity-Module (SIM), multi-active mobile communication device, comprising:

• means for determining whether a service of a second subscription that is associated with a first RF chain is preempting or will preempt a service of a first subscription on the first RF chain;
• means for determining whether there is another service on a second RF chain that is available as a substitute for the preempted service of the first subscription in response to determining that a service of the second subscription that is associated with the first RF chain is preempting or will preempt a service of the first subscription on the first RF chain;
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• means for configuring the first subscription to acquire the substitute service on the second RF chain in response to determining that there is another service on the second RF chain that is available as a substitute for the preempted service of the first subscription.

A non-transitory processor-readable storage medium having stored thereon processor-executable instructions configured to cause a processor to perform operations for managing services of at least one of a plurality of subscriptions that utilize a plurality of radio-frequency (RF) chains, the operations comprising:

• determining whether a service of a second subscription that is associated with a first RF chain is preempting or will preempt a service of a first subscription on the first RF chain;
• determining whether there is another service on a second RF chain that is available as a substitute for the preempted service of the first subscription in response to determining that a service of the second subscription that is associated with the first RF chain is preempting or will preempt a service of the first subscription on the first RF chain;
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• configuring the first subscription to acquire the substitute service on the second RF chain in response to determining that there is another service on the second RF chain that is available as a substitute for the preempted service of the first subscription.