Assisted management of radio resources across dual networks

A method for operating a first user equipment (UE) device, the method comprising:

• the first UE communicating in a wireless manner with a first base station on a first network;
• the first UE sending a notification to the first base station that the first UE is beginning communication with a second base station on a second network;
• the first UE discontinuing communication with the first base station on the first network and beginning communication in a wireless manner with the second base station on the second network;
• the first UE resuming communication with the first base station;
• wherein the notification is useable by the first base station to prevent reduction of future downlink allocations of the first UE due to non-responsiveness of the first UE after the first UE resumes communication with the first base station.

A method for operating a first user equipment (UE) device, the method comprising:

• the first UE communicating in a wireless manner on a first telecommunications network;
• the first UE sending a start indicator in a wireless manner to a base station in the first telecommunications network, wherein the start indicator indicates that the first UE is beginning communication on a second telecommunications network;
• the first UE beginning communication in a wireless manner on the second telecommunications network, wherein the first UE discontinues communicating on the first telecommunications network;
• after the first UE finishes communication on the second telecommunications network, the first UE beginning communication in a wireless manner on the first telecommunications network, wherein the first UE discontinues communicating on the second telecommunications network;
• and
• the first UE sending an end indicator in a wireless manner to the base station in the first telecommunications network, wherein the end indicator indicates that the first UE has discontinued communication on the second telecommunications network;
• wherein the start and end indicators are used by the base station to prevent reduction of future downlink allocations of the first UE due to non-responsiveness of the first UE during time between the first base station's reception of the start and end indicators.

A first user equipment (UE) device, comprising:

• at least one antenna for performing wireless communication with a base station;
• an RF front end coupled to the antenna which supports a plurality of radio access technologies (RATs), wherein the RF front end is not able to be actively connected to one RAT and to receive communication from a separate RAT simultaneously;
• a processor coupled to the RF front end;
• wherein, when the first UE is camped on a first network using a first RAT and communicating with a first base station, the first UE is configured to tune away to a second network using a second RAT and remain camped on the first network during the tune away;
• wherein after the first UE ends the tune away from the first network to the second network and returns to the first network, the first UE is configured to send an end indicator in a wireless manner to the first base station in the first network, wherein the end indicator indicates that the first UE is no longer tuned away from the first network;
• wherein the end indicator sent by the first UE is useable by the first base station of the first network to prevent reduction of future downlink allocations of the first UE due to non-responsiveness of the first UE during the tune away.