Apparatuses and methods for coordinating operations between circuit switched (CS) and packet switched (PS) services with different subscriber identity cards, and machine-readable storage medium

• US 9,949,310 B2
• Filed: 12/21/2016
• Issued: 04/17/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 05/13/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: MediaTek, Inc.
• Original Assignee: MediaTek, Inc.
• Inventors: Nien, Yu-Tsun, Wang, Chin-Han, Lee, Chen-Hsuan, Wong, Sian-Jheng, Yan, Chang-Ching
• Primary Examiner(s): Mesfin, Yemane
• Assistant Examiner(s): Banthrongsack, Jeff
• Application Number:
  US15/385,996
• Publication Number:
  US 20170105241A1
• Time in Patent Office: 482 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/3816 Mechanical arrangements for accommodating identification devices, e.g. cards or chips; with connectors for programming identification devices
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/18 Multiprotocol handlers, e.g. single devices capable of handling multiple protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/15 Setup of multiple wireless link connections
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/19 Connection re-establishment
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/34 Selective release of ongoing connections

Abstract

A wireless communications device includes a radio frequency (RF) module and a baseband chip. The baseband chip is configured to initiate a mobile originated (MO) call through the RF module with a first subscriber identity card when the RF module is occupied by performing a packet switched (PS) data service with a second subscriber identity card, arbitrate a first protocol stack handler to suspend or terminate the PS data service associated with the second subscriber identity card in response to initiating the MO call associated with the first subscriber identity card, and arbitrate a second protocol stack handler to make the MO call associated with the first subscriber identity card when the PS data service associated with the second subscriber identity card is suspended or terminated.

Claims

1. A wireless communications device, comprising:

a single radio frequency (RF) module; and

a baseband chip configured to initiate a mobile originated (MO) call through the single RF module with a first subscriber identity card when the single RF module is occupied by performing a packet switched (PS) data service with a second subscriber identity card, arbitrate a first protocol stack handler to suspend or terminate the PS data service associated with the second subscriber identity card in response to initiating the MO call associated with the first subscriber identity card, and arbitrate a second protocol stack handler to make the MO call associated with the first subscriber identity card when the PS data service associated with the second subscriber identity card is suspended or terminated,

wherein the baseband chip further determines whether the MO call has a higher priority than the PS data service and the arbitration of the first protocol stack handler to suspend or terminate the PS data service is performed when the MO call has a higher priority than the PS data service.

2. The wireless communications device of claim 1, wherein the baseband chip further arbitrates the first protocol stack handler to resume or restart the PS data service associated with the second subscriber identity card when the MO call is finished.

3. The wireless communications device of claim 2, wherein the baseband chip further arbitrates the first protocol stack handler to regain service for the second subscriber identity card subsequent to the finishing of the MO call and prior to the resuming or restarting of the PS data service.

4. The wireless communications device of claim 2, wherein the baseband chip further arbitrates the first protocol stack handler to inform a service network associated with the PS data service about the suspension or termination of the PS data service, prior to suspending or terminating the PS data service, and to inform the service network about the resumption or restart of the PS data service prior to resuming or restarting the PS data service.

5. The wireless communications device of claim 1, wherein the baseband chip further requests permission to a user via a man-machine interface (MMI) to suspend or terminate the PS data service, and the arbitration of the first protocol stack handler to suspend or terminate PS data service is performed when the permission is granted by the user via the MMI.

6. The wireless communications device of claim 1, wherein the baseband chip further arbitrates the second protocol stack handler to regain service for the first subscriber identity card subsequent to the arbitrating the first protocol stack handler to suspend or terminate the PS data service and prior to arbitrating the second protocol stack handler to make the MO call.

7. The wireless communications device of claim 1, wherein the baseband chip further arbitrates the second protocol stack handler to camp on the last serving cell based on information, which was recorded before start of the PS data service, to regain service for the first subscriber identity card.

8. The wireless communications device of claim 1, wherein the baseband chip further arbitrates the second protocol stack handler to find out a best cell from a cell list, which was recorded before start of the PS data service, and camp on the found best cell to regain service for the first subscriber identity card.

9. The wireless communications device of claim 1, wherein the baseband chip further arbitrates the second protocol stack handler to perform a Public Land Mobile Network search procedure to camp on a suitable cell to regain service for the first subscriber identity card.

10. The wireless communications device of claim 1, wherein the PS data service is a push e-mail or an instant messaging service, which is run in background and kept on-line with a corresponding server.

11. The wireless communications device of claim 1, wherein the baseband chip further arbitrates the first protocol stack handler to suspend or remove scheduled channel tasks for suspending or terminating the PS data service, causing to receive no packet paging messages with the second subscriber identity card, and to hinder uplink channel allocation for the second subscriber identity card.

12. The wireless communications device of claim 1, wherein the baseband chip further arbitrates the first protocol stack handler to detach an attached data service for suspending or terminating the PS data service.

13. A method for coordinating operations between circuit switched (CS) and packet switched (PS) services with different subscriber identity cards in a wireless communications device comprising a single RF module, the method comprising:

initiating a Mobile Originated (MO) call through the single RF module from the wireless communications device with a first subscriber identity card when the single RF module is occupied by performing a PS data service with a second subscriber identity card;

determining whether the MO call has a higher priority than the PS data service;

arbitrating a first protocol stack handler to suspend or terminate the PS data service associated with the second subscriber identity card in response to initiating the MO call associated with the first subscriber identity card when the MO call has a higher priority than the PS data service; and

arbitrating a second protocol stack handler to make the MO call associated with the first subscriber identity card when the PS data service associated with the second subscriber identity card is suspended or terminated.

14. The method of claim 13, further comprising arbitrating the second protocol stack handler to regain service for the first subscriber identity card subsequent to arbitrating the first protocol stack handler to suspend or terminate the PS data service and prior to arbitrating the second protocol stack handler to make the MO call.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein the regaining step further comprises:

finding out a best cell from a cell list, which was recorded before start of the PS data service; and

camping on the found best cell to regain service.

16. The method of claim 14, wherein the regaining step further comprises performing a Public Land Mobile Network search procedure to camp on a suitable cell to regain service.

17. The method of claim 14, further comprising requesting permission to a user to suspend or terminate the PS data service before arbitrating the first protocol stack handler for the suspending or terminating step, wherein the arbitration of the first protocol stack handler for the suspending or terminating step is performed when the permission is granted.

18. A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium comprising program code, which, when executed, causes a wireless communications device to perform a method for coordinating operations between circuit switched (CS) and packet switched (PS) services with different subscriber identity cards in a wireless communications device comprising a single RF module, the method comprising:

initiating a Mobile Originated (MO) call through the single RF module from the wireless communications device with a first subscriber identity card when the single RF module is occupied by performing a PS data service with a second subscriber identity card;

determining whether the MO call has a higher priority than the PS data service;

arbitrating a first protocol stack handler to suspend or terminate the PS data service associated with the second subscriber identity card in response to initiating the MO call associated with the first subscriber identity card when the MO call has a higher priority than the PS data service; and

arbitrating a second protocol stack handler to make the MO call associated with the first subscriber identity card when the PS data service associated with the second subscriber identity card is suspended or terminated.

19. A wireless communications device, comprising:

a single radio frequency (RF) module; and

a baseband chip configured to initiate a mobile originated (MO) call through the single RF module from the wireless communications device with a first subscriber identity card when the single RF module is occupied by performing a packet switched (PS) data service with a second subscriber identity card, redirect the MO call to the second subscriber identity card, and make the MO call with the second subscriber identity card;

wherein the baseband chip further determines whether the MO call has a higher priority than the PS data service and the redirection of the MO call to the second subscriber identity card is performed when the MO call has a higher priority than the PS data service.

20. The wireless communications device of claim 19, wherein the baseband chip is further configured to request a permission to a user to redirect the MO call to the second subscriber identity card, and make the MO call with the second subscriber identity card when the permission is granted by the user.