WO2021253369A1 - Methods for managing network communication - Google Patents

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WO2021253369A1
WO2021253369A1 PCT/CN2020/096979 CN2020096979W WO2021253369A1 WO 2021253369 A1 WO2021253369 A1 WO 2021253369A1 CN 2020096979 W CN2020096979 W CN 2020096979W WO 2021253369 A1 WO2021253369 A1 WO 2021253369A1
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Xiaoyu Li
Ling Xie
Udayan Bhawnani
Kiran Patil
Qingxin Chen
Masoud Azmoodeh
Amit MANDIL
Daowei LIN
Zengran WAN
Zengyu Hao
Boting WANG
Xingge ZHENG
Xiaochen Chen
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  • a multi-subscription wireless device includes more than one subscriber identity module (SIM) and connects to two or more separate mobile telephony networks using one or more shared radio frequency (RF) resources/radios.
  • SIM subscriber identity module
  • RF radio frequency
  • Each subscription may trigger a separate cell search and initial attachment procedure (e.g., “camping” on a cell) to establish a communication link with a cell.
  • the cell search and attachment procedure may occur, for example, following power up of the wireless device, or after exiting “airplane mode” or another mode in which network communication has been suspended, or when a new SIM card is inserted into the wireless device.
  • All subscriptions of the wireless device do not operate in an active mode continuously. Rather, a subscription may be suspended for a period of time.
  • the wireless device may force a subscription that is actively using a shared RF resource to interrupt its RF operations so that an idle subscription can use the shared RF resource to perform idle-standby mode operations.
  • This process of switching access of the shared RF resource from the active subscription to the idle subscription is referred to as a “tune-away” or a “tune-away event, ” as the RF resource must tune-away from the frequency bands and/or channels of the active subscription and tune to frequency bands/channels of the idle subscription.
  • a subscription may be suspended for power saving purposes.
  • the wireless device may perform redundant or duplicate procedures to obtain and perform initial access with the same cell and/or obtain the same reference timing information.
  • Various aspects include systems and methods for managing network communication performed by a processor of a wireless device. Various aspects may enable a wireless device to avoid performing redundant or duplicate operations in managing communications with a wireless communications network, thereby improving the operational efficiency and power consumption of the wireless device. Various aspects may include the processor of the wireless device providing timing information of a first subscription to a second subscription, in which the timing information is used to communicate via the first subscription with a communication network, determining second timing information for the second subscription based on the timing information of the first subscription, and communicating via the second subscription with the communication network using the determined second timing information.
  • determining the second timing information for the second subscription based on the timing information of the first subscription may include determining a second subscription frame timing using the timing information of the first subscription. In some aspects, determining the second subscription frame timing using the timing information of the first subscription may include determining a second subscription subframe timing using the timing information of the first subscription.
  • communicating via the second subscription with the communication network using the determined second timing information may include performing synchronization with second subscription signals of the communication network using the determined second timing information. In some aspects, communicating via the second subscription with the communication network using the determined second timing information may include sending a connection request to the communication network using the determined second timing information.
  • the timing information of the first subscription may include a relationship between the timing information of the first subscription and timing information of a timing device of the wireless device, and determining second timing information for the second subscription based on the timing information of the first subscription may include determining the second timing information for the second subscription based on the relationship between the timing information of the first subscription and the timing information of the timing device of the wireless device.
  • the timing information of the first subscription may include one or more of common reference signal timing information and forward detected frequency error information.
  • communicating via the second subscription with the communication network using the determined second timing information may include communicating via the first subscription and via the second subscription with a same cell of the communication network.
  • Further aspects may include a wireless device having a processor configured to perform one or more operations of any of the methods summarized above. Further aspects may include processing devices for use in a wireless device configured with processor-executable instructions to perform operations of any of the methods summarized above. Further aspects may include a non-transitory processor-readable storage medium having stored thereon processor-executable instructions configured to cause a processor of a wireless device to perform operations of any of the methods summarized above. Further aspects include a wireless device having means for performing functions of any of the methods summarized above. Further aspects include a system on chip for use in a wireless device that includes a processor configured to perform one or more operations of any of the methods summarized above. Further aspects include a system in a package that includes two systems on chip for use in a wireless device that includes a processor configured to perform one or more operations of any of the methods summarized above.
  • FIG. 1 is a system block diagram illustrating an example communications system suitable for use with various embodiments.
  • FIG. 2 is a component block diagram illustrating an example computing system suitable for use with various embodiments.
  • FIG. 3 is a component block diagram of an example software architecture including a radio protocol stack for the user and control planes in wireless communications suitable for use with various embodiments.
  • FIG. 4 is a component block diagram illustrating a system configured to manage network communication in accordance with various embodiments.
  • FIG. 5 is a process flow diagram illustrating a method performed by a processor of a wireless device for managing network communication according to various embodiments.
  • FIGS. 6A–6E are process flows diagram illustrating operations that may be performed as part of a method performed by a processor of a wireless device for managing network communication according to various embodiments.
  • FIG. 7 is a component block diagram of a wireless communication device suitable for use with various embodiments.
  • wireless device is used herein to refer to any one or all of wireless router devices, wireless appliances, cellular telephones, smartphones, portable computing devices, personal or mobile multi-media players, laptop computers, tablet computers, smartbooks, ultrabooks, palmtop computers, wireless electronic mail receivers, multimedia Internet-enabled cellular telephones, medical devices and equipment, biometric sensors/devices, wearable devices including smart watches, smart clothing, smart glasses, smart wrist bands, smart jewelry (for example, smart rings and smart bracelets) , entertainment devices (for example, wireless gaming controllers, music and video players, satellite radios, etc.
  • wireless-network enabled Internet of Things (IoT) devices including smart meters/sensors, industrial manufacturing equipment, large and small machinery and appliances for home or enterprise use, wireless communication elements within autonomous and semiautonomous vehicles, wireless devices affixed to or incorporated into various mobile platforms, global positioning system devices, and similar electronic devices that include a memory, wireless communication components and a programmable processor.
  • IoT Internet of Things
  • SOC system on chip
  • a single SOC may contain circuitry for digital, analog, mixed-signal, and radio-frequency functions.
  • a single SOC also may include any number of general purpose or specialized processors (digital signal processors, modem processors, video processors, etc. ) , memory blocks (e.g., ROM, RAM, Flash, etc. ) , and resources (e.g., timers, voltage regulators, oscillators, etc. ) .
  • SOCs also may include software for controlling the integrated resources and processors, as well as for controlling peripheral devices.
  • SIP system in a package
  • a SIP may include a single substrate on which multiple IC chips or semiconductor dies are stacked in a vertical configuration.
  • the SIP may include one or more multi-chip modules (MCMs) on which multiple ICs or semiconductor dies are packaged into a unifying substrate.
  • MCMs multi-chip modules
  • a SIP also may include multiple independent SOCs coupled together via high speed communication circuitry and packaged in close proximity, such as on a single motherboard or in a single wireless device. The proximity of the SOCs facilitates high speed communications and the sharing of memory and resources.
  • the subscriptions of a multi-subscription wireless device do not operate in an active mode continuously. Rather, the processor of the wireless device may suspend operation of a subscription for a period of time. For example, the wireless device may force a subscription that is actively using a shared RF resource to interrupt its RF operations so that an idle subscription can use the shared RF resource to perform idle-standby mode operations, such as a “tune-away” operation. Similarly, the processor may suspend a subscription in order to save power. When the processor returns a subscription to an active mode of operation, the subscription must reacquire a communication network signal and resynchronize with the communication network. If two or more subscriptions are associated with the same network operator, requiring the network communication signal and re-synchronizing with the network may involve performing the same and thus redundant or duplicate procedures to obtain the same reference timing information required to perform initial access with the same cell.
  • a processor of the wireless device may provide timing information and other related information from one subscription that has established network communication to a second subscription.
  • the second subscription may use this information to determine reference timing and to synchronize with the communication network without the need to perform at least some operations for communication network signal acquisition and synchronization.
  • providing the information of the first subscription to the second subscription does not involve merely copying information from a data structure (e.g., a database) . Rather, the shared information is complex and is configured to be used by the second subscription to calculate timing information, correction values, and/or adjustment values that are used by the second subscription. Sharing the timing information in this way enables the wireless device to communicate with the wireless communication network using the second subscription without performing redundant network signal acquisition and/or synchronization operations for the second subscription.
  • Various embodiments may include a processor of the wireless device providing timing information of a first subscription to a second subscription, in which the timing information is used to communicate via the first subscription with a communication network, determining second timing information for the second subscription based on the timing information of the first subscription, and communicating via the second subscription with the communication network using the determined second timing information.
  • determining the second timing information for the second subscription based on the timing information of the first subscription may include determining a second subscription frame timing using the timing information of the first subscription.
  • determining the second subscription frame timing using the timing information of the first subscription may include determining a second subscription subframe timing using the timing information of the first subscription.
  • Various embodiments improve the operations of a wireless device and a communication network by enabling the wireless device to establish network communication more efficiently for a second (or more) subscription.
  • various embodiments improve the operations of a wireless device and a communication network by improving the quality and efficiency of communication operations of the wireless device and the communication network.
  • FIG. 1 shows a system block diagram illustrating an example communications system.
  • the communications system 100 may be an 5G NR network, or any other suitable network such as an LTE network.
  • a base station is an entity that communicates with wireless devices, and also may be referred to as a Computing platformB, a Computing platform B, an LTE evolved computing platformB (eNB) , an access point (AP) , a radio head, a transmit receive point (TRP) , a New Radio base station (NR BS) , a 5G Computing platformB (NB) , a Next Generation Computing platformB (gNB) , or the like.
  • Each base station may provide communication coverage for a particular geographic area.
  • the term “cell” can refer to a coverage area of a base station, a base station subsystem serving this coverage area, or a combination thereof, depending on the context in which the term is used.
  • a base station 110a-110d may provide communication coverage for a macro cell, a pico cell, a femto cell, another type of cell, or a combination thereof.
  • a macro cell may cover a relatively large geographic area (for example, several kilometers in radius) and may allow unrestricted access by wireless devices with service subscription.
  • a pico cell may cover a relatively small geographic area and may allow unrestricted access by wireless devices with service subscription.
  • a femto cell may cover a relatively small geographic area (for example, a home) and may allow restricted access by wireless devices having association with the femto cell (for example, wireless devices in a closed subscriber group (CSG) ) .
  • a base station for a macro cell may be referred to as a macro BS.
  • a base station for a pico cell may be referred to as a pico BS.
  • a base station for a femto cell may be referred to as a femto BS or a home BS.
  • a base station 110a may be a macro BS for a macro cell 102a
  • a base station 110b may be a pico BS for a pico cell 102b
  • a base station 110c may be a femto BS for a femto cell 102c.
  • a base station 110a-110d may support one or multiple (for example, three) cells.
  • eNB base station
  • NR BS NR BS
  • gNB gNode B
  • TRP AP
  • AP computing platform B
  • 5G NB 5G NB
  • cell cell
  • a cell may not be stationary, and the geographic area of the cell may move according to the location of a mobile base station.
  • the base stations 110a-110d may be interconnected to one another as well as to one or more other base stations or network computing platforms (not illustrated) in the communications system 100 through various types of backhaul interfaces, such as a direct physical connection, a virtual network, or a combination thereof using any suitable transport network
  • the base station 110a-110d may communicate with the core network 140 over a wired or wireless communication link 126.
  • the wireless device 120a-120e may communicate with the base station 110a-110d over a wireless communication link 122.
  • the wired communication link 126 may use a variety of wired networks (e.g., Ethernet, TV cable, telephony, fiber optic and other forms of physical network connections) that may use one or more wired communication protocols, such as Ethernet, Point-To-Point protocol, High-Level Data Link Control (HDLC) , Advanced Data Communication Control Protocol (ADCCP) , and Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) .
  • wired networks e.g., Ethernet, TV cable, telephony, fiber optic and other forms of physical network connections
  • wired communication protocols such as Ethernet, Point-To-Point protocol, High-Level Data Link Control (HDLC) , Advanced Data Communication Control Protocol (ADCCP) , and Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) .
  • HDMI High-Level Data Link Control
  • ADCCP Advanced Data Communication Control Protocol
  • TCP/IP Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol
  • the communications system 100 also may include relay stations (e.g., relay BS 110d) .
  • a relay station is an entity that can receive a transmission of data from an upstream station (for example, a base station or a wireless device) and send a transmission of the data to a downstream station (for example, a wireless device or a base station) .
  • a relay station also may be a wireless device that can relay transmissions for other wireless devices.
  • a relay station 110d may communicate with macro the base station 110a and the wireless device 120d in order to facilitate communication between the base station 110a and the wireless device 120d.
  • a relay station also may be referred to as a relay base station, a relay base station, a relay, etc.
  • the communications system 100 may be a heterogeneous network that includes base stations of different types, for example, macro base stations, pico base stations, femto base stations, relay base stations, etc. These different types of base stations may have different transmit power levels, different coverage areas, and different impacts on interference in communications system 100. For example, macro base stations may have a high transmit power level (for example, 5 to 40 Watts) whereas pico base stations, femto base stations, and relay base stations may have lower transmit power levels (for example, 0.1 to 2 Watts) .
  • macro base stations may have a high transmit power level (for example, 5 to 40 Watts) whereas pico base stations, femto base stations, and relay base stations may have lower transmit power levels (for example, 0.1 to 2 Watts) .
  • a network controller 130 may couple to a set of base stations and may provide coordination and control for these base stations.
  • the network controller 130 may communicate with the base stations via a backhaul.
  • the base stations also may communicate with one another, for example, directly or indirectly via a wireless or wireline backhaul.
  • the wireless devices 120a, 120b, 120c may be dispersed throughout communications system 100, and each wireless device may be stationary or mobile.
  • a wireless device also may be referred to as an access terminal, a terminal, a mobile station, a subscriber unit, a station, etc.
  • a macro base station 110a may communicate with the communication network 140 over a wired or wireless communication link 126.
  • the wireless devices 120a, 120b, 120c may communicate with a base station 110a-110d over a wireless communication link 122.
  • the wireless communication links 122 and 124 may include a plurality of carrier signals, frequencies, or frequency bands, each of which may include a plurality of logical channels.
  • the wireless communication links 122 and 124 may utilize one or more radio access technologies (RATs) .
  • RATs radio access technologies
  • Examples of RATs that may be used in a wireless communication link include 3GPP LTE, 3G, 4G, 5G (e.g., NR) , GSM, Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) , Wideband Code Division Multiple Access (WCDMA) , Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access (WiMAX) , Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA) , and other mobile telephony communication technologies cellular RATs.
  • medium range protocols such as Wi-Fi, LTE-U, LTE-Direct, LAA, MuLTEfire
  • relatively short range RATs such as ZigBee, Bluetooth, and Bluetooth Low Energy (LE) .
  • Certain wireless networks utilize orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) on the downlink and single-carrier frequency division multiplexing (SC-FDM) on the uplink.
  • OFDM and SC-FDM partition the system bandwidth into multiple (K) orthogonal subcarriers, which are also commonly referred to as tones, bins, etc.
  • K orthogonal subcarriers
  • Each subcarrier may be modulated with data.
  • modulation symbols are sent in the frequency domain with OFDM and in the time domain with SC-FDM.
  • the spacing between adjacent subcarriers may be fixed, and the total number of subcarriers (K) may be dependent on the system bandwidth.
  • the spacing of the subcarriers may be 15 kHz and the minimum resource allocation (called a “resource block” ) may be 12 subcarriers (or 180 kHz) . Consequently, the nominal Fast File Transfer (FFT) size may be equal to 128, 256, 512, 1024 or 2048 for system bandwidth of 1.25, 2.5, 5, 10 or 20 megahertz (MHz) , respectively.
  • the system bandwidth also may be partitioned into subbands. For example, a subband may cover 1.08 MHz (i.e., 6 resource blocks) , and there may be 1, 2, 4, 8 or 16 subbands for system bandwidth of 1.25, 2.5, 5, 10 or 20 MHz, respectively.
  • NR new radio
  • 5G 5G network
  • NR may utilize OFDM with a cyclic prefix (CP) on the uplink (UL) and downlink (DL) and include support for half-duplex operation using time division duplex (TDD) .
  • CP cyclic prefix
  • TDD time division duplex
  • a single component carrier bandwidth of 100 MHz may be supported.
  • NR resource blocks may span 12 sub-carriers with a sub-carrier bandwidth of 75 kHz over a 0.1 millisecond (ms) duration.
  • Each radio frame may consist of 50 subframes with a length of 10 ms. Consequently, each subframe may have a length of 0.2 ms.
  • Each subframe may indicate a link direction (i.e., DL or UL) for data transmission and the link direction for each subframe may be dynamically switched.
  • Each subframe may include DL/UL data as well as DL/UL control data.
  • Beamforming may be supported and beam direction may be dynamically configured.
  • Multiple Input Multiple Output (MIMO) transmissions with precoding also may be supported.
  • MIMO configurations in the DL may support up to eight transmit antennas with multi-layer DL transmissions up to eight streams and up to two streams per wireless device. Multi-layer transmissions with up to 2 streams per wireless device may be supported.
  • NR may support a different air interface, other than an OFDM-based air interface.
  • Some wireless devices may be considered machine-type communication (MTC) or evolved or enhanced machine-type communication (eMTC) wireless devices.
  • MTC and eMTC wireless devices include, for example, robots, drones, remote devices, sensors, meters, monitors, location tags, etc., that may communicate with a base station, another device (for example, remote device) , or some other entity.
  • a wireless computing platform may provide, for example, connectivity for or to a network (for example, a wide area network such as Internet or a cellular network) via a wired or wireless communication link.
  • Some wireless devices may be considered Internet-of-Things (IoT) devices or may be implemented as NB-IoT (narrowband internet of things) devices.
  • the wireless device 120a-120e may be included inside a housing that houses components of the wireless device 120a-120e, such as processor components, memory components, similar components, or a combination thereof.
  • any number of communications systems and any number of wireless networks may be deployed in a given geographic area.
  • Each communications system and wireless network may support a particular radio access technology (RAT) and may operate on one or more frequencies.
  • RAT also may be referred to as a radio technology, an air interface, etc.
  • a frequency also may be referred to as a carrier, a frequency channel, etc.
  • Each frequency may support a single RAT in a given geographic area in order to avoid interference between communications systems of different RATs.
  • NR or 5G RAT networks may be deployed.
  • two or more wireless devices may communicate directly using one or more sidelink channels (for example, without using a base station 110a-d as an intermediary to communicate with one another) .
  • the wireless devices 120a-e may communicate using peer-to-peer (P2P) communications, device-to-device (D2D) communications, a vehicle-to-everything (V2X) protocol (which may include a vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) protocol, a vehicle-to-infrastructure (V2I) protocol, or similar protocol) , a mesh network, or similar networks, or combinations thereof.
  • V2X vehicle-to-everything
  • the wireless device 120a-120e may perform scheduling operations, resource selection operations, as well as other operations described elsewhere herein as being performed by the base station 110a-110d.
  • FIG. 2 shows a component block diagram illustrating an example computing system that may be configured to implement management of beam failure recovery. Some implementations may be implemented on a number of single processor and multiprocessor computer systems, including a system-on-chip (SOC) or system in a package (SIP) .
  • SOC system-on-chip
  • SIP system in a package
  • the example illustrated in FIG. 2 is a SIP 200 architecture that may be used in wireless devices implementing some implementations.
  • the illustrated example SIP 200 includes a two SOCs 202, 204, coupled to a clock 206, a voltage regulator 208, and a wireless transceiver 266 configured to send and receive wireless communications via an antenna (not shown) to/from wireless devices, such as a base station 110a.
  • the first SOC 202 may operate as central processing unit (CPU) of the wireless device that carries out the instructions of software application programs by performing the arithmetic, logical, control and input/output (I/O) operations specified by the instructions.
  • the second SOC 204 may operate as a specialized processing unit.
  • the second SOC 204 may operate as a specialized 5G processing unit responsible for managing high volume, high speed (e.g., 5 Gbps, etc. ) , or very high frequency short wave length (e.g., 28 GHz mmWave spectrum, etc. ) communications.
  • high speed e.g., 5 Gbps, etc.
  • very high frequency short wave length e.g., 28 GHz mmWave spectrum, etc.
  • the first SOC 202 may include a digital signal processor (DSP) 210, a modem processor 212, a graphics processor 214, an application processor 216, one or more coprocessors 218 (e.g., vector co-processor) connected to one or more of the processors, memory 220, custom circuity 222, system components and resources 224, an interconnection/bus module 226, one or more temperature sensors 230, a thermal management unit 232, and a thermal power envelope (TPE) component 234.
  • DSP digital signal processor
  • modem processor 212 e.g., a graphics processor 214
  • an application processor 216 e.g., one or more coprocessors 218 (e.g., vector co-processor) connected to one or more of the processors, memory 220, custom circuity 222, system components and resources 224, an interconnection/bus module 226, one or more temperature sensors 230, a thermal management unit 232, and a thermal power envelope (TPE) component 234.
  • TPE
  • the second SOC 204 may include a 5G modem processor 252, a power management unit 254, an interconnection/bus module 264, a plurality of mmWave transceivers 256, memory 258, and various additional processors 260, such as an applications processor, packet processor, etc.
  • Each processor 210, 212, 214, 216, 218, 252, 260 may include one or more cores, and each processor/core may perform operations independent of the other processors/cores.
  • the first SOC 202 may include a processor that executes a first type of operating system (e.g., FreeBSD, LINUX, OS X, etc. ) and a processor that executes a second type of operating system (e.g., MICROSOFT WINDOWS 10) .
  • a first type of operating system e.g., FreeBSD, LINUX, OS X, etc.
  • a second type of operating system e.g., MICROSOFT WINDOWS 10.
  • processors 210, 212, 214, 216, 218, 252, 260 may be included as part of a processor cluster architecture (e.g., a synchronous processor cluster architecture, an asynchronous or heterogeneous processor cluster architecture, etc. ) .
  • a processor cluster architecture e.g., a synchronous processor cluster architecture, an asynchronous or heterogeneous processor cluster architecture, etc.
  • the first and second SOC 202, 204 may include various system components, resources and custom circuitry for managing sensor data, analog-to-digital conversions, wireless data transmissions, and for performing other specialized operations, such as decoding data packets and processing encoded audio and video signals for rendering in a web browser.
  • the system components and resources 224 of the first SOC 202 may include power amplifiers, voltage regulators, oscillators, phase-locked loops, peripheral bridges, data controllers, memory controllers, system controllers, access ports, timers, and other similar components used to support the processors and software clients running on a wireless device.
  • the system components and resources 224 or custom circuitry 222 also may include circuitry to interface with peripheral devices, such as cameras, electronic displays, wireless communication devices, external memory chips, etc.
  • the first and second SOC 202, 204 may communicate via interconnection/bus module 250.
  • the various processors 210, 212, 214, 216, 218, may be interconnected to one or more memory elements 220, system components and resources 224, and custom circuitry 222, and a thermal management unit 232 via an interconnection/bus module 226.
  • the processor 252 may be interconnected to the power management unit 254, the mmWave transceivers 256, memory 258, and various additional processors 260 via the interconnection/bus module 264.
  • the interconnection/bus module 226, 250, 264 may include an array of reconfigurable logic gates or implement a bus architecture (e.g., CoreConnect, AMBA, etc. ) . Communications may be provided by advanced interconnects, such as high-performance networks-on chip (NoCs) .
  • NoCs high-performance networks-on chip
  • the first or second SOCs 202, 204 may further include an input/output module (not illustrated) for communicating with resources external to the SOC, such as a clock 206 and a voltage regulator 208.
  • resources external to the SOC e.g., clock 206, voltage regulator 208 may be shared by two or more of the internal SOC processors/cores.
  • implementations may be implemented in a wide variety of computing systems, which may include a single processor, multiple processors, multicore processors, or any combination thereof.
  • FIG. 3 shows a component block diagram of an example of a software architecture 300 including a radio protocol stack for the user and control planes in wireless communications.
  • the software architecture 300 including a radio protocol stack for the user and control planes in wireless communications between a base station 350 (e.g., the base station 110a) and a wireless device 320 (e.g., the wireless device 120a-120e, 200) .
  • the wireless device 320 may implement the software architecture 300 to communicate with the base station 350 of a communication system (e.g., 100) .
  • layers in software architecture 300 may form logical connections with corresponding layers in software of the base station 350.
  • the software architecture 300 may be distributed among one or more processors (e.g., the processors 212, 214, 216, 218, 252, 260) . While illustrated with respect to one radio protocol stack, in a multi-SIM (subscriber identity module) wireless device, the software architecture 300 may include multiple protocol stacks, each of which may be associated with a different SIM (e.g., two protocol stacks associated with two SIMs, respectively, in a dual-SIM wireless communication device) . While described below with reference to LTE communication layers, the software architecture 300 may support any of variety of standards and protocols for wireless communications, or may include additional protocol stacks that support any of variety of standards and protocols wireless communications.
  • processors e.g., the processors 212, 214, 216, 218, 252, 260
  • the software architecture 300 may include multiple protocol stacks, each of which may be associated with a different SIM (e.g., two protocol stacks associated with two SIMs, respectively, in a dual-SIM wireless communication device) . While described below with
  • the software architecture 300 may include a Non-Access Stratum (NAS) 302 and an Access Stratum (AS) 304.
  • the NAS 302 may include functions and protocols to support packet filtering, security management, mobility control, session management, and traffic and signaling between a SIM (s) of the wireless device (e.g., SIM(s) 204) and its core network 140.
  • the AS 304 may include functions and protocols that support communication between a SIM (s) (e.g., SIM (s) 204) and entities of supported access networks (e.g., a base station) .
  • the AS 304 may include at least three layers (Layer 1, Layer 2, and Layer 3) , each of which may contain various sub-layers.
  • Layer 1 (L1) of the AS 304 may be a physical layer (PHY) 306, which may oversee functions that enable transmission or reception over the air interface via a wireless transceiver (for example, 266) .
  • PHY physical layer
  • Examples of such physical layer 306 functions may include cyclic redundancy check (CRC) attachment, coding blocks, scrambling and descrambling, modulation and demodulation, signal measurements, MIMO, etc.
  • the physical layer may include various logical channels, including the Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) and the Physical Downlink Shared Channel (PDSCH) .
  • PDCH Physical Downlink Control Channel
  • PDSCH Physical Downlink Shared Channel
  • Layer 2 (L2) of the AS 304 may be responsible for the link between the wireless device 320 and the base station 350 over the physical layer 306.
  • Layer 2 may include a media access control (MAC) sublayer 308, a radio link control (RLC) sublayer 310, and a packet data convergence protocol (PDCP) 312 sublayer, each of which form logical connections terminating at the base station 350.
  • MAC media access control
  • RLC radio link control
  • PDCP packet data convergence protocol
  • Layer 3 (L3) of the AS 304 may include a radio resource control (RRC) sublayer 3.
  • RRC radio resource control
  • the software architecture 300 may include additional Layer 3 sublayers, as well as various upper layers above Layer 3.
  • the RRC sublayer 313 may provide functions INCLUDING broadcasting system information, paging, and establishing and releasing an RRC signaling connection between the wireless device 320 and the base station 350.
  • the PDCP sublayer 312 may provide uplink functions including multiplexing between different radio bearers and logical channels, sequence number addition, handover data handling, integrity protection, ciphering, and header compression.
  • the PDCP sublayer 312 may provide functions that include in-sequence delivery of data packets, duplicate data packet detection, integrity validation, deciphering, and header decompression.
  • the RLC sublayer 310 may provide segmentation and concatenation of upper layer data packets, retransmission of lost data packets, and Automatic Repeat Request (ARQ) .
  • ARQ Automatic Repeat Request
  • the RLC sublayer 310 functions may include reordering of data packets to compensate for out-of-order reception, reassembly of upper layer data packets, and ARQ.
  • MAC sublayer 308 may provide functions including multiplexing between logical and transport channels, random access procedure, logical channel priority, and hybrid-ARQ (HARQ) operations.
  • the MAC layer functions may include channel mapping within a cell, de-multiplexing, discontinuous reception (DRX) , and HARQ operations.
  • the software architecture 300 may provide functions to transmit data through physical media
  • the software architecture 300 may further include at least one host layer 314 to provide data transfer services to various applications in the wireless device 320.
  • application-specific functions provided by the at least one host layer 314 may provide an interface between the software architecture and the general purpose processor 206.
  • the software architecture 300 may include one or more higher logical layer (e.g., transport, session, presentation, application, etc. ) that provide host layer functions.
  • the software architecture 300 may include a network layer (e.g., Internet Protocol (IP) layer) in which a logical connection terminates at a packet data network (PDN) gateway (PGW) .
  • IP Internet Protocol
  • PGW packet data network gateway
  • the software architecture 300 may include an application layer in which a logical connection terminates at another device (e.g., end user device, server, etc. ) .
  • the software architecture 300 may further include in the AS 304 a hardware interface 316 between the physical layer 306 and the communication hardware (e.g., one or more radio frequency (RF) transceivers) .
  • RF radio frequency
  • FIG. 4 is a component block diagram illustrating a system 400 configured to manage network communication performed by a processor of a wireless device in accordance with various embodiments.
  • system 400 may include a wireless device 402 (for example, wireless device 120a-120e, 200, 320) configured to communicate with a wireless communication network 424.
  • the wireless communication network 424 may include base stations 110a-110d, 350 and other network devices and systems as illustrated in FIG. 1.
  • the wireless device 402 may include one or more processors 428 coupled to electronic storage 426 and a wireless transceiver 266.
  • the wireless transceiver 266 may be configured to receive messages to be sent in uplink transmissions from the one or more processors 428, and to transmit such messages via an antenna (not shown) to a wireless communication network 424.
  • the wireless transceiver 266 may be configured to receive messages from the wireless communication network 424 and pass the messages (e.g., via a modem that demodulates the messages) to the one or more processors 428.
  • Machine-readable instructions 406 may include one or more instruction modules.
  • the instruction modules may include computer program modules.
  • the instruction modules may include one or more of a timing information provision module 408, a timing information determination module 410, a network communication module 412, or other instruction modules.
  • the timing information provision module 408 may be configured to provide timing information of a first subscription to a second subscription, wherein the timing information is used to communicate via the first subscription with a communication network.
  • the timing information of the first subscription may include one or more of common reference signal timing information and forward detected frequency error information.
  • the timing information determination module 410 may be configured to determine second timing information for the second subscription based on the timing information of the first subscription. In some embodiments, the timing information determination module 410 may be configured to determine the second timing information for the second subscription based on the timing information of the first subscription comprises determining a second subscription frame timing using the timing information of the first subscription. In some embodiments, the timing information determination module 410 may be configured to determine a second subscription subframe timing using the timing information of the first subscription. In some embodiments, the timing information determination module 410 may be configured to determine the second timing information for the second subscription based on the relationship between timing information of the first subscription and timing information of a timing device of the wireless device.
  • the network communication module 412 may be configured to communicate via the second subscription with the communication network using the determined second timing information. In some embodiments, the network communication module 412 may be configured to perform synchronization with second subscription signals of the communication network using the determined second timing information. In some embodiments, the network communication module 412 may be configured to send a connection request to the communication network using the determined second timing information. In some embodiments, the network communication module 412 may be configured to communicate via the second subscription with the communication network using the determined second timing information comprises communicating via the first subscription and via the second subscription with a same cell of the communication network.
  • the wireless device 402 may include an electronic storage 426, one or more processors 428, and other components.
  • the wireless device 402 may include communication lines, or ports to enable the exchange of information with a network and/or other computing platforms.
  • the illustration of the wireless device 402 in FIG. 4 is not intended to be limiting.
  • the wireless device 402 may include a plurality of hardware, software, and/or firmware components operating together to provide the functionality attributed herein to the wireless device 402.
  • the electronic storage 426 may comprise non-transitory storage media that electronically stores information.
  • the electronic storage media of the electronic storage 426 may include one or both of system storage that is provided integrally (i.e., substantially non-removable) with wireless device 402 and/or removable storage that is removably connectable to wireless device 402 via, for example, a port (e.g., a universal serial bus (USB) port, a firewire port, etc. ) or a drive (e.g., a disk drive, etc. ) .
  • the electronic storage 426 may include one or more of optically readable storage media (e.g., optical disks, etc.
  • Electronic storage 426 may include one or more virtual storage resources (e.g., cloud storage, a virtual private network, and/or other virtual storage resources) .
  • the electronic storage 426 may store software algorithms, information determined by processor (s) 428, information received from wireless device 402, or other information that enables the wireless device 402 to function as described herein.
  • Processor (s) 428 may be configured to provide information processing capabilities in the wireless device 402.
  • processor (s) 428 may include one or more of a digital processor, an analog processor, a digital circuit designed to process information, an analog circuit designed to process information, a state machine, and/or other mechanisms for electronically processing information.
  • processor (s) 428 is shown in FIG. 4 as a single entity, this is for illustrative purposes only.
  • processor (s) 428 may include a plurality of processing units. These processing units may be physically located within the same device, or processor (s) 428 may represent processing functionality of a plurality of devices operating in coordination.
  • Processor (s) 428 may be configured to execute modules 408–418, and/or other modules.
  • Processor (s) 434 may be configured to execute modules 408–418, and/or other modules by software; hardware; firmware; some combination of software, hardware, and/or firmware; and/or other mechanisms for configuring processing capabilities on the processor (s) 428.
  • module may refer to any component or set of components that perform the functionality attributed to the module. This may include one or more physical processors during execution of processor readable instructions, the processor readable instructions, circuitry, hardware, storage media, or any other components.
  • modules 408–418 may provide more or less functionality than is described.
  • processor (s) 428 may be configured to execute one or more additional modules that may perform some or all of the functionality attributed below to one of the modules 408–418.
  • FIG. 5 is a process flow diagram illustrating a method performed by a processor of a wireless device for managing network communication according to various embodiments.
  • the operations of the method 500 may be performed by a processor of a wireless device (e.g., the wireless device 120a-120e, 200, 320, 402) .
  • the processor may use a “fast slamming” algorithm or another suitable algorithm to provide the timing information of the first subscription to the second subscription.
  • Means for performing functions of the operations in block 502 may include the processor (e.g., 210, 212, 214, 216, 218, 252, 260, 428) coupled to a wireless transceiver (e.g., 266) .
  • the processor may determine second timing information for the second subscription based on the timing information of the first subscription. In some embodiments, the processor may calculate one or more values of the second timing information using the timing information of the first subscription. Means for performing functions of the operations in block 504 may include the processor (e.g., 210, 212, 214, 216, 218, 252, 260, 428) .
  • the processor may communicate via the second subscription with the communication network using the determined second timing information.
  • the processor may communicate via the first subscription and via the second subscription with a same cell of the communication network.
  • Means for performing functions of the operations in block 506 may include the processor (e.g., 210, 212, 214, 216, 218, 252, 260, 428) coupled to a wireless transceiver (e.g., 266) .
  • FIGS. 6A–6E are process flows diagram 600a–600e illustrating operations that may be performed by a processor (e.g., 210, 212, 214, 216, 218, 252, 260, 428) of a wireless device (e.g., the wireless device 120a-120e, 200, 320, 402) as part of the method 500 for managing network communication according to various embodiments.
  • a processor e.g., 210, 212, 214, 216, 218, 252, 260, 428
  • a wireless device e.g., the wireless device 120a-120e, 200, 320, 402
  • the processor may determine a second subscription frame timing using the timing information of the first subscription in block 602.
  • the processor may determine (or calculate) a frame base, frame boundary, or frame boundary timing for the second subscription using the timing information of the first subscription.
  • Means for performing functions of the operations in block 602 may include the processor (e.g., 210, 212, 214, 216, 218, 252, 260, 428) coupled to a wireless transceiver (e.g., 266) .
  • the processor may proceed to perform the operations of block 506 of the method 500 (FIG. 5) .
  • the processor may determine a second subscription subframe timing using the timing information of the first subscription in block 604.
  • the processor may determine (or calculate) a subframe base, subframe boundary, or subframe boundary timing for the second subscription using the timing information of the first subscription.
  • Means for performing functions of the operations in block 604 may include the processor (e.g., 210, 212, 214, 216, 218, 252, 260, 428) coupled to a wireless transceiver (e.g., 266) .
  • the processor may proceed to perform the operations of block 506 of the method 500 (FIG. 5) .
  • the processor may perform synchronization with second subscription signals of the communication network using the determined second timing information in block 606. For example, using the second timing information, the processor may perform one or more operations to bring the second subscription into synchronization with one or more second subscription signals from the cell.
  • Means for performing functions of the operations in block 606 may include the processor (e.g., 210, 212, 214, 216, 218, 252, 260, 428) coupled to a wireless transceiver (e.g., 266) .
  • the processor may send a connection request to the communication network using the determined second timing information in block 608.
  • the processor may send a radio resource control (RRC) connection request or another suitable connection request to the communication network using the determined second timing information.
  • RRC radio resource control
  • Means for performing functions of the operations in block 608 may include the processor (e.g., 210, 212, 214, 216, 218, 252, 260, 428) coupled to a wireless transceiver (e.g., 266) .
  • the processor may determine the second timing information for the second subscription based on a relationship between the timing information of the first subscription and the timing information of a timing device of the wireless device in block 610.
  • the timing information of the first subscription may include a relationship between the timing information of the first subscription and timing information of the timing device of the wireless device.
  • the timing device may include a clock of the wireless device configured to determine a passage of time, such as an oscillator or another suitable timing device.
  • the processor may determine for the first subscription a relationship between a wireless device timing and a network timing of the first subscription.
  • the processor may determine the timing relationship for the first subscription over time, as the processor sends or receives signals of the first subscription. In some embodiments, using the relationship between the timing information of the first subscription and the timing information of the timing device of the wireless device, the processor may determine the second timing information for the second subscription.
  • Means for performing functions of the operations in block 610 may include the processor (e.g., 210, 212, 214, 216, 218, 252, 260, 428) coupled to a wireless transceiver (e.g., 266) .
  • the processor may proceed to perform the operations of block 506 of the method 500 (FIG. 5) .
  • the wireless device 700 may include a first SOC 202 (for example, a SOC-CPU) coupled to a second SOC 204 (for example, a 5G capable SOC) .
  • the first and second SOCs 202, 204 may be coupled to internal memory 706, 716, a display 712, and to a speaker 714.
  • the wireless device 700 may include an antenna 704 for sending and receiving electromagnetic radiation that may be connected to a wireless data link or cellular telephone transceiver 266 coupled to one or more processors in the first or second SOCs 202, 204.
  • the wireless device 700 may include menu selection buttons or rocker switches 720 for receiving user inputs.
  • the wireless device 700 may include a sound encoding/decoding (CODEC) circuit 710, which digitizes sound received from a microphone into data packets suitable for wireless transmission and decodes received sound data packets to generate analog signals that are provided to the speaker to generate sound.
  • CODEC sound encoding/decoding
  • one or more of the processors in the first and second SOCs 202, 204, wireless transceiver 266 and CODEC 710 may include a digital signal processor (DSP) circuit (not shown separately) .
  • DSP digital signal processor
  • the processors of the wireless device 700 may be any programmable microprocessor, microcomputer or multiple processor chip or chips that can be configured by software instructions (applications) to perform a variety of functions, including the functions of some implementations described below.
  • multiple processors may be provided, such as one processor within an SOC 204 dedicated to wireless communication functions and one processor within an SOC 202 dedicated to running other applications.
  • software applications may be stored in the memory 706 before they are accessed and loaded into a processor 202, 204.
  • the processors may include internal memory sufficient to store the application software instructions.
  • a component may be, but is not limited to, a process running on a processor, a processor, an object, an executable, a thread of execution, a program, or a computer.
  • a component may be, but is not limited to, a process running on a processor, a processor, an object, an executable, a thread of execution, a program, or a computer.
  • an application running on a wireless device and the wireless device may be referred to as a component.
  • One or more components may reside within a process or thread of execution and a component may be localized on one processor or core or distributed between two or more processors or cores. In addition, these components may execute from various non-transitory computer readable media having various instructions or data structures stored thereon. Components may communicate by way of local or remote processes, function or procedure calls, electronic signals, data packets, memory read/writes, and other known network, computer, processor, or process related communication methodologies.
  • Such services and standards include, e.g., third generation partnership project (3GPP) , long term evolution (LTE) systems, third generation wireless mobile communication technology (3G) , fourth generation wireless mobile communication technology (4G) , fifth generation wireless mobile communication technology (5G) , global system for mobile communications (GSM) , universal mobile telecommunications system (UMTS) , 3GSM, general packet radio service (GPRS) , code division multiple access (CDMA) systems (e.g., cdmaOne, CDMA1020TM) , enhanced data rates for GSM evolution (EDGE) , advanced mobile phone system (AMPS) , digital AMPS (IS-136/TDMA) , evolution-data optimized (EV-DO) , digital enhanced cordless telecommunications (DECT) , Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access (WiMAX) , wireless local area network (WLAN)
  • 3GPP third generation partnership project
  • LTE long term evolution
  • 4G fourth generation wireless mobile communication technology
  • 5G fifth generation wireless mobile communication
  • DSP digital signal processor
  • ASIC application specific integrated circuit
  • FPGA field programmable gate array
  • a general-purpose processor may be a microprocessor, but, in the alternative, the processor may be any conventional processor, controller, microcontroller, or state machine.
  • a processor may also be implemented as a combination of receiver smart objects, e.g., a combination of a DSP and a microprocessor, a plurality of microprocessors, one or more microprocessors in conjunction with a DSP core, or any other such configuration. Alternatively, some operations or methods may be performed by circuitry that is specific to a given function.
  • the functions described may be implemented in hardware, software, firmware, or any combination thereof. If implemented in software, the functions may be stored as one or more instructions or code on a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium or non-transitory processor-readable storage medium.
  • the operations of a method or algorithm disclosed herein may be embodied in a processor-executable software module or processor-executable instructions, which may reside on a non-transitory computer-readable or processor-readable storage medium.
  • Non-transitory computer-readable or processor-readable storage media may be any storage media that may be accessed by a computer or a processor.
  • non-transitory computer-readable or processor-readable storage media may include RAM, ROM, EEPROM, FLASH memory, CD-ROM or other optical disk storage, magnetic disk storage or other magnetic storage smart objects, or any other medium that may be used to store desired program code in the form of instructions or data structures and that may be accessed by a computer.
  • Disk and disc includes compact disc (CD) , laser disc, optical disc, digital versatile disc (DVD) , floppy disk, and Blu-ray disc where disks usually reproduce data magnetically, while discs reproduce data optically with lasers. Combinations of the above are also included within the scope of non-transitory computer-readable and processor-readable media.
  • the operations of a method or algorithm may reside as one or any combination or set of codes and/or instructions on a non-transitory processor-readable storage medium and/or computer-readable storage medium, which may be incorporated into a computer program product.

Abstract

Embodiments include methods for managing network communications that may be performed by a processor of a wireless device configured to communicate with a communication network using a first subscription and a second subscription. The processor may provide to the second subscription timing information used by the wireless device to communicate via the first subscription. The processor may determine second timing information for the second subscription based on the timing information of the first subscription. The wireless device may communicate via the second subscription with the communication network using the determined second timing information.

Description

Methods For Managing Network Communication BACKGROUND
A multi-subscription wireless device includes more than one subscriber identity module (SIM) and connects to two or more separate mobile telephony networks using one or more shared radio frequency (RF) resources/radios. Each subscription may trigger a separate cell search and initial attachment procedure (e.g., “camping” on a cell) to establish a communication link with a cell. The cell search and attachment procedure may occur, for example, following power up of the wireless device, or after exiting “airplane mode” or another mode in which network communication has been suspended, or when a new SIM card is inserted into the wireless device.
All subscriptions of the wireless device do not operate in an active mode continuously. Rather, a subscription may be suspended for a period of time. For example, the wireless device may force a subscription that is actively using a shared RF resource to interrupt its RF operations so that an idle subscription can use the shared RF resource to perform idle-standby mode operations. This process of switching access of the shared RF resource from the active subscription to the idle subscription is referred to as a “tune-away” or a “tune-away event, ” as the RF resource must tune-away from the frequency bands and/or channels of the active subscription and tune to frequency bands/channels of the idle subscription. Similarly, a subscription may be suspended for power saving purposes. When a subscription returns to an active mode of operation, is granted access to the shared RF resource, etc., the subscription must reacquire a communication network signal and resynchronize with the communication network. If two or more subscriptions are associated with the same network operator, the wireless device may perform redundant or duplicate procedures to obtain and perform initial access with the same cell and/or obtain the same reference timing information.
SUMMARY
Various aspects include systems and methods for managing network communication performed by a processor of a wireless device. Various aspects may enable a wireless device to avoid performing redundant or duplicate operations in managing communications with a wireless communications network, thereby improving the operational efficiency and power consumption of the wireless device. Various aspects may include the processor of the wireless device providing timing information of a first subscription to a second subscription, in which the timing information is used to communicate via the first subscription with a communication network, determining second timing information for the second subscription based on the timing information of the first subscription, and communicating via the second subscription with the communication network using the determined second timing information.
In some aspects, determining the second timing information for the second subscription based on the timing information of the first subscription may include determining a second subscription frame timing using the timing information of the first subscription. In some aspects, determining the second subscription frame timing using the timing information of the first subscription may include determining a second subscription subframe timing using the timing information of the first subscription.
In some aspects, communicating via the second subscription with the communication network using the determined second timing information may include performing synchronization with second subscription signals of the communication network using the determined second timing information. In some aspects, communicating via the second subscription with the communication network using the determined second timing information may include sending a connection request to the communication network using the determined second timing information.
In some aspects, the timing information of the first subscription may include a relationship between the timing information of the first subscription and timing information of a timing device of the wireless device, and determining second timing information for the second subscription based on the timing information of the first subscription may include determining the second timing information for the second subscription based on the relationship between the timing information of the first subscription and the timing information of the timing device of the wireless device.
In some aspects, the timing information of the first subscription may include one or more of common reference signal timing information and forward detected frequency error information. In some aspects, communicating via the second subscription with the communication network using the determined second timing information may include communicating via the first subscription and via the second subscription with a same cell of the communication network.
Further aspects may include a wireless device having a processor configured to perform one or more operations of any of the methods summarized above. Further aspects may include processing devices for use in a wireless device configured with processor-executable instructions to perform operations of any of the methods summarized above. Further aspects may include a non-transitory processor-readable storage medium having stored thereon processor-executable instructions configured to cause a processor of a wireless device to perform operations of any of the methods summarized above. Further aspects include a wireless device having means for performing functions of any of the methods summarized above. Further aspects include a system on chip for use in a wireless device that includes a processor configured to perform one or more operations of any of the methods summarized above. Further aspects include a system in a package that includes two systems on chip for use in a wireless device that includes a processor configured to perform one or more operations of any of the methods summarized above.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
FIG. 1 is a system block diagram illustrating an example communications system suitable for use with various embodiments.
FIG. 2 is a component block diagram illustrating an example computing system suitable for use with various embodiments.
FIG. 3 is a component block diagram of an example software architecture including a radio protocol stack for the user and control planes in wireless communications suitable for use with various embodiments.
FIG. 4 is a component block diagram illustrating a system configured to manage network communication in accordance with various embodiments.
FIG. 5 is a process flow diagram illustrating a method performed by a processor of a wireless device for managing network communication according to various embodiments.
FIGS. 6A–6E are process flows diagram illustrating operations that may be performed as part of a method performed by a processor of a wireless device for managing network communication according to various embodiments.
FIG. 7 is a component block diagram of a wireless communication device suitable for use with various embodiments.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION
Various embodiments will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. Wherever possible, the same reference numbers will be used throughout the drawings to refer to the same or like parts. References made to particular examples and implementations are for illustrative purposes, and are not intended to limit the scope of the claims.
The term “wireless device” is used herein to refer to any one or all of wireless router devices, wireless appliances, cellular telephones, smartphones, portable computing devices, personal or mobile multi-media players, laptop computers, tablet  computers, smartbooks, ultrabooks, palmtop computers, wireless electronic mail receivers, multimedia Internet-enabled cellular telephones, medical devices and equipment, biometric sensors/devices, wearable devices including smart watches, smart clothing, smart glasses, smart wrist bands, smart jewelry (for example, smart rings and smart bracelets) , entertainment devices (for example, wireless gaming controllers, music and video players, satellite radios, etc. ) , wireless-network enabled Internet of Things (IoT) devices including smart meters/sensors, industrial manufacturing equipment, large and small machinery and appliances for home or enterprise use, wireless communication elements within autonomous and semiautonomous vehicles, wireless devices affixed to or incorporated into various mobile platforms, global positioning system devices, and similar electronic devices that include a memory, wireless communication components and a programmable processor.
The term “system on chip” (SOC) is used herein to refer to a single integrated circuit (IC) chip that contains multiple resources or processors integrated on a single substrate. A single SOC may contain circuitry for digital, analog, mixed-signal, and radio-frequency functions. A single SOC also may include any number of general purpose or specialized processors (digital signal processors, modem processors, video processors, etc. ) , memory blocks (e.g., ROM, RAM, Flash, etc. ) , and resources (e.g., timers, voltage regulators, oscillators, etc. ) . SOCs also may include software for controlling the integrated resources and processors, as well as for controlling peripheral devices.
The term “system in a package” (SIP) may be used herein to refer to a single module or package that contains multiple resources, computational units, cores or processors on two or more IC chips, substrates, or SOCs. For example, a SIP may include a single substrate on which multiple IC chips or semiconductor dies are stacked in a vertical configuration. Similarly, the SIP may include one or more multi-chip modules (MCMs) on which multiple ICs or semiconductor dies are packaged into a unifying substrate. A SIP also may include multiple independent SOCs coupled  together via high speed communication circuitry and packaged in close proximity, such as on a single motherboard or in a single wireless device. The proximity of the SOCs facilitates high speed communications and the sharing of memory and resources.
Typically, the subscriptions of a multi-subscription wireless device do not operate in an active mode continuously. Rather, the processor of the wireless device may suspend operation of a subscription for a period of time. For example, the wireless device may force a subscription that is actively using a shared RF resource to interrupt its RF operations so that an idle subscription can use the shared RF resource to perform idle-standby mode operations, such as a “tune-away” operation. Similarly, the processor may suspend a subscription in order to save power. When the processor returns a subscription to an active mode of operation, the subscription must reacquire a communication network signal and resynchronize with the communication network. If two or more subscriptions are associated with the same network operator, requiring the network communication signal and re-synchronizing with the network may involve performing the same and thus redundant or duplicate procedures to obtain the same reference timing information required to perform initial access with the same cell.
Various embodiments enable a dual subscription wireless device to manage network communications so as to reduce the performance of duplicate or redundant operations by the wireless device. In various embodiments, a processor of the wireless device may provide timing information and other related information from one subscription that has established network communication to a second subscription. The second subscription may use this information to determine reference timing and to synchronize with the communication network without the need to perform at least some operations for communication network signal acquisition and synchronization. In various embodiments, providing the information of the first subscription to the second subscription does not involve merely copying information from a data structure (e.g., a database) . Rather, the shared information is  complex and is configured to be used by the second subscription to calculate timing information, correction values, and/or adjustment values that are used by the second subscription. Sharing the timing information in this way enables the wireless device to communicate with the wireless communication network using the second subscription without performing redundant network signal acquisition and/or synchronization operations for the second subscription.
Various embodiments may include a processor of the wireless device providing timing information of a first subscription to a second subscription, in which the timing information is used to communicate via the first subscription with a communication network, determining second timing information for the second subscription based on the timing information of the first subscription, and communicating via the second subscription with the communication network using the determined second timing information. In some embodiments, determining the second timing information for the second subscription based on the timing information of the first subscription may include determining a second subscription frame timing using the timing information of the first subscription. In some embodiments, determining the second subscription frame timing using the timing information of the first subscription may include determining a second subscription subframe timing using the timing information of the first subscription.
Various embodiments improve the operations of a wireless device and a communication network by enabling the wireless device to establish network communication more efficiently for a second (or more) subscription. Thus, various embodiments improve the operations of a wireless device and a communication network by improving the quality and efficiency of communication operations of the wireless device and the communication network.
FIG. 1 shows a system block diagram illustrating an example communications system. The communications system 100 may be an 5G NR network, or any other suitable network such as an LTE network.
The communications system 100 may include a heterogeneous network architecture that includes a core network 140 and a variety of wireless devices (illustrated as wireless device 120a-120e in FIG. 1) . The communications system 100 also may include a number of base stations (illustrated as the BS 110a, the BS 110b, the BS 110c, and the BS 110d) and other network entities. A base station is an entity that communicates with wireless devices, and also may be referred to as a Computing platformB, a Computing platform B, an LTE evolved computing platformB (eNB) , an access point (AP) , a radio head, a transmit receive point (TRP) , a New Radio base station (NR BS) , a 5G Computing platformB (NB) , a Next Generation Computing platformB (gNB) , or the like. Each base station may provide communication coverage for a particular geographic area. In 3GPP, the term “cell” can refer to a coverage area of a base station, a base station subsystem serving this coverage area, or a combination thereof, depending on the context in which the term is used.
base station 110a-110d may provide communication coverage for a macro cell, a pico cell, a femto cell, another type of cell, or a combination thereof. A macro cell may cover a relatively large geographic area (for example, several kilometers in radius) and may allow unrestricted access by wireless devices with service subscription. A pico cell may cover a relatively small geographic area and may allow unrestricted access by wireless devices with service subscription. A femto cell may cover a relatively small geographic area (for example, a home) and may allow restricted access by wireless devices having association with the femto cell (for example, wireless devices in a closed subscriber group (CSG) ) . A base station for a macro cell may be referred to as a macro BS. A base station for a pico cell may be referred to as a pico BS. A base station for a femto cell may be referred to as a femto BS or a home BS. In the example illustrated in FIG. 1, a base station 110a may be a macro BS for a macro cell 102a, a base station 110b may be a pico BS for a pico cell 102b, and a base station 110c may be a femto BS for a femto cell 102c. A base station 110a-110d may support one or multiple (for example, three) cells. The terms “eNB” ,  “base station” , “NR BS” , “gNB” , “TRP” , “AP” , “computing platform B” , “5G NB” , and “cell” may be used interchangeably herein.
In some examples, a cell may not be stationary, and the geographic area of the cell may move according to the location of a mobile base station. In some examples, the base stations 110a-110d may be interconnected to one another as well as to one or more other base stations or network computing platforms (not illustrated) in the communications system 100 through various types of backhaul interfaces, such as a direct physical connection, a virtual network, or a combination thereof using any suitable transport network
The base station 110a-110d may communicate with the core network 140 over a wired or wireless communication link 126. The wireless device 120a-120e may communicate with the base station 110a-110d over a wireless communication link 122.
The wired communication link 126 may use a variety of wired networks (e.g., Ethernet, TV cable, telephony, fiber optic and other forms of physical network connections) that may use one or more wired communication protocols, such as Ethernet, Point-To-Point protocol, High-Level Data Link Control (HDLC) , Advanced Data Communication Control Protocol (ADCCP) , and Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) .
The communications system 100 also may include relay stations (e.g., relay BS 110d) . A relay station is an entity that can receive a transmission of data from an upstream station (for example, a base station or a wireless device) and send a transmission of the data to a downstream station (for example, a wireless device or a base station) . A relay station also may be a wireless device that can relay transmissions for other wireless devices. In the example illustrated in FIG. 1, a relay station 110d may communicate with macro the base station 110a and the wireless device 120d in order to facilitate communication between the base station 110a and  the wireless device 120d. A relay station also may be referred to as a relay base station, a relay base station, a relay, etc.
The communications system 100 may be a heterogeneous network that includes base stations of different types, for example, macro base stations, pico base stations, femto base stations, relay base stations, etc. These different types of base stations may have different transmit power levels, different coverage areas, and different impacts on interference in communications system 100. For example, macro base stations may have a high transmit power level (for example, 5 to 40 Watts) whereas pico base stations, femto base stations, and relay base stations may have lower transmit power levels (for example, 0.1 to 2 Watts) .
network controller 130 may couple to a set of base stations and may provide coordination and control for these base stations. The network controller 130 may communicate with the base stations via a backhaul. The base stations also may communicate with one another, for example, directly or indirectly via a wireless or wireline backhaul.
The  wireless devices  120a, 120b, 120c may be dispersed throughout communications system 100, and each wireless device may be stationary or mobile. A wireless device also may be referred to as an access terminal, a terminal, a mobile station, a subscriber unit, a station, etc.
macro base station 110a may communicate with the communication network 140 over a wired or wireless communication link 126. The  wireless devices  120a, 120b, 120c may communicate with a base station 110a-110d over a wireless communication link 122.
The  wireless communication links  122 and 124 may include a plurality of carrier signals, frequencies, or frequency bands, each of which may include a plurality of logical channels. The  wireless communication links  122 and 124 may utilize one or more radio access technologies (RATs) . Examples of RATs that may be used in a wireless communication link include 3GPP LTE, 3G, 4G, 5G (e.g., NR) , GSM, Code  Division Multiple Access (CDMA) , Wideband Code Division Multiple Access (WCDMA) , Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access (WiMAX) , Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA) , and other mobile telephony communication technologies cellular RATs. Further examples of RATs that may be used in one or more of the various wireless communication links within the communication system 100 include medium range protocols such as Wi-Fi, LTE-U, LTE-Direct, LAA, MuLTEfire, and relatively short range RATs such as ZigBee, Bluetooth, and Bluetooth Low Energy (LE) .
Certain wireless networks (e.g., LTE) utilize orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) on the downlink and single-carrier frequency division multiplexing (SC-FDM) on the uplink. OFDM and SC-FDM partition the system bandwidth into multiple (K) orthogonal subcarriers, which are also commonly referred to as tones, bins, etc. Each subcarrier may be modulated with data. In general, modulation symbols are sent in the frequency domain with OFDM and in the time domain with SC-FDM. The spacing between adjacent subcarriers may be fixed, and the total number of subcarriers (K) may be dependent on the system bandwidth. For example, the spacing of the subcarriers may be 15 kHz and the minimum resource allocation (called a “resource block” ) may be 12 subcarriers (or 180 kHz) . Consequently, the nominal Fast File Transfer (FFT) size may be equal to 128, 256, 512, 1024 or 2048 for system bandwidth of 1.25, 2.5, 5, 10 or 20 megahertz (MHz) , respectively. The system bandwidth also may be partitioned into subbands. For example, a subband may cover 1.08 MHz (i.e., 6 resource blocks) , and there may be 1, 2, 4, 8 or 16 subbands for system bandwidth of 1.25, 2.5, 5, 10 or 20 MHz, respectively.
While descriptions of some implementations may use terminology and examples associated with LTE technologies, some implementations may be applicable to other wireless communications systems, such as a new radio (NR) or 5G network. NR may utilize OFDM with a cyclic prefix (CP) on the uplink (UL) and downlink (DL) and include support for half-duplex operation using time division duplex (TDD) .  A single component carrier bandwidth of 100 MHz may be supported. NR resource blocks may span 12 sub-carriers with a sub-carrier bandwidth of 75 kHz over a 0.1 millisecond (ms) duration. Each radio frame may consist of 50 subframes with a length of 10 ms. Consequently, each subframe may have a length of 0.2 ms. Each subframe may indicate a link direction (i.e., DL or UL) for data transmission and the link direction for each subframe may be dynamically switched. Each subframe may include DL/UL data as well as DL/UL control data. Beamforming may be supported and beam direction may be dynamically configured. Multiple Input Multiple Output (MIMO) transmissions with precoding also may be supported. MIMO configurations in the DL may support up to eight transmit antennas with multi-layer DL transmissions up to eight streams and up to two streams per wireless device. Multi-layer transmissions with up to 2 streams per wireless device may be supported.
Aggregation of multiple cells may be supported with up to eight serving cells. Alternatively, NR may support a different air interface, other than an OFDM-based air interface.
Some wireless devices may be considered machine-type communication (MTC) or evolved or enhanced machine-type communication (eMTC) wireless devices. MTC and eMTC wireless devices include, for example, robots, drones, remote devices, sensors, meters, monitors, location tags, etc., that may communicate with a base station, another device (for example, remote device) , or some other entity. A wireless computing platform may provide, for example, connectivity for or to a network (for example, a wide area network such as Internet or a cellular network) via a wired or wireless communication link. Some wireless devices may be considered Internet-of-Things (IoT) devices or may be implemented as NB-IoT (narrowband internet of things) devices. The wireless device 120a-120e may be included inside a housing that houses components of the wireless device 120a-120e, such as processor components, memory components, similar components, or a combination thereof.
In general, any number of communications systems and any number of wireless networks may be deployed in a given geographic area. Each communications  system and wireless network may support a particular radio access technology (RAT) and may operate on one or more frequencies. A RAT also may be referred to as a radio technology, an air interface, etc. A frequency also may be referred to as a carrier, a frequency channel, etc. Each frequency may support a single RAT in a given geographic area in order to avoid interference between communications systems of different RATs. In some cases, NR or 5G RAT networks may be deployed.
In some implementations, two or more wireless devices (for example, illustrated as the wireless device 120a and the wireless device 120e) may communicate directly using one or more sidelink channels (for example, without using a base station 110a-d as an intermediary to communicate with one another) . For example, the wireless devices 120a-e may communicate using peer-to-peer (P2P) communications, device-to-device (D2D) communications, a vehicle-to-everything (V2X) protocol (which may include a vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) protocol, a vehicle-to-infrastructure (V2I) protocol, or similar protocol) , a mesh network, or similar networks, or combinations thereof. In this case, the wireless device 120a-120e may perform scheduling operations, resource selection operations, as well as other operations described elsewhere herein as being performed by the base station 110a-110d.
FIG. 2 shows a component block diagram illustrating an example computing system that may be configured to implement management of beam failure recovery. Some implementations may be implemented on a number of single processor and multiprocessor computer systems, including a system-on-chip (SOC) or system in a package (SIP) . The example illustrated in FIG. 2 is a SIP 200 architecture that may be used in wireless devices implementing some implementations.
With reference to FIGS. 1 and 2, the illustrated example SIP 200 includes a two  SOCs  202, 204, coupled to a clock 206, a voltage regulator 208, and a wireless transceiver 266 configured to send and receive wireless communications via an antenna (not shown) to/from wireless devices, such as a base station 110a. In some implementations, the first SOC 202 may operate as central processing unit (CPU) of  the wireless device that carries out the instructions of software application programs by performing the arithmetic, logical, control and input/output (I/O) operations specified by the instructions. In some implementations, the second SOC 204 may operate as a specialized processing unit. For example, the second SOC 204 may operate as a specialized 5G processing unit responsible for managing high volume, high speed (e.g., 5 Gbps, etc. ) , or very high frequency short wave length (e.g., 28 GHz mmWave spectrum, etc. ) communications.
The first SOC 202 may include a digital signal processor (DSP) 210, a modem processor 212, a graphics processor 214, an application processor 216, one or more coprocessors 218 (e.g., vector co-processor) connected to one or more of the processors, memory 220, custom circuity 222, system components and resources 224, an interconnection/bus module 226, one or more temperature sensors 230, a thermal management unit 232, and a thermal power envelope (TPE) component 234. The second SOC 204 may include a 5G modem processor 252, a power management unit 254, an interconnection/bus module 264, a plurality of mmWave transceivers 256, memory 258, and various additional processors 260, such as an applications processor, packet processor, etc.
Each  processor  210, 212, 214, 216, 218, 252, 260 may include one or more cores, and each processor/core may perform operations independent of the other processors/cores. For example, the first SOC 202 may include a processor that executes a first type of operating system (e.g., FreeBSD, LINUX, OS X, etc. ) and a processor that executes a second type of operating system (e.g., MICROSOFT WINDOWS 10) . In addition, any or all of the  processors  210, 212, 214, 216, 218, 252, 260 may be included as part of a processor cluster architecture (e.g., a synchronous processor cluster architecture, an asynchronous or heterogeneous processor cluster architecture, etc. ) .
The first and  second SOC  202, 204 may include various system components, resources and custom circuitry for managing sensor data, analog-to-digital conversions, wireless data transmissions, and for performing other specialized  operations, such as decoding data packets and processing encoded audio and video signals for rendering in a web browser. For example, the system components and resources 224 of the first SOC 202 may include power amplifiers, voltage regulators, oscillators, phase-locked loops, peripheral bridges, data controllers, memory controllers, system controllers, access ports, timers, and other similar components used to support the processors and software clients running on a wireless device. The system components and resources 224 or custom circuitry 222 also may include circuitry to interface with peripheral devices, such as cameras, electronic displays, wireless communication devices, external memory chips, etc.
The first and  second SOC  202, 204 may communicate via interconnection/bus module 250. The  various processors  210, 212, 214, 216, 218, may be interconnected to one or more memory elements 220, system components and resources 224, and custom circuitry 222, and a thermal management unit 232 via an interconnection/bus module 226. Similarly, the processor 252 may be interconnected to the power management unit 254, the mmWave transceivers 256, memory 258, and various additional processors 260 via the interconnection/bus module 264. The interconnection/ bus module  226, 250, 264 may include an array of reconfigurable logic gates or implement a bus architecture (e.g., CoreConnect, AMBA, etc. ) . Communications may be provided by advanced interconnects, such as high-performance networks-on chip (NoCs) .
The first or  second SOCs  202, 204 may further include an input/output module (not illustrated) for communicating with resources external to the SOC, such as a clock 206 and a voltage regulator 208. Resources external to the SOC (e.g., clock 206, voltage regulator 208) may be shared by two or more of the internal SOC processors/cores.
In addition to the example SIP 200 discussed above, some implementations may be implemented in a wide variety of computing systems, which may include a single processor, multiple processors, multicore processors, or any combination thereof.
FIG. 3 shows a component block diagram of an example of a software architecture 300 including a radio protocol stack for the user and control planes in wireless communications. The software architecture 300 including a radio protocol stack for the user and control planes in wireless communications between a base station 350 (e.g., the base station 110a) and a wireless device 320 (e.g., the wireless device 120a-120e, 200) . With reference to FIGS. 1–3, the wireless device 320 may implement the software architecture 300 to communicate with the base station 350 of a communication system (e.g., 100) . In some implementations, layers in software architecture 300 may form logical connections with corresponding layers in software of the base station 350. The software architecture 300 may be distributed among one or more processors (e.g., the  processors  212, 214, 216, 218, 252, 260) . While illustrated with respect to one radio protocol stack, in a multi-SIM (subscriber identity module) wireless device, the software architecture 300 may include multiple protocol stacks, each of which may be associated with a different SIM (e.g., two protocol stacks associated with two SIMs, respectively, in a dual-SIM wireless communication device) . While described below with reference to LTE communication layers, the software architecture 300 may support any of variety of standards and protocols for wireless communications, or may include additional protocol stacks that support any of variety of standards and protocols wireless communications.
The software architecture 300 may include a Non-Access Stratum (NAS) 302 and an Access Stratum (AS) 304. The NAS 302 may include functions and protocols to support packet filtering, security management, mobility control, session management, and traffic and signaling between a SIM (s) of the wireless device (e.g., SIM(s) 204) and its core network 140. The AS 304 may include functions and protocols that support communication between a SIM (s) (e.g., SIM (s) 204) and entities of supported access networks (e.g., a base station) . In particular, the AS 304 may include at least three layers (Layer 1, Layer 2, and Layer 3) , each of which may contain various sub-layers.
In the user and control planes, Layer 1 (L1) of the AS 304 may be a physical layer (PHY) 306, which may oversee functions that enable transmission or reception over the air interface via a wireless transceiver (for example, 266) . Examples of such physical layer 306 functions may include cyclic redundancy check (CRC) attachment, coding blocks, scrambling and descrambling, modulation and demodulation, signal measurements, MIMO, etc. The physical layer may include various logical channels, including the Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) and the Physical Downlink Shared Channel (PDSCH) .
In the user and control planes, Layer 2 (L2) of the AS 304 may be responsible for the link between the wireless device 320 and the base station 350 over the physical layer 306. In some implementations, Layer 2 may include a media access control (MAC) sublayer 308, a radio link control (RLC) sublayer 310, and a packet data convergence protocol (PDCP) 312 sublayer, each of which form logical connections terminating at the base station 350.
In the control plane, Layer 3 (L3) of the AS 304 may include a radio resource control (RRC) sublayer 3. While not shown, the software architecture 300 may include additional Layer 3 sublayers, as well as various upper layers above Layer 3. In some implementations, the RRC sublayer 313 may provide functions INCLUDING broadcasting system information, paging, and establishing and releasing an RRC signaling connection between the wireless device 320 and the base station 350.
In some implementations, the PDCP sublayer 312 may provide uplink functions including multiplexing between different radio bearers and logical channels, sequence number addition, handover data handling, integrity protection, ciphering, and header compression. In the downlink, the PDCP sublayer 312 may provide functions that include in-sequence delivery of data packets, duplicate data packet detection, integrity validation, deciphering, and header decompression.
In the uplink, the RLC sublayer 310 may provide segmentation and concatenation of upper layer data packets, retransmission of lost data packets, and  Automatic Repeat Request (ARQ) . In the downlink, while the RLC sublayer 310 functions may include reordering of data packets to compensate for out-of-order reception, reassembly of upper layer data packets, and ARQ.
In the uplink, MAC sublayer 308 may provide functions including multiplexing between logical and transport channels, random access procedure, logical channel priority, and hybrid-ARQ (HARQ) operations. In the downlink, the MAC layer functions may include channel mapping within a cell, de-multiplexing, discontinuous reception (DRX) , and HARQ operations.
While the software architecture 300 may provide functions to transmit data through physical media, the software architecture 300 may further include at least one host layer 314 to provide data transfer services to various applications in the wireless device 320. In some implementations, application-specific functions provided by the at least one host layer 314 may provide an interface between the software architecture and the general purpose processor 206.
In other implementations, the software architecture 300 may include one or more higher logical layer (e.g., transport, session, presentation, application, etc. ) that provide host layer functions. For example, in some implementations, the software architecture 300 may include a network layer (e.g., Internet Protocol (IP) layer) in which a logical connection terminates at a packet data network (PDN) gateway (PGW) . In some implementations, the software architecture 300 may include an application layer in which a logical connection terminates at another device (e.g., end user device, server, etc. ) . In some implementations, the software architecture 300 may further include in the AS 304 a hardware interface 316 between the physical layer 306 and the communication hardware (e.g., one or more radio frequency (RF) transceivers) .
FIG. 4 is a component block diagram illustrating a system 400 configured to manage network communication performed by a processor of a wireless device in accordance with various embodiments. With reference to FIGS. 1–4, system 400 may  include a wireless device 402 (for example, wireless device 120a-120e, 200, 320) configured to communicate with a wireless communication network 424. The wireless communication network 424 may include base stations 110a-110d, 350 and other network devices and systems as illustrated in FIG. 1.
The wireless device 402 may include one or more processors 428 coupled to electronic storage 426 and a wireless transceiver 266. The wireless transceiver 266 may be configured to receive messages to be sent in uplink transmissions from the one or more processors 428, and to transmit such messages via an antenna (not shown) to a wireless communication network 424. Similarly, the wireless transceiver 266 may be configured to receive messages from the wireless communication network 424 and pass the messages (e.g., via a modem that demodulates the messages) to the one or more processors 428.
The one or more processors 428 be configured by machine-readable instructions 406. Machine-readable instructions 406 may include one or more instruction modules. The instruction modules may include computer program modules. The instruction modules may include one or more of a timing information provision module 408, a timing information determination module 410, a network communication module 412, or other instruction modules.
The timing information provision module 408 may be configured to provide timing information of a first subscription to a second subscription, wherein the timing information is used to communicate via the first subscription with a communication network. In some embodiments, the timing information of the first subscription may include one or more of common reference signal timing information and forward detected frequency error information.
The timing information determination module 410 may be configured to determine second timing information for the second subscription based on the timing information of the first subscription. In some embodiments, the timing information determination module 410 may be configured to determine the second timing  information for the second subscription based on the timing information of the first subscription comprises determining a second subscription frame timing using the timing information of the first subscription. In some embodiments, the timing information determination module 410 may be configured to determine a second subscription subframe timing using the timing information of the first subscription. In some embodiments, the timing information determination module 410 may be configured to determine the second timing information for the second subscription based on the relationship between timing information of the first subscription and timing information of a timing device of the wireless device.
The network communication module 412 may be configured to communicate via the second subscription with the communication network using the determined second timing information. In some embodiments, the network communication module 412 may be configured to perform synchronization with second subscription signals of the communication network using the determined second timing information. In some embodiments, the network communication module 412 may be configured to send a connection request to the communication network using the determined second timing information. In some embodiments, the network communication module 412 may be configured to communicate via the second subscription with the communication network using the determined second timing information comprises communicating via the first subscription and via the second subscription with a same cell of the communication network.
The wireless device 402 may include an electronic storage 426, one or more processors 428, and other components. The wireless device 402 may include communication lines, or ports to enable the exchange of information with a network and/or other computing platforms. The illustration of the wireless device 402 in FIG. 4 is not intended to be limiting. The wireless device 402 may include a plurality of hardware, software, and/or firmware components operating together to provide the functionality attributed herein to the wireless device 402.
The electronic storage 426 may comprise non-transitory storage media that electronically stores information. The electronic storage media of the electronic storage 426 may include one or both of system storage that is provided integrally (i.e., substantially non-removable) with wireless device 402 and/or removable storage that is removably connectable to wireless device 402 via, for example, a port (e.g., a universal serial bus (USB) port, a firewire port, etc. ) or a drive (e.g., a disk drive, etc. ) . The electronic storage 426 may include one or more of optically readable storage media (e.g., optical disks, etc. ) , magnetically readable storage media (e.g., magnetic tape, magnetic hard drive, floppy drive, etc. ) , electrical charge-based storage media (e.g., EEPROM, RAM, etc. ) , solid-state storage media (e.g., flash drive, etc. ) , and/or other electronically readable storage media. Electronic storage 426 may include one or more virtual storage resources (e.g., cloud storage, a virtual private network, and/or other virtual storage resources) . The electronic storage 426 may store software algorithms, information determined by processor (s) 428, information received from wireless device 402, or other information that enables the wireless device 402 to function as described herein.
Processor (s) 428 may be configured to provide information processing capabilities in the wireless device 402. As such, processor (s) 428 may include one or more of a digital processor, an analog processor, a digital circuit designed to process information, an analog circuit designed to process information, a state machine, and/or other mechanisms for electronically processing information. Although processor (s) 428 is shown in FIG. 4 as a single entity, this is for illustrative purposes only. In some implementations, processor (s) 428 may include a plurality of processing units. These processing units may be physically located within the same device, or processor (s) 428 may represent processing functionality of a plurality of devices operating in coordination. Processor (s) 428 may be configured to execute modules 408–418, and/or other modules. Processor (s) 434 may be configured to execute modules 408–418, and/or other modules by software; hardware; firmware; some combination of software, hardware, and/or firmware; and/or other mechanisms for configuring  processing capabilities on the processor (s) 428. As used herein, the term “module” may refer to any component or set of components that perform the functionality attributed to the module. This may include one or more physical processors during execution of processor readable instructions, the processor readable instructions, circuitry, hardware, storage media, or any other components.
The description of the functionality provided by the different modules 408–418 described below is for illustrative purposes, and is not intended to be limiting, as any of the modules 408–418 may provide more or less functionality than is described. For example, one or more of modules 408–418 may be eliminated, and some or all of its functionality may be provided by other ones of the modules 408–418. As another example, processor (s) 428 may be configured to execute one or more additional modules that may perform some or all of the functionality attributed below to one of the modules 408–418.
FIG. 5 is a process flow diagram illustrating a method performed by a processor of a wireless device for managing network communication according to various embodiments. With reference to FIGS. 1–5, the operations of the method 500 may be performed by a processor of a wireless device (e.g., the wireless device 120a-120e, 200, 320, 402) .
In block 502, the processor may provide timing information of a first subscription to a second subscription. The timing information provided may be the same timing information used by the wireless device to communicate via the first subscription with a communication network. The timing information may be in a form that may be used by the second subscription to calculate timing information, correction values, and/or adjustment values that are used by the second subscription in communicating with the communication network. In some embodiments, the timing information may include one or more of common reference timing information, forward detected frequency error information, tracking information, or other suitable timing information. In some embodiments, the processor may also obtain information from the first subscription such as serving cell information, acquisition (ACQ)  information, e.g., from an ACQ database, a public land mobile network (PLMN) list, and other information. In some embodiments, the processor may use a “fast slamming” algorithm or another suitable algorithm to provide the timing information of the first subscription to the second subscription. Means for performing functions of the operations in block 502 may include the processor (e.g., 210, 212, 214, 216, 218, 252, 260, 428) coupled to a wireless transceiver (e.g., 266) .
In block 504, the processor may determine second timing information for the second subscription based on the timing information of the first subscription. In some embodiments, the processor may calculate one or more values of the second timing information using the timing information of the first subscription. Means for performing functions of the operations in block 504 may include the processor (e.g., 210, 212, 214, 216, 218, 252, 260, 428) .
In block 506, the processor may communicate via the second subscription with the communication network using the determined second timing information. In some embodiments, the processor may communicate via the first subscription and via the second subscription with a same cell of the communication network. Means for performing functions of the operations in block 506 may include the processor (e.g., 210, 212, 214, 216, 218, 252, 260, 428) coupled to a wireless transceiver (e.g., 266) .
FIGS. 6A–6E are process flows diagram 600a–600e illustrating operations that may be performed by a processor (e.g., 210, 212, 214, 216, 218, 252, 260, 428) of a wireless device (e.g., the wireless device 120a-120e, 200, 320, 402) as part of the method 500 for managing network communication according to various embodiments.
Referring to FIG. 6A, following the performance of block 502 of the method 500 (FIG. 5) , the processor may determine a second subscription frame timing using the timing information of the first subscription in block 602. In some embodiments, the processor may determine (or calculate) a frame base, frame boundary, or frame boundary timing for the second subscription using the timing information of the first subscription. Means for performing functions of the operations in block 602 may  include the processor (e.g., 210, 212, 214, 216, 218, 252, 260, 428) coupled to a wireless transceiver (e.g., 266) .
The processor may proceed to perform the operations of block 506 of the method 500 (FIG. 5) .
Referring to FIG. 6B, following the performance of block 502 of the method 500 (FIG. 5) , the processor may determine a second subscription subframe timing using the timing information of the first subscription in block 604. In some embodiments, the processor may determine (or calculate) a subframe base, subframe boundary, or subframe boundary timing for the second subscription using the timing information of the first subscription. Means for performing functions of the operations in block 604 may include the processor (e.g., 210, 212, 214, 216, 218, 252, 260, 428) coupled to a wireless transceiver (e.g., 266) .
The processor may proceed to perform the operations of block 506 of the method 500 (FIG. 5) .
Referring to FIG. 6C, following the performance of block 504 of the method 500 (FIG. 5) , the processor may perform synchronization with second subscription signals of the communication network using the determined second timing information in block 606. For example, using the second timing information, the processor may perform one or more operations to bring the second subscription into synchronization with one or more second subscription signals from the cell. Means for performing functions of the operations in block 606 may include the processor (e.g., 210, 212, 214, 216, 218, 252, 260, 428) coupled to a wireless transceiver (e.g., 266) .
Referring to FIG. 6D, following the performance of block 504 of the method 500 (FIG. 5) , the processor may send a connection request to the communication network using the determined second timing information in block 608. For example, the processor may send a radio resource control (RRC) connection request or another suitable connection request to the communication network using the determined  second timing information. Means for performing functions of the operations in block 608 may include the processor (e.g., 210, 212, 214, 216, 218, 252, 260, 428) coupled to a wireless transceiver (e.g., 266) .
Referring to FIG. 6E, following the performance of block 502 of the method 500 (FIG. 5) , the processor may determine the second timing information for the second subscription based on a relationship between the timing information of the first subscription and the timing information of a timing device of the wireless device in block 610. In some embodiments, the timing information of the first subscription may include a relationship between the timing information of the first subscription and timing information of the timing device of the wireless device. The timing device may include a clock of the wireless device configured to determine a passage of time, such as an oscillator or another suitable timing device. In some embodiments, the processor may determine for the first subscription a relationship between a wireless device timing and a network timing of the first subscription. In some embodiments, the processor may determine the timing relationship for the first subscription over time, as the processor sends or receives signals of the first subscription. In some embodiments, using the relationship between the timing information of the first subscription and the timing information of the timing device of the wireless device, the processor may determine the second timing information for the second subscription. Means for performing functions of the operations in block 610 may include the processor (e.g., 210, 212, 214, 216, 218, 252, 260, 428) coupled to a wireless transceiver (e.g., 266) .
The processor may proceed to perform the operations of block 506 of the method 500 (FIG. 5) .
Some implementations may be implemented on a variety of wireless devices (for example, the wireless device 120a-120e, 200, 320) , an example of which is illustrated in FIG. 7 in the form of a wireless device 700. With reference to FIGS. 1–7, the wireless device 700 may include a first SOC 202 (for example, a SOC-CPU) coupled to a second SOC 204 (for example, a 5G capable SOC) . The first and  second  SOCs  202, 204 may be coupled to  internal memory  706, 716, a display 712, and to a speaker 714. Additionally, the wireless device 700 may include an antenna 704 for sending and receiving electromagnetic radiation that may be connected to a wireless data link or cellular telephone transceiver 266 coupled to one or more processors in the first or  second SOCs  202, 204. The wireless device 700 may include menu selection buttons or rocker switches 720 for receiving user inputs.
The wireless device 700 may include a sound encoding/decoding (CODEC) circuit 710, which digitizes sound received from a microphone into data packets suitable for wireless transmission and decodes received sound data packets to generate analog signals that are provided to the speaker to generate sound. Also, one or more of the processors in the first and  second SOCs  202, 204, wireless transceiver 266 and CODEC 710 may include a digital signal processor (DSP) circuit (not shown separately) .
The processors of the wireless device 700 may be any programmable microprocessor, microcomputer or multiple processor chip or chips that can be configured by software instructions (applications) to perform a variety of functions, including the functions of some implementations described below. In some wireless devices, multiple processors may be provided, such as one processor within an SOC 204 dedicated to wireless communication functions and one processor within an SOC 202 dedicated to running other applications. Typically, software applications may be stored in the memory 706 before they are accessed and loaded into a  processor  202, 204. The processors may include internal memory sufficient to store the application software instructions.
As used in this application, the terms “component, ” “module, ” “system, ” and the like are intended to include a computer-related entity, such as, but not limited to, hardware, firmware, a combination of hardware and software, software, or software in execution, which are configured to perform particular operations or functions. For example, a component may be, but is not limited to, a process running on a processor, a processor, an object, an executable, a thread of execution, a program, or a computer.  By way of illustration, both an application running on a wireless device and the wireless device may be referred to as a component. One or more components may reside within a process or thread of execution and a component may be localized on one processor or core or distributed between two or more processors or cores. In addition, these components may execute from various non-transitory computer readable media having various instructions or data structures stored thereon. Components may communicate by way of local or remote processes, function or procedure calls, electronic signals, data packets, memory read/writes, and other known network, computer, processor, or process related communication methodologies.
A number of different cellular and mobile communication services and standards are available or contemplated in the future, all of which may implement and benefit from the various embodiments. Such services and standards include, e.g., third generation partnership project (3GPP) , long term evolution (LTE) systems, third generation wireless mobile communication technology (3G) , fourth generation wireless mobile communication technology (4G) , fifth generation wireless mobile communication technology (5G) , global system for mobile communications (GSM) , universal mobile telecommunications system (UMTS) , 3GSM, general packet radio service (GPRS) , code division multiple access (CDMA) systems (e.g., cdmaOne, CDMA1020TM) , enhanced data rates for GSM evolution (EDGE) , advanced mobile phone system (AMPS) , digital AMPS (IS-136/TDMA) , evolution-data optimized (EV-DO) , digital enhanced cordless telecommunications (DECT) , Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access (WiMAX) , wireless local area network (WLAN) , Wi-Fi Protected Access I &II (WPA, WPA2) , and integrated digital enhanced network (iDEN) . Each of these technologies involves, for example, the transmission and reception of voice, data, signaling, and/or content messages. It should be understood that any references to terminology and/or technical details related to an individual telecommunication standard or technology are for illustrative purposes only, and are not intended to limit the scope of the claims to a particular communication system or technology unless specifically recited in the claim language.
Various embodiments illustrated and described are provided merely as examples to illustrate various features of the claims. However, features shown and described with respect to any given embodiment are not necessarily limited to the associated embodiment and may be used or combined with other embodiments that are shown and described. Further, the claims are not intended to be limited by any one example embodiment. For example, one or more of the operations of the  methods  500 and 600a–600e may be substituted for or combined with one or more operations of the  methods  500 and 600a–600e.
The foregoing method descriptions and the process flow diagrams are provided merely as illustrative examples and are not intended to require or imply that the operations of various embodiments must be performed in the order presented. As will be appreciated by one of skill in the art the order of operations in the foregoing embodiments may be performed in any order. Words such as “thereafter, ” “then, ” “next, ” etc. are not intended to limit the order of the operations; these words are used to guide the reader through the description of the methods. Further, any reference to claim elements in the singular, for example, using the articles “a, ” “an, ” or “the” is not to be construed as limiting the element to the singular.
Various illustrative logical blocks, modules, components, circuits, and algorithm operations described in connection with the embodiments disclosed herein may be implemented as electronic hardware, computer software, or combinations of both. To clearly illustrate this interchangeability of hardware and software, various illustrative components, blocks, modules, circuits, and operations have been described above generally in terms of their functionality. Whether such functionality is implemented as hardware or software depends upon the particular application and design constraints imposed on the overall system. Skilled artisans may implement the described functionality in varying ways for each particular application, but such embodiment decisions should not be interpreted as causing a departure from the scope of the claims.
The hardware used to implement various illustrative logics, logical blocks, modules, and circuits described in connection with the embodiments disclosed herein may be implemented or performed with a general purpose processor, a digital signal processor (DSP) , an application specific integrated circuit (ASIC) , a field programmable gate array (FPGA) or other programmable logic device, discrete gate or transistor logic, discrete hardware components, or any combination thereof designed to perform the functions described herein. A general-purpose processor may be a microprocessor, but, in the alternative, the processor may be any conventional processor, controller, microcontroller, or state machine. A processor may also be implemented as a combination of receiver smart objects, e.g., a combination of a DSP and a microprocessor, a plurality of microprocessors, one or more microprocessors in conjunction with a DSP core, or any other such configuration. Alternatively, some operations or methods may be performed by circuitry that is specific to a given function.
In one or more embodiments, the functions described may be implemented in hardware, software, firmware, or any combination thereof. If implemented in software, the functions may be stored as one or more instructions or code on a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium or non-transitory processor-readable storage medium. The operations of a method or algorithm disclosed herein may be embodied in a processor-executable software module or processor-executable instructions, which may reside on a non-transitory computer-readable or processor-readable storage medium. Non-transitory computer-readable or processor-readable storage media may be any storage media that may be accessed by a computer or a processor. By way of example but not limitation, such non-transitory computer-readable or processor-readable storage media may include RAM, ROM, EEPROM, FLASH memory, CD-ROM or other optical disk storage, magnetic disk storage or other magnetic storage smart objects, or any other medium that may be used to store desired program code in the form of instructions or data structures and that may be accessed by a computer. Disk and disc, as used herein, includes compact disc (CD) ,  laser disc, optical disc, digital versatile disc (DVD) , floppy disk, and Blu-ray disc where disks usually reproduce data magnetically, while discs reproduce data optically with lasers. Combinations of the above are also included within the scope of non-transitory computer-readable and processor-readable media. Additionally, the operations of a method or algorithm may reside as one or any combination or set of codes and/or instructions on a non-transitory processor-readable storage medium and/or computer-readable storage medium, which may be incorporated into a computer program product.
The preceding description of the disclosed embodiments is provided to enable any person skilled in the art to make or use the claims. Various modifications to these embodiments will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art, and the generic principles defined herein may be applied to other embodiments without departing from the scope of the claims. Thus, the present disclosure is not intended to be limited to the embodiments shown herein but is to be accorded the widest scope consistent with the following claims and the principles and novel features disclosed herein.

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  1. A method performed by a processor of a wireless device for managing network communication, comprising:
    providing timing information of a first subscription to a second subscription, wherein the timing information is used to communicate via the first subscription with a communication network;
    determining second timing information for the second subscription based on the timing information of the first subscription; and
    communicating via the second subscription with the communication network using the determined second timing information.
  2. The method of claim 1, wherein determining the second timing information for the second subscription based on the timing information of the first subscription comprises determining a second subscription frame timing using the timing information of the first subscription.
  3. The method of claim 2, wherein determining the second subscription frame timing using the timing information of the first subscription comprises determining a second subscription subframe timing using the timing information of the first subscription.
  4. The method of claim 1, wherein communicating via the second subscription with the communication network using the determined second timing information comprises performing synchronization with second subscription signals of the communication network using the determined second timing information.
  5. The method of claim 1, wherein communicating via the second subscription with the communication network using the determined second timing information  comprises sending a connection request to the communication network using the determined second timing information.
  6. The method of claim 1, wherein:
    the timing information of the first subscription comprises a relationship between the timing information of the first subscription and timing information of a timing device of the wireless device, and
    determining second timing information for the second subscription based on the timing information of the first subscription comprises determining the second timing information for the second subscription based on the relationship between the timing information of the first subscription and the timing information of the timing device of the wireless device.
  7. The method of claim 1, wherein the timing information of the first subscription comprises one or more of common reference signal timing information and forward detected frequency error information.
  8. The method of claim 1, wherein communicating via the second subscription with the communication network using the determined second timing information comprises communicating via the first subscription and via the second subscription with a same cell of the communication network.
  9. A wireless device, comprising:
    a processor configured with processor executable instructions to perform operations comprising:
    providing timing information of a first subscription to a second subscription, wherein the timing information is used to communicate via the first subscription with a communication network;
    determining second timing information for the second subscription based on the timing information of the first subscription; and
    communicating via the second subscription with the communication network using the determined second timing information.
  10. The wireless device of claim 9, wherein the processor is configured with processor executable instructions to perform operations such that determining the second timing information for the second subscription based on the timing information of the first subscription comprises determining a second subscription frame timing using the timing information of the first subscription.
  11. The wireless device of claim 10, wherein the processor is configured with processor executable instructions to perform operations such that determining the second subscription frame timing using the timing information of the first subscription comprises determining a second subscription subframe timing using the timing information of the first subscription.
  12. The wireless device of claim 9, wherein the processor is configured with processor executable instructions to perform operations such that communicating via the second subscription with the communication network using the determined second timing information comprises performing synchronization with second subscription signals of the communication network using the determined second timing information.
  13. The wireless device of claim 9, wherein the processor is configured with processor executable instructions to perform operations such that communicating via the second subscription with the communication network using the determined second timing information comprises sending a connection request to the communication network using the determined second timing information.
  14. The wireless device of claim 9, wherein the processor is configured with processor executable instructions to perform operations such that:
    the timing information of the first subscription comprises a relationship between the timing information of the first subscription and timing information of a timing device of the wireless device, and
    determining second timing information for the second subscription based on the timing information of the first subscription comprises determining the second timing information for the second subscription based on the relationship between the timing information of the first subscription and the timing information of the timing device of the wireless device.
  15. The wireless device of claim 9, wherein the processor is configured with processor executable instructions to perform operations such that the timing information of the first subscription comprises one or more of common reference signal timing information and forward detected frequency error information.
  16. The wireless device of claim 9, wherein the processor is configured with processor executable instructions to perform operations such that communicating via the second subscription with the communication network using the determined second timing information comprises communicating via the first subscription and via the second subscription with a same cell of the communication network.
  17. A wireless device, comprising:
    means for providing timing information of a first subscription to a second subscription, wherein the timing information is used to communicate via the first subscription with a communication network;
    means for determining second timing information for the second subscription based on the timing information of the first subscription; and
    means for communicating via the second subscription with the communication network using the determined second timing information.
  18. The wireless device of claim 17, wherein means for determining second timing information for the second subscription based on the timing information of the first subscription comprises means for determining a second subscription frame timing using the timing information of the first subscription.
  19. The wireless device of claim 18, wherein means for determining the second subscription frame timing using the timing information of the first subscription comprises means for determining a second subscription subframe timing using the timing information of the first subscription.
  20. The wireless device of claim 17, wherein the means for communicating via the second subscription with the communication network using the determined second timing information comprises means for performing synchronization with second subscription signals of the communication network using the determined second timing information.
  21. The wireless device of claim 17, wherein means for communicating via the second subscription with the communication network using the determined second timing information comprises means for sending a connection request to the communication network using the determined second timing information.
  22. The wireless device of claim 17, wherein:
    the timing information of the first subscription comprises a relationship between the timing information of the first subscription and timing information of a timing device of the wireless device, and
    means for determining second timing information for the second subscription based on the timing information of the first subscription comprises means for determining second timing information for the second subscription based on the relationship between the timing information of the first subscription and the timing information of the timing device of the wireless device.
  23. The wireless device of claim 17, wherein the timing information of the first subscription comprises one or more of common reference signal timing information and forward detected frequency error information.
  24. The wireless device of claim 17, wherein means for communicating via the second subscription with the communication network using the determined second timing information comprises means for communicating via the first subscription and via the second subscription with a same cell of the communication network.
  25. A non-transitory processor-readable medium having stored thereon processor-executable instruction configured to cause a processing device in a wireless device to perform operations comprising:
    providing timing information of a first subscription to a second subscription, wherein the timing information is used to communicate via the first subscription with a communication network;
    determining second timing information for the second subscription based on the timing information of the first subscription; and
    communicating via the second subscription with the communication network using the determined second timing information.
  26. The non-transitory processor-readable medium of claim 25, wherein the stored processor-executable instructions are configured to cause a processor of a wireless device to perform operations such that determining the second timing information for  the second subscription based on the timing information of the first subscription comprises determining a second subscription frame timing using the timing information of the first subscription.
  27. The non-transitory processor-readable medium of claim 26, wherein the stored processor-executable instructions are configured to cause a processor of a wireless device to perform operations such that determining the second subscription frame timing using the timing information of the first subscription comprises determining a second subscription subframe timing using the timing information of the first subscription.
  28. The non-transitory processor-readable medium of claim 25, wherein the stored processor-executable instructions are configured to cause a processor of a wireless device to perform operations such that communicating via the second subscription with the communication network using the determined second timing information comprises performing synchronization with second subscription signals of the communication network using the determined second timing information.
  29. The non-transitory processor-readable medium of claim 25, wherein the stored processor-executable instructions are configured to cause a processor of a wireless device to perform operations such that communicating via the second subscription with the communication network using the determined second timing information comprises sending a connection request to the communication network using the determined second timing information.
  30. The non-transitory processor-readable medium of claim 25, wherein the stored processor-executable instructions are configured to cause a processor of a wireless device to perform operations such that:
    the timing information of the first subscription comprises a relationship between the timing information of the first subscription and timing information of a timing device of the wireless device, and
    determining second timing information for the second subscription based on the timing information of the first subscription comprises determining the second timing information for the second subscription based on the relationship between the timing information of the first subscription and the timing information of the timing device of the wireless device.
  31. The non-transitory processor-readable medium of claim 25, wherein the stored processor-executable instructions are configured to cause a processor of a wireless device to perform operations such that the timing information of the first subscription comprises one or more of common reference signal timing information and forward detected frequency error information.
  32. The non-transitory processor-readable medium of claim 25, wherein the stored processor-executable instructions are configured to cause a processor of a wireless device to perform operations such that communicating via the second subscription with the communication network using the determined second timing information comprises communicating via the first subscription and via the second subscription with a same cell of the communication network.
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