Abstract: A communications system may include a user equipment (UE) device that communicates with a cellular network having base stations. A UE may enter a connected mode in which the UE and a first base station in a first cell convey wireless data. While in connected mode, the first base station may transmit measurement objects to the UE, each being associated with a different cell neighboring the first cell. The UE may store the measurement objects. When the UE enters an idle mode, the UE may perform measurements on the neighboring cells using the measurement objects. The UE may then use the measurements to determine whether to re-select to a neighbor cell when the UE is unable to acquire a measurement configuration from the base station in idle mode. This may help to mitigate the occurrence of idle mode out-of-service (OOS) conditions for the UE device.

Abstract: Methods and apparatuses are disclosed for scheduling radio resource control (RRC) processing for a dual-SIM dual-active (DSDA) user equipment (UE) connected to a plurality of networks. In one example embodiment, a UE may be configured to implement operations including: receiving a request to process a first RRC message for a first RRC task for a first SIM card from a first network; receiving a request to process a second RRC message for a second RRC task for a second SIM card from a second network; and performing an arbitration decision to decide whether to prioritize the implementation of the first RRC task for the first SIM card or the second RRC task for the second SIM card.

Abstract: A user equipment (UE) is configured to identify a user event while the UE is in a first type of network coverage, wherein the UE enables a feature configured to alert a user to a change in network coverage in response to the user event, identify the change in network coverage from the first type of network coverage to a second type of network coverage and generate an alert in response to identifying the change in network coverage, wherein the alert is configured to notify a user of the UE to the change in network coverage.

Abstract: In embodiments, an apparatus for providing wireless connectivity based routing for a vehicle may include a user interface to receive one or more wireless connectivity preferences and a navigation request from a user and to display a recommended route to a destination for the user, the recommended route to meet the one or more wireless connectivity preferences while the vehicle follows the recommended route to the destination. The apparatus may further include a local database to store geotagged wireless connectivity data for various geolocations, collected by one or more geotagged wireless connectivity scanners of the vehicle, and a route determination engine coupled to the user interface and to the local database to determine the recommended route, wherein the user interface, the local database and the route determination engine are disposed in the vehicle.

Abstract: In embodiments, an apparatus for providing wireless connectivity based routing for a vehicle may include a user interface to receive one or more wireless connectivity preferences and a navigation request from a user and to display a recommended route to a destination for the user, the recommended route to meet the one or more wireless connectivity preferences while the vehicle follows the recommended route to the destination. The apparatus may further include a local database to store geotagged wireless connectivity data for various geolocations, collected by one or more geotagged wireless connectivity scanners of the vehicle, and a route determination engine coupled to the user interface and to the local database to determine the recommended route, wherein the user interface, the local database and the route determination engine are disposed in the vehicle.