Patent ID: 9363845
Filing Date: 2016-06-07
CPC Classification: H04L,H04W

Claim Text:
1. A wireless-communication device comprising: a first RF integrated circuit (RFIC) and a second RFIC; a baseband processor coupled to the first RFIC and to the second RFIC; a first carrier-aggregation circuit; a fast-network-switching connection manager coupled to the baseband processor; and a mode controller coupled to the baseband processor and to the fast-network-switching connection manager and configured to selectively place the wireless-communication device in a carrier-aggregation mode or in a fast-network-switching mode, wherein: in the carrier-aggregation mode, the wireless-communication device is operable to conduct carrier aggregation using at least the first carrier-aggregation circuit with respect to communications that are associated with a first network credential and that are conducted via at least the first RFIC, and in the fast-network-switching mode, the wireless-communication device is operable to conduct fast network switching using the fast-network-switching manager with respect to (i) communications that are associated with the first network credential and that are conducted via the first RFIC and (ii) communications that are associated with a second network credential and that are conducted via the second RFIC.