Patent Publication Number: US-9848408-B2

Title: Proactive rank index management in SLTE enabled modem to achieve higher throughput

Description:
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION(S) 
     This application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application Ser. No. 61/903,320, entitled “PROACTIVE RI MANAGEMENT IN SLTE ENABLED MODEM TO ACHIEVE HIGHER THROUGHPUT” and filed on Nov. 12, 2013, which is expressly incorporated by reference herein in its entirety. 
    
    
     BACKGROUND 
     Field 
     The present disclosure relates generally to communication systems, and more particularly, to a tune away and a rank index management. 
     Background 
     Wireless communication systems are widely deployed to provide various telecommunication services such as telephony, video, data, messaging, and broadcasts. Typical wireless communication systems may employ multiple-access technologies capable of supporting communication with multiple users by sharing available system resources (e.g., bandwidth, transmit power). Examples of such multiple-access technologies include code division multiple access (CDMA) systems, time division multiple access (TDMA) systems, frequency division multiple access (FDMA) systems, orthogonal frequency division multiple access (OFDMA) systems, single-carrier frequency division multiple access (SC-FDMA) systems, and time division synchronous code division multiple access (TD-SCDMA) systems. 
     These multiple access technologies have been adopted in various telecommunication standards to provide a common protocol that enables different wireless devices to communicate on a municipal, national, regional, and even global level. An example of an emerging telecommunication standard is Long Term Evolution (LTE). LTE is a set of enhancements to the Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) mobile standard promulgated by Third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP). It is designed to better support mobile broadband Internet access by improving spectral efficiency, lowering costs, improving services, making use of new spectrum, and better integrating with other open standards using OFDMA on the downlink (DL), SC-FDMA on the uplink (UL), and multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) antenna technology. However, as the demand for mobile broadband access continues to increase, there exists a need for further improvements in LTE technology. Preferably, these improvements should be applicable to other multi-access technologies and the telecommunication standards that employ these technologies. 
     SUMMARY 
     In an aspect of the disclosure, a method, a computer program product, and an apparatus are provided. In an aspect, the method is performed by a user equipment (UE) that uses a first antenna and a second antenna for communication with a first radio access technology (RAT). According to the method, the UE determines that the second antenna is to be used for a procedure associated with a second RAT at a first time, and reduces a UE rank index (RI) from an initial value to a reduced value for the communication with the first RAT at the first time based on the determination. 
     In another aspect, the apparatus may be a UE that uses a first antenna and a second antenna for communication with a first RAT. The apparatus includes a memory and at least one processor coupled to the memory. The at least one processor is configured to determine that the second antenna is to be used for a procedure associated with a second RAT at a first time, and to reduce a UE RI from an initial value to a reduced value for the communication with the first RAT at the first time based on the determination. 
     In another aspect, the apparatus includes means for determining that the second antenna is to be used for a procedure associated with a second RAT at a first time. The apparatus further includes means for reducing a UE RI from an initial value to a reduced value for the communication with the first RAT at the first time based on the determination. 
     In another aspect, a computer program product may be provided for a UE that uses a first antenna and a second antenna for communication with a first RAT. The computer program product includes a computer-readable medium comprising code for determining that the second antenna is to be used for a procedure associated with a second RAT at a first time, and reducing a UE RI from an initial value to a reduced value for the communication with the first RAT at the first time based on the determination. 
    
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS 
         FIG. 1  is a diagram illustrating an example of a network architecture. 
         FIG. 2  is a diagram illustrating an example of an access network. 
         FIG. 3  is a diagram illustrating an example of a DL frame structure in LTE. 
         FIG. 4  is a diagram illustrating an example of an UL frame structure in LTE. 
         FIG. 5  is a diagram illustrating an example of a radio protocol architecture for the user and control planes. 
         FIG. 6  is a diagram illustrating an example of an evolved Node B and user equipment in an access network. 
         FIG. 7  is an example diagram illustrating a UE with two antennas interacting with various RATs according to one example embodiment. 
         FIGS. 8A and 8B  are example pictorial diagrams illustrating an embodiment according to the disclosure. 
         FIG. 9  is a flow diagram illustrating a tune away process according to an example embodiment. 
         FIGS. 10A-10D  are example diagrams illustrating various scenarios of an LTE sleep duration and a GSM activation duration for an RF Rx chain 
         FIG. 11  is a flow chart of a method of wireless communication. 
         FIG. 12  is a flow chart of a method of wireless communication continuing from  FIG. 11 . 
         FIG. 13  is a flow chart of a method of wireless communication continuing from  FIG. 11 . 
         FIG. 14  is a conceptual data flow diagram illustrating the data flow between different modules/means/components in an exemplary apparatus. 
         FIG. 15  is a diagram illustrating an example of a hardware implementation for an apparatus employing a processing system. 
     
    
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION 
     The detailed description set forth below in connection with the appended drawings is intended as a description of various configurations and is not intended to represent the only configurations in which the concepts described herein may be practiced. The detailed description includes specific details for the purpose of providing a thorough understanding of various concepts. However, it will be apparent to those skilled in the art that these concepts may be practiced without these specific details. In some instances, well known structures and components are shown in block diagram form in order to avoid obscuring such concepts. 
     Several aspects of telecommunication systems will now be presented with reference to various apparatus and methods. These apparatus and methods will be described in the following detailed description and illustrated in the accompanying drawings by various blocks, modules, components, circuits, steps, processes, algorithms, etc. (collectively referred to as “elements”). These elements may be implemented using electronic hardware, computer software, or any combination thereof. Whether such elements are implemented as hardware or software depends upon the particular application and design constraints imposed on the overall system. 
     By way of example, an element, or any portion of an element, or any combination of elements may be implemented with a “processing system” that includes one or more processors. Examples of processors include microprocessors, microcontrollers, digital signal processors (DSPs), field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs), programmable logic devices (PLDs), state machines, gated logic, discrete hardware circuits, and other suitable hardware configured to perform the various functionality described throughout this disclosure. One or more processors in the processing system may execute software. Software shall be construed broadly to mean instructions, instruction sets, code, code segments, program code, programs, subprograms, software modules, applications, software applications, software packages, routines, subroutines, objects, executables, threads of execution, procedures, functions, etc., whether referred to as software, firmware, middleware, microcode, hardware description language, or otherwise. 
     Accordingly, in one or more exemplary embodiments, the functions described may be implemented in hardware, software, firmware, or any combination thereof. If implemented in software, the functions may be stored on or encoded as one or more instructions or code on a computer-readable medium. Computer-readable media includes computer storage media. Storage media may be any available media that can be accessed by a computer. By way of example, and not limitation, such computer-readable media can comprise a random-access memory (RAM), a read-only memory (ROM), an electrically erasable programmable ROM (EEPROM), compact disk ROM (CD-ROM) or other optical disk storage, magnetic disk storage or other magnetic storage devices, or any other medium that can be used to carry or store desired program code in the form of instructions or data structures and that can be accessed by a computer. Disk and disc, as used herein, includes CD, laser disc, optical disc, digital versatile disc (DVD), and floppy disk where disks usually reproduce data magnetically, while discs reproduce data optically with lasers. Combinations of the above should also be included within the scope of computer-readable media. 
       FIG. 1  is a diagram illustrating an LTE network architecture  100 . The LTE network architecture  100  may be referred to as an Evolved Packet System (EPS)  100 . The EPS  100  may include one or more user equipment (UE)  102 , an Evolved UMTS Terrestrial Radio Access Network (E-UTRAN)  104 , an Evolved Packet Core (EPC)  110 , a Home Subscriber Server (HSS)  120 , and an Operator&#39;s Internet Protocol (IP) Services  122 . The EPS can interconnect with other access networks, but for simplicity those entities/interfaces are not shown. As shown, the EPS provides packet-switched services, however, as those skilled in the art will readily appreciate, the various concepts presented throughout this disclosure may be extended to networks providing circuit-switched services. 
     The E-UTRAN includes the evolved Node B (eNB)  106  and other eNBs  108 . The eNB  106  provides user and control planes protocol terminations toward the UE  102 . The eNB  106  may be connected to the other eNBs  108  via a backhaul (e.g., an X2 interface). The eNB  106  may also be referred to as a base station, a Node B, an access point, a base transceiver station, a radio base station, a radio transceiver, a transceiver function, a basic service set (BSS), an extended service set (ESS), or some other suitable terminology. The eNB  106  provides an access point to the EPC  110  for a UE  102 . Examples of UEs  102  include a cellular phone, a smart phone, a session initiation protocol (SIP) phone, a laptop, a personal digital assistant (PDA), a satellite radio, a global positioning system, a multimedia device, a video device, a digital audio player (e.g., MP3 player), a camera, a game console, a tablet, or any other similar functioning device. The UE  102  may also be referred to by those skilled in the art as a mobile station, a subscriber station, a mobile unit, a subscriber unit, a wireless unit, a remote unit, a mobile device, a wireless device, a wireless communications device, a remote device, a mobile subscriber station, an access terminal, a mobile terminal, a wireless terminal, a remote terminal, a handset, a user agent, a mobile client, a client, or some other suitable terminology. 
     The eNB  106  is connected to the EPC  110 . The EPC  110  may include a Mobility Management Entity (MME)  112 , other MMEs  114 , a Serving Gateway  116 , a Multimedia Broadcast Multicast Service (MBMS) Gateway  124 , a Broadcast Multicast Service Center (BM-SC)  126 , and a Packet Data Network (PDN) Gateway  118 . The MME  112  is the control node that processes the signaling between the UE  102  and the EPC  110 . Generally, the MME  112  provides bearer and connection management. All user IP packets are transferred through the Serving Gateway  116 , which itself is connected to the PDN Gateway  118 . The PDN Gateway  118  provides UE IP address allocation as well as other functions. The PDN Gateway  118  is connected to the Operator&#39;s IP Services  122 . The Operator&#39;s IP Services  122  may include the Internet, an intranet, an IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS), and a PS Streaming Service (PSS). The BM-SC  126  may provide functions for MBMS user service provisioning and delivery. The BM-SC  126  may serve as an entry point for content provider MBMS transmission, may be used to authorize and initiate MBMS Bearer Services within a PLMN, and may be used to schedule and deliver MBMS transmissions. The MBMS Gateway  124  may be used to distribute MBMS traffic to the eNBs (e.g.,  106 ,  108 ) belonging to a Multicast Broadcast Single Frequency Network (MBSFN) area broadcasting a particular service, and may be responsible for session management (start/stop) and for collecting eMBMS related charging information. 
       FIG. 2  is a diagram illustrating an example of an access network  200  in an LTE network architecture. In this example, the access network  200  is divided into a number of cellular regions (cells)  202 . One or more lower power class eNBs  208  may have cellular regions  210  that overlap with one or more of the cells  202 . The lower power class eNB  208  may be a femto cell (e.g., home eNB (HeNB)), pico cell, micro cell, or remote radio head (RRH). The macro eNBs  204  are each assigned to a respective cell  202  and are configured to provide an access point to the EPC  110  for all the UEs  206  in the cells  202 . There is no centralized controller in this example of an access network  200 , but a centralized controller may be used in alternative configurations. The eNBs  204  are responsible for all radio related functions including radio bearer control, admission control, mobility control, scheduling, security, and connectivity to the serving gateway  116 . An eNB may support one or multiple (e.g., three) cells (also referred to as a sector). The term “cell” can refer to the smallest coverage area of an eNB and/or an eNB subsystem serving are particular coverage area. Further, the terms “eNB,” “base station,” and “cell” may be used interchangeably herein. 
     The modulation and multiple access scheme employed by the access network  200  may vary depending on the particular telecommunications standard being deployed. In LTE applications, OFDM is used on the DL and SC-FDMA is used on the UL to support both frequency division duplex (FDD) and time division duplex (TDD). As those skilled in the art will readily appreciate from the detailed description to follow, the various concepts presented herein are well suited for LTE applications. However, these concepts may be readily extended to other telecommunication standards employing other modulation and multiple access techniques. By way of example, these concepts may be extended to Evolution-Data Optimized (EV-DO) or Ultra Mobile Broadband (UMB). EV-DO and UMB are air interface standards promulgated by the 3rd Generation Partnership Project 2 (3GPP2) as part of the CDMA2000 family of standards and employs CDMA to provide broadband Internet access to mobile stations. These concepts may also be extended to Universal Terrestrial Radio Access (UTRA) employing Wideband-CDMA (W-CDMA) and other variants of CDMA, such as TD-SCDMA; Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) employing TDMA; and Evolved UTRA (E-UTRA), IEEE 802.11 (Wi-Fi), IEEE 802.16 (WiMAX), IEEE 802.20, and Flash-OFDM employing OFDMA. UTRA, E-UTRA, UMTS, LTE and GSM are described in documents from the 3GPP organization. CDMA2000 and UMB are described in documents from the 3GPP2 organization. The actual wireless communication standard and the multiple access technology employed will depend on the specific application and the overall design constraints imposed on the system. 
     The eNBs  204  may have multiple antennas supporting MIMO technology. The use of MIMO technology enables the eNBs  204  to exploit the spatial domain to support spatial multiplexing, beamforming, and transmit diversity. Spatial multiplexing may be used to transmit different streams of data simultaneously on the same frequency. The data streams may be transmitted to a single UE  206  to increase the data rate or to multiple UEs  206  to increase the overall system capacity. This is achieved by spatially precoding each data stream (i.e., applying a scaling of an amplitude and a phase) and then transmitting each spatially precoded stream through multiple transmit antennas on the DL. The spatially precoded data streams arrive at the UE(s)  206  with different spatial signatures, which enables each of the UE(s)  206  to recover the one or more data streams destined for that UE  206 . On the UL, each UE  206  transmits a spatially precoded data stream, which enables the eNB  204  to identify the source of each spatially precoded data stream. 
     Spatial multiplexing is generally used when channel conditions are good. When channel conditions are less favorable, beamforming may be used to focus the transmission energy in one or more directions. This may be achieved by spatially precoding the data for transmission through multiple antennas. To achieve good coverage at the edges of the cell, a single stream beamforming transmission may be used in combination with transmit diversity. 
     In the detailed description that follows, various aspects of an access network will be described with reference to a MIMO system supporting OFDM on the DL. OFDM is a spread-spectrum technique that modulates data over a number of subcarriers within an OFDM symbol. The subcarriers are spaced apart at precise frequencies. The spacing provides “orthogonality” that enables a receiver to recover the data from the subcarriers. In the time domain, a guard interval (e.g., cyclic prefix) may be added to each OFDM symbol to combat inter-OFDM-symbol interference. The UL may use SC-FDMA in the form of a DFT-spread OFDM signal to compensate for high peak-to-average power ratio (PAPR). 
       FIG. 3  is a diagram  300  illustrating an example of a DL frame structure in LTE. A frame (10 ms) may be divided into 10 equally sized subframes. Each subframe may include two consecutive time slots. A resource grid may be used to represent two time slots, each time slot including a resource block. The resource grid is divided into multiple resource elements. In LTE, a resource block contains 12 consecutive subcarriers in the frequency domain and, for a normal cyclic prefix in each OFDM symbol, 7 consecutive OFDM symbols in the time domain, or 84 resource elements. For an extended cyclic prefix, a resource block contains 6 consecutive OFDM symbols in the time domain and has 72 resource elements. Some of the resource elements, indicated as R  302 ,  304 , include DL reference signals (DL-RS). The DL-RS include Cell-specific RS (CRS) (also sometimes called common RS)  302  and UE-specific RS (UE-RS)  304 . UE-RS  304  are transmitted only on the resource blocks upon which the corresponding physical DL shared channel (PDSCH) is mapped. The number of bits carried by each resource element depends on the modulation scheme. Thus, the more resource blocks that a UE receives and the higher the modulation scheme, the higher the data rate for the UE. 
       FIG. 4  is a diagram  400  illustrating an example of an UL frame structure in LTE. The available resource blocks for the UL may be partitioned into a data section and a control section. The control section may be formed at the two edges of the system bandwidth and may have a configurable size. The resource blocks in the control section may be assigned to UEs for transmission of control information. The data section may include all resource blocks not included in the control section. The UL frame structure results in the data section including contiguous subcarriers, which may allow a single UE to be assigned all of the contiguous subcarriers in the data section. 
     A UE may be assigned resource blocks  410   a ,  410   b  in the control section to transmit control information to an eNB. The UE may also be assigned resource blocks  420   a ,  420   b  in the data section to transmit data to the eNB. The UE may transmit control information in a physical UL control channel (PUCCH) on the assigned resource blocks in the control section. The UE may transmit only data or both data and control information in a physical UL shared channel (PUSCH) on the assigned resource blocks in the data section. A UL transmission may span both slots of a subframe and may hop across frequency. 
     A set of resource blocks may be used to perform initial system access and achieve UL synchronization in a physical random access channel (PRACH)  430 . The PRACH  430  carries a random sequence and cannot carry any UL data/signaling. Each random access preamble occupies a bandwidth corresponding to six consecutive resource blocks. The starting frequency is specified by the network. That is, the transmission of the random access preamble is restricted to certain time and frequency resources. There is no frequency hopping for the PRACH. The PRACH attempt is carried in a single subframe (1 ms) or in a sequence of few contiguous subframes and a UE can make only a single PRACH attempt per frame (10 ms). 
       FIG. 5  is a diagram  500  illustrating an example of a radio protocol architecture for the user and control planes in LTE. The radio protocol architecture for the UE and the eNB is shown with three layers: Layer 1, Layer 2, and Layer 3. Layer 1 (L1 layer) is the lowest layer and implements various physical layer signal processing functions. The L1 layer will be referred to herein as the physical layer  506 . Layer 2 (L2 layer)  508  is above the physical layer  506  and is responsible for the link between the UE and eNB over the physical layer  506 . 
     In the user plane, the L2 layer  508  includes a media access control (MAC) sublayer  510 , a radio link control (RLC) sublayer  512 , and a packet data convergence protocol (PDCP)  514  sublayer, which are terminated at the eNB on the network side. Although not shown, the UE may have several upper layers above the L2 layer  508  including a network layer (e.g., IP layer) that is terminated at the PDN gateway  118  on the network side, and an application layer that is terminated at the other end of the connection (e.g., far end UE, server, etc.). 
     The PDCP sublayer  514  provides multiplexing between different radio bearers and logical channels. The PDCP sublayer  514  also provides header compression for upper layer data packets to reduce radio transmission overhead, security by ciphering the data packets, and handover support for UEs between eNBs. The RLC sublayer  512  provides segmentation and reassembly of upper layer data packets, retransmission of lost data packets, and reordering of data packets to compensate for out-of-order reception due to hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ). The MAC sublayer  510  provides multiplexing between logical and transport channels. The MAC sublayer  510  is also responsible for allocating the various radio resources (e.g., resource blocks) in one cell among the UEs. The MAC sublayer  510  is also responsible for HARQ operations. 
     In the control plane, the radio protocol architecture for the UE and eNB is substantially the same for the physical layer  506  and the L2 layer  508  with the exception that there is no header compression function for the control plane. The control plane also includes a radio resource control (RRC) sublayer  516  in Layer 3 (L3 layer). The RRC sublayer  516  is responsible for obtaining radio resources (e.g., radio bearers) and for configuring the lower layers using RRC signaling between the eNB and the UE. 
       FIG. 6  is a block diagram of an eNB  610  in communication with a UE  650  in an access network. In the DL, upper layer packets from the core network are provided to a controller/processor  675 . The controller/processor  675  implements the functionality of the L2 layer. In the DL, the controller/processor  675  provides header compression, ciphering, packet segmentation and reordering, multiplexing between logical and transport channels, and radio resource allocations to the UE  650  based on various priority metrics. The controller/processor  675  is also responsible for HARQ operations, retransmission of lost packets, and signaling to the UE  650 . 
     The transmit (TX) processor  616  implements various signal processing functions for the L1 layer (i.e., physical layer). The signal processing functions include coding and interleaving to facilitate forward error correction (FEC) at the UE  650  and mapping to signal constellations based on various modulation schemes (e.g., binary phase-shift keying (BPSK), quadrature phase-shift keying (QPSK), M-phase-shift keying (M-PSK), M-quadrature amplitude modulation (M-QAM)). The coded and modulated symbols are then split into parallel streams. Each stream is then mapped to an OFDM subcarrier, multiplexed with a reference signal (e.g., pilot) in the time and/or frequency domain, and then combined together using an Inverse Fast Fourier Transform (IFFT) to produce a physical channel carrying a time domain OFDM symbol stream. The OFDM stream is spatially precoded to produce multiple spatial streams. Channel estimates from a channel estimator  674  may be used to determine the coding and modulation scheme, as well as for spatial processing. The channel estimate may be derived from a reference signal and/or channel condition feedback transmitted by the UE  650 . Each spatial stream may then be provided to a different antenna  620  via a separate transmitter  618 TX. Each transmitter  618 TX may modulate an RF carrier with a respective spatial stream for transmission. 
     At the UE  650 , each receiver  654 RX receives a signal through its respective antenna  652 . Each receiver  654 RX recovers information modulated onto an RF carrier and provides the information to the receive (RX) processor  656 . The RX processor  656  implements various signal processing functions of the L1 layer. The RX processor  656  may perform spatial processing on the information to recover any spatial streams destined for the UE  650 . If multiple spatial streams are destined for the UE  650 , they may be combined by the RX processor  656  into a single OFDM symbol stream. The RX processor  656  then converts the OFDM symbol stream from the time-domain to the frequency domain using a Fast Fourier Transform (FFT). The frequency domain signal comprises a separate OFDM symbol stream for each subcarrier of the OFDM signal. The symbols on each subcarrier, and the reference signal, are recovered and demodulated by determining the most likely signal constellation points transmitted by the eNB  610 . These soft decisions may be based on channel estimates computed by the channel estimator  658 . The soft decisions are then decoded and deinterleaved to recover the data and control signals that were originally transmitted by the eNB  610  on the physical channel. The data and control signals are then provided to the controller/processor  659 . 
     The controller/processor  659  implements the L2 layer. The controller/processor can be associated with a memory  660  that stores program codes and data. The memory  660  may be referred to as a computer-readable medium. In the UL, the controller/processor  659  provides demultiplexing between transport and logical channels, packet reassembly, deciphering, header decompression, control signal processing to recover upper layer packets from the core network. The upper layer packets are then provided to a data sink  662 , which represents all the protocol layers above the L2 layer. Various control signals may also be provided to the data sink  662  for L3 processing. The controller/processor  659  is also responsible for error detection using an acknowledgement (ACK) and/or negative acknowledgement (NACK) protocol to support HARQ operations. 
     In the UL, a data source  667  is used to provide upper layer packets to the controller/processor  659 . The data source  667  represents all protocol layers above the L2 layer. Similar to the functionality described in connection with the DL transmission by the eNB  610 , the controller/processor  659  implements the L2 layer for the user plane and the control plane by providing header compression, ciphering, packet segmentation and reordering, and multiplexing between logical and transport channels based on radio resource allocations by the eNB  610 . The controller/processor  659  is also responsible for HARQ operations, retransmission of lost packets, and signaling to the eNB  610 . 
     Channel estimates derived by a channel estimator  658  from a reference signal or feedback transmitted by the eNB  610  may be used by the TX processor  668  to select the appropriate coding and modulation schemes, and to facilitate spatial processing. The spatial streams generated by the TX processor  668  may be provided to different antenna  652  via separate transmitters  654 TX. Each transmitter  654 TX may modulate an RF carrier with a respective spatial stream for transmission. 
     The UL transmission is processed at the eNB  610  in a manner similar to that described in connection with the receiver function at the UE  650 . Each receiver  618 RX receives a signal through its respective antenna  620 . Each receiver  618 RX recovers information modulated onto an RF carrier and provides the information to a RX processor  670 . The RX processor  670  may implement the L1 layer. 
     The controller/processor  675  implements the L2 layer. The controller/processor  675  can be associated with a memory  676  that stores program codes and data. The memory  676  may be referred to as a computer-readable medium. In the UL, the control/processor  675  provides demultiplexing between transport and logical channels, packet reassembly, deciphering, header decompression, control signal processing to recover upper layer packets from the UE  650 . Upper layer packets from the controller/processor  675  may be provided to the core network. The controller/processor  675  is also responsible for error detection using an ACK and/or NACK protocol to support HARQ operations. 
     Two or more different radio access technologies (RATs) may be operated in a single radio-frequency (RF) chain. Examples of RATs may include an LTE, GSM, CDMA, Wifi, etc. LTE and a second non-LTE RAT (e.g., GSM) may be operated in a single RF chain. Generally, if the UE uses the second RAT to monitor paging, use of LTE in the RF chain may be suspended in order to make the RF chain available for the second non-LTE RAT so that the UE can utilize the RF chain to tune to a proper frequency for the second non-LTE RAT. For example, in 1× Single Radio LTE (SRLTE) or gSRLTE designs, in order to monitor 1×/GSM pages, all RF resources that are initially assigned to LTE may be re-assigned to 1×/GSM. This causes the LTE stack to be suspended. The reassignment of the RF resources to monitor 1×/GSM pages causes LTE throughput degradation at the UE due to the sharing of the same RF chain among LTE and the non-LTE RAT such as GSM. However, with a simultaneous LTE (SLTE) design, a secondary chain (e.g., a diversity chain) may be utilized to demodulate a 1× quick paging channel/paging channel (QPCH/PCH) or a GSM broadcast control channel (BCCH) when LTE is in a connected state. To demodulate the 1×QPCH/PCH or the GSM BCCH, the UE may tune away its diversity receiver for the 1×QPCH/PCH or GSM for the duration of page demodulation for the 1×QPCH/PCH or GSM, and thus may experience disruption during the page demodulation. 
     Recent LTE designs may provide multiple antennas to support a DL MIMO functionality and to achieve higher data rates. For example, the UE may utilize a primary antenna and a secondary antenna for LTE. The UE may also utilize the primary antenna for LTE and utilize the secondary antenna for page monitoring by tuning away the secondary antenna from LTE to a non-LTE RAT. However, tuning away the secondary antenna for 1× page monitoring or GSM page monitoring may cause data throughput loss due to a high block error rate (BLER). Such data throughput loss is caused by the eNB continuing to communicate with the UE according to an initial configuration utilizing both the primary antenna and the secondary antenna for the LTE communication. For example, even if the MIMO functionality for LTE is not available at the UE due to the tune away of the secondary antenna, the eNB may still communicate with the UE based on the MIMO functionality because the eNB is not aware that the secondary antenna is tuned away, thereby causing data throughput degradation. 
     The above-stated problem may be addressed by informing the eNB of usage of the secondary antenna for a non-LTE RAT. Then, the secondary antenna may be relieved from the MIMO functionality while the secondary antenna is tuned away for communication with a non-LTE RAT such as 1×QPCH/PCH or GSM to monitor paging. For example, for the UE connected with LTE, when the UE is about to perform a tune away of the secondary antenna from LTE to another RAT, the UE can transmit a reduction request to the eNB and propose a reduced rank index (RI) of the UE. Once the eNB acknowledges the reduced UE RI in response to the reduction request, the UE may identify an Rx chain for the secondary antenna that is relieved from LTE and then perform a tune away to GSM or CDMA. The UE may further update a CQI and/or a PMI according to the reduced UE RI. 
       FIG. 7  is an example diagram  700  illustrating a UE with two antennas interacting with various RATs according to one example embodiment. The UE  710  includes a primary antenna  712  and a secondary antenna  714 . The UE  710  may include more antennas than the antennas shown in  FIG. 7 . The UE  710  may utilize at least one of the primary antenna  712  and the secondary antenna  714  to communicate with at least one of the RATs supported by the group of access networks  730  to connect to a network. The group of access networks  730  may include any number of access networks, such as but not limited to, an LTE network  732 , a GSM network  734 , and a CDMA network  736 . 
     In an example implementation, the UE  710  identifies a tune away boundary for a non-LTE RAT (e.g., GSM, CDMA, etc.) to monitor pages associated with a non-LTE RAT, so as to determine the time when the UE  710  will tune away the secondary antenna  714  from LTE to a non-LTE RAT. For example, the UE  710  may identify a time ‘t’ (or ‘n th ’ subframe) to perform the tune away. When the UE  710  identifies the tune away boundary, the UE  710  reduces a UE RI of the UE  710  (the UE RI) from an initial value to a reduced value and transmits a reduction request to an eNB of the LTE network  732  to propose the reduced UE RI to the eNB. For example, before performing the tune away, the UE  710  may reduce the UE RI value from UE RI=2 to UE RI=1, send the reduction request to the eNB for UE RI=1, and then wait for an acknowledgement from the eNB. In response to the reduction request, the eNB may transmit the acknowledgement of the reduction request to the UE  710 . Once the eNB acknowledges the reduction request, the UE  710  and the eNB of the LTE network  732  may communicate with each other according to the reduced UE RI (UE RI=1 in this example). The UE  710  may additionally update a CQI and/or a PMI according to the reduced UE RI. For example, the UE  710  may update the CQI and/or the PMI if the CQI and/or the PMI are applicable to support the reduced UE RI or single layer transmission according to a specific standard (e.g., 3GPP 36.213). 
     The UE  710  may use an LTE physical layer (PHY) to transmit the reduction request at [n−kPHICH] th  subframe, such that the tune away may be performed at n th  subframe. For LTE TDD, kPHICH is determined based on Table 9.1.2-1 in 3GPP36.213 (see Table 1 below). For LTE FDD, kPHICH is equal to 4. 
     
       
         
           
               
             
               
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     If the UE  710  receives an acknowledgement of the reduction request, the UE  710  may perform the tune away of the secondary antenna  714  from the LTE network  732 . In particular, if the UE  710  receives the acknowledgement at n th  subframe, then the UE  710  can relieve the Rx chain for the secondary antenna  714  from the LTE network  732 , such that the relieved Rx chain for the secondary antenna  714  may be utilized for a non-LTE RAT (e.g., GSM or CDMA). The UE  710  can subsequently perform the tune away to the GSM network  734  or the CDMA network  736  on the relieved Rx chain for the secondary antenna  714  and monitor the GSM paging via the GSM network  734  or the CDMA paging via the CDMA network  736 . During the tune away period after the acknowledgement of the reduction request, the UE  710  performs communication with the LTE network  732  using the primary antenna  712  and without using the secondary antenna  714 , because the secondary antenna  714  is used for a non-LTE network such as the GSM network  734  or the CDMA network  736 . Further, during the tune away period, the UE  710  and the LTE network  732  may communicate with each other based on the reduced UE RI, without the MIMO functionality. After the tune away period is over, the Rx chain for the secondary antenna  714  is not utilized for a non-LTE RAT. Thus, after the tune away period is over, the UE  710  transmits a reversion request to the eNB of the LTE network  732  in order to propose reverting the reduced UE RI value back to the initial UE RI value. Upon receipt of an acknowledgement of the reversion request from the eNB, the UE  710  and the LTE network  732  may communicate with each other based on the initial value of the UE RI and use the MIMO functionality again, as both the primary antenna  712  and the secondary antenna  714  can be used for communication with the LTE network  732 . A CQI and a PMI corresponding to the UE RI may also be updated based on the reversion back to the initial value of the UE RI. 
     If the UE  710  does not receive any acknowledgement of the reduction request, the UE  710  may skip the tune away, and may revert the UE RI back to the initial UE RI value. Thus, without the acknowledgment of the reduction request, the UE  710  and the LTE network  732  communicate with each other based on the initial value of the UE RI, and using both the primary antenna  712  and the secondary antenna  714 . It is noted that the network may repeat pages, and thus even after skipping the current tune away, paging may be monitored at a next tune away period. Before the next tune away period, the UE  710  may again transmit a reduction request to the eNB in order to propose a reduced UE RI. For example, if the first tune away period is skipped, before the next tune away period starting at n th  subframe, the UE  710  may use an LTE PHY to transmit the reduction request for the reduced UE RI at [n−(2*kPHICH)] th  subframe and wait for the acknowledgement from the eNB. Thus, the reduction request for the next tune away period may be transmitted at an earlier subframe (e.g., [n−(2*kPHICH)] th  subframe) than a subframe (e.g., [n−kPHICH] th  subframe) at which the reduction request is previously transmitted. Transmitting the reduction request for the next tune away at the earlier subframe will allow more time to receive the acknowledgment of the reduction request from the eNB, thus allowing more opportunities to successfully receive the acknowledgement of the reduction request. If the UE  710  receives the acknowledgement of the reduction request before n th  subframe, then the UE  710  can relieve the Rx chain for the secondary antenna  714  from the LTE network  732 , such that the relieved Rx chain may be utilized for a non-LTE RAT. If the UE  710  does not receive any acknowledgement of the reduction request for the next tune away and thus fails to receive any acknowledgement of the reduction request for the second time, the UE  710  may perform the tune away, regardless of whether the UE  710  has received the acknowledgement or not. 
     During the next tune away, the UE  710  performs communication with the LTE network  732  using the primary antenna  712  and without using the secondary antenna  714 . After the next tune away period is over, the UE  710  transmits a reversion request to the eNB of the LTE network  732  in order to propose changing the reduced UE RI value back to the initial value of the UE RI. When the eNB acknowledges the reversion request, the UE  710  and the LTE network  732  may use the MIMO functionality again with both the primary antenna  712  and the secondary antenna  714  for communication with the LTE network  732 . A CQI and a PMI corresponding to the UE RI may also be updated based on the reversion back to the initial value of the UE RI. 
       FIGS. 8A and 8B  are example pictorial diagrams illustrating an embodiment according to the disclosure.  FIG. 8A  is a diagram  800  illustrating a first case where acknowledgements of reduction requests are successfully received.  FIG. 8A  illustrates a base station (e.g., an eNB of an LTE network) time line  802  and a UE time line  804 . During a first LTE period  806 , the UE performs an LTE session based on an initial value of the UE RI. If the UE identifies that a tune away to GSM will be performed at n th  subframe  808 , the UE transmits at [n−kPHICH] th  subframe  810  a reduction request  812  to reduce the UE RI to the eNB. The reduction request  812  may be transmitted to the eNB via a PUSCH or a PUCCH. In response to the reduction request  812 , the eNB transmits an acknowledgement  814 , which is received by the UE at n th  subframe  808 . Upon receipt of the acknowledgement  814  of the reduction request  812 , the UE relieves one of the RF Rx chains and performs a first tune away session  816  using the relieved RF Rx chain to tune away from LTE to a non-LTE RAT. For example, during the first tune away session  816 , the UE may tune away an RF RX chain for the secondary antenna to GSM or CDMA to monitor paging. Further, during the first tune away session  816 , the UE and the eNB communicate with each other based on the reduced UE RI. After the first tune away session  816  is over, the UE performs another LTE session during a second LTE period  818 . At the beginning of the second LTE period  818 , the UE transmits a reversion request  820  to revert the reduced UE RI back to the initial value of the UE RI. The reversion request  820  may be transmitted via a PUSCH or a PUCCH. In response to the reversion request  820 , the eNB transmits an acknowledgement  822 , which is received by the UE. Upon the acknowledgement  822  of the reversion request  820  from the eNB, the UE performs the LTE session with the eNB based on the initial value of the UE RI and is able to utilize the MIMO functionality. 
     During a second LTE period  818 , if the UE identifies that a tune away to GSM will be performed at n th  subframe  824 , the UE transmits to the eNB at [n−kPHICH] th  subframe  826  a reduction request  828  to reduce the UE RI. In response to the reduction request  828 , the eNB transmits an acknowledgement  830 , which is received by the UE at n th  subframe  824 . Upon receiving the acknowledgement  830  of the reduction request  828  to reduce the UE RI, the UE relieves one of the RF Rx chains and performs a second tune away session  832  using the relieved RF Rx chain. Further, during the second tune away session  832 , the UE and the eNB communicate with each other based on the reduced UE RI. After the second tune away session  832  is over, the UE performs another LTE session during the third LTE period  834 . At the beginning of the third LTE period  834 , the UE transmits a reversion request  836  to revert the reduced UE RI back to the initial value of the UE RI. The reversion request  836  may be transmitted via a PUSCH or a PUCCH. In response to the reversion request  836 , the eNB transmits an acknowledgement  838 , which is received by the UE. Upon receiving the acknowledgement  838  of the reversion request  836 , the UE performs the LTE session with the eNB based on the initial value of the UE RI and is able to utilize the MIMO functionality. 
       FIG. 8B  is a diagram  850  illustrating a second case where an acknowledgement of a reduction request is not received.  FIG. 8B  illustrates a base station (e.g., the eNB) time line  852  and a UE time line  854 . During a first LTE period  856 , the UE performs an LTE session based on an initial value of the UE RI. If the UE identifies that a tune away to GSM will be performed at n th  subframe  858 , the UE transmits to the eNB at [n−kPHICH] th  subframe  860  a reduction request  862  to reduce the UE RI. The reduction request  862  may be transmitted via a PUSCH or a PUCCH. However, in the second case, the UE does not receive an acknowledgement from the eNB in response to the reduction request  862 . Thus, the UE does not perform the tune away at time point  864 , but instead proceeds to a second LTE period  866 , without using the reduced UE RI for an LTE communication. 
     After the UE fails to receive the acknowledgement of the reduction request  862  during the first LTE period  856 , during a second LTE period  866 , if the UE identifies that a tune away to GSM will be performed at n th  subframe  868 , the UE transmits at [n−(2*kPHICH)] th  subframe  870  a reduction request  872  to reduce the UE RI to the eNB. Thus, the UE transmits the reduction request  872  to the eNB at an earlier subframe than a subframe at which the reduction request  862  is previously transmitted. Because the UE transmits the reduction request  872  at an earlier subframe during the second LTE period  866 , the UE has more opportunities to successfully receive an acknowledgement from the eNB during the second LTE period  866  than during the first LTE period  856 . The reduction request  872  may be transmitted via a PUSCH or a PUCCH. In response to the reduction request  872 , the eNB transmits an acknowledgement  874 , which is received by the UE at n th  subframe  868 . Upon receiving the acknowledgement  874  of the reduction request  872  to reduce the UE RI, the UE relieves one of the RF chains and performs a first tune away session  876  using the relieved RF chain. In one embodiment, even if the UE does not receive the acknowledgment  874 , the UE may still perform the first tune away session  876  if the UE has previously sent a reduction request a predetermined number of times (e.g., twice) but did not receive an acknowledgement of the reduction request. Further, during the first tune away session  876 , the UE and the eNB communicate with each other based on the reduced UE RI. After the first tune away session  876  is over, the UE performs another LTE session during the third LTE period  878 . At the beginning of the third LTE period  878 , the UE transmits a reversion request  880  to revert the reduced UE RI back to the initial value of the UE RI. The reversion request  880  may be transmitted via PUSCH or PUCCH. In response to the reversion request  880 , the eNB transmits an acknowledgement  882 , which is received by the UE. Upon receiving the acknowledgement  882 , the UE performs the LTE session with the eNB based on the initial value of the UE RI and is able to utilize the MIMO functionality. 
       FIG. 9  is a flow diagram  900  illustrating a tune away process according to an example embodiment. The flow diagram  900  includes a GSM module  902 , an RX chain  904 , a time reversal mirror (TRM) module  906 , an LTE ML1/LL1 module  908 , and an EUTRAN  910 . The UE may include the GSM module  902 , the RX chain  904 , the TRM module  906 , and the LTE ML1/LL1 module  908 . The EUTRAN  910  may include an eNB of an LTE network, as illustrated in  FIG. 1 . At step  912 , the GSM module  902  sends a message to the TRM module  906  to reserve an RF Rx chain at timestamp t. In response, at step  914 , the TRM module  906  sends a signal to the LTE ML1/LL1 module  908  to relieve the RF Rx chain at n th  subframe that corresponds to timestamp t. In order to relieve the RF Rx chain at n th  subframe, at step  916 , the LTE ML1/LL1 module  908  transmits a reduction request to reduce the UE RI to the EUTRAN  910  via a PUCCH or a PUSCH before the n th  subframe. For example, the reduction request may be sent to the EUTRAN  910  at [n−kPHICH] th  subframe. In response, at step  918 , the EUTRAN may send an acknowledgement of the reduction request to the LTE ML1/LL1 module  908 . Steps  912 - 918  take place during a first LTE period  920 , where both a primary antenna and a secondary antenna of the UE are used for LTE communication based on an initial value of the UE RI. 
     Upon receipt of the acknowledgment of the reduction request, at step  922 , the LTE ML1/LL1 module  908  sends a signal to the Rx Chain  904  to release the Rx chain for the secondary antenna from LTE. Subsequently, at step  924 , the TRM module  906  provides a grant to utilize GSM on the Rx Chain  904 . In response, at step  926 , the GSM module  902  performs a tune away of the secondary antenna from LTE in order to use the Rx Chain  904  for page monitoring in GSM. After the tune away is finished, at step  928 , the GSM module  902  transmits a signal to the Rx Chain  904  to release the RX Chain  904  from GSM. Subsequently, at step  930 , the TRM module  906  provides a grant to the LTE ML1/LL1 module  908  in order to utilize LTE on the RX chain  904 . Then, at step  932 , the LTE ML1/LL1 module  908  transmits a reversion request to revert the RI back to the initial value of the UE RI to the EUTRAN  910  via a PUCCH or a PUSCH. In response, at step  934 , the EUTRAN  910  sends an acknowledgement of the reversion request to the LTE ML1/LL1 module  908 . Steps  924 - 934  take place during a tune away session  936  where only the primary antenna of the UE is used for the LTE communication based on the reduced UE RI and the secondary antenna of the UE is relieved from the LTE communication to be available for the tune away. After the tune away session  936 , a second LTE session  938  may take place using both the primary antenna and the secondary antenna for the LTE communication, based on the initial value of the UE RI. 
       FIGS. 10A-10D  are example diagrams illustrating various scenarios of an LTE sleep duration and a GSM activation duration for an RF Rx chain. It is noted that the UE may perform the tune away of the RF Rx chain during the GSM activation duration.  FIG. 10A  is a diagram  1000  illustrating a first scenario of the LTE sleep duration and the GSM activation duration.  FIG. 10A  includes an LTE time line  1002  and a GSM time line  1004 . The LTE communication becomes inactive during the LTE sleep duration (e.g., a connected mode discontinuous reception (cDRX) period) between time X1  1006  and time X2  1008 . Before X1  1006 , the UE performs the LTE communication based on an initial value of the UE RI. The GSM communication becomes active during the activation duration between time Y1  1010  and time Y2  1012 , and is inactive during the inactivation duration (e.g., a discontinuous reception (DRX) period) before Y1  1010  and after Y2  1012 . In the first scenario, Y1&lt;X1&lt;X2&lt;Y2, and thus both LTE and GSM are active between Y1  1010  and X1  1006  and between X2  1008  and Y2  1012 . Because Y1  1010  occurs before X1  1006 , the UE informs a reduced UE RI (and corresponding CQI and PMI) to the eNB at Y1−kPHICH th  subframe. Further, because GSM becomes inactive at Y2  1012 , which occurs after X2  1008 , the UE informs the initial value of the UE RI (and corresponding CQI and PMI) to the eNB at Y2  1012 . 
       FIG. 10B  is a diagram  1030  illustrating a second scenario of the LTE sleep duration and the GSM activation duration.  FIG. 10B  includes an LTE time line  1032  and a GSM time line  1034 . The LTE communication becomes inactive during the LTE sleep duration between time X1  1036  and time X2  1038 . Before X1  1036 , the UE performs the LTE communication based on an initial value of the UE RI. The GSM communication becomes active during the activation duration between time Y1  1040  and time Y2  1042 , and is inactive during the inactivation duration before Y1  1040  and after Y2  1042 . In the first scenario, Y1&lt;X1&lt;Y2&lt;X2, and thus both LTE and GSM are active between Y1  1040  and X1  1036 . Because Y1  1040  occurs before X1  1036 , the UE informs a reduced UE RI (and corresponding CQI and PMI) to the eNB at Y1−kPHICH th  subframe. Further, because LTE becomes active at X2  1038 , which occurs after Y2  1042 , the UE informs the initial value of the UE RI (and corresponding CQI and PMI) to the eNB at X2  1038 . 
       FIG. 10C  is a diagram  1050  illustrating a third scenario of the LTE sleep duration and the GSM activation duration.  FIG. 10C  includes an LTE time line  1052  and a GSM time line  1054 . The LTE communication becomes inactive during the LTE sleep duration between time X1  1056  and time X2  1058 . Before X1  1056 , the UE performs the LTE communication based on an initial value of the UE RI. The GSM communication becomes active during the activation duration between time Y1  1060  and time Y2  1062 . In the first scenario, X1&lt;Y1&lt;X2&lt;Y2, and thus both LTE and GSM are active between X2  1058  and Y2  1062 . Because X1  1056  occurs before Y1  1060 , the UE informs a reduced UE RI (and corresponding CQI and PMI) to the eNB at X1−kPHICH th  subframe. Further, because Y2  1062  occurs after X2  1058 , UE informs the initial value of the UE RI (and corresponding CQI and PMI) to eNB at Y2  1062 . 
       FIG. 10D  is a diagram  1070  illustrating a third scenario of the LTE sleep duration and the GSM activation duration.  FIG. 10D  includes an LTE time line  1072  and a GSM time line  1074 . The LTE communication becomes inactive during the LTE sleep duration between time X1  1076  and time X2  1078 . Before X1  1076 , the UE performs the LTE communication based on an initial value of the UE RI. The GSM communication becomes active during the activation duration between time Y1  1080  and time Y2  1082 . In the fourth scenario, X1&lt;Y1&lt;Y2&lt;X2, there is no instance where both LTE and GSM are active. Thus, in the fourth scenario, because there is no overlap between the LTE activation duration and the GSM activation duration, the UE informs a reduced UE RI (and corresponding CQI and PMI) to the eNB at X1−kPHICH th  subframe and informs the initial value of the UE RI (and corresponding CQI and PMI) to the eNB at X2. 
       FIG. 11  is a flow chart  1100  of a method of wireless communication. The method may be performed by a UE (e.g., UE  710 , apparatus  1402 / 1402 ′). At step  1102 , the UE that uses a first antenna (e.g., primary antenna  712 ) and a second antenna (e.g., secondary antenna  714 ) for communication with a first RAT determines that the second antenna is to be used for a procedure associated with a second RAT at a first time. In an aspect, the determination may be performed by at least one of antenna determination module  1404 , processor  1504 , etc. At step  1104 , the UE reduces a UE RI from an initial value to a reduced value for the communication with the first RAT at the first time based on the determination. In an aspect, the reduction may be performed by at least one of first RAT processing module  1406 , second RAT processing module  1410 , processor  1504 , etc. At step  1106 , the UE updates at least one of a CQI or a PMI based on the reduced value of the UE RI. In an aspect, the updating may be performed by at least one of first RAT processing module  1406 , processor  1504 , etc. At step  1108 , the UE transmits a request to a network entity to reduce the UE RI to the reduced value before the first time. In an aspect, the transmission may be performed by at least one of transmission module  1408 , processor  1504 , etc. The UE may transmit the request to the network entity before the first time when the procedure associated with the second RAT begins before a start of a sleep time associated with the first RAT and overlaps at least in part with the sleep time associated with the first RAT, or may transmit the request to the network entity before a start of a sleep time associated with the first RAT when the procedure associated with the second RAT begins after the start of the sleep time associated with the first RAT and overlaps at least in part with the sleep time associated with the first RAT. At step  1110 , the UE determines whether the UE receives an acknowledgement in response to the transmission of the request to reduce the UE RI. In an aspect, the determination may be performed by at least one of reception module  1412 , antenna determination module  1404 , processor  1504 , etc. If the UE receives the acknowledgement in response to the transmission, then the UE proceeds to A, which is further described in  FIG. 12 . If the UE does not receive the acknowledgement in response to the transmission, then the UE proceeds to B, which is further described in  FIG. 13 . As discussed supra in  FIG. 7 , the UE  710  may include the primary antenna  712  and the secondary antenna  714 . When the UE  710  identifies the tune away boundary for a non-LTE RAT (e.g., GSM or CDMA), the UE  710  reduces a UE RI of the UE  710  (the UE RI) from an initial value to a reduced value and transmits a reduction request to an eNB of the LTE network  732  to propose the reduced UE RI to the eNB. The UE  710  may use an LTE PHY to transmit the reduction request at [n−kPHICH] th  subframe, such that the tune away may be performed at n th  subframe. Further, as discussed supra, referring to  FIGS. 10A-10B , if Y1  1010  occurs before X1  1006 , the UE informs a reduced UE RI (and corresponding CQI and PMI) to the eNB at Y1−kPHICH th  subframe. Referring to  FIG. 10C , if X1  1056  occurs before Y1  1060 , the UE informs a reduced UE RI (and corresponding CQI and PMI) to the eNB at X1−kPHICH th  subframe. After transmitting the reduction request to the eNB, the UE  710  waits for an acknowledgement of the reduction request from the eNB. 
       FIG. 12  is a flow chart  1200  of a method of wireless communication continuing from  FIG. 11 . In particular, the flow chart  1200  continues from the flow chart  1100  of  FIG. 11  if the UE receives the acknowledgement in response to the transmission of the request to reduce the UE RI. At step  1202 , the UE tunes away the second antenna from the first RAT to the second RAT to perform the procedure associated with the second RAT. In an aspect, the tune away may be performed by at least one of antenna determination module  1404 , first RAT processing module  1406 , second RAT processing module  1410 , transmission module  1408 , processor  1504 , etc. At step  1204 , the UE performs communication with the first RAT via the first antenna according to the reduced value of the UE RI. In an aspect, the communications may be performed by at least one of reception module  1412 , transmission module  1408 , processor  1504 , etc. As discussed supra, if the UE  710  of  FIG. 7  receives the acknowledgement of the reduction request, then the UE  710  can relieve the Rx chain for the secondary antenna  714  from the LTE network  732 , such that the relieved Rx chain for the secondary antenna  714  may be utilized for a non-LTE RAT (e.g., GSM or CDMA). Further, as discussed supra, during the tune away period after the acknowledgement of the reduction request, the UE  710  performs communication with the LTE network  732  using the primary antenna  712  and without using the secondary antenna  714 . 
     At step  1206 , the UE transmits a request to the network entity to return to the initial value of the UE RI after the procedure associated with the second RAT is performed. In an aspect, the transmission may be performed by at least one of transmission module  1408 , processor  1504 , etc. The UE may transmit the request to the network entity to return to the initial value of the UE RI at a later one of a time at which a sleep time associated with the first RAT ends and a time at which performance of the procedure associated with the second RAT ends. At step  1208 , the UE performs communication with the first RAT via the first antenna and the second antenna according to the initial value of the UE RI when the UE receives an acknowledgement from the network entity in response to the transmission of the request to return to the initial value of the UE RI. In an aspect, the communications may be performed by at least one of reception module  1412 , transmission module  1408 , processor  1504 , etc. As discussed supra, after the tune away period is over, the UE  710  transmits a reversion request to the eNB of the LTE network  732  in order to propose reverting the reduced UE RI value back to the initial UE RI value. Upon receipt of an acknowledgement of the reversion request, the UE  710  and the LTE network  732  may communicate with each other based on the initial value of the UE RI and use the MIMO functionality again as both the primary antenna  712  and the secondary antenna  714  can be used for communication with the LTE network  732 . Further, as discussed supra, referring to  FIG. 10A , if GSM becomes inactive at Y2  1012 , which occurs after X2  1008 , UE informs the initial value of the UE RI (and corresponding CQI and PMI) to eNB at Y2  1012 . Referring to  FIG. 10B , if LTE becomes active at X2  1038 , which occurs after Y2  1042 , the UE informs the initial value of the UE RI (and corresponding CQI and PMI) to the eNB at X2  1038 . 
       FIG. 13  is a flow chart  1300  of a method of wireless communication continuing from  FIG. 11 . In particular, the flow chart  1300  continues from the flow chart  1100  of  FIG. 11  if the UE does not receive the acknowledgement in response to the transmission of the request to reduce the UE RI. At step  1302 , the UE refrains from the tuning away the second antenna from the first RAT to the second RAT and reverts the UE RI to the initial value. In an aspect, the refraining from tuning away may be performed by at least one of antenna determination module  1404 , first RAT processing module  1406 , second RAT processing module  1410 , processor  1504 , etc. As discussed supra, if the UE  710  does not receive any acknowledgement of the reduction request, the UE  710  may skip the tune away, and may revert the UE RI back to the initial UE RI value. As discussed supra, without the acknowledgment of the reduction request, the UE  710  and the LTE network  732  communicate with each other based on the initial value of the UE RI, and using both the primary antenna  712  and the secondary antenna  714 . 
     At step  1304 , the UE transmits a subsequent instance of the request to the network entity to reduce the UE RI to the reduced value of the UE RI after the first time when the UE does not receive the acknowledgement. In an aspect, the transmission may be performed by at least one of transmission module  1408 , processor  1504 , etc. The subsequent instance of the request may be transmitted to the network entity at an earlier subframe than a subframe at which the request before the subsequent instance of the request is transmitted to the network. At step  1306 , the UE tunes away the second antenna from the first RAT to the second RAT to perform the procedure associated with the second RAT when the UE does not receive an acknowledgement of the subsequent instance of the request from the network entity. In an aspect, the tune away may be performed by at least one of the antenna determination module  1404 , second RAT processing module  1410 , transmission module  1408 , processor  1504 , etc. At step  1308 , the UE performs communication with the first RAT via the first antenna according to the reduced value of the UE RI. In an aspect, the communications may be performed by at least one of first RAT processing module  1406 , reception module  1412 , transmission module  1408 , processor  1504 , etc. As discussed supra, if the first tune away period is skipped, the UE  710  may again transmit a reduction request to the eNB before the next tune away period in order to propose a reduced UE RI. As discussed supra, the reduction request for the next tune away period may be transmitted at an earlier subframe (e.g., [n−(2*kPHICH)] th  subframe) than a subframe (e.g., [n−kPHICH] th  subframe) at which the reduction request is previously transmitted. If the UE  710  receives the acknowledgement of the reduction request, then the UE  710  can relieve the Rx chain for the secondary antenna  714  from the LTE network  732 , such that the relieved Rx chain may be utilized for a non-LTE RAT. If the UE  710  does not receive any acknowledgement of the reduction request for the next tune away and thus fails to receive any acknowledgement for the second time, the UE  710  may perform the tune away, regardless of whether the UE  710  has received the acknowledgement or not. Further, as discussed supra, during the next tune away, the UE  710  performs communication with the LTE network  732  using the primary antenna  712  and without using the secondary antenna  714 . 
       FIG. 14  is a conceptual data flow diagram  1400  illustrating the data flow between different modules/means/components in an exemplary apparatus  1402 . The apparatus may be a UE. The UE may use a first antenna and a second antenna for communication with a first RAT. The apparatus includes an antenna determination module  1404 , a first RAT processing module  1406 , a transmission module  1408 , a second RAT processing module  1410 , and a reception module  1412 . The antenna determination module  1404  determines that the second antenna is to be used for a procedure associated with a second RAT at a first time. The first RAT processing module  1406  reduces a UE RI from an initial value to a reduced value for the communication with the first RAT at the first time based on the determination communicated via  1452 . The first RAT processing module  1406  at  1454  transmits via the transmission module  1408  at  1456  a request to a network entity (e.g., an eNB  1450 ) to reduce the UE RI to the reduced value before the first time. The first RAT processing module  1406  may transmit the request to the network entity  1450  before the first time when the procedure associated with the second RAT begins before a start of a sleep time associated with the first RAT and overlaps at least in part with the sleep time associated with the first RAT. Alternatively, the first RAT processing module  1406  may transmit the request to the network entity  1450  before a start of a sleep time associated with the first RAT when the procedure associated with the second RAT begins after the start of the sleep time associated with the first RAT and overlaps at least in part with the sleep time associated with the first RAT. 
     The reception module  1412  may receive at  1458  an acknowledgement in response to the transmission of the request to reduce the UE RI, and may communicate at  1460  the acknowledgement to the antenna determination module  1404 . When the reception module  1412  receives at  1458  an acknowledgement in response to the transmission, the antenna determination module  1404  at  1462  tunes away the second antenna from the first RAT to the second RAT to perform the procedure associated with the second RAT. In an aspect, the procedure may be implemented by the second RAT processing module  1410  through the transmission module  1408  at  1466  and  1456  and the reception module  1412  at  1458  and  1468 . The first RAT processing module  1406  performs, via the transmission module  1408  at  1456  and the reception module  1412  at  1458 , communication with the first RAT via the first antenna according to the reduced value of the UE RI. The first RAT processing module  1406  at  1454  transmits via the transmission module  1408  at  1456  a request to the network entity  1450  to return to the initial value of the UE RI after the procedure associated with the second RAT is performed. The first RAT processing module  1406  at  1454  and  1464  performs, via the transmission module  1408  at  1456  and the reception module  1412  at  1458 , communication with the first RAT via the first antenna and the second antenna according to the initial value of the UE RI when the apparatus receives an acknowledgement from the network entity  1450  in response to the transmission of the request to return to the initial value of the UE RI. The first RAT processing module  1406  may transmit the request to the network entity  1450  to return to the initial value of the UE RI at a later one of a time at which a sleep time associated with the first RAT ends and a time at which performance of the procedure associated with the second RAT ends. 
     The antenna determination module  1404  refrains from tuning away the second antenna from the first RAT to the second RAT and reverts the UE RI to the initial value when the apparatus does not receive the acknowledgement from the network entity  1450 . The first RAT processing module  1406  transmits at  1454  via the transmission module  1408  at  1456  a subsequent instance of the request to the network entity  1450  to reduce the UE RI to the reduced value of the UE RI after the first time when the UE does not receive the acknowledgement. The subsequent instance of the request may be transmitted to the network entity  1450  at an earlier subframe than a subframe at which the request before the subsequent instance of the request is transmitted to the network. The antenna determination module  1404  tunes away at  1462  the second antenna from the first RAT to the second RAT to perform the procedure associated with the second RAT via the second RAT processing module  1410  through the transmission module  1408  at  1466  and  1456  and the reception module  1412  at  1458  and  1468  when the reception module  1412  does not receive an acknowledgement of the subsequent instance of the request from the network entity  1450 . The first RAT processing module  1406  performs at  1454  and  1464 , via the transmission module  1408  at  1456  and the reception module  1412  at  1458 , communication with the first RAT via the first antenna according to the reduced value of the UE RI. The first RAT processing module  1406  updates at least one of a channel quality indicator (CQI) or a pre-coding matrix indicator (PMI) based on the reduced value of the UE RI. 
     The apparatus may include additional modules that perform each of the steps of the algorithm in the aforementioned flow charts of  FIGS. 11-13 . As such, each step in the aforementioned flow charts of  FIGS. 11-13  may be performed by a module and the apparatus may include one or more of those modules. The modules may be one or more hardware components specifically configured to carry out the stated processes/algorithm, implemented by a processor configured to perform the stated processes/algorithm, stored within a computer-readable medium for implementation by a processor, or some combination thereof. 
       FIG. 15  is a diagram  1500  illustrating an example of a hardware implementation for an apparatus  1402 ′ employing a processing system  1514 . The processing system  1514  may be implemented with a bus architecture, represented generally by the bus  1524 . The bus  1524  may include any number of interconnecting buses and bridges depending on the specific application of the processing system  1514  and the overall design constraints. The bus  1524  links together various circuits including one or more processors and/or hardware modules, represented by the processor  1504 , the modules  1404 ,  1406 ,  1408 ,  1410 ,  1412  and the computer-readable medium/memory  1506 . The bus  1524  may also link various other circuits such as timing sources, peripherals, voltage regulators, and power management circuits, which are well known in the art, and therefore, will not be described any further. 
     The processing system  1514  may be coupled to a transceiver  1510 . The transceiver  1510  is coupled to one or more antennas  1520 . The transceiver  1510  provides a means for communicating with various other apparatus over a transmission medium. The transceiver  1510  receives a signal from the one or more antennas  1520 , extracts information from the received signal, and provides the extracted information to the processing system  1514 , specifically the reception module  1412 . In addition, the transceiver  1510  receives information from the processing system  1514 , specifically the transmission module  1408 , and based on the received information, generates a signal to be applied to the one or more antennas  1520 . The processing system  1514  includes a processor  1504  coupled to a computer-readable medium/memory  1506 . The processor  1504  is responsible for general processing, including the execution of software stored on the computer-readable medium/memory  1506 . The software, when executed by the processor  1504 , causes the processing system  1514  to perform the various functions described supra for any particular apparatus. The computer-readable medium/memory  1506  may also be used for storing data that is manipulated by the processor  1504  when executing software. The processing system further includes at least one of the modules  1404 ,  1406 ,  1408 ,  1410 , and  1412 . The modules may be software modules running in the processor  1504 , resident/stored in the computer readable medium/memory  1506 , one or more hardware modules coupled to the processor  1504 , or some combination thereof. The processing system  1514  may be a component of the UE  650  and may include the memory  660  and/or at least one of the TX processor  668 , the RX processor  656 , and the controller/processor  659 . 
     In one configuration, the apparatus  1402 / 1402 ′ for wireless communication is a UE which uses a first antenna and a second antenna for communication with a first RAT, and includes means for determining that the second antenna is to be used for a procedure associated with a second RAT at a first time and means for reducing a UE RI from an initial value to a reduced value for the communication with the first RAT at the first time based on the determination. The apparatus  1402 / 1402 ′ also includes means for transmitting a request to a network entity to reduce the UE RI to the reduced value before the first time, means for tuning away the second antenna from the first RAT to the second RAT to perform the procedure associated with the second RAT when the UE receives an acknowledgement in response to the transmission, and means for performing communication with the first RAT via the first antenna according to the reduced value of the UE RI when the UE receives the acknowledgement in response to the transmission. The means for transmitting the request to the network entity to reduce the UE RI may include means for transmitting the request to the network entity before the first time when the procedure associated with the second RAT begins before a start of a sleep time associated with the first RAT and overlaps at least in part with the sleep time associated with the first RAT or means for transmitting the request to the network entity before the start of the sleep time associated with the first RAT when the procedure associated with the second RAT begins after the start of the sleep time associated with the first RAT and overlaps at least in part with the sleep time associated with the first RAT. The apparatus  1402 / 1402 ′ may also include means for transmitting a request to return to the initial value of the UE RI to the network entity at a later one of a time at which the sleep time associated with the first RAT ends and a time at which performance of the procedure associated with the second RAT ends. The apparatus  1402 / 1402 ′ further includes means for transmitting a request to the network entity to return to the initial value of the UE RI after the procedure associated with the second RAT is performed, and means for performing communication with the first RAT via the first antenna and the second antenna according to the initial value of the UE RI when the UE receives an acknowledgement from the network entity in response to the transmission of the request to return to the initial value of the UE RI. The apparatus  1402 / 1402 ′ further includes means for updating at least one of a CQI or a PMI based on the reduced value of the UE RI. 
     The apparatus  1402 / 1402 ′ also includes means for refraining from the tuning away the second antenna from the first RAT to the second RAT and reverting the UE RI to the initial value when the UE does not receive the acknowledgement from the network entity. The apparatus  1402 / 1402 ′ further includes means for transmitting a subsequent instance of the request to the network entity to reduce the UE RI to the reduced value of the UE RI after the first time when the UE does not receive the acknowledgement, means for tuning away the second antenna from the first RAT to the second RAT to perform the procedure associated with the second RAT when the UE does not receive an acknowledgement of the subsequent instance of the request from the network entity, and means for performing communication with the first RAT via the first antenna according to the reduced value of the UE RI. The aforementioned means may be one or more of the aforementioned modules of the apparatus  1402  and/or the processing system  1514  of the apparatus  1402 ′ configured to perform the functions recited by the aforementioned means. As described supra, the processing system  1514  may include the TX Processor  668 , the RX Processor  656 , and the controller/processor  659 . As such, in one configuration, the aforementioned means may be the TX Processor  668 , the RX Processor  656 , and the controller/processor  659  configured to perform the functions recited by the aforementioned means. 
     It is understood that the specific order or hierarchy of steps in the processes disclosed is an illustration of exemplary approaches. Based upon design preferences, it is understood that the specific order or hierarchy of steps in the processes may be rearranged. Further, some steps may be combined or omitted. The accompanying method claims present elements of the various steps in a sample order, and are not meant to be limited to the specific order or hierarchy presented. 
     The previous description is provided to enable any person skilled in the art to practice the various aspects described herein. Various modifications to these aspects will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art, and the generic principles defined herein may be applied to other aspects. Thus, the claims are not intended to be limited to the aspects shown herein, but is to be accorded the full scope consistent with the language claims, wherein reference to an element in the singular is not intended to mean “one and only one” unless specifically so stated, but rather “one or more.” The word “exemplary” is used herein to mean “serving as an example, instance, or illustration.” Any aspect described herein as “exemplary” is not necessarily to be construed as preferred or advantageous over other aspects. Unless specifically stated otherwise, the term “some” refers to one or more. Combinations such as “at least one of A, B, or C,” “at least one of A, B, and C,” and “A, B, C, or any combination thereof” include any combination of A, B, and/or C, and may include multiples of A, multiples of B, or multiples of C. Specifically, combinations such as “at least one of A, B, or C,” “at least one of A, B, and C,” and “A, B, C, or any combination thereof” may be A only, B only, C only, A and B, A and C, B and C, or A and B and C, where any such combinations may contain one or more member or members of A, B, or C. All structural and functional equivalents to the elements of the various aspects described throughout this disclosure that are known or later come to be known to those of ordinary skill in the art are expressly incorporated herein by reference and are intended to be encompassed by the claims. Moreover, nothing disclosed herein is intended to be dedicated to the public regardless of whether such disclosure is explicitly recited in the claims. No claim element is to be construed as a means plus function unless the element is expressly recited using the phrase “means for.”