An apparatus and a method. The apparatus includes a first SIM, a second SIM, a dual SIM resource controller (DSRC), and a radio frequency (RF) communication entity. The DSRC is configured to schedule a first paging preparation period of the first SIM prior to a second paging preparation period of the second SIM, when an initial RF request for the RF communication entity is granted, and it is determined that a partial paging overlap will occur between the first SIM and the second SIM.