Cloud-based thermal control of wireless access points
AssigneePlume Design, Inc.
InventorsWilliam McFarland, Yoseph Malkin, Richard Chang, Patrick Hanley
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Abstract
Systems and methods of cloud-based thermal control of an access point performed by a cloud-based controller include periodically obtaining temperature measurements from the access point comprising one or more radio chips operating therein; responsive to the temperature exceeding a first threshold, causing one or more thermal mitigation techniques to modify operating conditions of the one or more radio chips; and, responsive to the temperature being lower than a second threshold, causing reversion back of the one or more thermal mitigation techniques.
Claims20
A method of cloud-based thermal control of an access point performed by a cloud-based controller, the method comprising:
- periodically obtaining temperature measurements from the access point comprising one or more radio chips operating therein, wherein the cloud-based controller is connected to the access point via the Internet, and wherein the access point is configured to provide wireless connectivity via the one or more radio chips;
- responsive to the temperature exceeding a first threshold, causing one or more thermal mitigation techniques to modify operating conditions of the one or more radio chips where the access point maintains network connectivity with the modified operating conditions;
- and
- responsive to the temperature being lower than a second threshold, causing reversion back of the one or more thermal mitigation techniques.
A cloud-based controller configured to perform thermal control of an access point, the cloud-based controller comprising:
- a network interface communicatively coupled to the access point via the Internet;
- one or more processors communicatively coupled to the network interface;
- and
- memory storing instructions that, when executed, cause the one or more processors to:
- periodically obtain temperature measurements from the access point comprising one or more radio chips operating therein, wherein the access point is configured to provide wireless connectivity via the one or more radio chips;
- responsive to the temperature exceeding a first threshold, cause one or more thermal mitigation techniques to modify operating conditions of the one or more radio chips where the access point maintains network connectivity with the modified operating conditions;
- and
- responsive to the temperature being lower than a second threshold, cause reversion back of the one or more thermal mitigation techniques.
A Wi-Fi network controlled by a cloud-based controller, the Wi-Fi network comprising:
- one or more access points each comprising one or more radios, wherein the one or more access points are configured to provide wireless connectivity via the one or more radios;
- wherein the cloud-based controller is configured to
- periodically obtain temperature measurements from the one or more access points, wherein the cloud-based controller is connected to the one or more access points via the Internet;
- responsive to the temperature exceeding a first threshold in an access point of the one or more access points, cause one or more thermal mitigation techniques to modify operating conditions of the one or more radio in the access point where the access point maintains network connectivity with the modified operating conditions;
- and
- responsive to the temperature being lower than a second threshold, cause reversion back of the one or more thermal mitigation techniques.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.