# US 11,442,493 B2 · Electronic device for controlling clock frequency and operating method therefor

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- Number: US 11,442,493 B2
- Document ID: US11442493B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 16/770,561
- Filed: 2018-11-28
- Published: 2021-06-03
- Granted: 2022-09-13
- Earliest claimed: 2017-12-06
- Assignees: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Applicants: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Inventors: Hyunsoo Kim; Jungmin Park; Yongjun Park; Gunjong Bong
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11442493B2

## CPC

- G06F 1/08: Clock generators with changeable or programmable clock frequency
- G06F 1/3206: Monitoring of events, devices or parameters that trigger a change in power modality
- G06F 1/3215: Monitoring of peripheral devices
- G06F 1/324: by lowering clock frequency
- H04B 1/401: for selecting or indicating operating mode
- H04B 7/0413: MIMO systems
- H04W 52/0287: {changing the clock frequency of a controller in the equipment}
- H04W 56/0035: {detecting errors in frequency or phase}
- Y02D 10/00: Energy efficient computing, e.g. low power processors, power management or thermal management
- Y02D 30/70: in wireless communication networks
- G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)
- H04B: TRANSMISSION
- H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72)
- Y02D: CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES IN INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES [ICT], I.E. INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES AIMING AT THE REDUCTION OF THEIR OWN ENERGY USE

## Abstract

Disclosed in various embodiments of the present invention are an electronic device for controlling a clock frequency and an operating method therefor. The electronic device comprises a communication module and a processor, wherein the processor can be configured to check, by using the communication module, a state of a downlink channel of a carrier to be transmitted, determine, on the basis of the channel state, a reference frequency band for a signal to be transmitted through the communication module, determine, as a first clock frequency, a clock frequency for at least one constituent element included in the electronic device if the reference frequency band is a first reference frequency band, and determine, as a second clock frequency, a clock frequency for at least one constituent element included in the electronic device if the reference frequency band is a second reference frequency band. Other embodiments are also possible.

## Claims

### Claim 1

An electronic device comprising:
a communication module; and
a processor,
wherein the processor is configured to:
determine whether the electronic device is operating in a carrier aggregation mode,
when the electronic device is operating in the carrier aggregation mode, identify a downlink channel state of a primary component carrier and a second component carrier, for transmission using the communication module,
select at least one component carrier, based on the downlink channel state,
determine a clock frequency for at least one component comprised in the electronic device as a first clock frequency when a reference frequency band is a first reference frequency band, and
determine the clock frequency for the at least one component comprised in the electronic device as a second clock frequency when the reference frequency band is a second reference frequency band.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The electronic device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the processor is configured to determine the reference frequency band, based on a frequency bandwidth of each of a plurality of selected carriers when the plurality of carriers is selected based on the downlink channel state.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The electronic device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the processor is configured to:
determine a weighting for each of a plurality of selected carriers, based on at least one of whether multi-input multi-output (MIMO) is supported for the plurality of selected carriers or a MIMO support mode when the plurality of carriers is selected based on the downlink channel state,
apply the determined weighting to a frequency bandwidth size of each of the plurality of carriers, and
determine the reference frequency band, based on the bandwidth size to which the weighting is applied.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The electronic device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the processor is configured to:
detect a change in a carrier for transmission using the communication module and re-determine the reference frequency band, based on the change, and
change the clock frequency for the at least one component comprised in the electronic device, based on the re-determined reference frequency band,
wherein the change comprises at least one of a frequency band change of at least one component carrier among a plurality of component carriers including the primary component carrier and a secondary component carrier, addition of a new component carrier, and deletion of at least one component carrier among the plurality of component carriers.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The electronic device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the downlink channel state comprises at least one of a reference signal received power, a received signal strength indication, a reference signal received quality, a signal-to-interference-plus-noise ratio, or a combination thereof,
wherein the first clock frequency is a frequency not causing interference in the first reference frequency band, and
wherein the second clock frequency is a frequency not causing interference in the second reference frequency band.

### Claim 6

An electronic device comprising:
a communication module configured to perform communication in a carrier aggregation mode using a plurality of component carriers;
at least one processor; and
a memory configured to be connected to the processor, wherein the memory stores instructions that, when executed, cause the processor to:
select at least one component carrier, based on downlink channel state information about each of a primary component carrier and a second component carrier among the plurality of component carriers,
determine a frequency band of the selected at least one component carrier as a reference frequency band, and
determine a clock frequency for at least one component comprised in the electronic device, based on the determined reference frequency band.

### Claim 7 (depends on 6)

The electronic device as claimed in claim 6, wherein the instructions cause the processor to:
determine whether the downlink channel state information about each of the plurality of component carriers satisfies a preset condition, and
determine a frequency band of at least one component carrier as the reference frequency band when downlink channel state information about the at least one component carrier among the plurality of component carriers satisfies the preset condition.

### Claim 8 (depends on 7)

The electronic device as claimed in claim 7, wherein the instructions cause the processor to determine the reference frequency band, based on frequency bandwidths of two or more component carriers when downlink channel state information about the two or more component carriers among the plurality of component carriers satisfies the preset condition, and
wherein the reference frequency band is determined to be a frequency band of a component carrier having a largest frequency bandwidth size among the two or more component carriers.

### Claim 9 (depends on 8)

The electronic device as claimed in claim 8, wherein the instructions cause the processor to:
determine a weighting for each of the two or more component carriers, based on at least one of whether multi-input multi-output (MIMO) is supported for the two or more component carriers or a MIMO support mode,
apply the determined weighting to a frequency bandwidth size of each of the two or more component carriers, and
compare the bandwidth size to which the weighting is applied.

### Claim 10 (depends on 8)

The electronic device as claimed in claim 8, wherein the instructions cause the processor to:
select at least one component carrier, based on additional downlink channel state information about the two or more component carriers when the two or more component carriers have the same frequency bandwidth size, and
determine a frequency band of the selected component carrier as the reference frequency band,
wherein the downlink channel state information is a reference signal received power, and
wherein the additional downlink channel state information is a signal-to-interference-plus-noise ratio.

### Claim 11 (depends on 7)

The electronic device as claimed in claim 7, wherein the instructions cause the processor to determine a frequency band of a primary component carrier among the plurality of component carriers as the reference frequency band when the downlink channel state information about each of the plurality of component carriers does not satisfy the preset condition.

### Claim 12 (depends on 6)

The electronic device as claimed in claim 6, wherein the instructions cause the processor to:
detect a change in the plurality of component carriers and re-determine the reference frequency band, based on the change, and
change the clock frequency for the at least one component comprised in the electronic device, based on the re-determined reference frequency band,
wherein the change comprises at least one of a frequency band change of at least one component carrier among the plurality of component carriers, addition of a new component carrier, and deletion of at least one component carrier among the plurality of component carriers.

### Claim 13 (depends on 6)

The electronic device as claimed in claim 6, wherein the downlink channel state information comprises at least one of a reference signal received power, a received signal strength indication, a reference signal received quality, a signal-to-interference-plus-noise ratio, or a combination thereof.

### Claim 14

An operating method of an electronic device, the method comprising:
identifying a plurality of component carriers used for communication in a carrier aggregation mode with an external device;
selecting at least one component carrier, based on downlink channel state information about each of a primary component carrier and a secondary component carrier among the plurality of component carriers;
determining a frequency band of the selected at least one component carrier as a reference frequency band; and
determining a clock frequency for at least one component comprised in the electronic device, based on the determined reference frequency band.