Mitigating user equipment overheating for 5G or other next generation network
AssigneeAT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
InventorYupeng Jia
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Abstract
Wireless network operations can choose a long-term evolution (LTE) and 5G new radio (NR) dual connectivity deployment architecture using LTE as the anchor radio access network (RAN) node and adding mmWave NR as a secondary node when available. However, dual LTE/NR radios can consume more power and contribute more heat, thus degrading performance of radio frequency components. The overheating can be addressed by the user equipment (UE) sending an information message to indicate areas in which it requests to operate with reduced capability. Consequently, the network can determine whether to grant the request, or the UE can switch between NR to LTE depending on NR downlink channel quality.
Claims20
A method, comprising:
- sending, by a user equipment comprising a processor to network equipment, request data representative of a request to operate at a reduced capacity based on an increase in a discontinuous reception cycle;
- sending, by the user equipment to the network equipment, recommendation data representative of a recommended throughput for the network equipment to facilitate attaining;
- and
- in response to sending the request data and the recommendation data, receiving, by the user equipment from the network equipment, downgrade data, wherein the downgrade data is representative of a downgrade from a first capability to a second capability lower than the first capability, and wherein the downgrade is applicable according to a function of time associated with a temperature threshold condition being determined to have been satisfied.
A system, comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, facilitate performance of operations, comprising:
- in response to determining that a temperature threshold condition has been satisfied, receiving, from the user equipment, request data representative of a request to modify a radio link associated with the user equipment and a network, based on a decrease in a discontinuous reception cycle;
- and
- in response to the request to modify the radio link, modifying a data transmission between the network and the user equipment, wherein modifying the data transmission is performed as a function of time associated with the temperature threshold condition being determined to have been satisfied.
A non-transitory machine-readable medium, comprising executable instructions that, when executed by a processor, facilitate performance of operations, comprising:
- based on an increase in a discontinuous reception cycle, receiving request data representative of a request of a mobile device to operate at a reduced capacity;
- receiving recommendation data representative of a recommended throughput to be facilitated by network equipment;
- and
- in response to receiving the request data and the recommendation data, facilitating a downgrade of a capability of the mobile device from a first capability to a second capability lower than the first capability, wherein the downgrade is facilitated until a time condition has been determined to have been satisfied after a temperature threshold condition has been determined to have been satisfied.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.