Communication apparatus and method for adaptive cooling of antenna elements

A method, comprising:

• in a communication apparatus:
• detecting a variation in power consumption among a plurality of antenna elements of an antenna array of the communication apparatus, wherein the detection is based on a change in a performance state of the plurality of antenna elements;
• controlling, based on the detected variation in the power consumption, a plurality of thermoelectric devices of the communication apparatus to substantially equalize, among the plurality of antenna elements, a temperature associated with the plurality of antenna elements for a substantial equalization of the performance state of the plurality of antenna elements;
• predicting an operational state of each antenna element of the plurality of antenna elements of the antenna array based on
• at least one of position information of at least one user equipment to be served by the antenna array, or
• position information of the communication apparatus;
• and
• controlling, based on the operational state, the plurality of thermoelectric devices to change cooling from each of the plurality of thermoelectric devices to the plurality of antenna elements.