Apparatus and method for managing transmitter temperature and power within a group of communication devices
AssigneeMotorola Mobility LLC
InventorsMartin R. Pais, Morris Bowers, Phillip A. Green, Gary J. Cunningham
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for wireless communication device operation comprises receiving one or more metrics from at least two members of a group whose members are wireless communication devices. The members of the group have agreed to share resources within the group and have their wireless connections controlled by the WCD. The wireless connections of the at least two members are managed, based on the one or more metrics, to optimize performance of the at least two members. The one or more metrics comprise at least one temperature based metric.
Claims17
A method used by a wireless communication device (WCD), comprising:
- receiving one or more metrics from at least two members of a group whose members are wireless communication devices, wherein the members of the group have agreed to share resources within the group and have their wireless connections controlled by the WCD;
- and
- managing the wireless connections of the at least two members, based on the one or more metrics, to optimize performance of the at least two members, wherein the one or more metrics comprise at least one temperature based metric and wherein the at least one temperature based metric comprises at least one of a radio frequency power amplifier (RFPA) temperature, an RFPA temperature threshold, an RFPA temperature rate of change, an RFPA temperature characterization, an RFPA temperature characterization identifier, and an RFPA temperature cutback duration.
A wireless communication device (WCD), comprising:
- a processing system;
- and
- a transceiver, wherein the processing system includes program instructions that control the processing system to:
- receiving one or more metrics from at least two members of a group whose members are wireless communication devices, wherein the members of the group have agreed to share resources within the group and have their wireless connections controlled by the WCD;
- and
- managing the wireless connections of the at least two members, based on the one or more metrics, to optimize performance of the at least two members, wherein the one or more metrics comprise at least one temperature based metric and wherein the at least one temperature based metric comprises at least one of a radio frequency power amplifier (RFPA) temperature, an RFPA temperature threshold, an RFPA temperature rate of change, an RFPA temperature characterization, an RFPA temperature characterization identifier, and an RFPA temperature cutback duration.
A method used by a wireless communication device (WCD), comprising:
- receiving one or more metrics from at least two members of a group whose members are wireless communication devices, wherein the members of the group have agreed to share resources within the group and have their wireless connections controlled by the WCD;
- and
- managing the wireless connections of the at least two members, based on the one or more metrics, to optimize performance of the at least two members, wherein the one or more metrics comprise at least one temperature based metric and
- wherein managing the wireless connections of the at least two members comprises selecting a first WCD to perform information upload for one or more other WCDs within the group in accordance with one or more algorithms based on the one or more metrics of the at least two members.
A wireless communication device (WCD), comprising:
- a processing system;
- and
- a transceiver, wherein the processing system includes program instructions that control the processing system to:
- receiving one or more metrics from at least two members of a group whose members are wireless communication devices, wherein the members of the group have agreed to share resources within the group and have their wireless connections controlled by the WCD;
- and
- managing the wireless connections of the at least two members, based on the one or more metrics, to optimize performance of the at least two members, wherein the one or more metrics comprise at least one temperature based metric and wherein managing the wireless connections of the at least two members comprises selecting a first WCD to perform information upload for one or more other WCDs within the group in accordance with one or more algorithms based on the one or more metrics of the at least two members.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.