Adjusting transmissions from a wireless communications module
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsIsaac Lagnado, Shih Huang Wu, Mats Anders Krister Luckman
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Abstract
Examples disclosed herein control radiation exposure for a wireless computing device. In one example, the wireless computing device monitors for instances of upload transmissions from a wireless communications module of the wireless computing device, performs a running average of the instances of upload transmissions over a period of time, and determines whether the running average exceeds a threshold value. If the running average exceeds the threshold value, the wireless computing device adjusts upload transmissions from the wireless communications module to control the radiation exposure for the wireless computing device.
Claims15
A method of controlling radiation exposure for a wireless computing device, comprising:
- monitoring for instances of upload transmissions from a wireless communications module of the wireless computing device;
- performing a running average of the instances of upload transmissions over a period of time;
- determining whether the running average exceeds a threshold value;
- and
- if the running average exceeds the threshold value, adjusting upload transmissions from the wireless communications module to control the radiation exposure for the wireless computing device.
A wireless computing device, comprising:
- a wireless communications module;
- and
- a control module to:
- monitor for instances of upload transmissions from the wireless communications module;
- update a running average of instances of upload transmissions over a period of time, wherein the running average is based on a product of the instances of upload transmissions and a maximum radio frequency (RF) power associated with the wireless communications module;
- determine whether the running average exceeds a threshold value;
- and
- if the running average exceeds the threshold value, adjust upload transmissions from the wireless communications module to control the radiation exposure for the wireless computing device.
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising programming instructions which, when executed by a processing resource, to cause a wireless computing device to:
- monitor for instances of upload transmissions from a wireless communications module of the wireless computing device;
- perform a running average of the instances of upload transmissions over a period of time;
- determine whether the running average exceeds a threshold value, wherein the running average exceeds the threshold value if a duty cycle of the upload transmissions over the period of time is at least 50%;
- and
- if the running average exceeds the threshold value, adjust upload transmissions from the wireless communications module to control the radiation exposure for the wireless computing device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.