Electronic device for controlling voltage and clock frequency and method for operating same

Abstract

According to one embodiment, an electronic device may comprise at least one communication processor. The at least one communication processor may be configured to establish a network connection with a first communication network. The at least one communication processor may be configured to receive a message including information associated with a channel configuration from the first communication network. The at least one communication processor may be configured to control a voltage level and at least one clock frequency level for at least one component included in the at least one communication processor at a first voltage level and at least one first clock frequency level configured in response to the information associated with the channel configuration. The at least one communication processor may be configured to identify the execution of a first application while controlling the voltage level and the clock frequency level for the at least one component at the first voltage level and the at least one first clock frequency level. The at least one communication processor may be configured to identify a second voltage level and / or at least one second clock frequency level stored in response to at least one piece of information associated with the location of the first application and / or the electronic device. The at least one communication processor may be configured to change the voltage level and / or the clock frequency level for the at least one component to the second voltage level and / or the second clock frequency level. Other various embodiments are possible.

Description

Electronic device for controlling voltage and clock frequency and method of operation thereof

[0001] The present disclosure relates to an electronic device for controlling voltage and clock frequency and a method of operating the same.

[0002] A processor of an electronic device, such as a communications processor, may process at least one process for communication of the electronic device. The processor may operate based on dynamic voltage and frequency scaling (DVFS). DVFS is a technique for dynamically adjusting the voltage and / or clock frequency applied to the processor's cores.

[0003] The use of high communication frequency bands and the increase in data processing in electronic devices can lead to increased current consumption and, consequently, increased heat generation. Accordingly, by performing voltage and / or clock control of processors based on DVFS, current consumption and / or heat generation in electronic devices can be reduced.

[0004] The above information may be provided as background information to aid in understanding this document. None of the above is claimed to be prior art related to this document or can be used to determine prior art.

[0005] According to one embodiment, an electronic device may include at least one communication processor. The at least one communication processor may be configured to establish a network connection with a first communication network. The at least one communication processor may be configured to receive a message from the first communication network, the message including information associated with a channel configuration. The at least one communication processor may be configured to control a voltage level and at least one clock frequency level for at least one component included in the at least one communication processor to a first voltage level and at least one first clock frequency level set in response to the information associated with the channel configuration. The at least one communication processor may be configured to confirm execution of a first application while controlling the voltage level and the clock frequency level for the at least one component to the first voltage level and the at least one first clock frequency level. The at least one communication processor may be configured to confirm a second voltage level and / or at least one second clock frequency level stored in response to at least one piece of information associated with the first application and / or a location of the electronic device. The at least one communication processor may be configured to change a voltage level and / or a clock frequency level for the at least one component to the second voltage level and / or the second clock frequency level.

[0006] According to one embodiment, a method of operating an electronic device may include an operation of establishing a network connection with a first communication network. The method of operating the electronic device may include an operation of receiving a message including information associated with a channel configuration from the first communication network. The method of operating the electronic device may include an operation of controlling a voltage level and at least one clock frequency level for at least one component included in at least one communication processor of the electronic device to a first voltage level and at least one first clock frequency level set in response to information associated with the channel configuration. The method of operating the electronic device may include an operation of confirming execution of a first application while controlling the voltage level and the clock frequency level for the at least one component to the first voltage level and the at least one first clock frequency level. The method of operating the electronic device may include an operation of confirming a second voltage level and / or at least one second clock frequency level stored in response to at least one piece of information associated with the first application and / or a location of the electronic device. The method of operating the electronic device may include an operation of changing the voltage level and / or the clock frequency level for the at least one component to the second voltage level and / or the second clock frequency level.

[0007] According to one embodiment, a storage medium storing at least one computer-readable instruction, wherein the at least one instruction, when executed by at least one processor of an electronic device, causes the electronic device to perform at least one operation. The at least one operation may include establishing a network connection with a first communication network. The at least one operation may include receiving a message from the first communication network, the message including information associated with a channel configuration. The at least one operation may include controlling a voltage level and at least one clock frequency level for at least one component included in at least one communication processor of the electronic device to a first voltage level and at least one first clock frequency level set in response to the information associated with the channel configuration. The at least one operation may include confirming execution of a first application while controlling the voltage level and the clock frequency level for the at least one component to the first voltage level and the at least one first clock frequency level. The at least one operation may include an operation of checking a second voltage level and / or at least one second clock frequency level stored in response to at least one piece of information associated with a location of the first application and / or the electronic device. The at least one operation may include an operation of changing a voltage level and / or a clock frequency level for the at least one component to the second voltage level and / or the second clock frequency level.

[0008] FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an electronic device within a network environment, according to one embodiment.

[0009] FIG. 2A is a block diagram of an electronic device for supporting legacy network communication and 5G network communication according to one embodiment.

[0010] FIG. 2b is a block diagram of an electronic device for supporting legacy network communication and 5G network communication according to one embodiment.

[0011] FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating wireless communication systems providing a network of legacy communication and / or 5G communication according to one embodiment.

[0012] FIG. 4 illustrates a diagram for explaining a bearer in a UE according to one embodiment.

[0013] FIG. 5 illustrates a diagram for explaining an uplink path between a user device and base stations according to one embodiment.

[0014] FIG. 6 illustrates a diagram illustrating a communication processor and an application processor, a power controller, a clock controller, and / or CP memory according to one embodiment.

[0015] Figure 7 is a flowchart for explaining an operating method of an electronic device according to one embodiment.

[0016] Figure 8 is a flowchart for explaining an operating method of an electronic device according to one embodiment.

[0017] FIG. 9A is a flowchart illustrating an operation method of an electronic device according to one embodiment.

[0018] FIG. 9b is a flowchart illustrating an operating method of an electronic device according to one embodiment.

[0019] FIG. 10a is a diagram for explaining the rate of change of data rate according to one embodiment.

[0020] FIG. 10b is a diagram for explaining the rate of change of data rate according to one embodiment.

[0021] Figure 11a is a diagram for explaining DVFS control according to a comparative example.

[0022] FIG. 11b is a diagram for explaining DVFS control according to one embodiment.

[0023] FIG. 12A is a flowchart illustrating an operation method of an electronic device according to one embodiment.

[0024] FIG. 12b is a flowchart illustrating an operation method of an electronic device according to one embodiment.

[0025] FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an electronic device (101) within a network environment (100), according to one embodiment. Referring to FIG. 1 , in the network environment (100), the electronic device (101) may communicate with the electronic device (102) via a first network (198) (e.g., a short-range wireless communication network), or may communicate with the electronic device (104) or a server (108) via a second network (199) (e.g., a long-range wireless communication network). In one embodiment, the electronic device (101) may communicate with the electronic device (104) via the server (108). According to one embodiment, the electronic device (101) may include a processor (120), a memory (130), an input module (150), an audio output module (155), a display module (160), an audio module (170), a sensor module (176), an interface (177), a connection terminal (178), a haptic module (179), a camera module (180), a power management module (188), a battery (189), a communication module (190), a subscriber identification module (196), or an antenna module (197). In some embodiments, the electronic device (101) may omit at least one of these components (e.g., the connection terminal (178)), or may have one or more other components added. In some embodiments, some of these components (e.g., the sensor module (176), the camera module (180), or the antenna module (197)) may be integrated into one component (e.g., the display module (160)).

[0026] The processor (120) may, for example, execute software (e.g., a program (140)) to control at least one other component (e.g., a hardware or software component) of the electronic device (101) connected to the processor (120) and perform various data processing or operations. According to one embodiment, as at least a part of the data processing or operations, the processor (120) may store commands or data received from other components (e.g., a sensor module (176) or a communication module (190)) in a volatile memory (132), process the commands or data stored in the volatile memory (132), and store result data in a non-volatile memory (134). According to one embodiment, the processor (120) may include a main processor (121) (e.g., a central processing unit or an application processor) or an auxiliary processor (123) (e.g., a graphics processing unit, a neural processing unit (NPU), an image signal processor, a sensor hub processor, or a communication processor) that can operate independently or together with the main processor (121). For example, when the electronic device (101) includes the main processor (121) and the auxiliary processor (123), the auxiliary processor (123) may be configured to use less power than the main processor (121) or to be specialized for a given function. The auxiliary processor (123) may be implemented separately from the main processor (121) or as a part thereof.

[0027] The auxiliary processor (123) may control at least a portion of functions or states associated with at least one component (e.g., a display module (160), a sensor module (176), or a communication module (190)) of the electronic device (101), for example, on behalf of the main processor (121) while the main processor (121) is in an inactive (e.g., sleep) state, or together with the main processor (121) while the main processor (121) is in an active (e.g., application execution) state. In one embodiment, the auxiliary processor (123) (e.g., an image signal processor or a communication processor) may be implemented as a part of another functionally related component (e.g., a camera module (180) or a communication module (190)). In one embodiment, the auxiliary processor (123) (e.g., a neural network processing unit) may include a hardware structure specialized for processing artificial intelligence models. The artificial intelligence models may be generated through machine learning. This learning can be performed, for example, in the electronic device (101) itself where artificial intelligence is performed, or can be performed through a separate server (e.g., server (108)). The learning algorithm can include, for example, supervised learning, unsupervised learning, semi-supervised learning, or reinforcement learning, but is not limited to the examples described above. The artificial intelligence model can include multiple artificial neural network layers.The artificial neural network may be one of a deep neural network (DNN), a convolutional neural network (CNN), a recurrent neural network (RNN), a restricted Boltzmann machine (RBM), a deep belief network (DBN), a bidirectional recurrent deep neural network (BRDNN), a deep Q-network, or a combination of two or more of the above, but is not limited to the examples described above. In addition to, or alternatively to, a hardware structure, an artificial intelligence model may include a software structure.

[0028] The memory (130) can store various data used by at least one component (e.g., processor (120) or sensor module (176)) of the electronic device (101). The data can include, for example, software (e.g., program (140)) and input data or output data for commands related thereto. The memory (130) can include volatile memory (132) or non-volatile memory (134).

[0029] The program (140) may be stored as software in the memory (130) and may include, for example, an operating system (142), middleware (144), or an application (146).

[0030] The input module (150) can receive commands or data to be used in a component of the electronic device (101) (e.g., a processor (120)) from an external source (e.g., a user) of the electronic device (101). The input module (150) can include, for example, a microphone, a mouse, a keyboard, a key (e.g., a button), or a digital pen (e.g., a stylus pen).

[0031] The audio output module (155) can output audio signals to the outside of the electronic device (101). The audio output module (155) can include, for example, a speaker or a receiver. The speaker can be used for general purposes, such as multimedia playback or recording playback. The receiver can be used to receive incoming calls. In one embodiment, the receiver can be implemented separately from the speaker or as part of the speaker.

[0032] The display module (160) can visually provide information to an external party (e.g., a user) of the electronic device (101). The display module (160) may include, for example, a display, a holographic device, or a projector and a control circuit for controlling the device. According to one embodiment, the display module (160) may include a touch sensor configured to detect a touch, or a pressure sensor configured to measure the intensity of a force generated by the touch.

[0033] The audio module (170) can convert sound into an electrical signal, or vice versa, convert an electrical signal into sound. According to one embodiment, the audio module (170) can acquire sound through the input module (150), output sound through the sound output module (155), or an external electronic device (e.g., electronic device (102)) (e.g., speaker or headphone) directly or wirelessly connected to the electronic device (101).

[0034] The sensor module (176) can detect the operating status (e.g., power or temperature) of the electronic device (101) or the external environmental status (e.g., user status) and generate an electrical signal or data value corresponding to the detected status. According to one embodiment, the sensor module (176) can include, for example, a gesture sensor, a gyro sensor, a barometric pressure sensor, a magnetic sensor, an acceleration sensor, a grip sensor, a proximity sensor, a color sensor, an IR (infrared) sensor, a biometric sensor, a temperature sensor, a humidity sensor, or an illuminance sensor.

[0035] The interface (177) may support one or more designated protocols that may be used to directly or wirelessly connect the electronic device (101) to an external electronic device (e.g., the electronic device (102)). In one embodiment, the interface (177) may include, for example, a high definition multimedia interface (HDMI), a universal serial bus (USB) interface, an SD card interface, or an audio interface.

[0036] The connection terminal (178) may include a connector through which the electronic device (101) may be physically connected to an external electronic device (e.g., electronic device (102)). According to one embodiment, the connection terminal (178) may include, for example, an HDMI connector, a USB connector, an SD card connector, or an audio connector (e.g., a headphone connector).

[0037] The haptic module (179) can convert electrical signals into mechanical stimuli (e.g., vibration or movement) or electrical stimuli that a user can perceive through tactile or kinesthetic sensations. According to one embodiment, the haptic module (179) can include, for example, a motor, a piezoelectric element, or an electrical stimulation device.

[0038] The camera module (180) can capture still images and moving images. According to one embodiment, the camera module (180) may include one or more lenses, image sensors, image signal processors, or flashes.

[0039] The power management module (188) can manage power supplied to the electronic device (101). According to one embodiment, the power management module (188) can be implemented as, for example, at least a part of a power management integrated circuit (PMIC).

[0040] A battery (189) may power at least one component of the electronic device (101). In one embodiment, the battery (189) may include, for example, a non-rechargeable primary battery, a rechargeable secondary battery, or a fuel cell.

[0041] The communication module (190) may support the establishment of a direct (e.g., wired) communication channel or a wireless communication channel between the electronic device (101) and an external electronic device (e.g., electronic device (102), electronic device (104), or server (108)), and the performance of communication through the established communication channel. The communication module (190) may operate independently from the processor (120) (e.g., application processor) and may include one or more communication processors that support direct (e.g., wired) communication or wireless communication. According to one embodiment, the communication module (190) may include a wireless communication module (192) (e.g., a cellular communication module, a short-range wireless communication module, or a global navigation satellite system (GNSS) communication module) or a wired communication module (194) (e.g., a local area network (LAN) communication module, or a power line communication module). Among these communication modules, the corresponding communication module can communicate with an external electronic device (104) via a first network (198) (e.g., a short-range communication network such as Bluetooth, wireless fidelity (WiFi) direct, or infrared data association (IrDA)) or a second network (199) (e.g., a long-range communication network such as a legacy cellular network, a 5G network, a next-generation communication network, the Internet, or a computer network (e.g., a LAN or WAN)). These various types of communication modules can be integrated into a single component (e.g., a single chip) or implemented as multiple separate components (e.g., multiple chips). The wireless communication module (192) can verify or authenticate the electronic device (101) within a communication network such as the first network (198) or the second network (199) by using subscriber information (e.g., an international mobile subscriber identity (IMSI)) stored in the subscriber identification module (196).

[0042] The wireless communication module (192) can support 5G networks and next-generation communication technologies following the 4G network, such as NR access technology (new radio access technology). The NR access technology can support high-speed transmission of high-capacity data (eMBB (enhanced mobile broadband)), minimization of terminal power and connection of multiple terminals (mMTC (massive machine type communications)), or high reliability and low latency (URLLC (ultra-reliable and low-latency communications)). The wireless communication module (192) can support, for example, a high-frequency band (e.g., mmWave band) to achieve a high data transmission rate. The wireless communication module (192) can support various technologies for securing performance in a high-frequency band, such as beamforming, massive multiple-input and multiple-output (MIMO), full dimensional MIMO (FD-MIMO), array antenna, analog beam-forming, or large scale antenna. The wireless communication module (192) can support various requirements specified in the electronic device (101), an external electronic device (e.g., the electronic device (104)), or a network system (e.g., the second network (199)). According to one embodiment, the wireless communication module (192) can support a peak data rate (e.g., 20 Gbps or more) for eMBB realization, a loss coverage (e.g., 164 dB or less) for mMTC realization, or a U-plane latency (e.g., 0.5 ms or less for downlink (DL) and uplink (UL), or 1 ms or less for round trip) for URLLC realization.

[0043] The antenna module (197) can transmit or receive signals or power to or from an external device (e.g., an external electronic device). In one embodiment, the antenna module (197) may include an antenna including a radiator formed of a conductor or a conductive pattern formed on a substrate (e.g., a PCB). In one embodiment, the antenna module (197) may include a plurality of antennas (e.g., an array antenna). In this case, at least one antenna suitable for a communication method used in a communication network, such as the first network (198) or the second network (199), may be selected from the plurality of antennas, for example, by the communication module (190). A signal or power may be transmitted or received between the communication module (190) and an external electronic device via the at least one selected antenna. In some embodiments, in addition to the radiator, another component (e.g., a radio frequency integrated circuit (RFIC)) may be additionally formed as a part of the antenna module (197).

[0044] In one embodiment, the antenna module (197) may form a mmWave antenna module. In one embodiment, the mmWave antenna module may include a printed circuit board, an RFIC disposed on or adjacent a first side (e.g., a bottom side) of the printed circuit board and capable of supporting a designated high-frequency band (e.g., a mmWave band), and a plurality of antennas (e.g., an array antenna) disposed on or adjacent a second side (e.g., a top side or a side side) of the printed circuit board and capable of transmitting or receiving signals in the designated high-frequency band.

[0045] At least some of the above components can be interconnected and exchange signals (e.g., commands or data) with each other via a communication method between peripheral devices (e.g., a bus, GPIO (general purpose input and output), SPI (serial peripheral interface), or MIPI (mobile industry processor interface)).

[0046] According to one embodiment, commands or data may be transmitted or received between the electronic device (101) and an external electronic device (104) via a server (108) connected to a second network (199). Each of the external electronic devices (102 or 104) may be the same or a different type of device as the electronic device (101). According to one embodiment, all or part of the operations executed in the electronic device (101) may be executed in one or more of the external electronic devices (102, 104, or 108). For example, when the electronic device (101) is to perform a certain function or service automatically or in response to a request from a user or another device, the electronic device (101) may, instead of or in addition to executing the function or service itself, request one or more external electronic devices to perform the function or at least a part of the service. One or more external electronic devices that receive the request may execute at least a portion of the requested function or service, or an additional function or service related to the request, and transmit the result of the execution to the electronic device (101). The electronic device (101) may process the result as is or additionally and provide it as at least a portion of a response to the request. For this purpose, cloud computing, distributed computing, mobile edge computing (MEC), or client-server computing technology may be used, for example. The electronic device (101) may provide an ultra-low latency service by using distributed computing or mobile edge computing, for example. In another embodiment, the external electronic device (104) may include an Internet of Things (IoT) device. The server (108) may be an intelligent server utilizing machine learning and / or a neural network. According to one embodiment, the external electronic device (104) or the server (108) may be included in the second network (199).The electronic device (101) can be applied to intelligent services (e.g., smart home, smart city, smart car, or healthcare) based on 5G communication technology and IoT-related technology.

[0047] FIG. 2A is a block diagram (200) of an electronic device (101) for supporting legacy network communication and 5G network communication according to one embodiment. Referring to FIG. 2A, the electronic device (101) may include a first communication processor (212), a second communication processor (214), a first radio frequency integrated circuit (RFIC) (222), a second RFIC (224), a third RFIC (226), a fourth RFIC (228), a first radio frequency front end (RFFE) (232), a second RFFE (234), a first antenna module (242), a second antenna module (244), a third antenna module (246), and antennas (248). The electronic device (101) may further include a processor (120) and a memory (130). The second network (199) may include a first cellular network (292) and a second cellular network (294). According to another embodiment, the electronic device (101) may further include at least one of the components described in FIG. 1, and the second network (199) may further include at least one other network. According to one embodiment, the first communication processor (212), the second communication processor (214), the first RFIC (222), the second RFIC (224), the fourth RFIC (228), the first RFFE (232), and the second RFFE (234) may form at least a portion of the wireless communication module (192). According to another embodiment, the fourth RFIC (228) may be omitted or may be included as a part of the third RFIC (226).

[0048] The first communication processor (212) may establish a communication channel in a band to be used for wireless communication with the first cellular network (292), and may support legacy network communication through the established communication channel. According to one embodiment, the first cellular network may be a legacy network including a second generation (2G), 3G, 4G, or long term evolution (LTE) network. The second communication processor (214) may establish a communication channel corresponding to a designated band (e.g., about 6 GHz to about 60 GHz) among the bands to be used for wireless communication with the second cellular network (294), and may support 5G network communication through the established communication channel. According to one embodiment, the second cellular network (294) may be a 5G network defined by 3GPP. Additionally, according to one embodiment, the first communication processor (212) or the second communication processor (214) may support establishment of a communication channel corresponding to another designated band (e.g., about 6 GHz or less) among the bands to be used for wireless communication with the second cellular network (294), and 5G network communication through the established communication channel.

[0049] The first communication processor (212) can transmit and receive data with the second communication processor (214). For example, data classified to be transmitted via the second cellular network (294) may be changed to be transmitted via the first cellular network (292). In this case, the first communication processor (212) can receive the transmission data from the second communication processor (214). For example, the first communication processor (212) can transmit and receive data with the second communication processor (214) via the processor-to-processor interface (213). The above interprocessor interface (213) may be implemented as, for example, a universal asynchronous receiver / transmitter (UART) (e.g., HS-UART (high speed-UART) or PCIe (peripheral component interconnect bus express) interface), but there is no limitation on its type. Alternatively, the first communication processor (212) and the second communication processor (214) may exchange control information and packet data information using, for example, a shared memory. The first communication processor (212) may transmit and receive various information, such as sensing information, information on output intensity, and resource block (RB) allocation information, with the second communication processor (214).

[0050] Depending on the implementation, the first communication processor (212) may not be directly connected to the second communication processor (214). In this case, the first communication processor (212) may transmit and receive data with the second communication processor (214) through the processor (120) (e.g., application processor). For example, the first communication processor (212) and the second communication processor (214) may transmit and receive data with the processor (120) (e.g., application processor) through an HS-UART interface or a PCIe interface, but there is no limitation on the type of interface. Alternatively, the first communication processor (212) and the second communication processor (214) may exchange control information and packet data information with the processor (120) (e.g., application processor) using shared memory.

[0051] According to one embodiment, the first communication processor (212) and the second communication processor (214) may be implemented in a single chip or a single package. According to one embodiment, the first communication processor (212) or the second communication processor (214) may be formed in a single chip or a single package with the processor (120), the auxiliary processor (123), or the communication module (190). For example, as shown in FIG. 2B, the integrated communication processor (260) may support functions for communicating with both the first cellular network (292) and the second cellular network (294).

[0052] As described above, at least one of the processor (120), the first communication processor (212), the second communication processor (214), or the integrated communication processor (260) may be implemented as a single chip or a single package. In this case, the single chip or single package may include a memory (or storage means) that stores instructions that cause the performance of at least some of the operations performed according to one embodiment, and a processing circuit (or, the name thereof is not limited, such as an arithmetic circuit) for executing the instructions.

[0053] The first RFIC (222) may, upon transmission, convert a baseband signal generated by the first communication processor (212) into a radio frequency (RF) signal of about 700 MHz to about 3 GHz used in a first cellular network (292) (e.g., a legacy network). Upon reception, the RF signal may be acquired from the first network (292) (e.g., a legacy network) via an antenna (e.g., the first antenna module (242)) and preprocessed via an RFFE (e.g., the first RFFE (232)). The first RFIC (222) may convert the preprocessed RF signal into a baseband signal so that it may be processed by the first communication processor (212).

[0054] The second RFIC (224) may, upon transmission, convert a baseband signal generated by the first communication processor (212) or the second communication processor (214) into an RF signal (hereinafter, a 5G Sub6 RF signal) of a Sub6 band (e.g., about 6 GHz or less) used in the second cellular network (294) (e.g., a 5G network). Upon reception, the 5G Sub6 RF signal may be acquired from the second cellular network (294) (e.g., a 5G network) via an antenna (e.g., the second antenna module (244)) and preprocessed via an RFFE (e.g., the second RFFE (234)). The second RFIC (224) may convert the preprocessed 5G Sub6 RF signal into a baseband signal so that the preprocessed 5G Sub6 RF signal may be processed by a corresponding communication processor among the first communication processor (212) or the second communication processor (214).

[0055] The third RFIC (226) can convert the baseband signal generated by the second communication processor (214) into an RF signal (hereinafter, 5G Above6 RF signal) of a 5G Above6 band (e.g., about 6 GHz to about 60 GHz) to be used in the second cellular network (294) (e.g., 5G network). Upon reception, the 5G Above6 RF signal can be acquired from the second cellular network (294) (e.g., 5G network) through an antenna (e.g., antenna (248)) and preprocessed through the third RFFE (236). The third RFIC (226) can convert the preprocessed 5G Above6 RF signal into a baseband signal so that it can be processed by the second communication processor (214). According to one embodiment, the third RFFE (236) can be formed as a part of the third RFIC (226).

[0056] The electronic device (101) may, according to one embodiment, include a fourth RFIC (228) separately from or at least as a part of the third RFIC (226). In this case, the fourth RFIC (228) may convert a baseband signal generated by the second communication processor (214) into an RF signal (hereinafter, referred to as an IF signal) of an intermediate frequency band (e.g., about 9 GHz to about 11 GHz) and then transmit the IF signal to the third RFIC (226). The third RFIC (226) may convert the IF signal into a 5G Above6 RF signal. Upon reception, the 5G Above6 RF signal may be received from the second cellular network (294) (e.g., a 5G network) via an antenna (e.g., antenna (248)) and converted into an IF signal by the third RFIC (226). The fourth RFIC (228) can convert the IF signal into a baseband signal so that the second communication processor (214) can process it.

[0057] According to one embodiment, the first RFIC (222) and the second RFIC (224) may be implemented as a single chip or at least a portion of a single package. According to one embodiment, when the first RFIC (222) and the second RFIC (224) in FIG. 2A or FIG. 2B are implemented as a single chip or a single package, they may be implemented as an integrated RFIC. In this case, the integrated RFIC may be connected to the first RFFE (232) and the second RFFE (234) to convert a baseband signal into a signal in a band supported by the first RFFE (232) and / or the second RFFE (234), and transmit the converted signal to one of the first RFFE (232) and the second RFFE (234). According to one embodiment, the first RFFE (232) and the second RFFE (234) may be implemented as at least a portion of a single chip or a single package. According to an example, at least one antenna module among the first antenna module (242) or the second antenna module (244) can be omitted or combined with another antenna module to process RF signals of a corresponding plurality of bands.

[0058] According to one embodiment, the third RFIC (226) and the antenna (248) may be disposed on the same substrate to form a third antenna module (246). For example, the wireless communication module (192) or the processor (120) may be disposed on the first substrate (e.g., the main PCB). In this case, the third RFIC (226) may be disposed on a portion (e.g., the bottom surface) of a second substrate (e.g., the sub PCB) separate from the first substrate, and the antenna (248) may be disposed on another portion (e.g., the top surface) to form the third antenna module (246). By disposing the third RFIC (226) and the antenna (248) on the same substrate, it is possible to reduce the length of the transmission line therebetween. This can reduce, for example, the loss (e.g., attenuation) of signals in a high-frequency band (e.g., about 6 GHz to about 60 GHz) used in 5G network communications by the transmission line. Due to this, the electronic device (101) can improve the quality or speed of communication with the second network (294) (e.g., 5G network).

[0059] According to an example, the antenna (248) may be formed as an antenna array including a plurality of antenna elements that may be used for beamforming. In this case, the third RFIC (226) may include a plurality of phase shifters (238) corresponding to the plurality of antenna elements, for example, as part of the third RFFE (236). During transmission, each of the plurality of phase shifters (238) may shift the phase of a 5G Above6 RF signal to be transmitted to an external source (e.g., a base station of a 5G network) of the electronic device (101) via its corresponding antenna element. During reception, each of the plurality of phase shifters (238) may shift the phase of a 5G Above6 RF signal received from the external source via its corresponding antenna element to the same or substantially the same phase. This enables transmission or reception via beamforming between the electronic device (101) and the external source.

[0060] The second cellular network (294) (e.g., a 5G network) may operate independently (e.g., Stand-Alone (SA)) or in connection with (e.g., Non-Stand Alone (NSA)) the first cellular network (292) (e.g., a legacy network). For example, the 5G network may only have an access network (e.g., a 5G radio access network (RAN) or next generation RAN (NG RAN)) and no core network (e.g., next generation core (NGC)). In this case, the electronic device (101) may access an external network (e.g., the Internet) under the control of the core network (e.g., evolved packed core (EPC)) of the legacy network after accessing the access network of the 5G network. Protocol information for communication with a legacy network (e.g., LTE protocol information) or protocol information for communication with a 5G network (e.g., New Radio (NR) protocol information) may be stored in the memory (230) and accessed by other components (e.g., the processor (120), the first communication processor (212), or the second communication processor (214)).

[0061] Referring to FIG. 3, an electronic device (101) according to one embodiment can transmit and receive at least one of a control message or user data to and from at least a part of a 5G network (e.g., an NR base station, 5GC) using at least a part of a legacy network (e.g., an LTE base station, EPC).

[0062] According to one embodiment, the network environment (300a) may include a network environment that provides wireless communication dual connectivity to an LTE base station and an NR base station, and transmits and receives control messages with an electronic device (101) through a core network (230) of one of EPC or 5GC.

[0063] According to one embodiment, in a DC environment, one of the LTE base stations or the NR base station may operate as a master node (MN) (310) and the other may operate as a secondary node (SN) (320). The MN (310) may be connected to a core network (230) and may transmit and receive control messages. The MN (310) and the SN (320) may be connected via a network interface and may transmit and receive messages related to management of radio resources (e.g., communication channels) to each other.

[0064] In one embodiment, the MN (310) may be configured as an LTE base station (340), the SN (320) as an NR base station, and the core network (330) as an EPC. For example, control messages may be transmitted and received through the LTE base station and the EPC, and user data may be transmitted and received through at least one of the LTE base station and the NR base station.

[0065] According to one embodiment, the MN (310) may be configured as an NR base station, the SN (320) as an LTE base station, and the core network (330) as a 5GC. For example, control messages may be transmitted and received through the NR base station and the 5GC, and user data may be transmitted and received through at least one of the LTE base station or the NR base station.

[0066] According to one embodiment, the electronic device (101) can be registered with at least one of EPC or 5GC to transmit and receive control messages.

[0067] In one embodiment, the EPC or 5GC may interwork to manage communication of the electronic device (101). For example, movement information of the electronic device (101) may be transmitted and received through an interface between the EPC and 5GC.

[0068] As described above, dual connectivity via LTE base stations and NR base stations may also be referred to as EN-DC. Meanwhile, MR DC may be applied in various ways other than EN-DC. For example, the first network and the second network by MR DC may both be related to LTE communication, and the second network may be a network corresponding to a small cell of a specific frequency. For example, the first network and the second network by MR DC may both be related to 5G, and the first network may correspond to a frequency band below 6 GHz (e.g., below 6), and the second network may correspond to a frequency band above 6 GHz (e.g., over 6). In addition to the examples described above, those skilled in the art will readily understand that any network structure to which dual connectivity is applicable may be applied to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0069] FIG. 4 illustrates a diagram for explaining a bearer in a user device according to one embodiment.

[0070] In a 5G non-standalone network environment (e.g., network environment (300a) of FIG. 3), possible bearers may include a master cell group (MCG) bearer, a secondary cell group (SCG) bearer, and a split bearer. An E-UTRA / NR packet data convergence protocol (PDCP) entity (401) and NR PDCP entities (402, 403) may be configured in a UE (user equipment) (400). An E-UTRA radio link control (RLC) entity (411, 412) and NR RLC entities (413, 414) may be configured in the UE (400). An E-UTRA MAC entity (421) and an NR MAC entity (422) may be configured in the UE (400). A UE may represent a user device capable of communicating with a base station, and may be used interchangeably with the electronic device (101) of FIG. 1. For example, in some embodiments, a UE performing a specific operation may mean that at least one element included in the electronic device (101) performs the specific operation.

[0071] The MCG may correspond to, for example, the MN (master node) (310) of FIG. 3, and the SCG may correspond to, for example, the SN (secondary node) (320) of FIG. 3. When a node for performing communication is determined, the UE (400) may set various entities illustrated in FIG. 4 to communicate with the determined node (e.g., a base station). Entities (401, 402, 403) of the PDCP layer may receive data (e.g., a PDCP SDU corresponding to an IP packet) and output converted data (e.g., a PDCP PDU (protocol data unit)) that reflects additional information (e.g., header information). Entities (411, 412, 413, 414) of the RLC layer can receive converted data (e.g., PDCP PDU) output from entities (401, 402, 403) of the PDCP layer and output converted data (e.g., RLC PDU) reflecting additional information (e.g., header information). Entities (421, 422) of the MAC layer can receive converted data (e.g., RLC PDU) output from entities (411, 412, 413, 414) of the RLC layer and output converted data (e.g., MAC PDU) reflecting additional information (e.g., header information) and transmit the converted data to a physical layer (not shown).

[0072] An MCG bearer may be associated with a path (or data) that can transmit and receive data only using resources or entities corresponding to the MN in dual connectivity. An SCG bearer may be associated with a path (or data) that can transmit and receive data only using resources or entities corresponding to the SN in dual connectivity. A split bearer may be associated with a path (or data) that can transmit and receive data only using resources or entities corresponding to the MN and resources or entities corresponding to the SN in dual connectivity. Accordingly, as shown in FIG. 4, a split bearer may be associated with both an E-UTRA RLC entity (412) and an NR RLC entity (413), and an E-UTRA MAC entity (421) and an NR MAC entity (422) via an NR PDCP entity (402).

[0073] FIG. 5 illustrates a diagram for explaining an uplink path between a user device and base stations according to one embodiment.

[0074] According to one embodiment, a user device (510) (e.g., electronic device (101)) may perform communication with base stations (520a, 520b) based on a split bearer in FIG. 5. Accordingly, transmission data (e.g., IP packets) to be transmitted from the user device (510) to the base stations (520a, 520b) may be delivered to a second RLC entity (543) and a second MAC entity (545) or a first RLC entity (542) and a first MAC entity (544) via a second PDCP entity (541). For example, the first RLC entity (542) and the first MAC entity (544) may be associated with a first network, and the second RLC entity (543) and the second MAC entity (545) may be associated with a second network. The first BS (520a) may establish a first PDCP entity (521a), a first RLC entity (522a), and a first MAC entity (523a). The second BS (520b) may establish a second PDCP entity (521b), a second RLC entity (522b), and a second MAC entity (523b). A path associated with the second RLC entity (543) and the second MAC entity (545) of the user device (510) may be a primary path (531), and a path associated with the first RLC entity (542) and the first MAC entity (514) may be a secondary path (532). Here, the first PDCP entity (521a) may be implemented identically to the second PDCP entity (521b). For example, for the implementation of EN-DC, if the BS (520a) is an LTE BS, the first PDCP entity (521a) may be configured as an NR PDCP entity. In one embodiment, a specific PDCP entity (e.g., an NR PDCP entity) may be located in the BS (520a) or in the BS (520b).When a split bearer is established, at least one of the first PDCP entity (521a) or the second PDCP entity (521b) may transmit data to the core network. In one embodiment, either the first PDCP entity (521a) or the second PDCP entity (521b) may not exist. The BS (520a) and the BS (520b) may also communicate directly with each other.

[0075] There are no restrictions on the first network and the second network, as long as they are networks capable of dual connectivity. For example, the first network and the second network may each correspond to LTE communication and NR communication, respectively. For example, the first network and the second network may both correspond to LTE communication, and the second network may correspond to a small cell of a specific frequency. For example, the first network and the second network may both correspond to 5G, and the first network may correspond to a frequency band below 6 GHz (e.g., below 6), while the second network may correspond to a frequency band above 6 GHz (e.g., over 6).

[0076] According to one embodiment, a user device (510) may transmit transmission data using BSs (520a, 520b) and at least one of a first network and a second network based on a split bearer. According to one embodiment, the user device (510) may set a second network associated with a second BS (520b) corresponding to an SCG as a primary path (531) and set a first network associated with a first BS (520a) corresponding to an MCG as a secondary path (532). For example, the user device (510) may set the second network associated with an SCG as the primary path (531) based on information indicating the primary path received from an MN. The information indicating the primary path received from the MN may be included in an RRC message (e.g., an RRCReconfiguration message) and received. In another embodiment, there is no limitation on the method by which the user device (510) sets the primary path. The primary path may be determined, for example, based on the policy of each telecommunications carrier, and the user device (510) may receive information indicating the primary path to identify the primary path. The primary path may indicate the cell group ID and LCID of the primary RLC entity for uplink data transmission when the PDCP entity is associated with more than one RLC entity. The second PDCP entity (521b) may be included in the base station (520a) having the primary path. In one embodiment, the first PDCP entity (521a) may be included in the base station (520b) having the secondary path.

[0077] FIG. 6 illustrates a diagram illustrating a communication processor and an application processor, a power controller, a clock controller, and / or CP memory according to one embodiment.

[0078] According to one embodiment, the communication processor (600) (e.g., at least a portion of the processor (120) of FIG. 1 , the first communication processor (212) of FIG. 2A , the second communication processor (214) of FIG. 2A , or the integrated communication processor (260) of FIG. 2B ) may include a plurality of voltage domains (650) (or a plurality of processor cores and / or a plurality of components). In one embodiment, the plurality of processor cores may be implemented as a multi-core. The plurality of voltage domains (650) may include at least one voltage domain (610, 620, 630, 640) (or at least one processor core and / or at least one component). Each of the at least one voltage domain may include at least one clock frequency domain (or at least one subcomponent). In one embodiment, at least one voltage domain (610, 620, 630, 640) and / or at least one clock frequency domain (611, 612, 613, 614, 621, 631, 632, 641) may be implemented as a hardware block, a functional block, or a logical block. At least one clock frequency domain (611, 612, 613, 614, 621, 631, 632, 641) may process a process by performing a designated function. For example, a first voltage domain (610) may include a first clock frequency domain (611) (or "CD1"), a second clock frequency domain (612) (or "CD2"), a third clock frequency domain (613) (or "CD3"), and / or a fourth clock frequency domain (614) (or "CD4"). The second voltage domain (620) may include a fifth clock frequency domain (621) (or, "CD5"). The third voltage domain (630) may include a sixth clock frequency domain (631) (or, "CD6") and / or a seventh clock frequency domain (632) (or, "CD7").The fourth voltage domain (640) may include an eighth clock frequency domain (641) (or "CD8"). In one embodiment, at least one voltage domain is illustrated as four, but this is by way of example and the number of voltage domains is not limited. In one embodiment, at least one clock frequency domain is illustrated as eight, but this is by way of example and the number of clock frequency domains is not limited. At least a portion of at least one voltage domain (610, 620, 630, 640) may process a process, for example, for the operation of the communication processor (600). The entirety of at least one voltage domain (610, 620, 630, 640) may process the process, but at least a portion of at least one voltage domain (610, 620, 630, 640) may not operate, for example, when the number of processes to be processed is relatively small. For example, among at least one voltage domain (610, 620, 630, 640), the first voltage domain (610) and / or the fourth voltage domain (640) may be voltage domains that are set to be constantly turned on, independently from the operation of the communication processor (600). Among at least one voltage domain (610, 620, 630, 640), the second voltage domain (630) and / or the third voltage domain (640) may be turned off when the number of processes to be processed is relatively small. When at least a part of at least one voltage domain (610, 620, 630, 640) is turned off, the current consumption of the communication processor (600) may be reduced. The second voltage domain (630) and / or the third voltage domain (640) may be turned on when the number of processes to be processed is relatively large. In one embodiment, as the communication environment changes, at least a portion of at least one voltage domain (610, 620, 630, 640) may become inoperable.For example, when the number of MIMO layers (or the number of communication channels) allocated based on the wireless channel environment is relatively small, only the first voltage domain (610) and the fourth voltage domain (640) may operate. Even when the maximum data rate based on the channel configuration allocated from the communication network is relatively small, only the first voltage domain (610) and the fourth voltage domain (640) may operate. The maximum data rate may be related to the number of activated CCs (carrier components) and / or the size of the bandwidth (hereinafter, “BW”). For example, when a BW of 20 (CC1) + 10 (CC2) = 30 MHz is set, considering that the maximum data rate is relatively low, only the first voltage domain (610) and the fourth voltage domain (640) may operate. In one embodiment, based on the channel configuration allocated from the communication network, if the number of communication channels and / or the maximum data rate increases to be equal to or greater than a threshold value, the second voltage domain (630) and / or the third voltage domain (640) may be additionally turned on. For example, if a BW of 20 (CC1) + 50 (CC2) = 70 MHz is set, considering that the maximum data rate is relatively high, the second voltage domain (630) and / or the third voltage domain (640) may be additionally turned on. At least one voltage domain (610, 620, 630, 640) may operate based on a designated voltage level. In one embodiment, the voltage domain that is constantly turned on and the voltage domain that is additionally turned on are not limited to the examples described above. For example, the first voltage domain (610) and the fourth voltage domain (640) may be set as voltage domains that are additionally turned on. The second voltage domain (620) and the third voltage domain (630) may be set as voltage domains that are constantly turned on.The turn-on condition or turn-off condition of each domain may be determined based on the operating status of the electronic device (101). At least one clock frequency domain (611, 612, 613, 614, 621, 631, 632, 641) may operate based on a designated clock frequency level. According to one embodiment, a CPU block (e.g., voltage domain 4 (640)) is illustrated as including only one clock frequency domain (e.g., the eighth clock frequency domain (641)), but is not limited thereto. For example, a CPU block may be designed such that blocks such as an internal processor, a bus, or an external interface are designed as different clock frequency domains. In one embodiment, at least one clock frequency domain included in the same voltage domain may operate based on substantially the same voltage level. For example, the first clock frequency domain (611), the second clock frequency domain (612), the third clock frequency domain (613), and the fourth clock frequency domain (614) may operate based on a voltage level for the first voltage domain (610). The sixth clock frequency domain (631) and the seventh frequency domain (632) may operate based on a voltage level for the third voltage domain (630). In one embodiment, the different clock frequency domains may operate independently based on a clock frequency controlled by the communication processor (600). For example, the clock frequency domains may operate based on substantially the same clock frequency, and / or may operate based on different clock frequencies. The different clock frequency domains may be configured to operate based on different clock frequencies, taking into account that the operating characteristics of hardware blocks included in the different clock frequency domains may be different. In one embodiment, at least one hardware block included in the same clock frequency domain may operate based on substantially the same clock frequency.

[0079] In one embodiment, at least one clock frequency domain (611, 612, 613, 614, 621, 631, 632, 641) may be classified as a real-time block or a non-real-time block depending on whether a delay is allowed in the processing of the hardware block. For example, a real-time block may be a block whose processing must be performed in real time without delay. An ADC block may be classified as a real-time block because it is required to convert an analog signal into digital data in real time. An FFT block may be classified as a real-time block because it is required to perform calculations in real time when no memory is allocated to temporarily store the data. In one embodiment, a real-time block (e.g., an ADC block and / or an FFT block) may operate according to a voltage level and / or clock frequency level set in response to a channel configuration allocated from a network, regardless of a data rate (or effective data rate) actually received from the communication network. In one embodiment, a non-real-time block may be a hardware block that is not permitted to perform operations in real time. A non-real-time block may include a hardware block that performs operations in non-real time, regardless of the effective data rate. For example, a channel estimation block and / or a measurement block may be classified as a non-real-time block because they perform channel estimation and / or measurement in non-real time, regardless of the effective data rate. A non-real-time block may include a block whose required processing power varies depending on the effective data rate. For example, a demodulator, a decoder, an L2 hardware block, and / or a protocol stack may vary their required processing power depending on the effective data rate.The first clock frequency domain (611) may be a real-time block corresponding to, for example, an ADC block (or a DAC block) and / or an FFT block (or an IFFT block). The second clock frequency domain (612) may be a non-real-time block corresponding to, for example, a channel estimation and measurement block. The third clock frequency domain (613) may be a non-real-time block corresponding to, for example, a demodulation block and / or a decoder block. The fourth clock frequency domain (614) may be a non-real-time block corresponding to, for example, an L2 hardware block and / or an interface block. In one embodiment, the fifth clock frequency domain (621) and / or the sixth clock frequency domain (631) may be non-real-time blocks that are additionally turned on when the number of processes to be processed is relatively large. For example, the fifth clock frequency domain (621) and / or the sixth clock frequency domain (631) may be non-real-time blocks corresponding to, for example, a demodulation block and / or a decoder block. In one embodiment, the seventh clock frequency domain (632) may be a real-time block that is additionally turned on when the number of processes to be processed is relatively large. The seventh clock frequency domain (632) may be a real-time block corresponding to, for example, an FFT block. In one embodiment, for convenience of explanation, an example of a downlink block is described in FIG. 6, and an uplink block (e.g., a modulation block) may also be classified as a real-time block or a non-real-time block as described above. In one embodiment, in FIG. 6, the fourth voltage domain (640) (or CPU block) is illustrated as including one clock frequency domain (e.g., the eighth clock frequency domain (641)); however, depending on the design of the communication processor (600), the eighth clock frequency domain (641) may be implemented with different hardware blocks, such as an internal CPU, an external interface, or a bus.Examples of real-time blocks and / or non-real-time blocks are not limited to the examples described above, and those skilled in the art will readily understand that, depending on the design of the communication processor (600), hardware blocks classified as real-time blocks may operate in non-real-time, or hardware blocks classified as non-real-time blocks may operate in real-time. As described above, the processing power required for at least some of the non-real-time blocks may change depending on the effective data rate. The electronic device (101) (or the communication processor (600)) may set a voltage level and / or clock frequency level corresponding to a data rate lower than the maximum data rate allocated from the network for at least some of the non-real-time blocks, if the effective data rate can be predicted relatively accurately. The electronic device (101) may reduce the power consumption of the communication processor (600) by controlling the operation of at least some of the non-real-time blocks based on the voltage level and / or clock frequency level corresponding to the relatively small data rate.

[0080] In one embodiment, the communication processor (600) (or power controller (661)) can control the voltage level for at least one voltage domain (610, 620, 630, 640). The communication processor (600) can read at least one voltage level loaded into the CP memory (670) and control the operation of at least a portion of the at least one voltage domain (610, 620, 630, 640) based on the voltage level set for each voltage domain. The communication processor (600) can be connected to a power management module (e.g., the power management module (188) of FIG. 1). The communication processor (600) can change the magnitude of the voltage provided by the power management module. The communication processor (600) can control the operation of each voltage domain based on the voltage whose magnitude has been changed. The communication processor (600) (or clock controller (663)) can control a voltage level for at least one clock frequency domain (611, 612, 613, 614, 621, 631, 632, 641). The communication processor (600) can read at least one clock frequency level loaded into the CP memory (670) and, based on the clock frequency level set for each clock frequency domain, control the operation of at least a part of the at least one clock frequency domain (611, 612, 613, 614, 621, 631, 632, 641). The communication processor (600) can be connected to a phase locked loop (“PLL”) (not shown). The communication processor (600) can change the magnitude of the clock frequency provided by the PLL. The communication processor (600) can control the operation of each clock frequency domain based on the clock frequency whose magnitude has been changed.

[0081] In one embodiment, the communication processor (600) can identify an application being executed by the electronic device (101) through the AP (680) (e.g., the processor (120)). For example, the communication processor (600) can receive identification information of the application being executed by the electronic device (101) from the AP (680). FIG. 7 is a flowchart illustrating an operating method of an electronic device according to one embodiment.

[0082] According to one embodiment, the electronic device (101) (e.g., at least one of the processor (120), the first communication processor (212), the second communication processor (214), the unified communication processor (260), or the communication processor (600)) may, in operation 701, establish a network connection with a first communication network. In one embodiment, the electronic device (101) may establish a network connection with a cellular network (e.g., the first cellular network (292) and / or the second cellular network (294) of FIGS. 2A and 2B). For example, the electronic device (101) may enter an RRC connected mode.

[0083] According to one embodiment, the electronic device (101) may, in operation 703, receive a message including information associated with a channel configuration from the first communication network. In one embodiment, the electronic device (101) may receive the message associated with the channel information from the first communication network via a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH). For example, the electronic device (101) may check downlink control information (DCI). The electronic device (101) may check the number of activated CCs included in the channel configuration and / or the BW per CC.

[0084] According to one embodiment, the electronic device (101), in operation 705, may control a voltage level and at least one clock frequency level for at least one component (e.g., 610; 620; 630; 640 of FIG. 6) included in the communication processor (600) to a first voltage level and at least one first clock frequency level set corresponding to information associated with the channel configuration. For example, the electronic device (101) may identify a maximum transmission rate corresponding to the information associated with the channel configuration. The electronic device (101) may identify the first voltage level and the first clock frequency level corresponding to the identified maximum transmission rate.

[0085] In one embodiment, the electronic device (101) may also determine the first voltage level and the first clock frequency level based on checking the first DVFS table of Table 1 stored in a memory (e.g., memory (130) and / or CP memory (670)).

[0086] config.Voltage domain 1Volatge domain 2Volatge domain 3Voltage domain 4(CPU)Voltage level[V]Clock frequency level[Hz]On / offVoltageLevel[V]CF level[Hz]On / offVoltageLevel[V]CF level[Hz]VoltageLevel[V]CF level[Hz]CD1CD2CD3CD4CD5CD6CD7CD8LTEL1V1F2F2F2F2off--off---V1CF2L2V2F3F2F3F3Off--off---V2CF3L3V3F4F2F5F5OffV1F2off---V3CF5SAS1V1F2F2F2F2Off--off---V1CF2S2V2F2F2F3F3Off--off---V2CF3S3V3F3F2F3F3onV1F2off---V3CF5NSAN1V1F2F2F3F3Off--off---V1CF3N2V2F3F2F4F4Off--off---V2CF5N3V3F4F2F6F6OnV1F2off---V3CF8N4V3F5F2F7F7Off--OnV1F1F2V3CF9N5V4F6F2F8F8OnV3F5onV2F2F3V4CF10

[0087] In one embodiment, referring to Table 1, channel configurations (or network configurations) can be classified into 11, and voltages and / or clock frequencies for voltage domains and / or clock frequency domains corresponding to the channel configurations can be set. In one embodiment, when a maximum data rate corresponding to a channel configuration (e.g., a channel configuration of L1) allocated from a communication network is relatively low, only the first voltage domain and the fourth voltage domain can be turned on. The third voltage domain can remain turned off, except for the channel configurations of, for example, N4 and N5. When the maximum data rate is relatively low, the voltage level for the first voltage domain and / or the fourth voltage domain can be set relatively low. When the maximum data rate is relatively low, the clock frequency level for a clock frequency domain included in the first voltage domain and / or the fourth voltage domain can be set relatively low. In one embodiment, when the maximum data rate corresponding to the channel configuration allocated from the communication network (e.g., the channel configuration of N5) is relatively high, considering that the number of activated CCs is relatively large, the second voltage domain and the third voltage domain may be additionally turned on. When the maximum data rate is relatively high, the voltage level and the clock frequency level for the voltage domains and the clock frequency domains may be set to a relatively high level (e.g., the maximum level). According to one embodiment, considering that the data rate processed by each voltage domain (e.g., the first voltage domain (610), the second voltage domain (620), the third voltage domain (630), and / or the fourth voltage domain (640) of FIG. 6) may be different, the electronic device (101) may collect information associated with the data rate in advance.For example, in the case of a downlink channel, the amount of data processed by the physical layer may be determined based on the MCS level for each TTI. The amount of data transmitted from the physical layer to Layer 2 may be determined based on a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) error. The amount of data processed by Layer 2 may be determined based on retransmission. In one embodiment, data transmitted from a communication processor (e.g., the communication processor (600) of FIG. 6) to an application processor (e.g., the AP (680) of FIG. 6) may correspond to data transmitted to a PDCP entity. Since data is processed in TTI units at the physical layer, an appropriate clock rate corresponding to the physical layer may be determined based on the maximum data size corresponding to each TTI. For example, the electronic device (101) may collect information associated with the actually received data size for each TTI. The electronic device (101) may collect information associated with the maximum data rate corresponding to the MCS level by checking information associated with the MCS level. The MAC entity or the RLC entity of Layer 2 may operate on a TTI basis. Unlike Layer 2, the clock rate of the PDCP entity may be determined based on the amount of data transmitted from the RLC entity in the downlink. The clock rate associated with the downlink channel corresponding to the PDCP entity may be determined based on the amount of data transmitted from the RLC entity, unlike Layer 2. The clock rate associated with the uplink channel corresponding to the PDCP entity may be determined based on the amount of data transmitted from the application processor. In one embodiment, the electronic device (101) may check the parameter corresponding to the entity in order to set the DVFS control level corresponding to each voltage domain.The DVFS control level set by the electronic device (101) may be set differently depending on the reference entity. The electronic device (101) may set the DVFS control level, for example, by checking the maximum data rate corresponding to each TTI processed by the MAC entity. The electronic device (101) may set the DVFS control level, for example, by checking the maximum data rate corresponding to each TTI processed by the RLC entity and / or the amount of data accumulated in the retransmission buffer. The electronic device (101) may set the DVFS control level, for example, by checking the maximum amount of data accumulated in the PDCP buffer of the PDCP entity (max data amount). Factors affecting the data rate between the electronic device (101) and the first communication network may be, for example, the type of application running on the electronic device (101), the type of cellular network, the electric field corresponding to the location of the electronic device (101), and / or the communication environment such as the channel configuration. Factors affecting the data rate may further include the congestion of the cell providing network access to the electronic device (101), the scheduling method of the communication network (or base station), and / or the wired communication environment between the base station and the application server corresponding to the application running on the electronic device (101). For example, the average data rate and / or the maximum data rate corresponding to the channel configuration may change relatively quickly depending on the application running on the electronic device (101), the location of the electronic device (101), and / or the wireless communication environment with the base station. According to one embodiment, the DVFS control level of each voltage domain may be set differently based on the transmission data rate and / or the reception data rate. The characteristics of the application used by the user may have a relatively large influence on the transmission data rate and / or the reception data rate.For example, in the case of an application associated with SNS, various functions such as chatting, calling, image downloading, image uploading, video downloading, or video uploading can be supported. The range of variation in the transmission data rate and / or reception data rate corresponding to the application associated with SNS can be relatively large. If the function supported by the application is limited to video streams, the range of variation in the transmission data rate and / or reception data rate can be relatively small due to the possibility of performing buffering. The data rate corresponding to the application associated with the video stream can have a relatively predictable pattern. In the case of an application associated with a game, for example, relatively small-sized packets can be frequently transmitted or received between the electronic device (101) and a network. The electronic device (101) can set the corresponding DVFS control level of the application executed by the electronic device (101) by checking the characteristics of the application described above. If the data rate changes relatively quickly, the accuracy of real-time prediction of the data rate can decrease. In one embodiment, the electronic device (101) may control a voltage level and / or a clock frequency level based on a first DVFS table in an environment where an effective data rate cannot be predicted in real time. According to one embodiment, the electronic device (101), in operation 707, may confirm execution of a first application while controlling a voltage level and a clock frequency level for the at least one component (610; 620; 630; 640 of FIG. 6) to the first voltage level and the at least one first clock frequency level. The electronic device (101) may confirm identification information of the first application, for example, through an AP (for example, AP (680) of FIG. 6).Execution of an application may mean, for example, execution in the foreground, but is not limited thereto, and may also mean execution in the background. In one embodiment, after confirming the execution of the first application, the electronic device (101) may control the voltage level and the clock frequency level for the at least one component to the first voltage level and the at least one first clock frequency level. The electronic device (101) may perform at least simultaneously the operation of confirming the execution of the first application and the operation of controlling the voltage level and the clock frequency level for the at least one component to the first voltage level and the at least one first clock frequency level. According to one embodiment, in operation 709, the electronic device (101) may confirm a second voltage level and / or at least one second clock frequency level stored in response to at least one piece of information associated with the first application and / or the location of the electronic device (101). The electronic device (101) can determine a second voltage level and / or a second clock frequency level based on the second DVFS table according to Table 2, based on the execution of a first application for which a range of effective data rates is predictable.

[0088] CaseTypeMax Data Rate[TTI][bps]Max Data Rate(Avg.)[bps]Max Data Rate(PDCP)[bps]NWconfigVoltagedomain 1Volatgedomain 2Volatgedomain 3Voltagedomain 4(CPU)V level[V]CF level[Hz]On / offVLevel[V]CFLevel[Hz]On / offVLevel[V]CFLevel[Hz]VLevel[V]CFLevel[Hz]CD1CD2CD3CD4CD5CD6CD7CD81P + APPd1r1p1L1V1F2F2F1F1off--off---V1CF12P + APPd2r2p2L3V2F4F2F2F2Off--off---V1CF23P + APPd3r3p3S2V1F2F2F2F2Off--off---V2CF24Pd4r4p4N3V2F4F2F4F4Off--off---V1CF45Pd5r5p5N5V3F6F2F6F6Off--onV1F2F2V2CF6

[0089] In one embodiment, referring to Table 2, a memory (e.g., CP memory (670)) may be configured with operable cases based on an effective data rate that is relatively significantly reduced from the maximum data rate corresponding to the channel configuration. The second DVFS table may be configured with a relatively small voltage level and / or a relatively small clock frequency level, considering that the rate of change in the data rate may be relatively small when a predictable application usage pattern is confirmed at substantially the same location (or cell) by the user. For example, in case 4 of Table 2, the network configuration is N3, and at this time, the first voltage domain (voltage domain 1) and the fourth voltage domain (voltage domain 4) may be configured to be turned on. The first voltage domain may be configured to operate at the second voltage level (V2) in case 4. The fourth voltage domain may be configured to operate at the first voltage level (V1) in case 4. The second voltage domain (voltage domain 2) and the third voltage domain (voltage domain 3) may be set to be turned off in case 4. Referring back to Table 1, when the channel configuration is N3 of NSA (non-standalone), the first voltage domain, the second voltage domain, and the fourth voltage domain may be set to be turned on. The first voltage domain may be set to operate at a third voltage level (V3) higher than the second voltage level in the channel configuration N3 of Table 1. The fourth voltage domain may be set to operate at a third voltage level (V3) higher than the first voltage level in the channel configuration N3 of Table 1. The second voltage domain may be set to operate at the first voltage level in the channel configuration N3 of Table 1.According to the first DVFS table, the second voltage domain may be additionally set to be turned on in response to the channel configuration N3, while according to the second DVFS table, the second voltage domain may be set to be turned off in response to the channel configuration N3. In case 5, referring to Table 2, when the network configuration is N5, the first voltage domain, the third voltage domain, and the fourth voltage domain may be set to be turned on. The first voltage domain may be set to operate at the third voltage level (V3) in case 5. The third voltage domain may be set to operate at the first voltage level (V1) in case 5. The fourth voltage domain may be set to operate at the second voltage level (V2) in case 5. The second voltage domain may be set to be turned off in case 5. Referring back to Table 1, when the channel configuration is N5 of the NSA, the first voltage domain, the second voltage domain, the third voltage domain, and the fourth voltage domain can be set to turn on. The first voltage domain can be set to operate at a fourth voltage level (V4) higher than the third voltage level in the channel configuration N5 of Table 1. The second voltage domain can be set to operate at a third voltage level (V3) in the channel configuration N5 of Table 1. The third voltage domain can be set to operate at a second voltage level (V2) higher than the first voltage level in the channel configuration N5 of Table 1. The fourth voltage domain can be set to operate at a fourth voltage level (V4) higher than the second voltage level in the channel configuration N5 of Table 1. According to the first DVFS table, the first voltage domain, the second voltage domain, the third voltage domain, and the fourth voltage domain are all set to be turned on in response to the channel configuration N5, whereas according to the second DVFS table, the second voltage domain can be set to remain in a turned-off state in response to the channel configuration N5.In one embodiment, a power saving effect may be increased when at least some of the voltage domains are kept turned off. The second DVFS table may be set based on an effective data rate (e.g., d1, d2, d3, d4, or d5) per TTI collected based on specific application-related information and / or location information of a specific electronic device (101). According to one embodiment, the electronic device (101) may, in operation 711, change a voltage level and / or a clock frequency level for the at least one component (610; 620; 630; 640 of FIG. 6) to the second voltage level and / or the second clock frequency level. The electronic device (101) can reduce the current consumption of the communication processor (600) by controlling the operation of the voltage domain and / or the clock frequency domain based on a relatively small voltage level and / or a relatively small clock frequency level, considering that the collected effective data rate is lower than the maximum data rate corresponding to the channel configuration. FIG. 8 is a flowchart for explaining an operating method of the electronic device according to one embodiment.

[0090] According to one embodiment, the electronic device (101) (e.g., at least one of the processor (120), the first communication processor (212), the second communication processor (214), the integrated communication processor (260), or the communication processor (600)) can confirm the execution of the first application in operation 801. The electronic device (101) can confirm the identification information of the first application, for example, through an AP (e.g., the AP (680) of FIG. 6). The information that can identify the application may be, but is not limited to, information indicating, for example, an AppID, application properties (e.g., periodicity and / or real-time) and / or an application type.

[0091] According to one embodiment, the electronic device (101) may, in operation 803, identify a voltage level and / or at least one clock frequency level stored in response to at least one piece of information associated with the first application and / or the location of the electronic device (101). The electronic device (101) may identify the voltage level and / or the clock frequency level based on a second DVFS table according to Table 2, based on the execution of the first application, for which a range of an effective data rate is predictable. The second DVFS table may be set based on an effective data rate (e.g., d1, d2, d3, d4, or d5) in units of TTI collected based on specific application-related information and / or location information of a specific electronic device (101).

[0092] According to one embodiment, the electronic device (101) may, in operation 805, control the voltage level and / or the clock frequency level for the at least one component (610; 620; 630; 640 of FIG. 6) to the identified voltage level and / or the identified clock frequency level. The electronic device (101) may reduce the current consumption of the communication processor (600) by controlling the operation of the voltage domain and / or the clock frequency domain based on the relatively small voltage level and / or the relatively small clock frequency level, considering that the collected effective data rate is lower than the maximum data rate corresponding to the channel configuration.

[0093] FIG. 9A is a flowchart illustrating an operation method of an electronic device according to one embodiment.

[0094] According to one embodiment, the electronic device (101) (e.g., at least one of the processor (120), the first communication processor (212), the second communication processor (214), the integrated communication processor (260), or the communication processor (600)) may, in operation 901, control a voltage level and a clock frequency level for a first component (610; 640 of FIG. 6) among the at least one component (610; 620; 630; 640 of FIG. 6) to the first voltage level and the first clock frequency level. The first component may be a component that is set to be constantly turned on independently from the operation of the communication processor (600).

[0095] According to one embodiment, the electronic device (101) may, in operation 903, determine a change in information associated with a channel configuration. The electronic device (101) may determine a change in the channel configuration, for example, based on a message received from a first communication network.

[0096] According to one embodiment, the electronic device (101) may, in operation 905, determine whether a first bandwidth corresponding to information associated with the changed channel configuration is greater than or equal to a first value. In one embodiment, the first value may be a threshold value for determining whether a process can be processed solely by the first component. For example, the first value may be a bandwidth corresponding to approximately 60 MHz, but is not limited thereto.

[0097] According to one embodiment, the electronic device (101) may, in operation 907, control a second component (620; 630 of FIG. 6) among the at least one component (610; 620; 630; 640 of FIG. 6) to be turned on based on determining that the first bandwidth is greater than or equal to the first value. The electronic device (101) may turn on an additional voltage domain based on determining that the total allocated bandwidth is greater than or equal to the first value.

[0098] In one embodiment, the electronic device (101) can determine a voltage level and a clock frequency level for a first component corresponding to a channel configuration based on checking the first DVFS table. The electronic device (101) can control the voltage level and the clock frequency level for the first component (610; 640 of FIG. 6) to a voltage level and at least one clock frequency level set corresponding to information associated with the changed channel configuration.

[0099] In one embodiment, the electronic device (101) can determine a voltage level and a clock frequency level for a second component corresponding to a channel configuration based on checking the first DVFS table. The electronic device (101) can control the voltage level and the clock frequency level for the second component (620; 630 of FIG. 6) to a voltage level and at least one clock frequency level set corresponding to information associated with the changed channel configuration.

[0100] FIG. 9b is a flowchart illustrating an operating method of an electronic device according to one embodiment.

[0101] According to one embodiment, the electronic device (101) (e.g., at least one of the processor (120), the first communication processor (212), the second communication processor (214), the unified communication processor (260), or the communication processor (600)) may, in operation 921, determine the execution of the first application while controlling the voltage level and the clock frequency level for the second component (620; 630 of FIG. 6) to the voltage level and at least one clock frequency level set in response to the information associated with the changed channel configuration. The electronic device (101) may determine the execution of the first application, for example, for which a rate of change in a data rate may be within a predictable range, based on identification information provided by an AP (e.g., the AP (680) of FIG. 6).

[0102] According to one embodiment, the electronic device (101) may, in operation 923, check the settings for the second component (620; 630 of FIG. 6) stored in response to at least one piece of information associated with the first application and / or the location of the electronic device (101). The electronic device (101) may check the settings for the second component set in response to the first application and / or the current location of the electronic device (101), for example, based on the second DVFS table.

[0103] According to one embodiment, the electronic device (101) may, in operation 925, turn off the second component (620; 630 of FIG. 6) based on determining that the second component (620; 630 of FIG. 6) is set to turn off in response to at least one piece of information associated with the first application and / or the location of the electronic device (101). The electronic device (101) may control the second component to be turned off by considering that the effective data rate is relatively smaller than the maximum data rate corresponding to the channel configuration based on determining that the first application is running even though the channel configuration is not changed, thereby reducing the power consumption of the communication processor (600).

[0104] FIG. 10a is a diagram for explaining a rate of change in a data rate according to one embodiment. FIG. 10b is a diagram for explaining a rate of change in a data rate according to one embodiment.

[0105] In one embodiment, referring to FIG. 10A, the data rate of the electronic device (101) can be maintained at a constant 1 Mbps for 10 seconds. When the effective data rate is maintained constant, the future data rate can be predicted based on the past data rate. In one embodiment, as can be seen with reference to FIG. 10B, the predictability of the data rate can be relatively greatly reduced due to the fact that data at high data rates are transmitted and received momentarily, even though the average data rate is substantially the same as in FIG. 10A. In one embodiment, the predictability of the data rate can be improved when information related to the data rate is collected based on a specific application and / or location. For example, when an application related to a game is executed by the electronic device (101), the predictability of the effective data rate can be increased due to the transmission or reception of relatively small packets. When an application related to a video stream is executed by the electronic device (101), the predictability of the effective data rate can be increased due to buffering. The electronic device (101) may set the DVFS control level based on an effective data rate that may be relatively smaller than the maximum data rate corresponding to the channel configuration received from the network, considering that the fluctuation range of the transmission data rate or reception data rate corresponding to the executed application is relatively small. In one embodiment, the transmission data rate or reception data rate of the electronic device (101) at a specific location may have a relatively constant pattern. For example, the electronic device (101) may increase the predictability of the data rate by collecting information associated with the transmission data rate or reception data rate at a specific location, such as a home or office, where the user's stay time is relatively long.

[0106] Figure 11a is a diagram for explaining DVFS control according to a comparative example.

[0107] In one embodiment, referring to FIG. 11A, considering that even when the effective data rate is relatively small, the accuracy of real-time prediction of the data rate may be low, a voltage level and / or a clock frequency level may be set based on a maximum data rate corresponding to a channel configuration. For example, referring to FIG. 11A, when a first channel configuration (channel configuration 1) is assigned, the electronic device (101) may set the DVFS level with reference to a second voltage level (voltage level 2) and a second clock frequency level (clock frequency level 2). When a second channel configuration (channel configuration 2) is assigned, the effective data rate may fluctuate within a similar range as when the first channel configuration is assigned, but the electronic device (101) may set the DVFS level with reference to a second voltage level and a third clock frequency level (clock frequency level 3) in consideration of the maximum data rate. The electronic device (101), as shown in FIG. 11A, can operate at a relatively high voltage level and / or clock frequency level when setting the DVFS level based on a maximum data rate higher than the effective data rate.

[0108] FIG. 11b is a diagram for explaining DVFS control according to one embodiment.

[0109] In one embodiment, referring to FIG. 11B, when an actual data rate can be predicted, the operation of the voltage domain and / or the clock frequency domain can be controlled based on a voltage level and / or a clock frequency level set corresponding to the actual data rate. For example, the electronic device (101) can set the DVFS level to a first clock frequency level lower than the second clock frequency level of FIG. 11A by predicting (or confirming) that the effective data rate can be maintained relatively low when the first channel configuration is assigned. The electronic device (101) can set the DVFS level to a first voltage level lower than the second voltage level of FIG. 11A when the first channel configuration is assigned. The electronic device (101) can reduce power consumption by controlling the operation of the voltage domain and / or the clock frequency domain based on a voltage level and a clock frequency level lower than the DVFS level of FIG. 11A. The electronic device (101) can set the DVFS level to a second clock frequency level lower than the third clock frequency level of FIG. 11A by predicting (or confirming) that the effective data rate can be kept relatively low when the second channel configuration is allocated. The electronic device (101) can set the DVFS level to a first voltage level lower than the second voltage level of FIG. 11A when the second channel configuration is allocated. The electronic device (101) can reduce power consumption by controlling the operation of the voltage domain and / or the clock frequency domain based on the voltage level and clock frequency level lower than the DVFS level of FIG. 11A.

[0110] FIG. 12A is a flowchart illustrating an operation method of an electronic device according to one embodiment.

[0111] According to one embodiment, the electronic device (101) (e.g., at least one of the processor (120), the first communication processor (212), the second communication processor (214), the unified communication processor (260), or the communication processor (600)) may, in operation 1201, identify first information associated with at least one location where a user of the electronic device (101) stays for a first period of time or longer than a first threshold time. The electronic device (101) may identify location information of a location where the user of the electronic device (101) stays for a relatively long time. The electronic device (101) may, for example, identify identification information of a cell corresponding to the location as the first information. The electronic device (101) may further identify identification information and / or GPS information of an access point associated with Wi-Fi communication corresponding to the location. According to one embodiment, the electronic device (101) may also identify the first information associated with a location based on a user input. For example, the electronic device (101) may provide a function to register information associated with a location where a user frequently visits or stays for a relatively long period of time, such as home, office, or school. The electronic device (101) may set default location information by collecting identification information of surrounding cells of a location corresponding to a user input, identification information of an access point associated with Wi-Fi communication, and / or GPS information. According to one embodiment, the electronic device (101) may provide a function that allows the user to register a time zone and / or a duration of stay at a specific location. For example, if a user registers that he or she stays at a specific location for about 6 hours per week, the electronic device (101) may collect information associated with an effective data rate at the registered location based on the user settings.

[0112] According to one embodiment, the electronic device (101) may establish a network connection with the first communication network in operation 1203. In operation 1203, substantially the same content as in FIG. 7 may not be repeated.

[0113] According to one embodiment, in operation 1205, the electronic device (101) may determine whether information associated with the location of the electronic device (101) corresponds to the first information while the network connection is established. The electronic device (101) may determine whether the current location information of the electronic device (101) corresponds to location information of a location where the stay time is relatively long.

[0114] According to one embodiment, the electronic device (101) may store information associated with a channel configuration received from a first communication network in operation 1207 based on confirmation (operation 1205 - Yes) that information associated with a location of the electronic device (101) corresponds to the first information. By collecting information associated with a data rate at a location corresponding to the first information, the electronic device (101) may improve the predictability of the data rate and / or the rate of change of the data rate when the electronic device (101) transmits and receives data at a location corresponding to the first information. For example, electric field conditions at a specific location, a communication environment allocated from a network such as a channel configuration, a congestion level of a cell to which the electronic device (101) is connected, a scheduling algorithm of a network (or a base station), or a wired communication environment between an application server and a base station may vary in a relatively large range corresponding to the location of the electronic device (101) and may have a relatively large impact on the transmission data rate or reception data rate of the electronic device (101). In one embodiment, if information related to the transmission data rate or reception data rate of the electronic device (101) at a specific location and / or time is collected in advance, real-time prediction of the effective data rate may be made easier. For example, if the user's movement range is limited, the user's movement path has a regular pattern, and the location where the user stays for a specific period of time is specified, the range of fluctuations in communication-related factors affecting the maximum data rate may be relatively reduced. The electronic device (101) may, for example, check in advance the characteristics of the transmission data rate or reception data rate with respect to a base station corresponding to a location where the user stays the longest, such as home, school, or office. The electronic device (101) may also increase the predictability of the effective data rate by checking the characteristics of the data rate corresponding to an application that the user uses for a long time at a specific location.FIG. 12b is a flowchart illustrating an operation method of an electronic device according to one embodiment.

[0115] According to one embodiment, the electronic device (101) (e.g., at least one of the processor (120), the first communication processor (212), the second communication processor (214), the integrated communication processor (260), or the communication processor (600)) may, in operation 1221, identify second information associated with at least one application whose execution time during a first period is greater than or equal to a second threshold time. The electronic device (101) may identify, as the second information, identification information of an application whose execution time of a user of the electronic device (101) is relatively long.

[0116] According to one embodiment, the electronic device (101) may, in operation 1223, confirm the execution of a first application associated with a network connection. In operation 1223, substantially the same content as in FIG. 7 may not be repeated.

[0117] According to one embodiment, the electronic device (101) may, in operation 1225, determine whether the identification information of the first application corresponds to the second information. The electronic device (101) may determine whether the currently running application corresponds to the location information of the application with a relatively long execution time.

[0118] According to one embodiment, the electronic device (101) may store information associated with a channel configuration received from a first communication network in operation 1227 based on confirmation (operation 1225 - Yes) that information associated with a location of the electronic device (101) corresponds to the first information. The electronic device (101) may check an MCS level included in a message received from the first communication network while the first application is running. The electronic device (101) may store an effective transmission rate corresponding to the MCS level. By collecting information associated with a data rate at a location corresponding to the first information, the electronic device (101) may improve the predictability of a data rate and / or a rate of change in the data rate when the electronic device (101) transmits and receives data at a location corresponding to the first information.

[0119] According to one embodiment, the electronic device (101) may include at least one communication processor (120 of FIG. 1; 212 of FIG. 2A; 214 of FIG. 2A; 260 of FIG. 2B; 600 of FIG. 6). The at least one communication processor (120 of FIG. 1; 212 of FIG. 2A; 214 of FIG. 2A; 260 of FIG. 2B; 600 of FIG. 6) may be configured to establish a network connection with a first communication network. The at least one communication processor (120 of FIG. 1; 212 of FIG. 2A; 214 of FIG. 2A; 260 of FIG. 2B; 600 of FIG. 6) may be configured to receive a message including information associated with a channel configuration from the first communication network. The at least one communication processor (120 of FIG. 1; 212 of FIG. 2a; 214 of FIG. 2a; 260 of FIG. 2b; 600 of FIG. 6) may be configured to control a voltage level and at least one clock frequency level for at least one component (610; 620; 630; 640 of FIG. 6) included in the at least one communication processor (120 of FIG. 1; 212 of FIG. 2a; 214 of FIG. 2a; 260 of FIG. 2b; 600 of FIG. 6) to a first voltage level and at least one first clock frequency level set in response to information associated with the channel configuration. The at least one communication processor (120 of FIG. 1; 212 of FIG. 2a; 214 of FIG. 2a; 260 of FIG. 2b; 600 of FIG. 6) may be configured to check execution of a first application while controlling a voltage level and a clock frequency level for the at least one component (610; 620; 630; 640 of FIG. 6) to the first voltage level and the at least one first clock frequency level.The at least one communication processor (120 of FIG. 1; 212 of FIG. 2A; 214 of FIG. 2A; 260 of FIG. 2B; 600 of FIG. 6) may be configured to identify a second voltage level and / or at least one second clock frequency level stored in response to at least one piece of information associated with the first application and / or the location of the electronic device (101). The at least one communication processor (120 of FIG. 1; 212 of FIG. 2A; 214 of FIG. 2A; 260 of FIG. 2B; 600 of FIG. 6) may be configured to change a voltage level and / or a clock frequency level for the at least one component (610; 620; 630; 640 of FIG. 6) to the second voltage level and / or the second clock frequency level.

[0120] In one embodiment, the at least one communication processor (120 of FIG. 1; 212 of FIG. 2A; 214 of FIG. 2A; 260 of FIG. 2B; 600 of FIG. 6) may be configured to determine a maximum transmission rate corresponding to information associated with the channel configuration, at least as a part of an operation of controlling a voltage level and a clock frequency level for at least one component (610; 620; 630; 640 of FIG. 6) included in the at least one communication processor (120 of FIG. 1; 212 of FIG. 2A; 214 of FIG. 2A; 260 of FIG. 2B; 600 of FIG. 6) to a first voltage level and a first clock frequency level set corresponding to information associated with the channel configuration. The at least one communication processor (120 of FIG. 1; 212 of FIG. 2a; 214 of FIG. 2a; 260 of FIG. 2b; 600 of FIG. 6) may be configured to determine the first voltage level and the first clock frequency level corresponding to the maximum transmission rate, as at least a part of an operation of controlling a voltage level and a clock frequency level for at least one component (610; 620; 630; 640 of FIG. 6) included in the at least one communication processor (120 of FIG. 1; 212 of FIG. 2a; 214 of FIG. 2a; 260 of FIG. 2b; 600 of FIG. 6) to a first voltage level and a first clock frequency level set corresponding to information associated with the channel configuration.

[0121] In one embodiment, the at least one communication processor (120 of FIG. 1; 212 of FIG. 2A; 214 of FIG. 2A; 260 of FIG. 2B; 600 of FIG. 6) controls, as at least part of an operation of controlling a voltage level and a clock frequency level for the at least one component (610; 620; 630; 640 of FIG. 6) included in the at least one communication processor (120 of FIG. 1; 212 of FIG. 2A; 214 of FIG. 2A; 260 of FIG. 2B; 600 of FIG. 6), the voltage level and the clock frequency level for the first component (610; 640 of FIG. 6) among the at least one component (610; 620; 630; 640 of FIG. 6) to the first voltage level and the first clock frequency level set in response to information associated with the channel configuration. It can be set to control with a voltage level and the first clock frequency level. The at least one communication processor (120 of FIG. 1; 212 of FIG. 2A; 214 of FIG. 2A; 260 of FIG. 2B; 600 of FIG. 6) can be further set to check for a change in information associated with the channel configuration. The at least one communication processor (120 of FIG. 1; 212 of FIG. 2A; 214 of FIG. 2A; 260 of FIG. 2B; 600 of FIG. 6) can be further set to check whether a first bandwidth corresponding to information associated with the changed channel configuration is greater than or equal to a first value. The at least one communication processor (120 of FIG. 1; 212 of FIG. 2a; 214 of FIG. 2a; 260 of FIG. 2b; 600 of FIG. 6) may be further configured to control a second component (620; 630 of FIG. 6) among the at least one component (610; 620; 630; 640 of FIG. 6) to be turned on based on confirming that the first bandwidth is greater than or equal to the first value.The at least one communication processor (120 of FIG. 1; 212 of FIG. 2A; 214 of FIG. 2A; 260 of FIG. 2B; 600 of FIG. 6) may be further configured to control a voltage level and a clock frequency level for the first component (610; 640 of FIG. 6) to a third voltage level and at least one third clock frequency level set in response to information associated with the changed channel configuration. The at least one communication processor (120 of FIG. 1; 212 of FIG. 2A; 214 of FIG. 2A; 260 of FIG. 2B; 600 of FIG. 6) may be further configured to control a voltage level and a clock frequency level for the second component (620; 630 of FIG. 6) to a fourth voltage level and at least one fourth clock frequency level set in response to information associated with the changed channel configuration.

[0122] In one embodiment, the at least one communication processor (120 of FIG. 1; 212 of FIG. 2A; 214 of FIG. 2A; 260 of FIG. 2B; 600 of FIG. 6) may be further configured to check execution of the first application while controlling a voltage level and a clock frequency level for the second component (620; 630 of FIG. 6) to a fourth voltage level and at least one fourth clock frequency level set in response to information associated with the changed channel configuration. The at least one communication processor (120 of FIG. 1; 212 of FIG. 2A; 214 of FIG. 2A; 260 of FIG. 2B; 600 of FIG. 6) may be further configured to check settings for the second component (620; 630 of FIG. 6) stored in response to at least one piece of information associated with the first application and / or a location of the electronic device (101). The at least one communication processor (120 of FIG. 1; 212 of FIG. 2a; 214 of FIG. 2a; 260 of FIG. 2b; 600 of FIG. 6) may be further configured to turn off the second component (620; 630 of FIG. 6) based on determining that the at least one communication processor (120 of FIG. 1; 212 of FIG. 2a; 214 of FIG. 2a; 260 of FIG. 2b; 600 of FIG. 6) is set to turn off the second component (620; 630 of FIG. 6) in response to at least one piece of information associated with the first application and / or the location of the electronic device (101).

[0123] In one embodiment, the first component (610; 640 of FIG. 6) among the at least one component (610; 620; 630; 640 of FIG. 6) may be a component that is set to be constantly turned on independently from the operation of the at least one communication processor (120 of FIG. 1; 212 of FIG. 2A; 214 of FIG. 2A; 260 of FIG. 2B; 600 of FIG. 6).

[0124] In one embodiment, the at least one communication processor (120 of FIG. 1; 212 of FIG. 2A; 214 of FIG. 2A; 260 of FIG. 2B; 600 of FIG. 6) may be further configured to identify first information associated with at least one location where a user of the electronic device (101) stays for a first period of time or longer than a first threshold time. The at least one communication processor (120 of FIG. 1; 212 of FIG. 2A; 214 of FIG. 2A; 260 of FIG. 2B; 600 of FIG. 6) may be further configured to establish a network connection with the first communication network. The at least one communication processor (120 of FIG. 1; 212 of FIG. 2A; 214 of FIG. 2A; 260 of FIG. 2B; 600 of FIG. 6) may be further configured to determine, while the network connection is established, whether information associated with the location of the electronic device (101) corresponds to the first information. The at least one communication processor (120 of FIG. 1; 212 of FIG. 2A; 214 of FIG. 2A; 260 of FIG. 2B; 600 of FIG. 6) may be further configured to store information associated with a channel configuration received from the first communication network based on determining that information associated with the location of the electronic device (101) corresponds to the first information.

[0125] In one embodiment, the first information may include identification information of a cell associated with the at least one location.

[0126] In one embodiment, the at least one communication processor (120 of FIG. 1; 212 of FIG. 2A; 214 of FIG. 2A; 260 of FIG. 2B; 600 of FIG. 6) may be further configured to identify second information associated with at least one application whose execution time during a first period is greater than or equal to a second threshold time. The at least one communication processor (120 of FIG. 1; 212 of FIG. 2A; 214 of FIG. 2A; 260 of FIG. 2B; 600 of FIG. 6) may be further configured to identify execution of a first application associated with a network connection. The at least one communication processor (120 of FIG. 1; 212 of FIG. 2A; 214 of FIG. 2A; 260 of FIG. 2B; 600 of FIG. 6) may be further configured to identify whether identification information of the first application corresponds to the second information. The at least one communication processor (120 of FIG. 1; 212 of FIG. 2a; 214 of FIG. 2a; 260 of FIG. 2b; 600 of FIG. 6) may be further configured to store information associated with a channel configuration received from the first communication network based on confirmation that the identification information of the first application corresponds to the second information.

[0127] In one embodiment, the second information may include identification information of at least one application whose execution time during the first period is greater than or equal to the second threshold time.

[0128] In one embodiment, the at least one communication processor (120 of FIG. 1; 212 of FIG. 2A; 214 of FIG. 2A; 260 of FIG. 2B; 600 of FIG. 6) may be configured to, at least as part of an operation of storing information associated with a channel configuration received from the first communication network, determine an MCS level included in a message received from the first communication network while the first application is running, based on determining that the identification information of the first application corresponds to the second information. The at least one communication processor (120 of FIG. 1; 212 of FIG. 2A; 214 of FIG. 2A; 260 of FIG. 2B; 600 of FIG. 6) may be configured to, at least as part of an operation of storing information associated with a channel configuration received from the first communication network, store an effective transmission rate corresponding to the MCS level.

[0129] According to one embodiment, a method of operating an electronic device (101) may include an operation of establishing a network connection with a first communication network. The method of operating an electronic device (101) may include an operation of receiving a message including information associated with a channel configuration from the first communication network. The method of operating an electronic device (101) may include an operation of controlling a voltage level and at least one clock frequency level for at least one component (610; 620; 630; 640 of FIG. 6) included in at least one communication processor (120 of FIG. 1; 212 of FIG. 2A; 214 of FIG. 2A; 260 of FIG. 2B; 600 of FIG. 6) of the electronic device (101) to a first voltage level and at least one first clock frequency level set in response to the information associated with the channel configuration. The method of operating the electronic device (101) may include an operation of confirming execution of a first application while controlling a voltage level and a clock frequency level for the at least one component (610; 620; 630; 640 of FIG. 6) to the first voltage level and the at least one first clock frequency level. The method of operating the electronic device (101) may include an operation of confirming a second voltage level and / or at least one second clock frequency level stored in response to at least one piece of information associated with a location of the first application and / or the electronic device (101). The method of operating the electronic device (101) may include an operation of changing a voltage level and / or a clock frequency level for the at least one component (610; 620; 630; 640 of FIG. 6) to the second voltage level and / or the second clock frequency level.

[0130] In one embodiment, the operation of controlling a voltage level and a clock frequency level for at least one component (610; 620; 630; 640 of FIG. 6) included in at least one communication processor (120 of FIG. 1; 212 of FIG. 2A; 214 of FIG. 2A; 260 of FIG. 2B; 600 of FIG. 6) of the electronic device (101) to a first voltage level and a first clock frequency level set corresponding to information associated with the channel configuration may include an operation of confirming a maximum transmission rate corresponding to information associated with the channel configuration. An operation of controlling a voltage level and a clock frequency level for at least one component (610; 620; 630; 640 of FIG. 6) included in at least one communication processor (120 of FIG. 1; 212 of FIG. 2a; 214 of FIG. 2a; 260 of FIG. 2b; 600 of FIG. 6) of the electronic device (101) to a first voltage level and a first clock frequency level set corresponding to information associated with the channel configuration may include an operation of confirming the first voltage level and the first clock frequency level corresponding to the maximum transmission rate.

[0131] In one embodiment, the operation of controlling the voltage level and the clock frequency level for the at least one component (610; 620; 630; 640 of FIG. 6) included in the at least one communication processor (120 of FIG. 1; 212 of FIG. 2A; 214 of FIG. 2A; 260 of FIG. 2B; 600 of FIG. 6) to the first voltage level and the first clock frequency level set in response to the information associated with the channel configuration may include the operation of controlling the voltage level and the clock frequency level for a first component (610; 640 of FIG. 6) among the at least one component (610; 620; 630; 640 of FIG. 6) to the first voltage level and the first clock frequency level. The operating method of the electronic device (101) may further include the operation of confirming a change in the information associated with the channel configuration. The operating method of the electronic device (101) may include an operation of checking whether a first bandwidth corresponding to information associated with the changed channel configuration is equal to or greater than a first value. The operating method of the electronic device (101) may further include an operation of controlling a second component (620; 630 of FIG. 6) among the at least one component (610; 620; 630; 640 of FIG. 6) to be turned on based on checking that the first bandwidth is equal to or greater than the first value. The operating method of the electronic device (101) may further include an operation of controlling a voltage level and a clock frequency level for the first component (610; 640 of FIG. 6) to a third voltage level and at least one third clock frequency level set corresponding to the information associated with the changed channel configuration. The method of operating the electronic device (101) may further include an operation of controlling the voltage level and clock frequency level for the second component (620; 630 of FIG. 6) to a fourth voltage level and at least one fourth clock frequency level set in response to information associated with the changed channel configuration.

[0132] In one embodiment, the method of operating the electronic device (101) may further include an operation of confirming execution of the first application while controlling the voltage level and clock frequency level for the second component (620; 630 of FIG. 6) to a fourth voltage level and at least one fourth clock frequency level set in response to information associated with the changed channel configuration. The method of operating the electronic device (101) may further include an operation of confirming a setting for the second component (620; 630 of FIG. 6) stored in response to at least one piece of information associated with the first application and / or a location of the electronic device (101). The method of operating the electronic device (101) may further include an operation of turning off the second component (620; 630 of FIG. 6) based on confirming that the second component (620; 630 of FIG. 6) is set to turn off in response to at least one piece of information associated with the first application and / or the location of the electronic device (101).

[0133] In one embodiment, the first component (610; 640 of FIG. 6) among the at least one component (610; 620; 630; 640 of FIG. 6) may be a component that is set to be constantly turned on independently from the operation of the at least one communication processor (120 of FIG. 1; 212 of FIG. 2A; 214 of FIG. 2A; 260 of FIG. 2B; 600 of FIG. 6).

[0134] In one embodiment, the method of operating the electronic device (101) may further include an operation of confirming first information associated with at least one location where a user's stay time on the electronic device (101) during a first period is greater than or equal to a first threshold time. The method of operating the electronic device (101) may further include an operation of establishing a network connection with the first communication network. The method of operating the electronic device (101) may further include an operation of confirming, while the network connection is established, whether information associated with a location of the electronic device (101) corresponds to the first information. The method of operating the electronic device (101) may further include an operation of storing information associated with a channel configuration received from the first communication network based on confirming that information associated with the location of the electronic device (101) corresponds to the first information.

[0135] In one embodiment, the first information may include identification information of a cell associated with the at least one location.

[0136] In one embodiment, the method of operating the electronic device (101) may further include an operation of checking second information associated with at least one application whose execution time during a first period is greater than or equal to a second threshold time. The method of operating the electronic device (101) may further include an operation of checking execution of a first application associated with a network connection. The method of operating the electronic device (101) may further include an operation of checking whether identification information of the first application corresponds to the second information. The method of operating the electronic device (101) may further include an operation of storing information associated with a channel configuration received from the first communication network based on checking that the identification information of the first application corresponds to the second information.

[0137] In one embodiment, the second information may include identification information of at least one application whose execution time during the first period is greater than or equal to the second threshold time.

[0138] In one embodiment, the operation of storing information associated with a channel configuration received from the first communication network based on verifying that the identification information of the first application corresponds to the second information may include verifying an MCS level included in a message received from the first communication network while the first application is running. The operation of storing information associated with a channel configuration received from the first communication network based on verifying that the identification information of the first application corresponds to the second information may include storing an effective transmission rate corresponding to the MCS level.

[0139] Electronic devices according to the embodiments disclosed in this document may take various forms. Electronic devices may include, for example, portable communication devices (e.g., smartphones), computer devices, portable multimedia devices, portable medical devices, cameras, wearable devices, or home appliances. Electronic devices according to the embodiments disclosed in this document are not limited to the aforementioned devices.

[0140] The embodiments of this document and the terminology used herein are not intended to limit the technical features described in this document to specific embodiments, but should be understood to include various modifications, equivalents, or substitutes of the embodiments. In connection with the description of the drawings, similar reference numerals may be used for similar or related components. The singular form of a noun corresponding to an item may include one or more of the items, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. In this document, each of the phrases "A or B", "at least one of A and B", "at least one of A or B", "A, B, or C", "at least one of A, B, and C", and "at least one of A, B, or C" can include any one of the items listed together in the corresponding phrase among those phrases, or all possible combinations thereof. Terms such as "first," "second," or "first" or "second" may be used merely to distinguish one component from another, and do not limit the components in any other respect (e.g., importance or order). When a component (e.g., a first component) is referred to as "coupled" or "connected" to another (e.g., a second component), with or without the terms "functionally" or "communicatively," it means that the component can be connected to the other component directly (e.g., wired), wirelessly, or through a third component.

[0141] The term "module" used in the embodiments of this document may include a unit implemented in hardware, software, or firmware, and may be used interchangeably with terms such as logic, logic block, component, or circuit. A module may be an integral component, or a minimum unit or part of such a component that performs one or more functions. For example, according to one embodiment, a module may be implemented in the form of an application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC).

[0142] One embodiment of the present document may be implemented as software (e.g., a program (140)) including one or more instructions stored in a storage medium (e.g., an internal memory (136) or an external memory (138)) readable by a machine (e.g., an electronic device (101)). For example, a processor (e.g., a processor (120)) of the machine (e.g., an electronic device (101)) may call at least one instruction among the one or more instructions stored from the storage medium and execute it. This enables the machine to operate to perform at least one function according to the at least one called instruction. The one or more instructions may include code generated by a compiler or code executable by an interpreter. The machine-readable storage medium may be provided in the form of a non-transitory storage medium. Here, 'non-transitory' simply means that the storage medium is a tangible device and does not contain signals (e.g., electromagnetic waves), and the term does not distinguish between cases where data is stored semi-permanently or temporarily on the storage medium.

[0143] According to one embodiment, the method according to one embodiment disclosed in this document may be provided as included in a computer program product. The computer program product may be traded as a product between a seller and a buyer. The computer program product may be distributed in the form of a machine-readable storage medium (e.g., compact disc read-only memory (CD-ROM)), or may be distributed online (e.g., downloaded or uploaded) via an application store (e.g., Play Store™) or directly between two user devices (e.g., smart phones). In the case of online distribution, at least a portion of the computer program product may be temporarily stored or temporarily generated in a machine-readable storage medium, such as the memory of a manufacturer's server, an application store's server, or an intermediary server.

[0144] According to one embodiment, each component (e.g., a module or a program) of the above-described components may include one or more entities, and some of the entities may be separated and arranged in other components. According to one embodiment, one or more components or operations of the aforementioned components may be omitted, or one or more other components or operations may be added. Alternatively or additionally, a plurality of components (e.g., a module or a program) may be integrated into a single component. In this case, the integrated component may perform one or more functions of each of the plurality of components identically or similarly to those performed by the corresponding component among the plurality of components prior to the integration. According to one embodiment, the operations performed by a module, program, or other component may be executed sequentially, in parallel, iteratively, or heuristically, or one or more of the operations may be executed in a different order, omitted, or one or more other operations may be added.

Claims

1. In an electronic device (101), comprising at least one communication processor (120 of FIG. 1; 212 of FIG. 2a; 214 of FIG. 2a; 260 of FIG. 2b; 600 of FIG. 6), At least one of the above communication processors (120 of FIG. 1; 212 of FIG. 2a; 214 of FIG. 2a; 260 of FIG. 2b; 600 of FIG. 6): Establish a network connection with the first communication network, Receive a message including information associated with a channel configuration from the first communication network; Controlling the voltage level and at least one clock frequency level for at least one component (610; 620; 630; 640 of FIG. 6) included in at least one communication processor (120 of FIG. 1; 212 of FIG. 2a; 214 of FIG. 2a; 260 of FIG. 2b; 600 of FIG. 6) to a first voltage level and at least one first clock frequency level set corresponding to information associated with the channel configuration, While controlling the voltage level and clock frequency level for at least one component (610; 620; 630; 640 of FIG. 6) to the first voltage level and the at least one first clock frequency level, the execution of the first application is confirmed, Checking a second voltage level and / or at least one second clock frequency level stored corresponding to at least one piece of information associated with the location of the first application and / or the electronic device (101), An electronic device (101) configured to change a voltage level and / or a clock frequency level for at least one component (610; 620; 630; 640 of FIG. 6) to the second voltage level and / or the second clock frequency level.

2. In paragraph 1, At least one communication processor (120 of FIG. 1; 212 of FIG. 2a; 214 of FIG. 2a; 260 of FIG. 2b; 600 of FIG. 6) controls, as at least part of an operation, a voltage level and a clock frequency level for at least one component (610; 620; 630; 640 of FIG. 6) included in the at least one communication processor (120 of FIG. 1; 212 of FIG. 2a; 214 of FIG. 2a; 260 of FIG. 2b; 600 of FIG. 6) to a first voltage level and a first clock frequency level set corresponding to information associated with the channel configuration: Check the maximum transmission rate corresponding to the information associated with the above channel configuration, An electronic device (101) set to verify the first voltage level and the first clock frequency level corresponding to the maximum transmission rate.

3. In paragraph 1 or 2, At least one communication processor (120 of FIG. 1; 212 of FIG. 2a; 214 of FIG. 2a; 260 of FIG. 2b; 600 of FIG. 6) controls, as at least part of an operation, a voltage level and a clock frequency level for at least one component (610; 620; 630; 640 of FIG. 6) included in the at least one communication processor (120 of FIG. 1; 212 of FIG. 2a; 214 of FIG. 2a; 260 of FIG. 2b; 600 of FIG. 6) to the first voltage level and the first clock frequency level set corresponding to information associated with the channel configuration: Controlling the voltage level and clock frequency level for the first component (610; 640 of FIG. 6) among at least one component (610; 620; 630; 640 of FIG. 6) to the first voltage level and the first clock frequency level, At least one of the above communication processors (120 of FIG. 1; 212 of FIG. 2a; 214 of FIG. 2a; 260 of FIG. 2b; 600 of FIG. 6): Check for changes to information related to the above channel configuration, Check whether the first bandwidth corresponding to the information associated with the changed channel configuration is greater than or equal to the first value, Based on the confirmation that the first bandwidth is greater than or equal to the first value, the second component (620; 630 of FIG. 6) among the at least one component (610; 620; 630; 640 of FIG. 6) is controlled to be turned on, Controlling the voltage level and clock frequency level for the first component (610; 640 of FIG. 6) to a third voltage level and at least one third clock frequency level set in response to information associated with the changed channel configuration, An electronic device (101) further configured to control the voltage level and clock frequency level for the second component (620; 630 of FIG. 6) to a fourth voltage level and at least one fourth clock frequency level set in response to information associated with the changed channel configuration.

4. In any one of paragraphs 1 to 3, At least one of the above communication processors (120 of FIG. 1; 212 of FIG. 2a; 214 of FIG. 2a; 260 of FIG. 2b; 600 of FIG. 6): While controlling the voltage level and clock frequency level for the second component (620; 630 of FIG. 6) to a fourth voltage level and at least one fourth clock frequency level set in response to the information associated with the changed channel configuration, the execution of the first application is confirmed, Checking the settings for the second component (620; 630 of FIG. 6) stored corresponding to at least one piece of information associated with the location of the first application and / or the electronic device (101), An electronic device (101) further configured to turn off the second component (620; 630 of FIG. 6) based on determining that the second component (620; 630 of FIG. 6) is set to turn off in response to at least one piece of information associated with the location of the first application and / or the electronic device (101).

5. In any one of paragraphs 1 to 4, An electronic device (101), wherein the first component (610; 640 of FIG. 6) among the at least one component (610; 620; 630; 640 of FIG. 6) is a component set to be constantly turned on independently from the operation of the at least one communication processor (120 of FIG. 1; 212 of FIG. 2a; 214 of FIG. 2a; 260 of FIG. 2b; 600 of FIG. 6).

6. In any one of paragraphs 1 to 5, At least one of the above communication processors (120 of FIG. 1; 212 of FIG. 2a; 214 of FIG. 2a; 260 of FIG. 2b; 600 of FIG. 6): Checking first information associated with at least one location where the user's stay time of the electronic device (101) is longer than a first threshold time during a first period, Establishing a network connection with the above first communication network, While the above network connection is established, it is checked whether the information associated with the location of the electronic device (101) corresponds to the first information, An electronic device (101) further configured to store information associated with a channel configuration received from the first communication network, based on confirmation that information associated with a location of the electronic device (101) corresponds to the first information.

7. In any one of paragraphs 1 to 6, An electronic device (101), wherein the first information includes identification information of a cell associated with the at least one location.

8. In any one of paragraphs 1 to 7, At least one of the above communication processors (120 of FIG. 1; 212 of FIG. 2a; 214 of FIG. 2a; 260 of FIG. 2b; 600 of FIG. 6): Identifying second information associated with at least one application whose execution time during a first period is greater than a second threshold time; Verify that the first application associated with the network connection is running, Check whether the identification information of the above first application corresponds to the above second information, An electronic device (101) further configured to store information associated with a channel configuration received from the first communication network, based on confirmation that the identification information of the first application corresponds to the second information.

9. In any one of paragraphs 1 to 8, An electronic device (101), wherein the second information includes identification information of at least one application whose execution time during the first period is longer than the second threshold time.

10. In any one of paragraphs 1 to 9, At least one of the communication processors (120 of FIG. 1; 212 of FIG. 2a; 214 of FIG. 2a; 260 of FIG. 2b; 600 of FIG. 6) stores information associated with a channel configuration received from the first communication network, based on verifying that the identification information of the first application corresponds to the second information, at least as part of the operation of: While the above first application is running, the MCS level included in the message received from the first communication network is checked, An electronic device (101) set to store an effective transmission rate corresponding to the above MCS level.

11. In the operating method of an electronic device (101), An action to establish a network connection with a first communications network; An operation of receiving a message comprising information associated with a channel configuration from said first communication network; An operation of controlling a voltage level and at least one clock frequency level for at least one component (610; 620; 630; 640 of FIG. 6) included in at least one communication processor (120 of FIG. 1; 212 of FIG. 2a; 214 of FIG. 2a; 260 of FIG. 2b; 600 of FIG. 6) of the electronic device (101) to a first voltage level and at least one first clock frequency level set corresponding to information associated with the channel configuration; An operation of confirming execution of a first application while controlling a voltage level and a clock frequency level for at least one component (610; 620; 630; 640 of FIG. 6) to the first voltage level and the at least one first clock frequency level; An operation of checking a second voltage level and / or at least one second clock frequency level stored in response to at least one piece of information associated with the location of the first application and / or the electronic device (101); and An operation of changing the voltage level and / or clock frequency level for at least one component (610; 620; 630; 640 of FIG. 6) to the second voltage level and / or the second clock frequency level. A method of operating an electronic device (101), comprising:

12. In paragraph 11, An operation of controlling a voltage level and a clock frequency level for at least one component (610; 620; 630; 640 of FIG. 6) included in at least one communication processor (120 of FIG. 1; 212 of FIG. 2a; 214 of FIG. 2a; 260 of FIG. 2b; 600 of FIG. 6) of the electronic device (101) to a first voltage level and a first clock frequency level set in response to information associated with the channel configuration, An operation for determining the maximum transmission rate corresponding to the information associated with the above channel configuration; and An operating method of an electronic device (101), comprising an operation of checking the first voltage level and the first clock frequency level corresponding to the maximum transmission rate.

13. In clause 11 or 12, An operation of controlling a voltage level and a clock frequency level for at least one component (610; 620; 630; 640 of FIG. 6) included in at least one communication processor (120 of FIG. 1; 212 of FIG. 2a; 214 of FIG. 2a; 260 of FIG. 2b; 600 of FIG. 6) to the first voltage level and the first clock frequency level set corresponding to information associated with the channel configuration, An operation of controlling a voltage level and a clock frequency level for a first component (610; 640 of FIG. 6) among at least one component (610; 620; 630; 640 of FIG. 6) to the first voltage level and the first clock frequency level, An action to confirm changes in information associated with the above channel configuration; An operation for checking whether a first bandwidth corresponding to information associated with the changed channel configuration is greater than or equal to a first value; An operation of controlling a second component (620; 630 of FIG. 6) among the at least one component (610; 620; 630; 640 of FIG. 6) to be turned on based on confirming that the first bandwidth is greater than or equal to the first value; An operation of controlling the voltage level and clock frequency level for the first component (610; 640 of FIG. 6) to a third voltage level and at least one third clock frequency level set in response to information associated with the changed channel configuration; and An operating method of an electronic device (101), further comprising an operation of controlling a voltage level and a clock frequency level for the second component (620; 630 of FIG. 6) to a fourth voltage level and at least one fourth clock frequency level set in response to information associated with the changed channel configuration.

14. In any one of paragraphs 11 to 13, An operation of confirming execution of the first application while controlling the voltage level and clock frequency level for the second component (620; 630 of FIG. 6) to a fourth voltage level and at least one fourth clock frequency level set corresponding to information associated with the changed channel configuration; An operation of checking a setting for the second component (620; 630 of FIG. 6) stored in response to at least one piece of information associated with the location of the first application and / or the electronic device (101); and A method of operating an electronic device (101), further comprising an operation of turning off the second component (620; 630 of FIG. 6) based on determining that the second component (620; 630 of FIG. 6) is set to turn off in response to at least one piece of information associated with the location of the first application and / or the electronic device (101).

15. In any one of paragraphs 11 to 14, An operating method of an electronic device (101), wherein the first component (610; 640 of FIG. 6) among the at least one component (610; 620; 630; 640 of FIG. 6) is a component set to be constantly turned on independently from the operation of the at least one communication processor (120 of FIG. 1; 212 of FIG. 2A; 214 of FIG. 2A; 260 of FIG. 2B; 600 of FIG. 6).

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