Group Wireless Device Temperature and Power Management
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Solution Overview
Problem
Wireless communication devices face challenges in managing transmitter power consumption and circuit temperatures, particularly when operating in groups, as existing technologies do not effectively optimize RF power consumption and temperature management across devices, leading to increased battery discharge rates and potential reliability issues.
Innovation Solution
A connectivity management entity (CME) is introduced to control wireless connections among devices, optimizing RF power consumption and temperatures by using temperature and communication link metrics, allowing devices to share resources and dynamically adjust power output based on thermal and performance metrics, employing machine learning and user prioritization.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If devices operate at high power to maintain communication quality, then communication reliability is improved, but battery discharge rate and temperature increase
Solution Approach 1:
Multiple devices are merged into a group that shares a common internet connection through a designated first device. This allows individual devices to operate at lower power levels while maintaining collective communication reliability, as the group shares the bandwidth and connection resources rather than each device requiring its own high-power connection.
Solution Approach 2:
A connectivity management entity (CME) acts as an intermediary to manage and optimize the group's wireless connections. The CME monitors temperature and communication link metrics, dynamically adjusting power output and connection allocation to balance communication reliability with power consumption across the group of devices.
2Productivity
If RF power output is increased to maintain communication quality, then communication performance is improved, but circuit temperature increases
Solution Approach 1:
Multiple devices share the RF transmission burden by designating a first device as the primary transmitter for the group. This distributes the thermal load across multiple devices rather than concentrating heat generation in a single high-power transmitter, allowing maintained communication performance with lower individual device temperatures.
Solution Approach 2:
The system continuously monitors temperature and communication link metrics, using this feedback to dynamically adjust RF power output. When temperature approaches thresholds or communication quality deteriorates, the CME automatically modifies power levels and connection allocation to maintain performance while preventing thermal runaway.
3Temperature
If devices dynamically adjust power output based on thermal metrics, then temperature management is improved, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The connectivity management entity (CME) serves as a centralized intermediary that handles the complexity of monitoring temperature metrics, evaluating communication link quality, and coordinating power adjustments across the device group. This centralizes the control logic, allowing individual devices to have simpler power management circuits while achieving sophisticated group-wide temperature management.
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AI summary
A method and apparatus for wireless communication device operation comprises receiving one or more metrics from at least two members of a group whose members are wireless communication devices. The members of the group have agreed to share resources within the group and have their wireless connections controlled by the WCD. The wireless connections of the at least two members are managed, based on the one or more metrics, to optimize performance of the at least two members. The one or more metrics comprise at least one temperature based metric.