Mobile Terminal Transmission Power Adjustment via Location Detection

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Solution Overview

Problem

Conventional mobile terminals with UMA function face challenges in balancing transmission power to conserve battery life while maintaining user experience, especially for frequent users, as existing methods either rely on external power or reduce radio frequency indexes, leading to poor signal quality.

Innovation Solution

A method and device that actively detect the mobile terminal's location using internal location information transmission power correlation policy tables to dynamically adjust transmission power, ensuring optimal wireless coverage and extended battery life without additional protocol development.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If transmission power is increased to maintain signal quality for frequent users, then user experience is improved, but battery consumption increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvesignal qualityVSAvoidbattery consumption
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSUse of energy by moving object

Solution Approach 1:

The patent implements dynamic transmission power adjustment by detecting terminal location information and automatically selecting appropriate power parameters from a policy table. The transmission power is no longer fixed but dynamically adapts to the terminal's movement state, location changes, and signal conditions, resolving the contradiction between maintaining signal quality and reducing battery consumption.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

Solution Approach 2:

The system continuously detects terminal location information and signal conditions, then feeds back to adjust transmission power parameters accordingly. This closed-loop feedback mechanism ensures that transmission power is optimized based on real-time conditions, maintaining reliable communication while minimizing energy consumption.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

2Use of energy by moving object

If transmission power is reduced to save battery life, then energy consumption is decreased, but signal quality deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvebattery lifeVSAvoidsignal quality
Core Design Contradiction:
Use of energy by moving objectVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The system dynamically adjusts transmission power based on detected location information and signal conditions. When the terminal is stationary or in areas with good signal coverage, power is reduced to extend battery life. When the terminal moves or enters areas with poor coverage, power is increased to maintain signal quality, thus dynamically balancing energy consumption and communication reliability.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

Solution Approach 2:

The patent changes the transmission power parameter dynamically based on detected conditions. By adjusting this key parameter according to location information and signal strength, the system optimizes the balance between battery life and signal quality without requiring manual intervention or external power sources.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

3Power

If external power supply is used to meet electricity consumption requirements, then transmission power can be maintained, but user mobility and convenience are reduced

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvetransmission powerVSAvoiduser mobility
Core Design Contradiction:
PowerVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The terminal performs self-service by automatically detecting its own location information and autonomously adjusting transmission power parameters without requiring external power supply or manual intervention. The device uses its built-in location detection capabilities and pre-configured policy tables to self-optimize power consumption, maintaining mobility and convenience while ensuring adequate transmission power when needed.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

4Use of energy by moving object

If manual reduction of radio frequency indexes is performed to save power, then energy consumption is reduced, but signal quality and user experience deteriorate

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveenergy consumptionVSAvoidsignal quality
Core Design Contradiction:
Use of energy by moving objectVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

Instead of manual static reduction of radio frequency indexes, the system implements dynamic automatic adjustment based on detected location information and signal conditions. The terminal automatically selects appropriate power parameters from policy tables, ensuring signal quality is maintained when needed while reducing power consumption during stationary periods or in areas with good coverage, eliminating the need for manual intervention.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

Solution Approach 2:

The system uses feedback from location detection and signal quality monitoring to automatically adjust radio frequency parameters. This closed-loop control ensures that power reduction does not compromise signal quality, as the system continuously monitors conditions and adjusts parameters accordingly, unlike manual reduction which lacks real-time feedback.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

Data Source

PatentEP2750457B1Method and device for adjusting transmission power of mobile terminal
Publication Date: 2020.05.06 ZTE CORP
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AI summary

Proposed are a method and device for adjusting transmission power of a mobile terminal. The method includes: a mobile terminal detecting information about a current terminal location according to an operating environment where a user is currently located; obtaining pre-configured power parameter information corresponding to the current terminal location according to the information about the current terminal location and one or more location information transmission power correlation policy tables internally installed in the mobile terminal; and actively adjusting a transmission power parameter according to the obtained pre-configured power parameter information. Compared with the prior art, in the technical solution of the present invention no additional protocol development needs to be performed on a mobile device, which saves development time, and has better universality and standardization, and can be widely applied to mobile devices which have a universal access function, such as products like mobile phones, UFI type data cards, ROUTERS, etc.