Wireless MPE Prediction Reporting for Proactive Power Adjustment

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing wireless communication systems, particularly in 5G NR, lack the ability to predict and mitigate maximum power exposure (MPE) events effectively, leading to potential safety risks and inefficient power management due to reactive responses to detected MPE events.

Innovation Solution

Implementing a method and apparatus that enable the prediction of future MPE events and reporting these predictions to network nodes, allowing for proactive adjustments in communication characteristics to mitigate potential exposure risks.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If reactive response to detected MPE events is used, then safety compliance is maintained, but communication disruption increases and mitigation efficiency decreases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvesafety complianceVSAvoidcommunication efficiency
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSProductivity

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary action by predicting future MPE events before they occur. The wireless device monitors current MPE conditions and projects them into the future to identify potential exposure events, then proactively adjusts transmission parameters in advance. This allows safety compliance to be maintained while avoiding communication disruptions that would occur with reactive responses.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The system applies preliminary anti-action by taking countermeasures before harmful MPE events occur. By predicting future exposure conditions and adjusting transmission power or beam directions in advance, the system prevents MPE violations before they happen, thereby maintaining safety compliance while keeping communications uninterrupted.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #9Preliminary anti-action

2Object-affected harmful factors

If transmission power is reduced to prevent MPE events, then safety compliance is improved, but communication quality and data rate deteriorate

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvepower exposureVSAvoiddata transmission rate
Core Design Contradiction:
Object-affected harmful factorsVSProductivity

Solution Approach 1:

The system uses preliminary action by predicting future MPE events and adjusting transmission parameters only when necessary. Instead of continuously reducing power, the system maintains full transmission power until a predicted MPE event occurs, then proactively adjusts parameters in advance. This minimizes the impact on data transmission rate while ensuring safety compliance.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The system applies dynamics by making transmission parameters adjustable and adaptive based on predicted MPE conditions. The wireless device dynamically modifies transmission power, beam direction, or other parameters in response to predicted events, allowing the system to maintain optimal performance during normal operation while ensuring safety when needed.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

3Measurement precision

If continuous monitoring of MPE events is implemented, then detection accuracy is improved, but device complexity and energy consumption increase

Engineering Contradiction:
ImproveMPE detection accuracyVSAvoidmonitoring system complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system uses preliminary action by performing prediction based on current monitoring data rather than requiring continuous real-time monitoring. The wireless device collects MPE measurements and uses this data to predict future events, reducing the need for constant monitoring while maintaining detection accuracy through proactive prediction algorithms.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The system applies self-service by having the wireless device perform its own MPE monitoring and prediction autonomously. The device uses its existing sensors and processing capabilities to monitor current conditions and predict future events, eliminating the need for additional external monitoring infrastructure and reducing overall system complexity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

Data Source

PatentUS20250357960A1Prediction based maximum power exposure reporting
Publication Date: 2025.11.20 QUALCOMM INC
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AI summary

A method, a computer-readable medium, and an apparatus are provided. The apparatus may be a wireless device configured to communicate with a network device. The apparatus may be configured to predict a future MPE event at the wireless device and to transmit, for the network device, an indication of the predicted future MPE event. Th apparatus may be a network node or a component of a network node configured to receive an indication of a predicted future MPE event at a UE. The network node may further be configured to adjust at least one characteristic of a communication with the UE based on the indication of the predicted future MPE event and to communicate with the UE using the at least one characteristic adjusted based on the indication of the predicted future MPE event.