20240022926. Smart Mechanism to Manage Thermal Impact in 5G NR simplified abstract (Apple Inc.)

Smart Mechanism to Manage Thermal Impact in 5G NR

Organization Name

Apple Inc.

Inventor(s)

Alosious Pradeep Prabhakar of Singapore (SG)

Wen Zhao of San Jose CA (US)

Lakshmi N. Kavuri of Cupertino CA (US)

Li Su of San Jose CA (US)

Sagar B. Shah of San Jose CA (US)

Sriram Subramanian of Santa Clara CA (US)

Vijay Venkataraman of San Jose CA (US)

Vishwanth Kamala Govindaraju of Mountain View CA (US)

Shiva Krishna Nana of San Jose CA (US)

Sanjeevi Balasubramanian of San Jose CA (US)

Wei Zhang of Santa Clara CA (US)

Madhukar D. Shanbhag of Santa Clara CA (US)

Sandeep K. Sunkesala of San Jose CA (US)

Srinivasan Nimmala of San Jose CA (US)

Muthukumaran Dhanapal of Dublin CA (US)

Tarakkumar G. Dhanani of San Jose CA (US)

Sree Ram Kodali of Sunnyvale CA (US)

Ioannis Pefkianakis of San Jose CA (US)

Dhruv Khati of San Jose CA (US)

Franco Travostino of San Jose CA (US)

Thanigaivelu Elangovan of Santa Clara CA (US)

Madhusudan Chaudhary of Campbell CA (US)

Geoffrey R. Hall of Cupertino CA (US)

Smart Mechanism to Manage Thermal Impact in 5G NR - A simplified explanation of the abstract

This abstract first appeared for US patent application 20240022926 titled 'Smart Mechanism to Manage Thermal Impact in 5G NR

Simplified Explanation

The patent application relates to methods and devices for mitigating overheating in a user equipment device (UE) that can communicate over LTE and 5G NR networks. The UE can communicate through 5G NR in both sub-6 GHz and millimeter wave frequency bands. It can establish an EN-DC connection with an eNB and one or more gNBs. The UE implements intelligent transmission modification and cell measurement adjustments to mitigate overheating and reduce battery drain.

• The patent application focuses on mitigating overheating in a user equipment device (UE) that can communicate over LTE and 5G NR networks.
• The UE is capable of communicating through 5G NR in both sub-6 GHz and millimeter wave frequency bands.
• It can establish an EN-DC connection with an eNB (evolved NodeB) and one or more gNBs (Next-Generation NodeB).
• The UE implements intelligent transmission modification and cell measurement adjustments to mitigate overheating and reduce battery drain.

Potential Applications

• Mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets that support LTE and 5G NR networks.
• Internet of Things (IoT) devices that require connectivity over both LTE and 5G NR networks.

Problems Solved

• Overheating in user equipment devices (UEs) during communication over LTE and 5G NR networks.
• Battery drain caused by overheating in UEs.

Benefits

• Improved thermal management in UEs, reducing the risk of overheating.
• Extended battery life in UEs by reducing battery drain caused by overheating.
• Enhanced user experience by maintaining optimal device performance during communication over LTE and 5G NR networks.

Original Abstract Submitted

this disclosure relates to methods and devices for mitigating overheating in a user equipment device (ue). the ue is configured to communicate over each of lte and 5g nr and may be configured to communicate through 5g nr over each of a sub-6 ghz and a millimeter wave (mmw) frequency band. the ue is configured to establish an endc connection with an enb and one or more gnbs. the ue implements intelligent transmission modification and cell measurement adjustments to mitigate overheating and reduce battery drain.