Method and device for temperature control in a radio receiver

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10845073-B2
Application number	US-201615347880-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 10, 2016
Priority date	Dec 11, 2015
Publication date	Nov 24, 2020
Grant date	Nov 24, 2020

Abstract

A method ( 300 ) for temperature control in a radio receiver includes: receiving ( 301 ) a sequence of radio subframes, wherein each radio subframe ( 200 ) in the sequence of radio subframes comprises at least one control region ( 201 ) and at least one data region ( 202 ); monitoring ( 302 ) temperature information indicating a system temperature (T) of the radio receiver; and if the temperature information indicates that the system temperature (T) exceeds ( 303 ) a first threshold (T 1 ), transition ( 304 ) to a second state ( 305 ) in which receiving the at least one data region is disabled.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A method for temperature control in a radio receiver, the method comprising:
receiving a sequence of radio subframes, wherein each radio subfratne in the sequence of radio subframes comprises at least one control region and at least one data region;
monitoring temperature information indicating a system temperature of the radio receiver; and
based on the temperature information indicating that the system temperature exceeds a first threshold, transitioning from a first state, in which receiving the at least one control region and the at least one data region is enabled, to a second state, in which receiving the at least one data region is disabled while maintaining reception of the at least one control region, wherein control information in the at least one control region is monitored for uplink grant information in both the first and second state, wherein the radio receiver is to transition from the second state to the first state based on the system temperature dropping below a second threshold; and
transitioning from the second state to the first state while the system temperature is above the second threshold in response to reaching a given maximum duration of stay in the second state.

2. The method of claim 1 ,
wherein the system temperature comprises a chip temperature of the radio receiver.

3. The method of claim 1 , comprising:
identifying at least one adaptive Downlink Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request (HARQ) retransmission of a radio subframe from the control information.

4. The method of claim 3 , comprising:
providing in the second state a positive acknowledgment of the at least one adaptive Downlink HARQ retransmission in an uplink direction.

5. The method of claim 1 , comprising:
based at least in part on the temperature information indicating that the system temperature is below the second threshold, transitioning from the second state to the first state.

6. The method of claim 1 ,
wherein the at least one control region comprises a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) and the at least one data region comprises a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH).

7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
monitoring retransmission information indicating a number of downlink Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request (HARQ) retransmissions for each downlink HARQ process,
wherein the radio receiver is to transition from the second state to the first state further based at least in part on the retransmission information indicating that the number of downlink HARQ retransmissions exceeds a maximum number of downlink HARQ retransmissions.

8. Temperature control circuit for a radio receiver configured to receive a sequence of radio subframes, each radio subframe in the sequence of radio subframes comprising at least one control region and at least one data region, the temperature control circuit comprising:
a monitoring circuit configured to monitor temperature information indicating a system temperature of the radio receiver; and
a controlling circuit configured to transition from a first state, in which receiving the at least one control region and the at least one data region is enabled, to a second state, in which receiving the at least one data region is disabled while maintaining reception of the at least one control region based on the monitored temperature information indicating that the system temperature exceeds a first threshold, wherein control information in the at least one control region is monitored for uplink grant information in both the first and second state, wherein the controlling circuit is further configured to transition from the second state to the first state in response to the temperature information indicating that the system temperature is below a second threshold, and wherein the controlling circuit is further configured to transition from the second state to the first state while the system temperature is above the second threshold in response to reaching a given maximum duration of stay in the second state.

9. The temperature control circuit of claim 8 , wherein:
the monitoring circuit is configured to monitor temperature sensors at different locations including on chip and printed circuit board (PCB).

10. The temperature control circuit of claim 8 , wherein the controlling circuit is further configured to:
identify at least one adaptive Downlink Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request (HARQ) retransmission of a radio subframe from the control information.

11. The temperature control circuit of claim 10 , wherein the controlling circuit is further configured to:
provide in the second state a positive acknowledgment of the at least one adaptive Downlink HARQ retransmission in an uplink direction.

12. The temperature control circuit of claim 8 , wherein the system temperature comprises a chip temperature of the radio receiver.

13. The temperature control circuit of claim 8 , further comprising:
a retransmission monitoring circuit configured to monitor retransmission information indicating a number of downlink Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request (HARQ) retransmissions for each downlink HARQ process,
wherein the controlling circuit is to transition from the second state to the first state further based at least in part on the retransmission information indicating that the number of downlink HARQ retransmissions exceeds a maximum number of downlink HARQ retransmissions.

14. The temperature control circuit of claim 8 ,
wherein the at least one control region comprises a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) and the at least one data region comprises a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH).

15. A temperature control device for a radio receiver configured to receive a sequence of radio subframes, wherein each radio subframe in the sequence of radio subframes comprises at least one control region and at least one data region, the temperature control device comprising:
a temperature monitor configured to monitor emperature information indicating a system temperature of the radio receiver;
a controller, configured to transition from a second state, in which receiving the at least one data region is disabled while maintaining reception of the at least one control region, to a first state, in which receiving the at least one control region and the at least one data region is enabled, in response to the monitored temperature information indicating that the system temperature is below a second threshold,
wherein the controller is further configured to transition from the first state to the second state in response to the monitored temperature information indicating that the system temperature is above a first threshold, wherein control information in the at least one control region is monitored for uplink grant information in both the first and second state,
wherein the controller is further configured to transition from the second state to the first state while the system temperature is above the second threshold in response to reaching a given maximum duration of stay in the second state.

16. The temperature control device of claim 15 , wherein the controller is configured to transition from the first state to the second state further based on fulfillment of a second condition with respect to both of the temperature information and the retransmission information.

17. The temperature control device of claim 16 , wherein the second condition is fulfilled based on occurrence of both of the following events:
the temperature information indicates that the system temperature exceeds a first threshold, and
the re

Assignees

• Apple Inc

Inventors

• Dortmund Sven
• Kocagoez Kenan
• Cesares Cano Jose A
• Molzer Wolfgang
• Obermeier Matthias

Classifications

• F24F11/49 Primary

  ensuring correct operation, e.g. by trial operation or configuration checks · CPC title

• F24F11/30 Primary

  for purposes related to the operation of the system, e.g. for safety or monitoring · CPC title

• H04L1/1822 Primary

  involving configuration of automatic repeat request [ARQ] with parallel processes · CPC title

• H04L1/1864

  ARQ related signaling (H04L1/1607 takes precedence) · CPC title

• G05B2219/2614

  HVAC, heating, ventillation, climate control · CPC title