US 11,871,359 B2
Configurable radio frequency exposure compliance based on region
Lin Lu, San Diego, CA (US); Jagadish Nadakuduti, Mission Viejo, CA (US); Akhil Deodhar, Louisville, CO (US); Troy Curtiss, Boulder, CO (US); and Paul Guckian, La Jolla, CA (US)
Assigned to QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US)
Filed by QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US)
Filed on Sep. 9, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/470,534.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/077,467, filed on Sep. 11, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0086771 A1, Mar. 17, 2022
Int. Cl. H04W 52/28 (2009.01); H04B 1/3827 (2015.01); H04W 52/30 (2009.01); H04W 88/06 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 52/283 (2013.01) [H04B 1/3838 (2013.01); H04W 52/30 (2013.01); H04W 88/06 (2013.01)] 30 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
21. An apparatus for wireless communication, comprising:
means for identifying a region in which the apparatus is located;
means for selecting one or more parameters for radio frequency (RF) exposure compliance based on the identified region, wherein the one or more parameters include at least one of a time window or an RF exposure limit, and wherein the means for selecting comprises at least one of:
means for selecting a first value for the time window that is in compliance with a regulatory window from a first regulatory body or standard and means for selecting a second value for the RF exposure limit that is in compliance with a regulatory limit from a second regulatory body or standard different than the first regulatory body or standard, or
means for selecting a third value for a first RF exposure limit that is in compliance with a regulatory limit from a third regulatory body or standard and means for selecting a fourth value for a second RF exposure limit that is in compliance with a regulatory limit from a fourth regulatory body or standard different from the third regulatory body or standard; and
means for transmitting a signal at a transmission power level based at least in part on the selected one or more parameters.