US 12,192,843 B2
Electronic device and communication method using 4G and 5G communication based on temperature
Hee Tae Kim, Gyeonggi-do (KR); Jung Tae Kim, Gyeonggi-do (KR); Soo Hyun Moon, Gyeonggi-do (KR); and Kye Jeong Jeong, Gyeonggi-do (KR)
Assigned to Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Gyeonggi-do (KR)
Filed on Dec. 8, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/545,021.
Application 17/545,021 is a continuation of application No. 17/326,525, filed on May 21, 2021, granted, now 11,218,938.
Application 17/326,525 is a continuation of application No. 16/198,923, filed on Nov. 23, 2018, granted, now 11,019,548, issued on May 25, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2017-0158289 (KR), filed on Nov. 24, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2022/0095193 A1, Mar. 24, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04W 36/30 (2009.01); H04W 36/14 (2009.01); H04W 36/24 (2009.01); H04W 88/02 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 36/24 (2013.01) [H04W 36/144 (2023.05); H04W 36/304 (2023.05); H04W 88/02 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A portable communication device comprising:
at least one communication module configured to transmit or receive a wireless signal corresponding to 5G communication and transmit or receive a wireless signal corresponding to 4G communication;
a temperature sensor;
at least one processor operatively coupled to the at least one communication module and the temperature sensor; and
memory operatively coupled to the at least one processor,
wherein the memory stores instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the portable communication device to perform a plurality of operations comprising:
causing the at least one communication module to establish a 5G data communication link between the portable communication device and a first communication network using the at least one communication module;
performing data communication via the 5G data communication link;
monitoring a temperature of the portable communication device using the temperature sensor; and
based at least in part on a determination that the temperature is higher than a specified value while a data throughput is maintained greater than a specified data throughput, releasing the 5G data communication link and performing the data communication via a 4G data communication link established between the portable communication device and a second communication network using the at least one communication module to control heat generation due to high-speed communication including the 5G communication.