US 12,231,919 B2
Adaptive thermal management in wireless communications systems
Peiman Amini, Fremont, CA (US); Bahador Amiri, Saratoga, CA (US); Hector Lopez, Madrid (ES); and Stephane Cattet, Paris (FR)
Assigned to MaxLinear, Inc., Carlsbad, CA (US)
Filed by MaxLinear, Inc., Carlsbad, CA (US)
Filed on Feb. 1, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/163,663.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/976,610, filed on Feb. 14, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0258804 A1, Aug. 19, 2021
Int. Cl. H04W 24/02 (2009.01); H04B 7/0413 (2017.01); H04W 24/08 (2009.01); H04W 84/12 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 24/02 (2013.01) [H04B 7/0413 (2013.01); H04W 24/08 (2013.01); H04W 84/12 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
monitoring thermal conditions in a networking device comprising one or more network interfaces;
analyzing communication activity of the one or more network interfaces to determine possible operating configurations to service the communication activity; and
in view of a thermal range, adaptively controlling the operating configurations to regulate the thermal conditions in the networking device to be within the thermal range while optimizing service for the communication activity, wherein adaptively controlling the operating configurations comprises at least one of:
directing a portion of the communication activity to a different interface of the one or more network interfaces; or
identifying one or more protocols, traffic type, service levels, or client capabilities associated with portions of the communication activity.