US 12,244,373 B2
Heat dissipation for millimeter-wave devices with antenna switching
Sanjib Sur, Cayce, SC (US); Moh. S. Saadat, West Columbia, SC (US); and Srihari Nelakuditi, Columbia, SC (US)
Assigned to University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC (US)
Filed by University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC (US)
Filed on Feb. 9, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/166,555.
Application 18/166,555 is a continuation of application No. 17/327,881, filed on May 24, 2021, granted, now 11,588,526.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/055,386, filed on Jul. 23, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0198587 A1, Jun. 22, 2023
Int. Cl. H04B 7/06 (2006.01); H04W 52/02 (2009.01)
CPC H04B 7/0608 (2013.01) [H04B 7/0693 (2013.01); H04W 52/0277 (2013.01)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A temperature-aware multi-antenna scheduler system comprising:
at least two antennae capable of receiving a data stream;
a preset heat level proscribed for each antenna;
the scheduler switches the data stream from a first antenna to another antenna, when the first antenna reaches the preset heat level;
wherein when the data stream is removed from the first antenna, the first antenna dissipates heat;
wherein a thermal-profile is established for each antennae;
wherein the thermal-profile of each antenna is modeled as two exponentials: exponential gain, eα·t, in an active state; and exponential fall, e−β·t, in an idle state; and
wherein the temperature-aware multi-antenna scheduler system is incorporated into at least one mm Wave device compliant with IEEE 802.11 or at least one 5G New Radio (NR) device.