Abstract
An operating method of a user equipment that is configured to exchange signals with network nodes of a cellular radio access network, the method comprising the user equipment being connected to at least one cellular radio access network via at least one first radio link, using a first set of operating parameters that are associated with the at least one first radio link; the user equipment performing a measurement of a quantity that is indicative of a current operating temperature of the user equipment or performing a predetermined sequence of at least two such measurements; the user equipment determining whether or not at least one predetermined upper threshold value of the operating temperature or of an increase of the operating-temperature or of an increase rate of the measured operating temperature has been reached or exceeded; if the upper threshold value is determined to be reached or exceeded, the user equipment transmitting a temperature information element to a network node of the cellular radio access network, the temperature information element being indicative of the fact that the respective upper threshold value has been reached or exceeded; the user equipment receiving, in response to its transmission of the temperature information element, from a radio-network-controller node a control signal indicative of an instruction to the user equipment to reconfigure its connection to the at least one cellular radio access network to use a second set of operating parameters requiring a smaller average power input by the user equipment in using radio resources for the connection to the at least one cellular radio access network in comparison with the first set of operating parameters; and the user equipment, in response to receiving the control signal, reconfiguring its connection to the at least one cellular radio access network so as to use the second set of operating parameters instead of the first set of operating parameters.
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1. An operating method of a user equipment that is configured to exchange signals with network nodes of a cellular radio access network, the method comprising the user equipment being connected to at least one cellular radio access network via at least one first radio link, using a first set of operating parameters that are associated with the at least one first radio link; the user equipment performing a measurement of a quantity that is indicative of a current operating temperature of the user equipment or performing a predetermined sequence of at least two such measurements; - the user equipment determining whether or not at least one predetermined upper threshold value of the operating temperature or of an increase of the operating- temperature or of an increase rate of the measured operating temperature has been reached or exceeded; if the upper threshold value is determined to be reached or exceeded, the user equipment transmitting a temperature information element to a network node of the cellular radio access network, the temperature information element being indicative of the fact that the respective upper threshold value has been reached or exceeded; the user equipment receiving, in response to its transmission of the temperature information element, from a radio-network-controller node a control signal indicative of an instruction to the user equipment to reconfigure its connection to the at least one cellular radio access network to use a second set of operating parameters requiring a smaller average power input by the user equipment in using radio resources for the connection to the at least one cellular radio access network in comparison with the first set of operating parameters; and - the user equipment, in response to receiving the control signal, reconfiguring its connection to the at least one cellular radio access network so as to use the second set of operating parameters instead of the first set of operating parameters.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the received control signal is additionally indicative of
a) an instruction to reconfigure the first set of operating parameters so as to form a second set of operating parameters under continued assignment to the at least one first radio link, and wherein the user equipment, in response to receiving the control signal, maintains the first radio link and performs a parameter reconfiguration procedure of the at least one first radio link so as to use the second set of operating parameters or b) an instruction to operate under an assignment to at least one second radio link, which is different from the first radio link, and wherein the user equipment, in response to receiving the control signal, performs a radio-link reconfiguration procedure to change from the at least one first radio link to the at least one second radio link so as to use the second set of operating parameters.
3. The method of claim 1 or 2, wherein the control signal is additionally indicative of an instruction to suspend the connection to the at least one radio access network via the first radio link for a determined time span, and to resume the connection after the determined time span has elapsed, and wherein the user equipment, in response to receiving the control signal, suspends the connection to the at least one radio access network via the first radio link for the determined time span, and resumes the connection after the determined time span has elapsed.
4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the radio link is a radio access bearer, or a dedicated radio channel, or a shared radio channel.
5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the user equipment interrupts using the radio resources allocated to the at least one first radio link for sending payload data in an uplink direction but keeps using the radio resources allocated to the at least one first radio link for receiving control information in a download direction, after determining that the measured operating temperature is equal or higher than the upper operating-temperature threshold value, until the control signal has been received.
6. The method of claim 1 , additionally comprising, before operating under an assignment to the at least one first radio link, the user equipment transmitting a request signal for an initial allocation of radio resources to trigger an allocation of the at least one first radio link to the user equipment, the request signal including a second temperature information element indicative of a predetermined temperature capability information allocated to the user equipment, and wherein
the second temperature information element determines the temperature capability information allocated to the user equipment by means of an allocation of the user equipment to a respective class of a predetermined classification that specifies in different classes, which are distinguished from each other by at least one of the following: an upper operating-temperature threshold value, a maximum allowable gradient of the operating temperature over a predefined time span, a maximum allowable operating- temperature load over a predefined time span, a maximum allowable level of power output by the user equipment in using radio resources, or one of a set of different allowable maximum time spans for respective given power output levels.
7. A user equipment that is configured to exchange signals with network nodes of a cellular radio access network, the user equipment comprising a communication unit, which is configured to establish, maintain and use radio resources of a connection to a least one cellular radio access network via at least one first radio link, using a first set of operating parameters that are associated with the at least one first radio link; a measurement unit which is configured to perform a measurement of a quantity that is indicative of a current operating temperature of the user equipment or to perform a predetermined sequence of at least two such measurements; an evaluation unit which is connected with the measurement unit and the commu- nication unit and which is configured to determine whether or not at least one predetermined upper threshold value of the operating temperature or of an increase of the operating-temperature or of an increase rate of the measured operating temperature has been reached or exceeded; wherein the communication unit is further configured to transmit, if the upper threshold value is determined to be reached or exceeded, a temperature information element to a network node of the cellular radio access network, the temperature information element being indicative of the fact that the respective upper threshold value has been reached or exceeded; to receive, in response to its prior transmission of the temperature information ele- ment, from a radio-network-controller node a control signal indicative of an instruction to the user equipment to reconfigure its connection to the at least one cellular radio access
network to use a second set of operating parameters requiring a smaller average power input by the user equipment in using radio resources for the connection to the at least one cellular radio access network in comparison with the first set of operating parameters, and in response to receiving the control signal, to reconfigure its connection to the at least one cellular radio access network so as to use the second set of operating parameters instead of the first set of operating parameters.
8. The user equipment of claim 7, wherein the communication unit is configured to determine that the received control signal is additionally indicative of a) an instruction to reconfigure the first set of operating parameters so as to form a sec- ond set of operating parameters under continued assignment to the at least one first radio link, and, in response to determining this, to maintain the first radio link and to perform a parameter reconfiguration procedure of the at least one first radio link so as to use the second set of operating parameters, or of b) an instruction to operate under an assignment to at least one second radio link, which is different from the first radio link, and in response to determining this, to perform a radio- link reconfiguration procedure to change from the at least one first radio link to the at least one second radio link so as to use the second set of operating parameters.', '9. The user equipment of claim 7 or 8, wherein the communication unit is configured to determine that the control signal is additionally indicative of an instruction to suspend the connection to the at least one radio access network via the first radio link for a predetermined time span, and to resume the connection after the determined time span has elapsed, and, in response to determining this, to suspend the connection to the at least one radio access network via the first radio link for the determined time span, and to resume the connection after the determined time span has elapsed.', '10. The user equipment of at least one of the claims 7 to 9, wherein the communication unit is configured to interrupt, in response to determining that the upper threshold value has been reached or exceeded and until the control signal has been received, using the radio resources allocated to the at least one first radio link for sending payload data in an uplink direction, and to keep using the radio resources allocated to the at least one first radio link for receiving control information in a download direction.', '1 1. The user equipment of at least one of the claims 7 to 10, wherein
the communication unit is configured to transmit a request signal for an initial allocation of radio resources to trigger an allocation of the at least one first radio link to the user equipment, the request signal including a second temperature information element indicative of a predetermined temperature capability information allocated to the user equipment, and wherein the second temperature information element determines the temperature capability information allocated to the user equipment by means of an allocation of the user equipment to a respective class of a predetermined classification that specifies in different classes, which are distinguished from each other by at least one of the following: an upper operating-temperature threshold value, a maximum allowable gradient of the operating temperature over a predefined time span, a maximum allowable operating- temperature load over a predefined time span, a maximum allowable level of power output by the user equipment in using radio resources, or one of a set of different allowable maximum time spans for respective given power output levels.', '12. An operating method of a radio-network-controller node of a cellular radio access network, comprising the radio-network-controller node serving a user equipment in a connection to the cellular radio access network via at least one first radio link and requiring the user equipment to use a first set of operating parameters that are associated with the at least one first radio link; the radio-network-controller node receiving a temperature information element from the user equipment, the temperature information element being indicative of the fact that at least one predetermined upper threshold value of an operating-temperature or of an increase of the operating-temperature or of an increase rate of the operating temperature of the user equipment has been reached or exceeded; in response to receiving the temperature information element, the radio-network- controller node sending to the user equipment a control signal indicative of an instruction to the user equipment to reconfigure its connection to the at least one cellular radio access network so as to use a second set of operating parameters requiring a smaller average power input by the user equipment in using radio resources for the connection to the at least one cellular radio access network in comparison with the first set of operating parameters.', '13. The method of claim 12, wherein a) the control signal comprises an instruction to the user equipment to reconfigure the first set of operating parameters so as to form a second set of operating parameters under continued assignment to the at least one first radio link, and wherein the and wherein the radio-network-controller node, in response to sending the control signal, maintains the first radio link and performs a parameter reconfiguration procedure of the at least one first radio link so as to require the user equipment to use the second set of operating parameters, or b) the control signal comprises an instruction to the user equipment to operate under an assignment to at least one second radio link, which is different from the first radio link, and wherein the radio-network-controller node, in response to sending the control signal, performs a radio-link reconfiguration procedure to change from the at least one first radio link to the at least one second radio link so as to require the user equipment to use the second set of operating parameters.', '14. The method of claim 12 or 13, additionally comprising, before establishing the radio resources, the radio-network-controller node receiving a request for an initial allocation of radio resources from the user equipment, the request comprising a second temperature information element, the second temperature information element being indicative of a temperature capability information allocated to the user equipment; the radio-network-controller node determining and selecting the first set of operating parameters from a plurality of sets of operating parameters as being suitable for a radio link to be allocated to the user equipment in dependence on the second temperature information element; - performing a predetermined signalling sequence for setting up the determined first radio link and allocating it to the user equipment.', '15. The method of claim 14, wherein the request for allocation of radio resources from the user equipment additionally comprises service-type information indicative of a service type requested by the user equipment, and wherein the radio-network-controller node selects the first set of operating parameters in additional dependence on the service-type information.', '16. The method of at least one of claims 14 or 15, wherein the radio-network-controller node, before sending to the user equipment the control signal indicative of the instruction to set up the first radio link or to reconfigure the connection so as to use the second set of operating parameters, selects the first set of operating parameters or the second set of operating parameters in additional dependence on the temperature capability information allocated to the user equipment or on the service-type information received from the user equipment, or on both.', '17. A radio-network-controller node of a cellular radio access network, comprising a resource-control unit configured to establish and maintain radio resources allo- cated to at least one first radio link allocated to a user equipment; wherein the resource-control unit is further configured to receive a temperature information element from the user equipment, the temperature information element being indicative of the fact that indicative of the fact that at least one predetermined upper threshold value of an operating temperature of the user equipment or of an increase of the operating- temperature or of an increase rate of the operating temperature has been reached or exceeded; in response to receiving the temperature information element, sending to the user equipment a control signal indicative of an instruction to the user equipment to reconfigure its connection to the at least one cellular radio access network so as to use a second set of operating parameters requiring a smaller average power input by the user equipment in using radio resources for the connection to the at least one cellular radio access network in comparison with the first set of operating parameters.', '18. The radio-network-controller node of claim 17, wherein the resource-control unit is further configured to - receive a request for allocation of radio resources from the user equipment, the request comprising a second temperature information element, the second temperature information element being indicative of a temperature capability information allocated to the user equipment; to determine a set of operating parameters as the first set of operating parameters for being suitable for a radio link to be allocated to the user equipment in dependence on the second temperature information element; and
to perform a predetermined signalling sequence for setting up the determined first radio link and allocating it to the user equipment.']
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