Systems and methods for dynamically allocating power budgets for operation of wireless modules

摘要

Certain embodiments herein relate to dynamic allocation of power budgets for wireless modules that may be integrated onto a wireless combo module. An individual power budget for each wireless module may be modified based on the performance of the wireless module such that wireless modules that may benefit from additional power consumption may receive additional power budget from other wireless modules that may be consuming less power than currently allocated. In this way, power budgets may be cooperatively shared among wireless modules to facilitate optimized wireless communications. Various techniques may be used to configure a wireless module to operate within or at certain power values, including adjusting a transmission speed and/or a time interval for sending backoffs to attain a desired power consumption.

主权项

1. A method comprising:
receiving, by at least one processor, performance information associated with at least one wireless module of a wireless combo module; determining, by the at least one processor, an unutilized amount of a first power budget associated with the at least one wireless module, the determination based at least in part on the performance information; modifying, by the at least one processor, the first power budget and a second power budget associated with a second wireless module of the wireless combo module, wherein the modification comprises: (i) decreasing the first power budget by the unutilized amount and (ii) increasing the second power budget by at least a portion of the unutilized amount; selecting, by the at least one processor, a backoff time interval based at least in part on the first power budget; and sending, by the at least one processor, a backoff according to the backoff time interval so that the at least one wireless module consumes an amount of power approximately equal to the first power budget.