摘要 |
The present invention relates to preventing electronic devices (e.g., mobile terminal devices) from overheating in a communication network environment. Heat related information indicating heat generation or a simple temperature measurement at the terminal device may be sent to a network element causing the network element to adjust an inactivity period and/or a actual transmission data rate, (e.g. using a DRX/DTX parameter adjustment), so that no further rise in temperature at the terminal device occurs because of dissipation losses in the electronic components of the terminal device. Additionally, a control loop may be constituted starting at the terminal device, which detects the heat related information, provides the heat related information explicitly or implicitly to a network device, which in turn causes the network device to adjust the inactivity period and/or the transmission data rate base on the provided heat related information.
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