According to various embodiments, an electronic device may include: at least one processor, wherein the at least one processor is configured to: receive at least one message causing a random access (RA) procedure for a second cell based on a second radio access technology (RAT) different from a first RAT while being connected to a first cell based on the first RAT, identify, based on the reception of the at least one message, a first accumulative specific absorption rate (SAR) having occurred based on transmission of at least one RF signal based on the first RAT and/or the second RAT for a first time interval, transmit an RA preamble message to the second cell based on determining, based on the first accumulative SAR, that performing the RA procedure for the second cell based on the second RAT is possible, and refrain from transmitting the RA preamble message based on determining, based on the first accumulative SAR, that performing the RA procedure for the second cell based on the second RAT is impossible.

A method for operating a user equipment (UE) comprises receiving information for a maximum permissible emission (MPE) report; determining the MPE report including Q pairs of (resource indicator, MPE metric), where Q∈{1, . . . , P}; including the MPE report in a power headroom (PHR) report; and transmitting, via medium access control—control element (MAC CE), the PHR report including the MPE report.

The invention relates to a wireless communication device 1 having an upper part 10 and a bottom part 11, the upper part 10 comprising one or more transmission antenna device(s) 12a, 12b; 15. The upper part 10 and the bottom part 11 are arranged movably in relation to each other, so that the bottom part 11, in use mode, is closer to the user than the upper part 10. The bottom part 11 comprises one or more reception antenna device(s) 14a, 14b, 14c, 14d.

Methods, apparatus and computer programs are disclosed for controlling the output of a transmission point. One embodiment provides a method for controlling the output of a transmission point for a wireless communications network. The method includes determining an average output power of the transmission point, in a particular direction, over a period of time, comparing the average output power to an output power reference value, and allocating data, to be transmitted by the transmission point in the particular direction to one or more wireless devices, to a pool of radio resources. The pool of radio resources is adjusted as a function of the comparison between the average output power and the output power reference value.

A method and electronic device for applying a maximum permissible exposure (MPE) operation on the electronic device. The electronic device includes a plurality of antenna arrays and a processor operably connected to the plurality of antenna arrays. The processor is configured to detect a MPE condition for radio frequency exposure and apply a MPE operation, from among a plurality of MPE operations, to at least one of the plurality of antenna arrays to modify the radio frequency exposure. The MPE operation includes coordination of at least two antenna arrays for signal transmission.

Described embodiments provide systems and methods for adjusting a radio usage of a wireless link according to a time-averaged specific absorption rate (SAR). A first device configured to concurrently maintain a first wireless link with a second device and a second wireless link with an access point of a network may determine a proposed radio usage of the first wireless link and the second wireless link. The first device may determine a state of the first device according to the proposed radio usage and sensor information from at least one sensor of the first device. The first device may determine a time-averaged SAR of a user due to the first device, according to a defined time window and the determined state of the first device, to adjust the proposed radio usage of the first wireless link and the second wireless link to satisfy a threshold level of the time-averaged SAR.

A terminal according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes a transmitting section that transmits information indicating beams satisfying maximum permitted exposure (MPE) requirements, and a control section that selects a beam to be used from the beams satisfying the MPE requirements. According to an aspect of the present disclosure, MPE can be addressed without losing UL coverage.

Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may determine whether an uplink communication that is scheduled to be transmitted by a plurality of physical uplink repetitions in multiple slots on a plurality of beams is subject to a maximum permissible exposure (MPE) condition. The UE may determine a transmission adjustment for the plurality of physical uplink repetitions on the plurality of beams, based at least in part on a determination that the uplink communication is subject to the MPE condition, and transmit the uplink communication based at least in part on the transmission adjustment.

A wireless network may include a base station and user equipment (UE). The UE may transmit uplink (UL) signals to the base station using a dynamically adjustable maximum UL duty cycle. When the UE identifies that a user is in proximity to the UE, the UE may transmit an indicator to the base station. The indicator may identify that a radio-frequency exposure (RFE) event has occurred and/or a suggested maximum UL duty cycle that would allow the UE to satisfy limits on RFE. The base station may limit a UL grant to the UE so that the UE performs subsequent communications using the suggested maximum UL duty cycle or a different maximum UL duty cycle. Coordinating adjustment of UL duty cycle in this way may allow the UE to meet limits on RFE without requiring the UE to perform maximum transmit power level reductions.

A method comprising: retrieving a predefined power threshold; determining a transmission power of a transmitting antenna, wherein the transmitting antenna is actively transmitting a signal; retrieving a predefined transmission time interval; determining that the transmission power exceeds the predefined power threshold; determining a duration of transmitting the signal; comparing the duration with the predefined transmission time interval; and switching transmitting the signal from the transmitting antenna to a further antenna when the duration equals the predefined transmission time interval.