Patent ID: 11921164
Assignee: DELL PRODUCTS L.P.
Field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G  H

Claim 10:
11. A method, comprising:
providing, in a battery pack for an information handling system, a battery cell configured to provide a current output to provide a current to a load of the information handling system, and a battery management unit including a power reporting output configured to provide a maximum continuous current (MCC) indication and at least one peak power (PP) indication to a baseboard management unit of the information handling system, the battery management unit configured to determine an amount of current that the battery cell provides to the information handling system on the current output, to determine an optimum MCC value that the battery cell can provide to the information handling system, and to provide the optimum MCC value for the MCC indication on the power reporting output, wherein the MCC value indicates a safe operating current level for the battery cell;
providing, by the battery management unit, a first value for the PP indication on the power reporting output, the first value being greater than the optimum MCC value;
summing the amount of current provided to the information handling system that is in excess of the optimum MCC value;
determining that the sum is greater than a threshold;
providing a second value for the PP indication on the power reporting output, the second value being less than the optimum MCC value, wherein the second value is provided to maintain an average current level that is at or below the safe operating current level; and
configuring, by the baseboard management unit, the load based upon the MCC indication and the PP indication.