Patent ID: 11936093
Assignee: PELTBEAM INC.
Field: Telecommunications (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  G | IPC G  H

Claim 12:
13. A method of adaptive cooling of antenna elements, comprising: in a communication apparatus: determining which subset of antenna elements of a plurality of antenna elements of a first antenna array are in an activated state and which are in a deactivated state; controlling each of a plurality of thermoelectric devices to execute an activation or a deactivation of each of the plurality of thermoelectric devices in synchronization with the activated state or the deactivated state of different subsets of antenna elements of the plurality of antenna elements; and controlling, based on the activation or the deactivation, each of the plurality of thermoelectric devices to apply adaptive cooling on a first subset of antenna elements to maintain a corresponding temperature in a first specified range and apply adaptive cooling on a second subset of antenna elements to maintain a corresponding temperature in a second specified range; a second antenna array that comprises a second plurality of antenna elements; and a second plurality of thermoelectric devices that are arranged on the second plurality of antenna elements of the second antenna array such that each of the second plurality of thermoelectric devices covers a different subset of antenna elements of the second plurality of antenna elements, wherein the activated state or the deactivated state of one of the first antenna array and the second antenna array is based on a visibility status of the first antenna array and the second antenna array to a network node, and wherein the network node comprises at least one of: a base station or a road-side unit (RSU).