Patent ID: 9544861
Date: 2017-01-10
CPC Classifications: H04W

Claim:
1. A method used by a wireless communication device (WCD), comprising: receiving one or more metrics from at least two members of a group whose members are wireless communication devices, wherein the members of the group have agreed to share resources within the group and have their wireless connections controlled by the WCD; and managing the wireless connections of the at least two members, based on the one or more metrics, to optimize performance of the at least two members, wherein the one or more metrics comprise at least one temperature based metric and wherein the at least one temperature based metric comprises at least one of a radio frequency power amplifier (RFPA) temperature, an RFPA temperature threshold, an RFPA temperature rate of change, an RFPA temperature characterization, an RFPA temperature characterization identifier, and an RFPA temperature cutback duration.