Electronic device and transmission power controlling method
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1. An electronic device, comprising:
- at least one antenna;
a wireless communication module comprising a plurality of processing circuits performing communication using the at least one antenna based on a Wi-Fi protocol; and
one or more processors,wherein the one or more processors are configured to;
determine whether the wireless communication module is simultaneously operating in a plurality of frequency bands;
obtain a number of processing circuits that are operating in the wireless communication module if the wireless communication module is simultaneously operating in the plurality of frequency bands; and
reduce a transmission power level of the wireless communication module based on the number of processing circuits that are operating.
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Abstract
An electronic device includes at least one antenna, a Wi-Fi module including a plurality of processing circuits performing communication using the at least one antenna, and a processor configured to determine whether the Wi-Fi module is simultaneously operating in a plurality of frequency bands, to obtain a number of processing circuits that are operating in the Wi-Fi module if the Wi-Fi module is simultaneously operating in the plurality of frequency bands, and to reduce a transmission power level of the Wi-Fi module based on the number of processing circuits that are operating.
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1. An electronic device, comprising:
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at least one antenna; a wireless communication module comprising a plurality of processing circuits performing communication using the at least one antenna based on a Wi-Fi protocol; and one or more processors, wherein the one or more processors are configured to; determine whether the wireless communication module is simultaneously operating in a plurality of frequency bands; obtain a number of processing circuits that are operating in the wireless communication module if the wireless communication module is simultaneously operating in the plurality of frequency bands; and reduce a transmission power level of the wireless communication module based on the number of processing circuits that are operating. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A transmission power level controlling method of an electronic device, the method comprising:
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determining whether a wireless communication module is simultaneously operating in a plurality of frequency bands, wherein the wireless communication module comprises a plurality of processing circuits performing communication using at least one antenna based on a Wi-Fi protocol; obtaining a number of processing circuits that are operating in the wireless communication module if the wireless communication module is simultaneously operating in the plurality of frequency bands; and reducing a transmission power level of the wireless communication module based on the number of processing circuits. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. An electronic device comprising:
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one or more antennas; a wireless communication module comprising a plurality of processing circuits configured to communicate based on a Wi-Fi protocol; and one or more processors, wherein the one or more processors are configured to; determine whether the wireless communication module outputs first transmission power through a first frequency band and outputs second transmission power through a second frequency band using at least part of the one or more antennas; obtain a number of processing circuits, which are operating, from among the plurality of processing circuits if the wireless communication module outputs the first transmission power and the second transmission power; determine a first power level corresponding to the first transmission power and determine a second power level corresponding to the second transmission power, from among a plurality of transmission power levels associated with the wireless communication module based on the number of the processing circuits; and change a power level of the first transmission power to the first power level and change a power level of the second transmission power to the second power level.
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