Rechargeable battery facilitated customer-premises equipment
A Customer-Premises Equipment (CPE) device includes a power supply for generating a first power at a first voltage level; a rechargeable battery for generating a second power at a second voltage level; and a power amplifier coupled to the power supply and the rechargeable battery for receiving the first power and the second power to output a third power at a third voltage level higher than either the first voltage level or the second voltage level, wherein the third power is utilized to transmit signals from the CPE device to a BTS.
1. A device comprising:
a power supply configured to generate a first power at a first voltage level;
a rechargeable battery configured to generate a second power at a second voltage level; and
a power amplifier coupled to the power supply and the rechargeable battery, wherein the power amplifier is configured to receive the first power and the second power and configured to output a third power at a third voltage level that equals a sum of the first voltage level and the second voltage level.
2. The device of claim 1 , and further comprising a transmitter that is configured to transmit signals via at least one antenna, wherein the power amplifier is implemented within the transmitter and is further configured to transmit signals at a power level based on the third power at the third voltage level via the at least one antenna.
3. The device of claim 2 , and further comprising a power level detector coupled to the rechargeable battery, wherein the power level detector is configured to detect the second voltage level which varies depending on a charging state of the rechargeable battery.
4. The device of claim 3 , wherein the power level detector is further configured to send a feedback signal indicating the second voltage level to the transmitter, and wherein the transmitter transmits the feedback signal to a base station device for allocation of channel resources.
5. A system comprising a base station device and the device of claim 3 , wherein the base station device is configured to allocate channel resources by predicting the third power level according to a model that represents a charging state of the rechargeable battery.
6. The system of claim 5 , wherein the transmitter transmits an initial value of the second voltage level and the first voltage level to the base station device, and the base station device is configured to predict the third power level based on the first voltage level and the initial value of the second voltage level adjusted by the model that represents the charging state of the rechargeable battery.
7. The device of claim 3 , wherein the power level detector is implemented by a digital signal processor.
8. The device of claim 2 , wherein the rechargeable battery is charged when the transmitter is not transmitting a signal.
9. A device comprising:
a power supply configured to generate a first power at a first voltage level;
a rechargeable battery configured to generate a second power at a second voltage level;
a transmitter having a power amplifier coupled to the power supply and to the rechargeable battery, wherein the power amplifier is configured to receive the first power and the second power to output a third power at a third voltage level higher than either the first voltage level or the second voltage level, and wherein the transmitter is configured to transmit signals at a power level based on the third power at the third voltage level via at least one antenna; and
a power level detector coupled to the rechargeable battery, wherein the power level detector is configured to detect the second voltage level which varies depending on a charging state of the rechargeable battery.
10. The device of claim 9 , wherein the power amplifier is configured to produce the third power at the third voltage level such that it equals sum of the first voltage level and the second voltage level.
11. The device of claim 9 , wherein the power level detector is further configured to send a feedback signal indicating the second voltage level to the transmitter, and wherein the transmitter transmits the feedback signal to a base station device for allocation of channel resources.
12. A system comprising a base station device and the device of claim 9 , wherein the base station device is configured to allocate channel resources by predicting the third power level according to a model that represents a charging state of the rechargeable battery.
13. The system of claim 12 , wherein the transmitter transmits an initial value of the second voltage level and the first voltage level to the base station device, and the base station device is configured to predict the third power level based on the first voltage level and the initial value of the second voltage level adjusted by the model that represents the charging state of the rechargeable battery.
14. The device of claim 9 , wherein the power level detector is implemented by a digital signal processor.
15. The device of claim 9 , wherein the rechargeable battery is charged when the transmitter is not transmitting a signal.
16. A method comprising:
generating a first power at a first level with a power supply;
generating a second power at a second level with a rechargeable battery;
producing a third power at a third level from the first power and the second power, wherein the third level is equal to a sum of the first level and the second level; and
transmitting a signal using the third power at the third level such that the transmitted signal is at a power level based on the third power at the third power level.
17. The method of claim 16 , and further comprising detecting the second level which varies according to a charging state of the rechargeable battery, and transmitting a signal indicating the second level to another device.
18. The method of claim 16 , and further comprising allocating communication channel resources using information carried in the signal and by predicting the third level according to a model that represents a charging state of the rechargeable battery.