Communication method for determining channel according to current consumption and electronic device for supporting the same

1. A communication method of an electronic device using carrier aggregation, the method comprising:

determining, using at least one processor, a primary component carrier (PCC) from one of a first channel or a second channel according to a control signal received from a base station,

comparing, using the at least one processor of the electronic device, an amount of current consumed by a first transceiver which operates the first channel with an amount of current consumed by a second transceiver which operates the second channel after a predetermined time; and

determining, using the at least one processor, the primary component carrier (PCC) from at least one of the first channel or the second channel according to the compared result,

wherein the comparing of the amount of the current consumed by the first transceiver and the amount of the current consumed by the second transceiver comprises:

comparing an amount of current consumed per unit time by the first transceiver with an amount of current consumed per unit time by the second transceiver, using a table including the amount of current consumed per unit time by the first transceiver based on a change of a transmit power of the first transceiver and the amount of current consumed per unit time by the second transceiver based on a change of a transmit power of the second transceiver, and wherein the determining the PCC comprises:

determining, in a state where the first channel is set to the PCC, if the amount of the current consumed by the first transceiver is greater than the amount of the current consumed by the second transceiver, the second channel as a new PCC.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the transmit power of the first transceiver is calculated based on information received about a received signal strength indication (RSSI) of a first receiver and the transmit power of the second transceiver is calculated based on information received about a RSSI of the second transceiver.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the transmit power is preset based on receive sensitivity of each of the first channel and the second channel.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the determining of the at least one as the PCC comprises:

if a difference between the amount of the current consumed by the first transceiver and the amount of the current consumed by the second transceiver is within a current range, maintaining a current PCC.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the table is previously stored in a format in which frequency bands operated by the first transceiver and the second transceiver are combined.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the comparing of the amount of the current consumed by the first transceiver and the amount of the current consumed by the second transceiver comprises:

comparing, if a level of receive sensitivity of a channel set to a current PCC is greater than a range, the amount of the current consumed by the first transceiver with the amount of the current consumed by the second transceiver.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the comparing of the amount of the current consumed by the first transceiver and the amount of the current consumed by the second transceiver comprises:

determining a time point, when comparing the amount of the current consumed by the first transceiver with the amount of the current consumed by the second transceiver, relative to a change of receive sensitivity of each of the first channel and the second channel.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the comparing of the amount of the current consumed by the first transceiver and the amount of the current consumed by the second transceiver comprises:

comparing if a level of receive sensitivity of the first channel and a level of receive sensitivity of the second channel are reversed, the amount of the current consumed by the first transceiver with the amount of the current consumed by the second transceiver.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the comparing of the amount of the current consumed by the first transceiver and the amount of the current consumed by the second transceiver comprises:

comparing if a base station which provides information about settings of the PCC is changed, the amount of the current consumed by the first transceiver with the amount of the current consumed by the second transceiver relative to a time point when the base station is changed.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein the determining of the at least one as the PCC comprises:

if a base station which provides information about settings of the PCC is changed, maintaining settings of a current PCC.

11. The method of claim 1 ,

wherein the first channel communicates a signal of a first block included in a first frequency band, and

wherein the second channel communicates a signal of a second block included in a second frequency band distinguished from the first frequency band.

12. An electronic device for performing communication through a channel using carrier aggregation, the electronic device comprising:

a first transceiver configured to operate a first channel;

a second transceiver configured to operate a second channel; and

at least one computer processor configured to:

determine a primary component carrier (PCC) from one of the first channel or the second channel according to a control signal received from a base station, and

compare an amount of current consumed by the first transceiver with an amount of current consumed by the second transceiver after a predetermined time,

wherein the at least one computer processor is configured to determine the primary component carrier (PCC) from at least one of the first channel or the second channel as according to the compared result,

wherein the at least one computer processor is further configured to compare an amount of current consumed per unit time by the first transceiver with an amount of current consumed per unit by the second transceiver, using a table including the amount of current consumed per unit time by the first transceiver based on a change of a transmit power of the first transceiver and the amount of current consumed per unit time by the second transceiver based on a change of a transmit power of the second transceiver, and

wherein in a state where the first channel is set to the PCC, if the amount of the current consumed by the first transceiver is greater than the amount of the current consumed by the second transceiver, the at least one computer processor is further configured to determine the second channel as a new PCC.

13. The electronic device of claim 12 , the transmit power of the first transceiver is calculated based on information received about a received signal strength indication (RSSI) of a first receiver and the transmit power of the second transceiver is calculated based on information received about a RSSI of the second transceiver.

14. The electronic device of claim 13 , wherein the transmit power is preset in connection with receive sensitivity of each of the first channel and the second channel.

15. The electronic device of claim 12 , wherein if a difference between the amount of the current consumed by the first transceiver and the amount of the current consumed by the second transceiver is within a current range, the at least one computer processor is further configured to maintain a current PCC.

16. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having embodied thereon instructions for controlling an operation of an electronic device and allowing the electronic device to perform a communication method using carrier aggregation, the method comprising:

determining a primary component carrier (PCC) from one of a first channel or a second channel according to a control signal received from a base station, comparing an amount of current consumed by a first transceiver which operates the first channel with an amount of current consumed by a second transceiver which operates the second channel after a predetermined time; and

determining the primary component carrier (PCC) from at least one of the first channel or the second channel as according to the compared result,

wherein the comparing of the amount of the current consumed by the first transceiver and the amount of the current consumed by the second transceiver comprises:

comparing an amount of current consumed per unit time by the first transceiver with an amount of current consumed per unit time by the second transceiver, using a table including the amount of current consumed per unit time by the first transceiver based on a change of a transmit power of the first transceiver and the amount of current consumed per unit time by the second transceiver based on a change of a transmit power of the second transceiver, and wherein the determining the PCC comprises:

determining, in a state where the first channel is set to the PCC, if the amount of the current consumed by the first transceiver is greater than the amount of the current consumed by the second transceiver, the second channel as a new PCC.