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Date of Patent:
Nov. 18, 2014

Filed:

Oct. 04, 2012
Applicant:

Alcatel-lucent Canada Inc., Ottawa, CA;

Inventors:

Simon P. Whittam, Ottawa, CA;

John S. Gryba, Ottawa, CA;

Michael W. Parrell, Ottawa, CA;

Assignee:

Alcatel Lucent, Boulogne-Billancourt, FR;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 1/04 (2006.01); G06F 1/32 (2006.01); H04B 7/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/3209 (2013.01); H04B 1/0458 (2013.01); H04B 7/0617 (2013.01);
Abstract

Methods for reducing power dissipation from an input power source in a telecommunications system are disclosed. In one embodiment the method includes: utilizing a first I2C device to monitor an input voltage and input current to a remote unit; providing the input voltage and input current to a main microprocessor for calculating an input power; utilizing a second I2C device to monitor an output voltage and output current from the remote unit; providing the output voltage and output current to the main microprocessor for calculating an output power; calculating a power efficiency of the remote unit at the main microprocessor based on the input power and the output power; utilizing a third I2C device to provide the power efficiency of the remote unit to a digital power manager; and utilizing the digital power manager to control the DA trim output to a DC/DC converter.


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