US 11,917,546 B2
Techniques for preserving battery life in poor signal conditions using cellular protocol information
Robert Vernon Dusenberry, Newman Lake, WA (US); and Richard Donald Maes, II, Liberty Lake, WA (US)
Assigned to ITRON, INC., Liberty Lake, WA (US)
Filed by ITRON, INC., Liberty Lake, WA (US)
Filed on May 20, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/750,186.
Application 17/750,186 is a continuation of application No. 17/127,463, filed on Dec. 18, 2020, granted, now 11,638,215.
Prior Publication US 2022/0286968 A1, Sep. 8, 2022
Int. Cl. H04W 52/02 (2009.01); H04W 24/08 (2009.01); H04W 72/542 (2023.01); G16Y 10/35 (2020.01); G16Y 30/00 (2020.01); G16Y 20/30 (2020.01)
CPC H04W 52/0245 (2013.01) [H04W 24/08 (2013.01); H04W 72/542 (2023.01); G16Y 10/35 (2020.01); G16Y 20/30 (2020.01); G16Y 30/00 (2020.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
determining, by an electronic device, a coverage enhancement (CE) parameter associated with a link between the electronic device and a base station for a first point in time;
determining, by the electronic device, a signaling metric threshold based on at least one of a communication protocol used by the electronic device, a type of modem included in the electronic device that is used to establish the link, or a type of the electronic device;
determining, by the electronic device and based on the CE parameter, that a signaling metric associated with the link for the first point in time is equal to or below the signaling metric threshold; and
in response to determining that the signaling metric is equal to or below the signaling metric threshold, placing the modem into a lower-power mode until a second point in time that is later than the first point in time.