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Date of Patent:
Feb. 27, 2024

Filed:

May. 20, 2022
Applicant:

Itron, Inc., Liberty Lake, WA (US);

Inventors:

Robert Vernon Dusenberry, Newman Lake, WA (US);

Richard Donald Maes, II, Liberty Lake, WA (US);

Assignee:

ITRON, INC., Liberty Lake, WA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
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);
U.S. Cl.
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);
Abstract

Techniques for preserving battery life in poor signal conditions include an electronic device determining a coverage enhancement (CE) parameter associated with a link between the electronic device and a base station for a first point in time; determining, based on the CE parameter, that a signaling metric associated with the link for the first point in time is equal to or below a corresponding threshold; and in response to determining that the signaling metric is equal to or below the corresponding threshold, delaying transmission of one or more messages from the electronic device over the link until a second point in time that is later than the first point in time.


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