Abstract

This document describes techniques that enable a mobile computing device (e.g., a smartphone, smart watch, wearable device, augmented reality glasses, etc.) connected to a network to adjust or disable features (e.g., data for certain applications, power-hungry radios, wake-up cycles from sleep, etc.) based on battery status. The device presents the features to the cellular network (e.g., 5G, LTE, 3G, etc.) using feature group indicators (FGIs). In some cases, such as when the device is not charging, the device will not share certain measurements to the cellular network such as SON/ANR (extra network measurements to improve network quality) and will instead wait for instances where battery life is not important to conduct the measurements. If the device is not in active use (e.g., a wearable device not being worn, a cell phone left overnight, etc.) the device may enter deep sleep, where the device pauses most of its functions to conserve battery life. When the device is once again in active use, the device will revert to regular wake-up cycles, meaning the device will be remotely awoken from sleep by the cellular network to listen for network traffic more frequently. Many of these features supported by the device, for example conducting certain network measurements, are not always necessary to share with the network and may not align with the device’s use case over time. Enabling the device to adjust what is shared dynamically allows the device to adapt to changes in use and conserve battery life.

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