Patent ID: 11917546
Assignee: ITRON, INC.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  G | IPC G  H

Claim 8:
9. A network device comprising:
one or more processors; and
a memory storing instructions that when executed by the one or more processors causes the network device to perform operations comprising:
identifying a first coverage enhancement (CE) parameter for use at a first point in time when communicating via a link between the network device and a second network device;
setting a first threshold value based on at least one of a communication protocol used for the link, a type of a modem included in the network device that is used to establish the link, or a type of the network device;
comparing, based on the first CE parameter, a first value of a radio frequency (RF) parameter associated with link for the first point in time to the first threshold value; and
in response to determining that the first value of the RF parameter for the first point in time is not above the first threshold value, placing the modem into a lower-power mode until a second point in time, the second point in time being after the first point in time.