Patent ID: 9596653
Date: 2017-03-14
CPC Classifications: H04L,H04W,Y02D

Claim:
1. A method of creating a power-drain map for a wireless communications device, the power-drain map usable to modify a communications behavior of the communications device to reduce consumption of remaining battery power, the method comprising: determining, by the wireless communications device, a current geographical location of the wireless communications device; measuring, by the wireless communications device, a power drain associated with wireless connectivity at the current geographical location related to a current communication mode in use by the wireless communications device, the power drain including a power drain per unit data during transmission or receipt of data; associating, by the wireless communications device, the measured power drain with the current geographical location and the current communication mode; and building, by the wireless communications device, the power-drain map, the power-drain map comprising the measured power drain, current communication mode, current geographical location, and information associated with a power-drain model for increasing drain of a battery of the wireless communication device, the power-drain map being usable by the wireless communications device to modify the communications behavior to reduce consumption of the remaining battery power.