A method of wireless communication, comprising: determining, by a user equipment, UE (405, 406, 915), UE environmental status information based on input from at least one sensor located in the UE (405, 406, 915), wherein the at least one sensor is capable of ascertaining information separate from the receiver used for radio communication with a base station, and the UE environmental status information comprises one or more of: in vehicle status; outdoors status; indoors status; in transit status; at work status; at home status; amount of data traffic currently experienced; or UE state indicating a display screen of the UE is on or off, if the UE is in a holster, in active use, in a pocket, or connected to a charger; generating a control message comprising the UE environmental status information; and transmitting the control message to the base station (400, 902, 906, 910, 916, 920) in communication with the UE, wherein the control message relates to managing a connection between the UE and an associated wireless network based at least in part on the UE environmental status information in the control message, further comprising maintaining the connection with the associated wireless network when the connection is managed based at least in part on the UE environmental status information, further comprising one or more of: receiving instructions from the base station to offload data traffic to a second base station while maintaining connection with the base station; receiving a paging area parameter from the base station defining a paging area for the UE; receiving registration timing from the base station, wherein the registration timing defines a frequency at which the UE registers with the associated wireless network; or receiving a parameter for discontinuous reception from the base station. in vehicle status; outdoors status; indoors status; in transit status; at work status; at home status; amount of data traffic currently experienced; or UE state indicating a display screen of the UE is on or off, if the UE is in a holster, in active use, in a pocket, or connected to a charger; generating a control message comprising the UE environmental status information; and transmitting the control message to the base station (400, 902, 906, 910, 916, 920) in communication with the UE, wherein the control message relates to managing a connection between the UE and an associated wireless network based at least in part on the UE environmental status information in the control message, further comprising maintaining the connection with the associated wireless network when the connection is managed based at least in part on the UE environmental status information, further comprising one or more of: receiving instructions from the base station to offload data traffic to a second base station while maintaining connection with the base station; receiving a paging area parameter from the base station defining a paging area for the UE; receiving registration timing from the base station, wherein the registration timing defines a frequency at which the UE registers with the associated wireless network; or receiving a parameter for discontinuous reception from the base station. receiving instructions from the base station to offload data traffic to a second base station while maintaining connection with the base station; receiving a paging area parameter from the base station defining a paging area for the UE; receiving registration timing from the base station, wherein the registration timing defines a frequency at which the UE registers with the associated wireless network; or receiving a parameter for discontinuous reception from the base station.