FIG. 19 is a table showing some of the new features being added to LTE standards 1900 in order to support low power connectivity. The focus on the new LTE standards such as LTE-MTC, eMTC, and CIOT proposal are a clear sign that the industry is progressing towards standardization of networks together with end user wireless devices that can work on long distances (e.g., WWAN) and still be able to consume the least amount of power when communicating. This push is ideal for the devices described herein, which will be able to utilize any future improvement in cellular communication protocols to its advantage to further reduce power consumption and send sensor readings. In the new LTE standards modes such discontinuous receive (DRX) and discontinuous transmit (DTX) are enabled and the current proposed solution is ready to take advantage of the upcoming standards by efficiently turning on and off certain modules, chipsets, other components of the device. This could also be applied in turning on and off certain cellular transceiver's internal blocks to achieve high efficiency and increase battery lifetime.
