Tuesday 26 May, 2026
Device signalling can be very inefficient as standards leave room for different device implementations.
The continuous rise in device and mobile data usage has also impacted the signalling load at the network level, independent of the volume of data traffic.
Issues experienced include Keepalives, Polling, Network Rejections and Infinite Signalling Loops. These issues, experienced across different operators’ networks, can in turn negatively impact user experience, battery life, download time, network congestion etc.
This document addresses mobile network efficiency issues related to devices experienced by operators and manufacturers around the world and makes a number of recommendations for device implementations to improve mobile network efficiency.
The main target audience for this document are device and chipset manufacturers. It will be up to each individual operator to adopt and enforce these requirements in their bilateral device requirements.
