Battery life extension via changes in transmission rates

A method, comprising:

• receiving at a first time, at a first device, first data associated with a battery powered device, wherein the first data includes a device identifier that identifies the battery powered device and a protocol identifier that identifies first data fields included within the first data;
• decoding the first data to identify at least one of the first data fields based, at least in part, on the protocol identifier;
• receiving at a second time, at a second device, second data associated with the battery powered device, wherein the second data includes the device identifier and a second protocol identifier that identifies second data fields that are included in the second data, wherein the second data fields is a subset of the first data fields;
• decoding the second data to identify at least one of the second data fields based, at least in part, on the second protocol identifier;
• and
• causing a performance of one or more of:
• using at least a portion of the first data or the second data for generating a bill;
• causing at least a portion of one or more of the first data or the second data to be stored;
• transmitting a consumption value obtained from one or more of the first data or the second data;
• triggering an alarm condition associated with the battery powered device;
• transmitting at least a portion of the first data;
• transmitting at least a portion of the second data;
• or
• transmitting third data to the battery powered device.

One or more computer-readable media storing instructions executable by one or more processors of a device that when executed cause the one or more processors to perform actions, including:

• determining, at a first time, one or more criteria associated with the device, wherein the one or more criteria include one or more of a battery level associated with a battery of the device or a length of time the device has been in service;
• selecting one or more data fields, from a plurality of data fields, to include within a first message based, at least in part, on the one or more criteria;
• generating the first message that includes the one or more data fields, wherein the one or more data fields includes a protocol identifier field that provides an indication of the one or more data fields included within the first message and a device identifier field that identifies the device;
• causing the first message to be transmitted to one or more collection devices;
• and
• adjusting a transmission rate to an updated transmission rate based, at least in part, on the battery level and transmitting a second message according to the updated transmission rate.