Activating and deactivating sensors of a terminal device

A terminal device of a New Radio (NR) system that supports activation and deactivation of sensor operations, the terminal device comprising:

• radio frequency (RF) transmission circuitry;
• RF reception circuitry;
• one or more sensors;
• one or more non-transitory computer-readable media storing a set of computer-executable instructions;
• and
• at least one processor coupled to the one or more non-transitory computer-readable media and configured to execute the set of computer-executable instructions to cause the terminal device to perform operations comprising:
• receiving, by the RF reception circuitry from a transmitting device, a first configuration for the one or more sensors;
• updating a factory reset configuration for the one or more sensors to the first configuration;
• receiving, by the RF reception circuitry from the transmitting device while the terminal device resides in an enabled state, a first command to transition to one of a plurality of disabled states;
• and
• transitioning, in response to receiving the first command, to the one of the plurality of disabled states, the plurality of disabled states comprising:
• a first disabled state in which the RF reception circuitry is enabled, the RF transmission circuitry is disabled, the one or more sensors are activated, and the one or more sensors are configured according to the first configuration;
• a second disabled state in which the RF reception circuitry is enabled, the RF transmission circuitry is disabled, the one or more sensors are deactivated, and the one or more sensors are configured according to the first configuration;
• and
• a third disabled state in which the RF reception circuitry is enabled, the RF transmission circuitry is disabled, the one or more sensors are de-activated, and the one or more sensors are configured according to the factory reset configuration.