Disclosed herein are aspects related to a device that can include a wireless communication interface and one or more processors. The one or more processors can identify a capability of the device to control a parameter related to receiving a signal via the wireless communications interface. The capability can be representative of an improvement of reception by the device. The one or more processors can provide, to a network device using the wireless communications interface, a signal indicating the capability. The one or more processors can control operation of the wireless communications interface responsive to instructions received from the network device and related to the capability.