Abstract: An electronic device performs a device operation in an environment that includes a tag based ranging system having at least one tag device. The electronic device interacts with the tag device to perform a ranging function used to derive a device position in the environment. The electronic device communicates with the tag device to update the device position over time. To conserve battery energy of at least one of the electronic device or the tag device, the electronic device automatically adjusts a rate of recurrence of the communications with the tag based ranging system, including to stop or resume the communications, to update the device position in an efficient manner. A decision to stop or resume the communications is based whether the electronic device is stationary state, operating in a particular activity state, or exceeding the limits of a communication range associated with individual tag devices in a cluster.