Loss of signal strength is not a software issue. The way signal strength is reported, however, is a software issue. The impression people get when they trigger

Loss of signal strength is not a software issue. The way signal strength is reported, however, is a software issue. The impression people get when they trigger this, often, is based on the display going from five bars to zero bars; this implies that signal strength has gone from 100% to 0%, which is quite far from the actual reality. Changing the display algorithm to more accurately reflect the signal strength would resolve this; more likely you'd lose one or perhaps two displayed bars instead.