Is it possible to permanently run a network ping service reliably in Wear OS?

I'm trying to find a way to run a network heartbeat service on Wear OS in a reliable way. The goal would be to have a process that is sending a network request every x minutes regardless of the state of the device (screen on/off, on charger, off charger, etc). Is it possible to achieve?

My approach was to run a foreground service with a partial wake lock that is rescheduling a new Runnable with postDelayed every x minutes. But when the watch is not on the charger, it stops running as soon as the screen gets dark.

This is the basic implementation of the foreground service:

public void onCreate() {
    HandlerThread thread = new HandlerThread(TAG, Process.THREAD_PRIORITY_BACKGROUND);
    thread.start();

    serviceLooper = thread.getLooper();
    serviceHandler = new ServiceHandler(serviceLooper);

    tick();
}

private void tick() {
    submitDataViaNetwork();
    scheduleNextTick();
}

private void scheduleNextTick() {
    serviceHandler.postDelayed(new Runnable() {
        public void run() {
            tick();
        }
    }, 60*1000);
}