What is the difference between Blocking and Non-Blocking connections in LTE Link Library of NRF9160 ?https://devzone.nordicsemi.com/f/nordic-q-a/82102/what-is-the-difference-between-blocking-and-non-blocking-connections-in-lte-link-library-of-nrf9160.en-USTelligent Community 13Fri, 26 Nov 2021 10:23:37 GMTRE: What is the difference between Blocking and Non-Blocking connections in LTE Link Library of NRF9160 ?https://devzone.nordicsemi.com/thread/340873?ContentTypeID=1Fri, 26 Nov 2021 10:23:37 GMT137ad170-7792-4731-bb38-c0d22fbe4515:07893f77-cb53-4ef7-9709-8c88fefa9473Sebastiaan Merckx<p>Blocking calls intrinsically wait until the action is done (e.g. until the modem is effectively connected to the network), or return on a timeout.</p> <p>Non-blocking calls return immediately, and you need to register an event handler (lte_lc_register_handler(func)) , to handle notifications of certain types&nbsp; (e.g evt.type = LTE_LC_EVT_NW_REG_STATUS;), which can inform the application that the action is completed.</p> <p>Also, &quot;blocking functions&quot; is a generic programming concept, not specific to e.g. NRF or LTE link library, so google will help you a lot to understand it better.</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>