The systems and methods described herein are directed to techniques for improving battery life performance of end devices in resource monitoring systems which transmit data using low-power, wide area network (LPWAN) technologies. Further, the techniques include providing sensor interfaces in the end devices configured to communicate with multiple types of metrology sensors. Additionally, the systems and methods include techniques for reducing the size of a concentrator of a gateway device which receives resource measurement data from end devices. The reduced size of the concentrator results in smaller, more compact gateway devices that consume less energy and reduce heat dissipation experienced in gateway devices. The concentrator may comply with modular interface standards, and include two radios configured for transmitting 1-watt signals. Lastly, the systems and methods include techniques for fully redundant radio architecture within a gateway device, allowing for maximum range and minimizing downtime due to transmission overlap.

A mobile device allows transmission of additional outgoing application data requests in response to occurrence of receipt of data transfer from a remote entity, user input in response to a prompt displayed to the user, and a change in a background status of an application executing on the mobile device. Additional outgoing application data requests are foreground application requests.

A mobile device allows transmission of additional outgoing application data requests in response to occurrence of receipt of data transfer from a remote entity, user input in response to a prompt displayed to the user, and a change in a background status of an application executing on the mobile device. Additional outgoing application data requests are foreground application requests.

The technologies described herein are generally directed to establishing multiple connectivity connections in a fifth generation (5G) network or other next generation networks. For example, a method described herein can include determining, by network equipment comprising a processor, that a geographic area comprises network access points that enable respective access to services enabled via a communication network. The method can further include determining that a connection to use the services enabled via the communication network failed, between a user equipment and a network access point of the network access points, resulting in a determined connection failure. Further, based on a result of analysis of the determined connection failure, the method can include communicating an instruction to the user equipment to delay evaluating a provision of the connection by the network access point until expiration of a time interval.

In an embodiment, a method of managing an output power delivered by an antenna of a NFC apparatus includes: providing a matching circuit with a first tuning capacitive network coupled in series between a NFC controller and the antenna and with a second tuning capacitive network coupled to the NFC controller and the antenna and to a reference terminal, wherein the first or second tuning capacitive network has a variable capacitive value; determining tuning capacitive values of the first tuning capacitive networks to adjust a delivered output power at a desired level; and setting the tuning capacitive values of the first tuning capacitive network to the tuning capacitive values.

In an embodiment, a method of managing an output power delivered by an antenna of a NFC apparatus includes: providing a matching circuit with a first tuning capacitive network coupled in series between a NFC controller and the antenna and with a second tuning capacitive network coupled to the NFC controller and the antenna and to a reference terminal, wherein the first or second tuning capacitive network has a variable capacitive value; determining tuning capacitive values of the first tuning capacitive networks to adjust a delivered output power at a desired level; and setting the tuning capacitive values of the first tuning capacitive network to the tuning capacitive values.

A signal transmission method includes: transmitting, by a network device, priority information of a plurality of uplink signals to a terminal device, wherein the priority information of the plurality of uplink signals is used by the terminal device to determine an effective transmission power of the plurality of uplink signals; and receiving, by the network device, the plurality of uplink signal in a same frequency domain resource set transmitted by the terminal device according to the effective transmission power.

A signal transmission method includes: transmitting, by a network device, priority information of a plurality of uplink signals to a terminal device, wherein the priority information of the plurality of uplink signals is used by the terminal device to determine an effective transmission power of the plurality of uplink signals; and receiving, by the network device, the plurality of uplink signal in a same frequency domain resource set transmitted by the terminal device according to the effective transmission power.

A method and system for controlling uplink transmit power of a UE when the UE is served concurrently on at least two air interfaces including a first air interface and a second air interface. An example method includes, iteratively for each successive given time interval of a continuum of equal-duration time intervals, (i) determining an actual average transmit power of the UE on the first air interface over the given time interval, (ii) using the determined actual average transmit power of the UE on the first air interface over the given time interval as a basis to set a maximum average transmit power of the UE for transmission on the second air interface in a respective subsequent time interval, and (iii) applying the set maximum average transmit power as a limitation on uplink transmit power of the UE for the transmission on the second air interface in the respective subsequent time interval.

Disclosed are a method and device for transmitting a power saving signal, the method includes: sending, by a network device, a power saving signal to a terminal device, wherein the power saving signal comprises a first sequence, the first sequence is used to indicate at least part of identification information related to the terminal device, and/or the first sequence is used for the terminal device to perform time-frequency synchronization; wherein the identification information related to the terminal device comprises: an identity of a device group which the terminal device belongs to, a device identity of the terminal device, and Physical Cell Identification (PCI) information of a cell where the terminal device resides.