Abstract: A key management method and a communication apparatus is disclosed. The method includes receiving, by a first radio access network (RAN) device, a key parameter and an identifier of a target terminal device sent by a first terminal device, performing at least one of encryption or decryption on transmission data related to communication between the first terminal device and the target terminal device based on the key parameter, and sending, by the first RAN device, the key parameter and an identifier of the first terminal device to the target terminal device.

Abstract: This application relates to the field of communications technologies, and discloses a communication method and a communication apparatus, to reduce service delay due to uplink data cannot be directly sent by a terminal when the terminal is in an inactive state. The method in this application includes: receiving a first message from a first access network device; then releasing or suspending a configured dedicated signaling radio bearer SRB and resetting protocol entities corresponding to a configured data radio bearer DRB. The first message is used to indicate to a terminal to enter a radio resource control (RRC) inactive state, and the first message carries an identifier of the terminal in the radio resource control (RRC) inactive state and radio access network notification area (RNA) information.

Abstract: A communication method and a related device, the method including receiving a radio access capability of a terminal device, detecting whether a target radio access capability the same as the received radio access capability of the terminal device exists in a terminal device access capability set, where the terminal device access capability set is a set of radio access capability information corresponding to radio access capabilities, and, when the target radio access capability exists in the terminal device access capability set, indexing second access capability indication information in a context of the terminal device to radio access capability information corresponding to the target radio access capability.

Abstract: A radio access network RAN device receives a first message, where the first message includes identifiers of one or more first network slices, and the identifiers of the one or more first network slices are the same as identifiers that are of the one or more first network slices and that are included in a non-access stratum NAS request message sent by a terminal device to a core network CN device by using the RAN device; and the RAN device sends a second message including network slice redirection information to the terminal device, where the network slice redirection information includes at least one of network slice remapping information and terminal device redirection information, and the network slice redirection information is obtained after the RAN device performs network slice redirection decision-making on the one or more first network slices.

Abstract: This application provides a communication method, a network device, and a terminal. The communication method includes: determining, by a first network device, at least one candidate target cell and first configuration information, where the first configuration information is used to trigger a terminal to determine one of the at least one candidate target cell as a to-be-handed-over-to cell; and sending, by the first network device, a first message to the terminal, where the first message includes first cell indication information and the first configuration information, and the first cell indication information is used to indicate the at least one candidate target cell.

Abstract: A communication method, a communications apparatus and a non-transitory computer-readable medium are provided. A network device receives data carried on a first scheduling-free resource via a first hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) process from a terminal device, and decodes the data to generate HARQ feedback information. The network device sends downlink control information (DCI) to the terminal device, where the DCI includes the HARQ feedback information and first indication information. The first indication information indicates the first HARQ process.

Abstract: This application provides a handover method and apparatus. The handover method includes: A terminal device sends path information used to determine a first cell to a network device; and the terminal device receives conditional handover CHO configuration information that is corresponding to the first cell and that is sent by the network device, and determines a target cell based on the CHO configuration information corresponding to the first cell. According to the technical solutions provided in this application, a handover success rate can be improved when the terminal device performs cell handover.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to communication methods and communication apparatus. In one example method, a centralized unit user plane (CU-UP) obtains a first service feature of a service. The first service feature includes one or more of the following: data that indicates whether the service is a periodic service, a periodicity corresponding to the service when the service is a periodic service, a service packet size corresponding to the service, a service model corresponding to the service, or scheduling time of the service. Then, the CU-UP sends the first service feature to a centralized unit control plane (CU-CP). Next, the CU-CP may send the first service feature to a distributed unit (DU).

Abstract: A context management method and an apparatus are provided. The method includes: When a distributed unit DU of a network side device receives a first message from a centralized unit CU of the network side device, the distributed unit DU of the network side device may store a context of the terminal side device in an inactive state. The first message includes a second message, and the second message is used to indicate the terminal side device to enter the inactive (inactive) state and release a connection to the network side device.

Abstract: Embodiments of this application disclose a relay communication method and a communications apparatus, and relate to the field of communications technologies, to resolve a problem that communications system performance is unable to be met because remote UE selects relay UE to forward data in existing relay communication. The method includes a network device obtains a measurement report that includes signal quality of a sidelink (sidelink, SL) between first user equipment and at least one second user equipment and a radio network identifier of the at least one second user equipment. The network device selects target relay user equipment, of the first user equipment, from the at least one second user equipment based on the measurement report and selection assistance information associated with each second user equipment.

Abstract: A communication method and apparatus are provided to improve an immersive experience of a user. The method includes: a terminal apparatus receives information from a network device, where the information indicates an air interface status or indicates an amount of data stored by the network device, the terminal apparatus receives data from the network device and processes the data based on the air interface status or the amount of data stored by the network device.

Abstract: A measurement information reporting method, a measurement information collection method, and an apparatus are provided, to protect privacy of a terminal when measurement information is reported. The method includes: A network device sends a broadcast message. A terminal receives the broadcast message from the network device, where the broadcast message includes configuration information, the configuration information includes information about a common channel resource, and the common channel resource is used to transmit measurement information. The terminal sends the measurement information to the network device on the common channel resource. In this way, when receiving the measurement information on the common channel resource, the network device does not know a specific terminal that sends the measurement information. Therefore, privacy of the terminal can be protected from being disclosed, and the measurement information can be collected.

Abstract: This application provides a radio resource management measurement method and apparatus. A network device sends measurement configuration information to a terminal device, where the measurement configuration information carries a first threshold; and the terminal device determines, based on a value relationship between a detection value and the first threshold, and signal quality of at least one neighboring cell, whether to report a measurement report. When performing RRM measurement, the terminal device can determine, based on a relationship between the first threshold and signal quality of a serving cell and/or a quantity of detected cells, and the signal quality of the at least one neighboring cell, whether to report the measurement report. This can prevent the terminal device from reporting the measurement report frequently, and avoid a case in which the terminal device does not report the measurement report in a timely manner, so that a measurement mechanism is more appropriate.

Abstract: An artificial intelligence (AI) protocol layer of a first access network device generates an AI parameter, and sends the AI parameter to a terminal device. Then, the first access network device receives, from the terminal device, AI data obtained based on the AI parameter. The AI protocol layer of the first access network device is an upper layer of a radio resource control (RRC) protocol layer of the first access network device, an AI protocol layer of the terminal device is an upper layer of an RRC protocol layer of the terminal device, and the AI parameter indicates the AI data that needs to be obtained and an AI data obtaining manner.

Abstract: This application discloses an information indication method and a related terminal device and network device. The method includes determining, by a terminal device, time domain requirement information of data transmission. The time domain requirement information includes at least one of time adjustment information, jitter time information, time domain resource information, latest sending time information, and remaining duration of the data transmission. The method further comprises sending, by the terminal device, the time domain requirement information to a network device.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to data transmission methods. One example method is applied to a first communications device or a chip in the first communications device. The method includes obtaining first data, and sending, to a second communications device, a first message including the first data and a type identifier, where the type identifier is used to indicate a type of the first data, and the type of the first data includes at least one of user plane data, a status report, a control plane message, and a radio resource control RRC message of a terminal.

Abstract: This application discloses a wireless communication method, a wireless communications apparatus, and a wireless communications system. The wireless communication method includes: receiving, by a terminal, downlink configuration information from a base station, where the downlink configuration information is used to indicate a configuration of a downlink control message, the configuration of the downlink control message includes a format of the downlink control message, and the downlink control message is used to carry service data to be transmitted to the terminal; and receiving, by the terminal, the downlink control message from the base station based on the configuration of the downlink control message.

Abstract: A method applied to an application scenario in which the terminal device initiates connection reestablishment, comprises: selecting a first cell; when a radio access technology (RAT) of the first cell is the same as a RAT of a source cell, sending, a first message to a reselected radio access network device, and receiving a second message from the reselected radio access network device, wherein the second message is used to indicate the terminal device to establish a connection to the reselected radio access network device.

Abstract: A communication method includes: receiving, by a terminal device, sub-network information of a RAN sent by a network side device, where the sub-network information is used to indicate at least one RAN sub-network included in the RAN; accessing, by the terminal device, a target RAN sub-network among the at least one RAN sub-network based on a service requirement of the terminal device; and communicating, by the terminal device, with the network side device by using the target RAN sub-network.

Abstract: Embodiments of this application provide a data transmission method and apparatus. The method includes: receiving data sent by a terminal in an inactive state, where the data includes to-be-sent data sent by the terminal and identification information of the terminal; determining an anchor base station of the terminal based on the identification information; and sending the data to the anchor base station, so that the anchor base station sends the data to a core-network device. The uplink data of the terminal is forwarded to the anchor base station by using a serving base station and through an interaction between the anchor base station and the serving base station that currently provides an air interface resource for the terminal, and is then transmitted to a core network.