Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to the field of communications technologies, and provide an RRC connection management method and apparatus, and a device. The method includes: sending, by UE when in an RRC idle mode, an uplink data request to an access network node by using a shared data sending resource, where the uplink data request includes uplink data and request information that is used for requesting to enter an RRC connected mode; and receiving, by the UE, an access network dedicated identifier of the UE from the access network node, where the access network dedicated identifier of the UE is determined by the access network node according to the request information, and the UE is in the RRC connected mode within a validity period of the access network dedicated identifier of the UE.

Abstract: Method and apparatus are provided to allocate a time and frequency resource of a resource request indicator (RRI) and to transmit an RRI. Codes are allocated for an RRI and other (such as non-RRI) uplink control signaling. The RRI and other uplink control signaling can be multiplexed in the same time and frequency resource, such as through multiplexing in a code division manner.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to the field of communications technologies, and provide an RRC connection management method and apparatus, and a device. The method includes: sending, by UE when in an RRC idle mode, an uplink data request to an access network node by using a shared data sending resource, where the uplink data request includes uplink data and request information that is used for requesting to enter an RRC connected mode; and receiving, by the UE, an access network dedicated identifier of the UE from the access network node, where the access network dedicated identifier of the UE is determined by the access network node according to the request information, and the UE is in the RRC connected mode within a validity period of the access network dedicated identifier of the UE.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to the field of communications technologies, and provide an RRC connection management method and apparatus, and a device. The method includes: sending, by UE when in an RRC idle mode, an uplink data request to an access network node by using a shared data sending resource, where the uplink data request includes uplink data and request information that is used for requesting to enter an RRC connected mode; and receiving, by the UE, an access network dedicated identifier of the UE from the access network node, where the access network dedicated identifier of the UE is determined by the access network node according to the request information, and the UE is in the RRC connected mode within a validity period of the access network dedicated identifier of the UE.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method for accessing a network by a user equipment (UE), and an access device. The method includes: sending, by a source side access device, an access indication message to a UE, where the access indication message is used to instruct the UE to access a target side access device; or sending, by a source side access device, a first notification message to a target side access device, where the first notification message is used to instruct the target side access device to send, to a UE, access information used to instruct the UE to access the target side access device; and in a process in which the UE accesses the target side access device, maintains a connection between the UE and the source side access device.

Abstract: Embodiments of this application disclose a random access method. The method includes: obtaining, by a first network device, resource information corresponding to a target service unit, where the resource information is used to indicate a resource to be used, by a user equipment (UE) that has established a connection to the first network device, to send a physical random access channel (PRACH) via the target service unit, and the target service unit is a cell to be accessed by the UE or at least one beam to be accessed by the UE; and sending, by the first network device, a notification message to the UE, where the notification message includes the resource information.

Abstract: A transmission method is implemented by a communications device including a first functional entity and a second functional entity. A first carrier is configured for the first functional entity, and a second carrier is configured for the second functional entity. The second functional entity obtains first information, where the first information is first control information of the first functional entity, or is the first control information and second control information of the second functional entity, the first control information includes a first identifier, and the first identifier is used to indicate the first carrier; and the second functional entity sends the first information by using the second carrier.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a paging method, a device, and a system, and relate to the communications field, so as to reduce signaling exchange performed when an access network device pages UE, save a network resource, and improve data transmission efficiency. The paging method includes: receiving, by user equipment (UE), paging information sent by an access network device, where the paging information is used to instruct the UE to send a paging response by using an uplink data sending resource; and obtaining, by the UE, the uplink data sending resource according to the paging information, and sending paging response information to the access network device by using the uplink data sending resource.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention relate to communications technologies, and provide a data transmission method and an apparatus. The method includes: sending, by a base station, a grouping instruction to a target terminal, where the grouping instruction is used to group, in a preset grouping manner, terminals in a cell in which the target terminal is located into N groups, totally or partially different resources are allocated to terminals in different groups of the N groups, and a resource corresponding to an ith group of the N groups is used by a terminal in the ith group in uplink non-scheduled transmission; and receiving data that is sent by the target terminal using a target resource. In the solutions, terminals in a cell are grouped, and terminals in a same group contend for a resource allocated to the group. This mitigates resource collision when an uplink non-scheduled transmission solution is used.

Abstract: A method includes obtaining, by a network device, scheduling time information of at least one beam, where the scheduling time information of the at least one beam includes scheduling time information of a first beam currently accessed by a terminal, and is used to instruct the terminal to receive or send a signal at a scheduling time indicated by the scheduling time information of the at least one beam; and sending, by the network device, first indication information to the terminal, where the first indication information is used to indicate the scheduling time information of the at least one beam.

Abstract: A data transmission method, a device and a system are disclosed. In an embodiment the data method includes obtaining, by UE, first information, where the first information includes at least one of a location information of the UE, a channel quality between the UE and a base station, a channel load between the UE and the base station, a size of data to be sent by the UE, or an uplink service arrival sparseness degree of the base station, determining, by the UE, whether the first information meets a preset condition, and, when the first information does not meet the preset condition, obtaining, by the UE, an unscheduled uplink data transmission resource, and sending data to the base station by using the unscheduled uplink data transmission resource.

Abstract: Embodiments of this application provide a data sending method, a data receiving method, and a device. In the data sending method, a receive end device performs a DRX operation at a low frequency based on a DRX parameter; and receives, in a time indicated by the DRX parameter, first indication information sent by a transmit end device, where the first indication information is used to instruct the receive end device to prepare to receive data at a high frequency. In this process, the receive end device performs the DRX operation only at the low frequency, and starts beam tracking only after receiving the first indication information that instructs the receive end device to receive the data at the high frequency, to avoid unnecessary beam tracking and save power of the receive end device.

Abstract: The embodiments of the present disclosure disclose a small data transmission method and a related device and system. The method may include: broadcasting, by a base station, a paging message, where the paging message carries UE identifiers of a plurality of to-be-paged user equipment UE and small data sent to at least one of the to-be-paged UEs, and the small data is data whose data volume is less than a preset data volume threshold. In the present disclosure, small data may be sent to to-be-paged UE while the base station pages the UE, to reduce signaling and time overheads for sending the small data and improving communication efficiency.

Abstract: A method includes: acquiring, by a second base station, time-frequency position information corresponding to cell key information of a first base station, where the time-frequency position information is used for determining a time-frequency position that is corresponding to the cell key information of the first base station and that is on a shared time-frequency resource, and the cell key information includes at least one of a cell-specific reference signal (CRS), a channel state indication-reference signal (CSI-RS), a physical broadcast channel (PBCH), and a synchronization signal. The method also includes performing, by the second base station, interference coordination on the first base station.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to the field of communications technologies, and provide an RRC connection management method and apparatus, and a device. The method includes: sending, by UE when in an RRC idle mode, an uplink data request to an access network node by using a shared data sending resource, where the uplink data request includes uplink data and request information that is used for requesting to enter an RRC connected mode; and receiving, by the UE, an access network dedicated identifier of the UE from the access network node, where the access network dedicated identifier of the UE is determined by the access network node according to the request information, and the UE is in the RRC connected mode within a validity period of the access network dedicated identifier of the UE.

Abstract: In a data transmission method, a terminal can determine, based on the transmission resource occupation status information broadcast by the base station, the transmission resource unit used to send the first data packet. This avoids a problem in a non-scheduled solution that a terminal does not know transmission resource occupation status information, and sends a first data packet by using a transmission resource unit that cannot be used to transmit a data packet; and reduces a latency for sending a data packet.

Abstract: Method and apparatus are provided to allocate a time and frequency resource of a resource request indicator (RRI) and to transmit an RRI. Codes are allocated for an RRI and other (such as non-RRI) uplink control signaling. The RRI and other uplink control signaling can be multiplexed in the same time and frequency resource, such as through multiplexing in a code division manner.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to the field of communications technologies, and provide an RRC connection management method and apparatus, and a device. The method includes: sending, by UE when in an RRC idle mode, an uplink data request to an access network node by using a shared data sending resource, where the uplink data request includes uplink data and request information that is used for requesting to enter an RRC connected mode; and receiving, by the UE, an access network dedicated identifier of the UE from the access network node, where the access network dedicated identifier of the UE is determined by the access network node according to the request information, and the UE is in the RRC connected mode within a validity period of the access network dedicated identifier of the UE.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a paging method, a device, and a system, and relate to the communications field, so as to reduce signaling exchange performed when an access network device pages UE, save a network resource, and improve data transmission efficiency. The paging method includes: receiving, by user equipment (UE), paging information sent by an access network device, where the paging information is used to instruct the UE to send a paging response by using an uplink data sending resource; and obtaining, by the UE, the uplink data sending resource according to the paging information, and sending paging response information to the access network device by using the uplink data sending resource.

Abstract: A communication method, a network device, and a terminal device the method including sending, by a network device, instruction information to a terminal device in a first time period by using a first serving beam, where the instruction information is used to instruct the terminal device to communicate with the network device in a second time period by using a second serving beam, and communicating, by the network device, with the terminal device in the second time period by using the second serving beam according to the instruction information, where the first time period is earlier than the second time period.