Abstract: A data transmission method, comprising: a terminal device at a transmit end sends information about a transmission reliability requirement of to-be-transmitted data to a radio access network device through a wireless communications interface; and the terminal device at the transmit end obtains a transmission resource that is configured by the radio access network device and that is required for sending the to-be-transmitted data on the wireless direct communications interface, and sends the data to the terminal device at the receive end by using the transmission resource.

Abstract: This application provides a method includes: a first IAB node receives N data packets from a donor base station to a terminal device; the first IAB node determines a PDCP PDU SN of a first data packet in PDCP PDU SNs of the N data packets, where the PDCP PDU SN of the first data packet is a largest PDCP PDU SN in the PDCP PDU SNs of the N data packets, or the PDCP PDU SN of the first data packet is a largest PDCP PDU SN in consecutive PDCP PDU SNs starting from a smallest PDCP PDU SN in the PDCP PDU SNs that are of the N data packets and that are arranged in ascending order; and the first IAB node sends first information to the donor base station, where the first information includes a value of the PDCP PDU SN of the first data packet.

Abstract: The present invention provides a communications method and apparatus. The method includes: when an integrated access and backhaul IAB node detects that an RLF occurs on a first backhaul BH link, triggering, by the IAB node, feedback of DDDS information of the IAB node to an IAB donor node, and/or sending, by the IAB node, first indication information to a child node of the IAB node, where the first indication information is used to indicate the child node of the IAB node to trigger feedback of DDDS information of the child node to the IAB donor node.

Abstract: This application provides a data transmission method and an apparatus. The method includes that an integrated access and backhaul (IAB) donor distributed unit receives downlink data and service attribute information of downlink data that are sent by an IAB donor centralized unit. The IAB donor distributed unit maps the downlink data to a corresponding backhaul radio link control channel (BH RLC) channel based on the service attribute information of the downlink data or based on the service attribute information of the downlink data and access IAB node address information of the downlink data, and sends the downlink data to a next-hop IAB node.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods and apparatus for controlling wireless backhaul link. In one example method, a first device determines to manage a first radio link control (RLC) bearer on a wireless backhaul link between a first backhaul node and a second device, where the second device is a parent node of the first backhaul node, the first device is a centralized unit (CU) of a donor base station, and the second device is a distributed unit (DU) of the donor base station; the second device is a second backhaul node, and the first device is a donor base station; or the first device is a CU of a donor base station, and the second device is a second backhaul node. The first device sends a backhaul type indicator and management information of the first RLC bearer to the first backhaul node.

Abstract: Example mapping methods and apparatus are described. One example method includes determining a message type of an uplink signaling message by an integrated access and backhaul node. The integrated access and backhaul node maps the uplink signaling message to a corresponding backhaul radio link control (BH RLC) based on an uplink mapping relationship from an integrated access and backhaul donor centralized unit and the message type. The uplink signaling message is sent to a parent node of the integrated access and backhaul node.

Abstract: The present disclosure discloses example downlink buffer status feedback methods and apparatuses. One example method includes determining first information by a first node, where the first information indicates a downlink buffer status of a first bearer between the first node and a parent node of the first node. The first information is sent by the first node to a second node, where the first node is a relay node in a wireless relay communications system, and the second node is a parent node of the first node.

Abstract: Examples in this application provide an identifier management method and apparatus. One example method includes receiving, by a first donor node, first indication information sent by a first node, where the first indication information indicates that the first node can be configured to provide a wireless backhaul service, and sending, by the first donor node to the first node, a first identifier, where the first identifier uniquely identifies the first node on a wireless backhaul link within a service range of the first donor node.

Abstract: A wireless backhaul method, including: a wireless backhaul device generates a first F1AP message, maps the first F1AP message to a signaling-plane bearer of an LTE Uu interface, and sends the first F1AP message to a primary base station of the wireless backhaul device via the signaling-plane bearer of the LTE Uu interface. The primary base station obtains the first F1AP message via the signaling-plane bearer of the LTE Uu interface, encapsulates the first F1AP message into a first X2AP message, and sends the first X2AP message to a secondary base station of the wireless backhaul device. The secondary base station receives the first X2AP message and obtains the first F1AP message based on the first X2AP message.

Abstract: This disclosure provides communications methods and apparatuses. One method comprises: receiving, by a first entity of an adaptation layer in a network node, a data packet sent by an entity of a lower protocol layer of the adaptation layer, wherein the data packet comprising an adaptation layer header and an adaptation layer payload; and processing the data packet in response to determining whether the network node is a destination node that the data packet is routed to at the adaptation layer.

Abstract: This application discloses communications methods, systems, and apparatuses. One system comprises: a relay node of a radio access network and a parent node of the relay node; wherein the relay node is configured to: generate a message that comprises an identifier of a radio access network device and downlink status information corresponding to the identifier of the radio access network device, wherein the radio access network device is communicably coupled to the relay node and is directly accessed by a terminal device; and send the message to the parent node.

Abstract: A first terminal device has first data to be transmitted on a sidelink and has second data to be transmitted on an uplink. The first terminal device performs medium access control MAC protocol data unit PDU assembly on the first data or does not perform MAC PDU assembly on the first data based on a result of comparison between a transmission priority of the first data and a transmission priority of the second data.

Abstract: A first terminal obtains a first transmission resource that is sent by an access network device and that is used by the first terminal to send data on a sidelink, where the sidelink is a wireless communication link between the first terminal and a second terminal, and the first transmission resource is a resource of an unlicensed spectrum. The first terminal performs a channel access procedure on the unlicensed spectrum. The first terminal sends first information to the access network device when the first terminal determines that a failure occurs in the channel access procedure performed on the unlicensed spectrum, where the first information is used to request to allocate a second transmission resource to the sidelink of the unlicensed spectrum.

Abstract: The embodiments of this application provide a data transmission method, including: receiving, by a first radio access network device, traffic model information of a first terminal device that is sent by the first terminal device; sending, by the first radio access network device, the traffic model information of the first terminal device to a second radio access network device; receiving, by the first radio access network device, first resource configuration information sent by the second radio access network device; and sending, by the first radio access network device, a configuration message to the first terminal device.

Abstract: This application provides an example sidelink transmission resource configuration method. Each piece of sidelink data corresponds to one transmission requirement. After obtaining a first data, a terminal device determines a transmission feature of the first resource, and determines, depending on whether reliability of the first resource meets a reliability requirement of the first data, whether to send the first data by using the first resource.

Abstract: A communication method and a related apparatus for data transmission in vehicle-to-everything (V2X) communication, the apparatus including at least one processor and a non-transitory computer-readable memory storing a program to be executed by the at least one processor, the program including instructions for obtaining a first parameter value of an uplink, obtaining a second parameter value of a sidelink, and transmitting, according to a comparison between the first parameter value and the second parameter value, at least one of an uplink media access control protocol data unit or a sidelink media access control protocol data unit, where the uplink is a wireless communications link from the apparatus to a network device, and where the sidelink is a wireless direct transmission link between the apparatus and another terminal device.

Abstract: This application provides wireless communications configuration methods and apparatuses. One method includes: receiving a routing configuration of a transmission path for a layer of the network device, wherein the routing configuration comprises an identifier of a first wireless backhaul node, the network device is a distributed unit (DU) of the donor node or a second wireless backhaul node connected to the DU, the CU and at least one wireless backhaul node is on the transmission path, and wherein the layer of the network device is capable of mapping, on a backhaul link based on identification information related to quality of service (QoS) requirement comprised in a data packet, the data packet to a radio link control (RLC) channel on a backhaul link for sending the data packet to a next-hop node of the network device on the transmission path; and performing the routing configuration on the layer.

Abstract: A data transmission method, comprising: a terminal device at a transmit end sends information about a transmission reliability requirement of to-be-transmitted data to a radio access network device through a wireless communications interface; and the terminal device at the transmit end obtains a transmission resource that is configured by the radio access network device and that is required for sending the to-be-transmitted data on the wireless direct communications interface, and sends the data to the terminal device at the receive end by using the transmission resource.

Abstract: A feedback method, an apparatus, and a system, which relate to the field of communications technologies. The method includes: a terminal device receiving configuration information sent by a network device, where the configuration information is used to indicate K time sequence relationships, the K time sequence relationships are respectively used for HARQ feedback on K downlink frequency domain resources, and K is a positive integer greater than or equal to 2; and the terminal device sending HARQ feedback information to the network device, where a quantity of downlink control channel monitoring occasions corresponding to the HARQ feedback information is determined based on the K time sequence relationships. According to the foregoing solution, the network device and the terminal device have a unified understanding on the HARQ feedback information. In this way, system robustness is improved.

Abstract: Example relay transmission methods and apparatus are described. One example method includes receiving first information by a first relay node, where the first information includes information about a second resource of a second relay node. The first relay node sends second information to a terminal, where the second information includes the information about the second resource. The second information further includes information about a first resource of the first relay node.