Abstract: A wireless network communication method, a network device, and a terminal, where the method includes: An uncrewed aerial vehicle traffic management entity receives an authorization request. The uncrewed aerial vehicle traffic management entity sends an authorization response. The authorization request is used to request authorization to control an uncrewed aerial vehicle by a terminal, and the authorization response is used to indicate whether the terminal is allowed to control the uncrewed aerial vehicle. Alternatively, the authorization request is used to request authorization to pair a terminal with an uncrewed aerial vehicle controller, and the authorization response is used to indicate whether the terminal is allowed to be paired with the uncrewed aerial vehicle controller.

Abstract: This application provides a communication method and an apparatus. The communication method includes: A terminal device in a satellite service range receives first indication information indicating the terminal device to notify a network when the terminal device is in an idle state or a suspended state and is about to leave the satellite service range. The terminal device in the idle state or the suspended state determines that the terminal device is about to leave the satellite service range, and in this case, reports second indication information indicating that the terminal device is about to leave the satellite service range. In this way, a network side learns whether the terminal device in the idle state or the suspended state has left the satellite service range, thereby avoiding invalid paging.

Abstract: This application discloses an abnormal offline state determining method and a related apparatus. The method includes: An access and mobility management function network element (AMF) obtains location information when an uncrewed aerial vehicle enters or leaves an offline state. If a location indicated by the location information is outside a target offline area, the AMF marks a state of the uncrewed aerial vehicle as an abnormal offline state. The AMF sends a state identifier of the abnormal offline state to an unmanned aircraft system traffic management network element (UTM). Therefore, the location information when the uncrewed aerial vehicle enters or leaves the offline state is used to determine whether the uncrewed aerial vehicle is in the abnormal offline state, so that accuracy of determining the abnormal offline state of the uncrewed aerial vehicle can be improved to some extent.

Abstract: This application provides a communication method and apparatus. The method includes: A first access network element determines that a terminal device is in a suspended state and that the first access network element cannot serve the terminal device when the terminal device is recovered to a connected state. The first access network element sends a context of the terminal device to a second access network element. The context is used by the terminal device to be recovered to the connected state. In the method, when determining that the terminal device is in the suspended state and that the first access network element cannot subsequently serve the terminal device, the first access network element can actively send the context of the terminal device to the second access network element.

Abstract: This application provides a switching method, a communication apparatus, and a communication system. The method includes: When a user plane network element that provides services for a first terminal device is switched, a target user plane network element after switching sends, to a session management network element, information indicating that the user plane network element of the first terminal device is switched, and includes tunnel information of the target user plane network element after the switching in the information. In this way, the session management network element may provide the tunnel information of the target user plane network element of the first terminal device after the switching to a user plane network element of a second terminal device in a timely manner, to ensure correct switching.

Abstract: A satellite switching method is provided, and relate to the field of communication technologies. In this application, a first communication apparatus sends a first request message when determining that the first terminal device is switched from a source access network device to a first target access network device at a future moment. The first request message indicates that a PDU session of the first terminal device is estimated to be switched at a future moment, or the first request message indicates that the first terminal device is estimated to be switched at a future moment. In this way, switching of the first terminal device could be prepared in advance, thereby reducing signaling overheads in the switching procedure of the first terminal device, and reducing a delay in the switching procedure of the first terminal device.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus for rate control are provided. In one aspect, a rate control method includes: receiving, by a control device, a connection establishment request from a terminal, the connection establishment request being for establishing a connection for the terminal to transmit data, and sending, by the control device, rate control time management information to a data sending device. The data sending device is configured to perform rate control over the data sent through the connection based on the time management information. The ratio control time management information includes start time indication information of a rate control time unit used for rate control, and the start time indication information indicates a start time of the rate control time unit.

Abstract: A communication method and apparatus. According to the communication method, a session management function (SMF) receives a first message sent by a first terminal apparatus. The first message is used to request the SMF to establish a first session for the first terminal apparatus. The first message is further used to indicate that the first session is used for communication between the first terminal apparatus and a second terminal apparatus. The first terminal apparatus and the second terminal apparatus belong to a same unmanned aerial vehicle communication system. Then, the SMF sends address information of the first terminal apparatus to a first management network element based on the first message. This provides a possibility of exchanging address information of terminal apparatuses in an unmanned aerial vehicle communication system.

Abstract: A location obtaining method includes requesting, from a network, to obtain locations of a first terminal device and a second terminal device at a same time point, and receiving the locations that are fed back by the network and that are of the first terminal device and the second terminal device at the same time point. The locations of the first terminal device and the second terminal device at the same time point are obtained.

Abstract: A session management method performed by a session management network element includes receiving a first request message, where the first request message is used to request to establish a first session for a terminal, determining to establish the first session as an always-on session, where the always-on session is a session for which user-plane resources are activated when the terminal is transitioned from an idle mode to a connected mode, and sending a first response message to the terminal, where the first response message is used to indicate that the session management network element accepts to establish the first session, the first response message comprises first indication information, and the first indication information is used to indicate that the first session is an always-on session.

Abstract: This application disclose a processing method of an abnormally behaving unmanned aerial vehicle, a network element, a system, and a storage medium, to detect a data packet for transmitting non-C2 data. The method includes: An SMF network element provides a first rule for a UPF network element, where the first rule indicates the UPF network element to detect, from a target transmission data packet, the data packet for transmitting the non-command and control C2 data, and the target transmission data packet is a data packet between the UAV and the UAVC; the SMF network element receives a first session report sent by the UPF network element; and the SMF network element sends an abnormal traffic report to the first network element based on the first session report.

Abstract: A session management method performed by a session management network element includes receiving a first request message, where the first request message is used to request to establish a first session for a terminal, determining to establish the first session as an always-on session, where the always-on session is a session for which user-plane resources are activated when the terminal is transitioned from an idle mode to a connected mode, and sending a first response message to the terminal, where the first response message is used to indicate that the session management network element accepts to establish the first session, the first response message comprises first indication information, and the first indication information is used to indicate that the first session is an always-on session.

Abstract: Embodiments of this application provide a session processing method and apparatus. When a quantity of sessions of a terminal device that each have an activated user plane connection is not less than a quantity threshold, the terminal device determines to deactivate a user plane connection of at least one first session, where the sessions that each have the activated user plane connection include the at least one first session. The terminal device sends a first request message to a first network element, where the first request message includes indication information, and the indication information indicates to deactivate the user plane connection of the at least one first session.

Abstract: In a communication method when a preset quantity of terminal devices is allowed to simultaneously use a user identifier and a terminal device expects to use the user identifier, the terminal device sends a first message including the user identifier to a first network element. The first network element determines, based on information about the user identifier, whether the first terminal device is allowed to use the user identifier.

Abstract: Embodiments of this application provide a communication method and apparatus, and a device. The method includes: A network device determines first user slice information of a first user. The network device sends the first user slice information to a terminal device, where the terminal device is a terminal device used by the first user, and a user slice indicated by the first user slice information is a user slice used by the first user. This improves flexibility of performing communication by using a network slice.

Abstract: This application discloses an abnormal offline state determining method and a related apparatus. The method includes: An access and mobility management function network element (AMF) obtains location information when an uncrewed aerial vehicle enters or leaves an offline state. If a location indicated by the location information is outside a target offline area, the AMF marks a state of the uncrewed aerial vehicle as an abnormal offline state. The AMF sends a state identifier of the abnormal offline state to an unmanned aircraft system traffic management network element (UTM).

Abstract: The present invention discloses a flight area management method for an uncrewed aerial vehicle and a related apparatus. The method includes: An access and mobility management function AMF obtains flight area exception information of an uncrewed aerial vehicle, where the flight area exception information indicates that the uncrewed aerial vehicle is not located in a normal flight area. The AMF sends a flight area exception notification message to an uncrewed aerial system traffic management UTM, where the flight area exception notification message is used to indicate that the uncrewed aerial vehicle is not located in the normal flight area. When flight area exception occurs on the uncrewed aerial vehicle, using the UTM to control the uncrewed aerial vehicle can improve controlling safety for the uncrewed aerial vehicle.

Abstract: Embodiments of this application provide a method for detecting an unauthorized uncrewed aerial vehicle, an apparatus, and a system. An AMF sends a tracking indication message to a network device, where the tracking indication message is used to indicate to report attribute information of user equipment in a coverage area of the network device when the attribute information of the user equipment meets a preset condition; and obtains the attribute information of the user equipment. In this way, after the attribute information of the user equipment is obtained, an identity status of the user equipment may be identified based on the attribute information of the user equipment, that is, whether the user equipment is an unauthorized uncrewed aerial vehicle is identified. This implements detection on an unauthorized uncrewed aerial vehicle that has accessed the 3GPP network.

Abstract: A wireless network communication method, a network device, and a terminal, where the method includes: An uncrewed aerial vehicle traffic management entity receives an authorization request. The uncrewed aerial vehicle traffic management entity sends an authorization response. The authorization request is used to request authorization to control an uncrewed aerial vehicle by a terminal, and the authorization response is used to indicate whether the terminal is allowed to control the uncrewed aerial vehicle. Alternatively, the authorization request is used to request authorization to pair a terminal with an uncrewed aerial vehicle controller, and the authorization response is used to indicate whether the terminal is allowed to be paired with the uncrewed aerial vehicle controller.

Abstract: A method for control of an unmanned aerial vehicle includes: determining, by UTM, that a control device of an unmanned aerial vehicle UAV is to be handed over; and sending, by the UTM, a hosting command to a network device, to enable the network device to indicate, according to the hosting command, that the UAV is to hand over the control device of the UAV, where the hosting command is used to hand over the control device of the UAV, and the hosting command includes indication information used for handing over the control device of the UAV and information about the UAV. In this way, the UTM controls a connected UAV and a control device of the UAV by using a communications network.