Abstract: Example methods and apparatus for application of a computing bearer is described. One example method includes establishing a first bearer and a second bearer by a first communication apparatus, where the first bearer is a computing bearer between the first communication apparatus and a second communication apparatus, and the second bearer is a computing bearer between the first communication apparatus and a first application. The first communication apparatus receives first data from the second communication apparatus over the first bearer, and forwards the first data over the second bearer. Additionally or alternatively, the first communication apparatus receives second data over the second bearer, and forwards the second data to the second communication apparatus over the first bearer.

Abstract: This application relates to the field of wireless communication technologies, and provides a resource scheduling method and an apparatus, to implement utilization of computational power resources by a terminal device. In the method, a terminal device obtains a computational power resource. The terminal device determines a computational power control parameter of one or more services, and allocates the computational power resource to the one or more services based on the computational power control parameter.

Abstract: Embodiments of this application provide a data transmission method and an apparatus. The method includes: An access network device receives first data from a terminal device on a first data bearer, and the access network device sends the first data to a task processing function TPF or a user plane function UPF based on the first data bearer or the first data.

Abstract: This application provides a data transmission method and a data transmission apparatus, which can establish a radio bearer for a data plane based on a new wireless network architecture (i.e., a network architecture in which a control plane and a user plane are separated) to implement data transmission. The method includes: a terminal device sends selection information to a control plane access network device, where the selection information indicates a target user plane access network device, which is determined from at least one user plane access network device based on system information and a user plane access network device selection rule. The terminal device receives first timing advance information and first radio bearer configuration information from the control plane access network device, and performs data transmission with the target user plane access network device based on the first timing advance information and the first radio bearer configuration information.

Abstract: A communication method and apparatus communicating to a network architecture are provided. The network architecture includes a control unit and one or more service units. The control unit is connected to the one or more service units. The method implemented by a terminal device includes: receiving a first message from the control unit, wherein the first message includes common control information of the one or more service units; and establishing a data transmission channel with a first service unit in the one or more service units based on the first message, wherein the data transmission channel is used to transmit data between the terminal device and the first service unit. According to this application, complete decoupling of a control plane and a user plane may be implemented, thus the control plane and the user plane can be transmitted on different carriers, thereby improving flexibility of communicating in different scenarios.

Abstract: A non-access stratum (NAS) message processing method and apparatus. The method includes: a terminal device generates a plurality of NAS keys, where at least two of the plurality of NAS keys are respectively associated with different NFs, and the plurality of NAS keys include a first NAS key for a first NF. The first NF generates a first NAS key, where the first NF is a non-anchor function. The terminal device processes a NAS message between the terminal device and the first NF based on the first NAS key generated by the terminal device. The first NF processes a NAS message between the first NF and the terminal device based on the first NAS key generated by the first NF.

Abstract: Embodiments of this application provide a method for communication between a radio access network and a core network and a communication apparatus. The method includes: A first wireless network device obtains first indication information of a first control plane network function serving a terminal device, where the first control plane network function is a network function determined based on a second control plane network function. The first wireless network device communicates with the first control plane network function based on the first indication information. This avoids a delay caused by proxy processing or forwarding of the second control plane network function when the first wireless network device communicates with the first control plane network function via the second control plane network function. Therefore, signaling can be reduced, and communication efficiency can be improved.

Abstract: A first terminal device sends a computing power request message to the first device, where the computing power request message includes computing plane resource indication information, and the computing plane resource indication information indicates a computing power requirement of the first terminal device; and receives computing power configuration information sent by the first device, where the computing power configuration information includes first indication information and/or second indication information, the first indication information indicates a first computing power resource provided by the first device, the second indication information indicates a second computing power resource provided by the second device, and the first device is different from the second device.

Abstract: A first device obtains a computing power resource request, where the computing power resource request is from an access stratum AS, a non-access stratum NAS, or an application layer of the first device. The first device generates computing power request information based on the computing power resource request. The first device the computer request information to a network device, where the computing power request information is used to request the network device to allocate a computing power resource to the first device.

Abstract: Embodiments of this application provide a task-based communication method and a communication apparatus. The method includes: respectively deploying task anchors TAs in a core network and an access network independently, so that a terminal device can send a task request to a first node; and the first node selects an appropriate TA based on the task request, and indicates a type of the TA to the terminal device, and the terminal device sends the task request to the TA based on the type of the TA; or the first node directly forwards the task request to the TA, and the TA completes TE deployment and executes a specific task. It can be learned that, the first node selects the TA, so that complexity of the terminal device can be reduced; and the terminal device senses the type of the TA.

Abstract: This application provides a radio access network architecture. The radio access network architecture includes a cluster node and a serving node. The serving node provides task scheduling and executing functions, and the cluster node provides a region-level centralized collaboration function for the serving node and a collaboration function between cross-region cluster nodes.

Abstract: receiving an acknowledgment message for the CE configuration message from the target access network device, and receiving an acknowledgment message for the CE reconfiguration or deletion message from the first core network element. According to embodiments of this application, continuity of computing task execution can be implemented in a cell handover scenario.

Abstract: Embodiments of this application provide a communication method and apparatus, and relate to the field of communication technologies, to resolve a problem of establishing, by a terminal, a connection to a previous task anchor after a connection anchor of the terminal is switched. The method includes: A target access apparatus receives first information, where the first information includes information about a task apparatus and information about the terminal; and determines, based on the first information, the task apparatus corresponding to the terminal.

Abstract: A communication method and apparatus, relating to the field of communication technologies, wherein the method includes: A first node sends a first request, where the first request is used to request node information of one or more nodes, and the one or more nodes are nodes in a node set associated with the first node; the first node obtains the node information of the one or more nodes, determines a next-hop node of the first node from the one or more nodes based on the node information, and sends an updated first model of the first node to the next-hop node.

Abstract: An information transmission method and an apparatus. The method includes: obtaining first information containing a mapping relationship between first task information and first bearer information; and sending, to a network device through a first bearer indicated by the first bearer information, data information that is of a first task and that is indicated by the first task information. Based on this solution, a terminal device may determine, based on a mapping relationship between task information and bearer information, a bearer that can be used for sending data information that is of a task and that corresponds to the task information. Based on the mapping relationship, transmission of the data information of the task through a plurality of bearers can be supported between the terminal device and the network device, so that transmission efficiency of the data information of the task can be improved.

Abstract: A model training method and an apparatus relate to the field of communication technologies. This can reduce data transmission pressure and improve a training speed and training efficiency when a model is trained via each network node. The method includes: a first node updates an obtained first model to obtain an updated first model, and sends the updated first model to a next-hop node. The first node is any node in a node set, and the node set is used to train the first model. The updated first model converges on the first node. The next-hop node is a node in the node set.

Abstract: This application provides a communication method and a communication apparatus. The method includes: A first node determines a collaboration node set for executing an intelligent collaboration task, where the collaboration node set includes a second node. The first node sends a first message to the second node, where the first message configures the second node to execute the intelligent collaboration task, and the first message includes one or more of the following information: information about a node in the collaboration node set, identification information of the intelligent collaboration task, description information of the intelligent collaboration task, or time information for executing the intelligent collaboration task. In this way, communication efficiency can be improved.

Abstract: A federated learning method includes receiving, by a first network element, first information from a second network element. The first information includes gradient information of a first collaboration set corresponding to the second network element, and the first collaboration set includes a collaboration network element configured to perform federated learning. The method further includes, determining, by the first network element, and based on the first information, to join the first collaboration set. The method further includes deciding, by the first network element, and based on the gradient information that is of the first collaboration set and that is delivered by the second network element, whether to join the first collaboration set to perform federated learning.

Abstract: Embodiments of this disclosure provide a communication method and a related apparatus, to reduce signaling overheads of sending a local model parameter of a first model by a first apparatus. The first apparatus receives first information from a second apparatus, where the first information indicates whether the first apparatus sends each local model parameter of the first model of the first apparatus. The first apparatus determines a part of to-be-sent local model parameters of the first model based on the first information, where the part of the local model parameters is obtained by training the first model. The first apparatus sends the part of the local model parameters to the second apparatus.

Abstract: A method includes: a first node sends a first request message to a second node. The first request message is used to request the second node to provide a service of a first capability for the first node, and the first capability is a network capability that can be invoked and used. Further, the first node receives, from a third node, an identifier of a transmission channel between the first node and the second node. The transmission channel is used to transmit a capability invocation message corresponding to the first capability. In this method, a capability requester (e.g. the first node) and a capability provider (e.g. the second node) may transmit the capability invocation message about the first capability through the transmission channel established by the third node.