Abstract: This application provides a data transmission method. In the method, a first access network device and a second access network device establish a data radio bearer (DRB)-based tunnel and a session-based tunnel. The second access network device sends a Packet Data Convergence Protocol (PDCP) layer data packet to the first access network device via the DRB-based tunnel; and the second access network device sends a Service Data Adaptation Protocol (SDAP) layer data packet to the first access network device via the session-based tunnel.

Abstract: An uplink transmission method and an apparatus, the method including 1. An uplink transmission method, comprising determining, by user equipment (UE), to perform uplink transmission by using a grant-free resource, updating, by the UE, in response to first timing advance (TA) stored in the UE being invalid, the currently stored first TA to a preset second TA, and performing, by the UE, the uplink transmission on the grant-free resource using the second TA.

Abstract: A communication method, a terminal, and a network device are provided. The method includes: determining, by a terminal, a first identifier based on a resource index number of a first resource, where the resource index number of the first resource is preset, or is indicated by a network device, the first resource is a resource used by the terminal to send a random access preamble, the first identifier is used to scramble first signaling, and the first signaling is used to schedule a random access response in a random access process; and detecting, by the terminal, the first signaling based on the first identifier.

Abstract: This application provides a reflective QoS flow characteristic-based communications method and apparatus. In the method, an access-network network element sends first information to a core-network network element, where the first information is used to indicate whether a data packet has a reflective QoS flow characteristic; and the access-network network element determines, based on the first information, whether there is a need to send a QoS flow identifier to a terminal. In this way, signaling overheads are reduced.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides an uplink data transmission method at a terminal device, which includes: receiving in a subframe m, first resource allocation indication information from a network device; starting to listen on a channel of the LAA cell before the subframe m+n; if detecting, after a start moment of the first time unit and before a start moment of a tth time unit, that the channel is in an idle state, sending uplink data in tth to sth time units, where t is greater than 1 and less than or equal to s; and if detecting, before the start moment of the first time unit, that the channel is in the idle state, sending uplink data in the s time units. Therefore, the uplink data can be efficiently sent, and spectrum utilization of the LAA cell can be improved.

Abstract: A data integrity protection method and apparatus in a network environment are described. A terminal device obtains an integrity protection algorithm and a key corresponding to a session or a flow, and a DRB corresponding to the session. The terminal device performs, by using the integrity protection algorithm and the key corresponding to the session, integrity protection on data of the DRB corresponding to the session or the flow, where one session includes a plurality of flows. Different integrity protection algorithms and keys can be used for different sessions, and different integrity protection algorithms and keys can also be used for different flows. In this way, integrity protection is more flexible and meets security requirements of a same user for different services.

Abstract: Example information transmission methods are described. In one example method, a terminal moves from coverage of a first radio access device to coverage of a second radio access device when the terminal in an inactive state. When determining that a radio access device that allocates a terminal identifier is not the second radio access device, the second radio access device notifies the terminal of a key parameter to be used, or instructs the terminal to determine a new key according to a key obtaining manner negotiated between the terminal and the first radio access device, to retransmit uplink data or transmit new uplink data.

Abstract: A processing method and device for obtaining synchronization are provided, where the method includes: selecting, by a UE, a preamble on a first Scell, and reporting information of the preamble to a base station by using a current PCell or a second SCell of the UE; receiving scheduling information of a random access response message or scheduling information of a conflict indication message delivered by the base station from a physical downlink control channel of the PCell, the second SCell or the first SCell by using a C-RNTI of the UE; and receiving the random access response message or the conflict indication message from a physical downlink shared channel according to the scheduling information of the random access response message or the scheduling information of the conflict indication message.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a PHR sending method and a user terminal. The method includes: receiving, by a user terminal, information about an uplink resource set, where the uplink resource set includes uplink resources in at least two cells, TTI lengths of the two cells are different, each uplink resource in the uplink resource set is an uplink resource that is located within duration of a first TTI, and the first TTI is a TTI in a cell that has a maximum TTI length and in which the user terminal is located; determining, by the user terminal, a target uplink resource, where the target uplink resource is an uplink resource that has an earliest start time and that is located within the duration of the first TTI; and sending, by the user terminal, a power headroom report on the target uplink resource.

Abstract: This application provides a scheduling request processing method and an apparatus. The method includes: determining, by a terminal device, that a condition for triggering a scheduling request SR of a first service is met; determining, by the terminal device, whether a priority of the first service is higher than a priority of a second service for which a scheduling request SR has been triggered or has been sent; and when determining that the priority of the first service is higher than the priority of the second service, triggering and/or sending, by the terminal device, the SR of the first service.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a random access method which includes: obtaining, by a user equipment, first information, where the first information indicates that a subframe of a physical random access channel (PRACH) resource is a subframe available for use after a licensed-assisted access (LAA) cell successfully preempts a channel, and the PRACH resource is allocated by a first base station serving the LAA cell for user equipments to access the LAA cell in a random access procedure; receiving, by the user equipment, a first indication sent by the first base station, where the first indication indicates that the LAA cell has successfully preempted a channel; and initiating, by the user equipment, the random access procedure according to the first information after receiving the first indication.

Abstract: Embodiments of this application provide a wireless communication method and device, to allow a terminal device to flexibly configure a time length of a first timer (a downlink HARQ round trip time timer or an uplink HARQ round trip time timer) based on different application scenarios. The method includes: obtaining feature information of a first air interface format and/or feature information of first transmission data; and determining a time length of a first timer based on the feature information of the first air interface format and/or the feature information of the first transmission data, where the first timer is used to indicate that monitoring a downlink control channel PDCCH is not required within the time length of the first timer.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present application provide a data transmission method, relate to the field of communications technologies, to improve data transmission efficiency while ensuring a transmission latency. The method includes: sending, by the terminal, a first transport block to a radio access device for X times by using a shared resource that is configured by the radio access device for at least one terminal, where the terminal is one of the at least one terminal, and X>0; determining, by the terminal, a dedicated resource allocated by the radio access device to the terminal; and sending, by the terminal, the first transport block to the radio access device for Y times by using a target resource, where the target resource includes the dedicated resource, and Y?0.

Abstract: A method for a handover of a mobile station performed by a source base station and a target base station. The target base station receives a handover request message, from the source base station, in which includes QoS information of the mobile device, radio bearer identifier information of the source base station, and a first mapping relationship between a flow and a radio bearer of the source base station, the target base station acknowledges with a handover acknowledgement message. Therefore resource preparation at the target base station during a handover procedure is improved.

Abstract: A segment retransmission method includes: if a receiving RLC function entity has not received, within a preset time period, all segments of a data packet identified by a serial number, the receiving RLC function entity sends a retransmission request to a sending party, where the retransmission request includes the serial number, to request the sending party to retransmit an unreceived segment of the data packet identified by the serial number, and thus reduces an average data packet transmission latency.

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.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a multimedia broadcast multicast communication method, an apparatus, and a system. The method includes: receiving, by a base station, first indication information at a first time, where the first indication information is used to indicate that transmitting service data in a multimedia broadcast multicast service MBSFN manner is to be suspended; and sending, by the base station, second indication information to user equipment UE according to the first indication information, so that the UE suspends, at a second time according to the second indication information, receiving the service data in the MBSFN manner. The first time is earlier than the second time, and duration between the first time and the second time is less than a multicast control channel MCCH modification period. The user equipment is notified in a more timely manner to suspend transmitting the service data in the MBSFN manner.

Abstract: A method includes: obtaining, by a mobile device, a first part of system information needing to be used by any target cell in the cell cluster; and combining, by the mobile device, the first part of system information and a second part of system information that is prestored in the mobile device, to obtain system information needing to be used by the target cell; or replacing, by the mobile device, a part that is in prestored designated system information and that corresponds to the first part of system information with the first part of system information, and using updated designated system information as system information needing to be used by the target cell.

Abstract: The present invention provides a data transmission method, where the method is executed by a base station in a communications system, the communications system further includes a wireless local area network access point WLAN AP and user equipment, a bearer used to transmit data of the user equipment is disposed between the base station and a gateway device, a General Packet Radio Service Tunneling Protocol GTP tunnel is disposed between the base station and the WLAN AP, and the method includes: sending, by the base station, first offloading indication information to the WLAN AP, where the first offloading indication information is used for instructing the WLAN AP to transmit the target data between the base station and the user equipment, and the first offloading indication information includes identity information of the user equipment.

Abstract: A method for controlling an uplink transmit power, a base station and a device are disclosed. In an embodiment an apparatus includes a processor and a computer-readable storage medium storing a program to be executed by the processor, the program including instructions for sending, to a first base station, a first maximum uplink transmit power of a terminal configured for the first base station, wherein the first maximum uplink transmit power is based on a status of an uplink resource configured by a second base station for the terminal.