Abstract: Example communications methods and systems are described. One example communications system includes a base station supporting connectivity to a core network of the first communications standard and a core network of the second communications standard. One example method includes that a terminal receives information broadcast by the base station. The information includes a first and a second area identities. When the terminal enters a cell served by the base station from a cell of the second communications standard and when the second area identity does not belong to a current area list of the terminal, the terminal initiates an area update to the core network of the second communications standard. The base station broadcasts the area identities of the two communications standards.

Abstract: This application provides example communication methods, example communication apparatuses, example computer storage mediums, and example communication systems. One example method includes receiving, by a master node, a first message from a secondary node, where the first message is used to release the secondary node, and where the first message includes a current configuration of a terminal at the secondary node. The master node can then generate a delta configuration for the terminal based on the current configuration. The master node can then send the delta configuration to the terminal.

Abstract: A method includes: a first terminal device receives first information from a network device, where the first information includes an indication information of a first unicast connection and a reference signal configuration corresponding to the first unicast connection, the reference signal configuration is used by the first terminal device to send a reference signal to a second terminal device; and the first terminal device sends the reference signal to the second terminal device on a sidelink based on the reference signal configuration.

Abstract: This application provides a connection release method and apparatus. An upper layer of an access stratum of a first terminal device sends a release request message and first identifier information to a second terminal device through the access stratum, where the release request message is used to request the second terminal device to release a unicast connection, and the first identifier information is used to identify the unicast connection; and the access stratum of the first terminal device obtains release indication information, so that the access stratum of the first terminal device searches for the corresponding unicast connection based on the first identifier information, and releases, based on the release indication information, a configuration of the access stratum corresponding to the unicast connection, to release the access stratum.

Abstract: Embodiments of this application disclose a resource request method, a resource allocation method, an apparatus, and a medium. The resource request method includes: receiving a first frequency information list and a second frequency information list from an access network device; sending resource request information to the access network device, where the resource request information carries destination V2X service indication information, and the destination V2X service indication information corresponds to a first RAT and/or corresponds to a second RAT; receiving resource indication information from the access network device, where the resource indication information is a time-frequency resource that is determined by the access network device based on the destination V2X service indication information and that is used to indicate an SL; and sending a V2X service to a second terminal device by using the time-frequency resource.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method for accessing an inter-RAT cell and a related device, and the method includes: sending, by a base station, a first message to a terminal, where the first message is used to instruct the terminal to access an inter-RAT cell, and an LTE cell and the inter-RAT cell are different cells. Beneficial effects are as follows: The first message is sent to the terminal, so that the terminal directly accesses the inter-RAT cell without a need to access the base station. In this way, the terminal does not need to perform a handover procedure, thereby reducing a delay in an access process, effectively ensuring that the terminal can successfully access the inter-RAT cell, and effectively ensuring that a radio access technology new RAT service can be performed between the terminal and a base station of the inter-RAT cell.

Abstract: The present disclosure discloses example communication methods, apparatuses, and mediums. One example method includes selecting a target side identifier corresponding to a communication type by a media access control (MAC) entity of a first terminal device, where the communication type includes unicast communication, multicast communication, or broadcast communication, and the target side identifier includes a destination layer 2 identifier or a destination layer 1 identifier. A first sidelink logical channel (LCH) is obtained by the MAC entity of the first terminal device, where the first sidelink LCH is an LCH having a highest priority among LCHs that correspond to the target side identifier and the communication type and that have data. A transmission resource to data on the first sidelink LCH is allocated by the MAC entity of the first terminal device.

Abstract: This application provides a communication method, apparatus, and system. The method includes: determining first information, where the first information includes one or more types of information about an associated beam for a random access success of the terminal device, or, information about an associated uplink carrier for a random access success of the terminal device, and/or includes information about a random access channel RACH resource for a random access failure of the terminal device, and the random access failure of the terminal device includes one or more of a 2-step random access failure, a 4-step random access failure, a dedicated RACH resource random access failure, or a common RACH resource random access failure; and sending the first information.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the fields of mobile communication, connected driving, Internet of vehicles (IoV), self-driving car, and autonomous car. More specifically, the present invention relates to side-link communication and network slicing. The present invention provides a control unit 100 for assisting side-link communication for at least one slice 101 of a communication network, wherein the control unit 100 is configured to obtain at least one of an upper layer requirement 102, and a session requirement 103; and to configure, for the at least one slice 101, at least one side-link resource pool 104 based on the upper layer requirement 102 and/or session requirement 103.

Abstract: A communications system, method and apparatus, the apparatus configured for determining configuration information of a default data radio bearer (DRB) of a first link, the first link being a direct wireless communications link between a first terminal device and another terminal device, and the first terminal device being a transmit end of a first vehicle-to-everything (V2X) data packet, and sending the configuration information of the default DRB of the first link to the first terminal device, where the configuration information of the default DRB of the first link has first indication information, and the first indication information indicating that the configuration information is the configuration information of the default DRB of the first link.

Abstract: A first terminal receives first sidelink (SL) carrier configuration information from a second terminal, the first SL carrier configuration information includes first bandwidth part (BWP) configuration information, and the first BWP configuration information includes one or more first resource pools; the first terminal performs unicast connection communication with the second terminal based on the first BWP configuration information.

Abstract: Example communication methods and apparatus are described. One example method includes that a first communications apparatus sends quality of service (QoS) flow information to a second communications apparatus, where a QoS flow indicated by the QoS flow information corresponds to at least one bearer type. The first communications apparatus receives a QoS flow list sent by the second communications apparatus based on the QoS flow information, where each QoS flow list is mapped to a radio bearer. The first communications apparatus sends a radio bearer identifier of the QoS flow list to the second communications apparatus. In the embodiments of this application, a base station itself determines a radio bearer or a DRB used to transmit the QoS flow.

Abstract: A second access network node sends endpoint information of a second transmission path on the second access network node side to the first access network node. The second transmission path is a transmission path that is between the second access network node and a third access network node. The third access network node sends endpoint information of the second transmission path on the third access network node side to the first access network node. The first access network node sends the endpoint information of the second transmission path on the third access network node side to the second access network node, and sends the endpoint information of the second transmission path on the second access network node side to the third access network node.

Abstract: This application provides a wireless communications method and apparatus, which may be applied to a V2X scenario. The wireless communications method includes: A first device receives configuration information sent by a first access device, where the configuration information is used to indicate at least one resource pool used for inter-device communication, and the resource pool includes a plurality of resources; and the first device sends a measurement report to the first access device.

Abstract: Embodiments of this application provide a communication processing method of terminal information. In an embodiment, a method comprises: sending, by a first access network device, a secondary base station addition request to a second access network device, wherein the secondary base station addition request comprises software version information of a terminal device; and receiving, by the first access network device, a secondary base station addition acknowledgement from the second access network device to implement dual connectivity, wherein the secondary base station addition acknowledgement comprises a configuration determined based on the software version information.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to communication methods and network devices. In one example method, a first network device receives a first message sent by a second network device, where the first message is used to notify whether the first network device configures a default data radio bearer (DRB), and the first network device and the second network device are network devices that provide a multi-connectivity service for a same terminal device. The first network device determines, based on the first message, whether to configure the default DRB.

Abstract: A communication method includes: a first communication apparatus obtains first configuration information and sends the first configuration information to a second communication apparatus, where the first configuration information includes configuration information of a first sidelink radio bearer which is used to carry a first unicast service between the first communication apparatus and the second communication apparatus, and the first sidelink is a radio link between the first communication apparatus and the second communication apparatus.

Abstract: A fault determining method, includes: a first terminal device monitors a parameter of a sidelink between the first terminal device and a second terminal device, to determine whether a unicast connection on the sidelink satisfies a first condition; and when the unicast connection satisfies the first condition, the first terminal device determines that the unicast connection is faulty.

Abstract: A buffer status report (BSR) reporting method, including generating, by a first terminal, a media access control (MAC) protocol data unit (PDU), the MAC PDU including a MAC header and a MAC control element (CE), and the MAC CE including a BSR, where the BSR indicates a size of to-be-transmitted data, the BSR corresponds to first information, the first information is used to indicate attribute information of the to-be-transmitted data, and the to-be-transmitted data is data to be transmitted by the first terminal to a second terminal through a sidelink, and where the attribute information of the to-be-transmitted data includes one or more of a service type of the to-be-transmitted data, a quality of service (QoS) requirement of the to-be-transmitted data, and a transmission link of the to-be-transmitted data, and the method further includes sending, by the first terminal, the MAC PDU to an access network device.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to information transmission methods. In one example method, a first network device or a second network device triggers a terminal device to be handed over from a first cell to a second cell. The terminal device sends second information, where the second information includes information about a radio link failure that occurs between the terminal device and the second cell, or information about beam failure recovery that occurs between the terminal device and the second cell. The first network device or the second network device performs mobility robustness optimization based on the second information.