Abstract: Embodiments of this application provide a data transmission method and an apparatus. When more than two radio link control RLC entities are configured for one radio bearer RB, a secondary network device receives indication information from a master network device. The secondary network device may determine, based on the indication information, a master RLC entity associated with the radio bearer, to indicate, to a terminal device, RLC entities that need to be activated and deactivated.

Abstract: An embodiment of this application provides a communications method. The method includes: generating, by an first base station, a radio resource control release message on which encryption and integrity protection are performed by using a new key; and sending, by the first base station, the radio resource control release message to a second base station, thereby improving security of communication between the serving device and the terminal and reducing signaling overheads for performing key negotiation over an air interface.

Abstract: Embodiments of this application provide example communication methods and apparatuses. One example method includes receiving, by a first network device, a first request message and uplink data from a terminal, where the first request message is for requesting to resume a suspended radio resource control (RRC) connection. The first network device can then send a second request message to a second network device based on the first request message and the uplink data, where the second network device is a network device previously serving the terminal, and the second request message includes information about the uplink data, where the second request message is for requesting the second network device to release a first data channel between the second network device and a core network device, or the second request message is for requesting the second network device to send a context of the terminal to the first network device.

Abstract: A solution for security negotiation during handover of a user equipment (UE) between different radio access technologies is provided. In the solution, the UE receives non-access stratum (NAS) security information and access stratum (AS) security information which are selected by the target system and then performs security negotiation with the target system according to the received NAS security information and AS security information. As such, the UE may obtain the key parameter information of the NAS and AS selected by a Long Term Evolution (LTE) system and perform security negotiation with the LTE system when the UE hands over from a different system, such as a Universal Terrestrial Radio Access Network (UTRAN), to the LTE system.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a data transmission method, terminal, and base station, relate to the communications field, and can improve data packet transmission efficiency. The data transmission method includes: receiving, by a terminal in an idle state, a first resource sent from a base station, where the first resource is used by the terminal to send an uplink application layer data packet to the base station; and sending, by the terminal, on the first resource, the uplink application layer data packet to the base station. The data transmission method is applied to the data transmission system.

Abstract: The technology of this application relates to the field of communication technologies, and discloses a time synchronization method and an apparatus. The method includes a CU determines reference time of a terminal device at a reference point, and sends first information to the terminal device, where the first information is used to indicate the reference time of the terminal device at the reference point. After receiving the first information, the terminal device may perform time synchronization based on the reference time of the terminal device at the reference point. In this manner, the terminal device may obtain the reference time of the terminal device at the reference point from the CU, so that processing complexity of the terminal device can be effectively reduced, and power consumption of the terminal device can be reduced.

Abstract: A communication method and an apparatus includes a terminal device that receives a first SSB, determines a PUSCH occasion corresponding to the first SSB, and sends uplink information by using the PUSCH occasion corresponding to the first SSB; and further, the terminal device receives, based on a spatial reception parameter of the first SSB, downlink information sent by a network device.

Abstract: This application provides an RRC connection resume method and apparatus. In the method, when a terminal moves to a target base station, the target base station may reselect, based on a capability and a requirement of the target base station, a first encryption algorithm and a first integrity protection algorithm that are used when the target base station communicates with the terminal, and send the first encryption algorithm and the first integrity protection algorithm to the terminal. On one hand, a security algorithm used for communication between the terminal and the target base station is flexibly selected. On the other hand, because the base station connected to the terminal changes, communication security can be improved by using a new encryption algorithm and integrity protection algorithm.

Abstract: Embodiments of this application provide a random access processing method. A random access preamble and uplink data are sent in an initiation phase of a random access procedure, and the random access procedure is ended in time after feedback information for the uplink data is received. According to technical solutions provided in the embodiments of this application, a terminal side device may send the uplink data when sending the random access preamble in the random access procedure. In addition, the random access procedure can be ended in advance after the feedback information for the uplink data is received.

Abstract: The disclosure provides communication methods and apparatuses. One example method includes that a second communication apparatus establishes at least one tunnel for a first radio bearer, where the at least one tunnel includes a first tunnel. The second communication apparatus sends a first message to a first communication apparatus, where the first message is carried in the first tunnel, the first message includes radio quality information of each of M logical channels, and the M logical channels are associated with the first radio bearer, where M is an integer greater than or equal to 1.

Abstract: A communication method and a communications apparatus, the method including receiving, by an access and mobility management function (AMF) entity, a first message from a first access network device, where the first message comprises information for indicating to hand over a voice service of a terminal from a packet switched (PS) domain to a circuit switched (CS) domain, the first message further comprises identification information of a target device, and the target device is a second access network device in a 3G network, and sending, by the AMF entity, through a mobility management entity (MME) a request message to a mobile switching center (MSC) entity, where the request message comprises information indicating a source of the first message.

Abstract: This application relates to the field of communications technologies, and discloses a communication method and a communication apparatus, to reduce service delay due to uplink data cannot be directly sent by a terminal when the terminal is in an inactive state. The method in this application includes: receiving a first message from a first access network device; then releasing or suspending a configured dedicated signaling radio bearer SRB and resetting protocol entities corresponding to a configured data radio bearer DRB. The first message is used to indicate to a terminal to enter a radio resource control (RRC) inactive state, and the first message carries an identifier of the terminal in the radio resource control (RRC) inactive state and radio access network notification area (RNA) information.

Abstract: Embodiments provide a user equipment handover method, and a device. In embodiments of the present invention, when a handover is to be performed, user equipment may send first information that is used to request a handover, and then a destination network device may allocate a first uplink resource to the user equipment.

Abstract: This application provides a communication method, a network device, and a terminal. The communication method includes: determining, by a first network device, at least one candidate target cell and first configuration information, where the first configuration information is used to trigger a terminal to determine one of the at least one candidate target cell as a to-be-handed-over-to cell; and sending, by the first network device, a first message to the terminal, where the first message includes first cell indication information and the first configuration information, and the first cell indication information is used to indicate the at least one candidate target cell.

Abstract: A communication method, a communications apparatus and a non-transitory computer-readable medium are provided. A network device receives data carried on a first scheduling-free resource via a first hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) process from a terminal device, and decodes the data to generate HARQ feedback information. The network device sends downlink control information (DCI) to the terminal device, where the DCI includes the HARQ feedback information and first indication information. The first indication information indicates the first HARQ process.

Abstract: Embodiments of this application relate to the field of communications technologies, and disclose communications methods and apparatuses. In an implementation, a method comprising receiving, by a first communications device, information about a radio bearer (RB) of a heterogeneous communications system, wherein a duplication operation for the RB is configured by a second communications device, and the first communications device and the second communications are comprised in a master node or a secondary node; generating, by the first communications device, an activation indication indicating whether to activate or deactivate the duplication operation of the RB, wherein whether to activate or deactivate the duplication operation is determined by the first communications device; and sending the activation indication to a terminal device.

Abstract: A context management method and an apparatus are provided. The method includes: When a distributed unit DU of a network side device receives a first message from a centralized unit CU of the network side device, the distributed unit DU of the network side device may store a context of the terminal side device in an inactive state. The first message includes a second message, and the second message is used to indicate the terminal side device to enter the inactive (inactive) state and release a connection to the network side device.

Abstract: This application discloses an information indication method and a related terminal device and network device. The method includes determining, by a terminal device, time domain requirement information of data transmission. The time domain requirement information includes at least one of time adjustment information, jitter time information, time domain resource information, latest sending time information, and remaining duration of the data transmission. The method further comprises sending, by the terminal device, the time domain requirement information to a network device.

Abstract: A data transmission method includes: receiving an uplink grant message from a network device, where the uplink grant message includes first information, and the first information corresponds to a plurality of transport block sizes; determining the plurality of transport block sizes based on the first information; determining, based on a size of to-be-sent data, a first transport block size from the plurality of transport block sizes; and sending the to-be-sent data to the network device based on the first transport block size.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to the field of communications technologies, and provide an RRC connection management method and apparatus, and a device. The method includes: sending, by UE when in an RRC idle mode, an uplink data request to an access network node by using a shared data sending resource, where the uplink data request includes uplink data and request information that is used for requesting to enter an RRC connected mode; and receiving, by the UE, an access network dedicated identifier of the UE from the access network node, where the access network dedicated identifier of the UE is determined by the access network node according to the request information, and the UE is in the RRC connected mode within a validity period of the access network dedicated identifier of the UE.