Abstract: A communication method and an apparatus, to determine a terminal that is to execute an artificial intelligence (artificial intelligence, AI) task, so that execution of the AI task is more targeted, and an execution result is more accurate. The method includes receiving first information from an AI apparatus, where the first information indicates information about a first terminal capable of executing a first AI task; receiving information from a second terminal; and determining, based on the first information and the information about the second terminal, whether the second terminal is configured to perform the first AI task.

Abstract: This application discloses a communication method and apparatus. A master base station sends, to a candidate secondary base station, a first message including an identifier of each candidate PSCell in a first candidate PSCell list and a first identifier corresponding to each candidate PSCell. The master base station receives, from the candidate secondary base station, a second message including an identifier of each candidate PSCell in a second candidate PSCell list, a first identifier corresponding to each candidate PSCell, and radio resource configuration information corresponding to each candidate PSCell, where the first candidate PSCell list includes the second candidate PSCell list. The master base station sends, to a terminal, a third message including the identifier of each candidate PSCell in the second candidate PSCell list, the first identifier corresponding to each candidate PSCell, and the radio resource configuration information corresponding to each candidate PSCell.

Abstract: A communication method and a communication apparatus. The method includes recording first information after a terminal device is successfully handed over from a first network device to a target network device, and recording second information after a connection between the terminal device and the target network device fails.

Abstract: A data transmission method and apparatus are disclosed. The method includes: determining, by a source base station of a terminal in a handover process, first data and a radio air interface protocol sequence number of a data unit used to carry the first data, where the first data includes data that is not acknowledged by a terminal for correct reception during data transmission between the source base station and the terminal. The method further includes sending, by the source base station, the first data and the radio air interface protocol sequence number to a target base station; where the core network connected to the target base station is different from the core network connected to the source base station.

Abstract: A communication method and an apparatus are provided. The method includes: An AI device determines an energy saving policy based on collected AI data. The AI device notifies a network device of the energy saving policy. The network device performs an energy saving operation according to the energy saving policy. Compared with a solution in which a network device or an OAM system determines an energy saving policy by using human experience or a simple algorithm and implements the energy saving policy, an intelligent energy saving mechanism of a network can be implemented, and a high requirement of energy saving of the network can be satisfied.

Abstract: Embodiments of this application provide a communication method and an apparatus, to introduce artificial intelligence AI in a radio access network RAN. The method includes: A wireless intelligent controller RIC sends configuration information of one or more AI tasks to a base station. The configuration information of each AI task is used to indicate one or more of the following content of the AI task: a task identifier ID, a task type, task content, a task execution body, and a task status. The AI task may be executed by the base station or a terminal.

Abstract: This disclosure discloses methods, apparatuses, and systems for performing handover. One method comprises: receiving, by a target access network device after a mapping relationship between a quality of service (QoS) flow of a terminal device and a data radio bearer (DRB) changes, a handover request from a source access network device, wherein the handover request comprises indication information for requesting to establish a tunnel; and sending, by the target access network device to the source access network device, information about the tunnel for the target access network device to receive one or more data units from the source access network device after the mapping relationship between the QoS flow and the DRB changes.

Abstract: This application provides a communication method and a communication apparatus. The communication method includes: An access stratum of a terminal device receives a quality of experience QoE measurement result and first indication information from an upper layer of the access stratum. The access stratum of the terminal device determines, based on the first indication information, to send the QoE measurement result to a master node or a secondary node of the terminal device. Therefore, in this application, the upper layer of the access stratum of the terminal device sends, to the access stratum, the QoE measurement result and the first indication information corresponding to the QoE measurement result, so that the terminal device in the MR-DC architecture can send the QoE measurement result to the correct access network device.

Abstract: This application discloses a communication method and apparatus for sending a quality of experience measurement result. Embodiments of this application disclose that the QoE measurement result corresponding to the secondary access network device is sent by using the first radio bearer, and the first radio bearer may be configured by the master access network device or the secondary access network device.

Abstract: A communication method for a dual connectivity system and a communication apparatus are disclosed, to support relaxing radio resource management (RRM) measurement. The method includes: A first network device determines that a terminal device is to deactivate a secondary cell group (SCG) of the terminal device; the first network device sends first information to the terminal device, where the first information indicates the terminal device to deactivate the secondary cell group SCG of the terminal device, to enable the terminal device to relax SCG RRM measurement after deactivating the SCG; and the terminal device relaxes the SCG RRM measurement after deactivating the SCG based on the first information. The first network device is a master node or a secondary station of the terminal device.

Abstract: This application provides a communication method and a communication apparatus. The communication method includes: An access network device receives first configuration information, where the first configuration information indicates a terminal device to perform application layer quality of experience QoE measurement; the access network device generates second configuration information, where the second configuration information indicates the terminal device to report measurement result of at least one measurement metric obtained through the QoE measurement; and the access network device sends the first configuration information and the second configuration information to the terminal device.

Abstract: A terminal device generates a report result including at least one of a logged minimization of drive tests report, an RLF report, and an RACH report. The logged minimization of drive tests report includes an identifier of a candidate access cell, information indicating whether the candidate access cell supports a network slice service initiated by the terminal device, location information of the terminal device where the terminal device receives a system message of the candidate access cell, and a network slice identifier of the network slice service initiated by the terminal device. The RLF report includes an identifier of a cell in which a radio link failure occurs after the terminal device accesses the cell and the network slice identifier corresponding to the network slice service in which the radio link failure occurs on the terminal device. The RACH report includes an identifier of a cell accessed by the terminal device and the network slice identifier.

Abstract: Embodiments of this application disclose an information transmission method. The method in embodiments of this application includes: A core network device receives indication information and delay information, and the core network device may determine, based on the indication information, whether the delay information includes a terminal side delay or whether the terminal device supports measurement of the terminal side delay.

Abstract: In a measurement method, a terminal device receives a first measurement configuration from a first network element, where the first measurement configuration indicates that the terminal device is to measure a first cell corresponding to a first frequency. The terminal device then sends a measurement report to the first network element, where the measurement report includes a first measurement result of measuring the first cell and a second measurement result of measuring a second cell corresponding to a second frequency, and the second frequency is at least one non-serving frequency different from the first frequency.

Abstract: Various embodiments provide a resource allocation method and an apparatus. In those embodiments, a terminal device obtains a first parameter indicating a maximum service data volume to be provided by an access network device for a first service in a first time length; and determines, based on the maximum service data volume, a resource of a media access control protocol data unit MAC PDU, the resource being occupied by buffered data of the first service. In those embodiments, the terminal device determines, based on the maximum service data volume of the first service, the resource of the MAC PDU. Compared with a conventional method, the maximum service data volume of the first service is considered. This helps improve reasonableness of allocating the resource of the MAC PDU to the data of the first service.

Abstract: A method includes receiving a first message from a first master node. The first message includes an identifier of a first candidate primary secondary cell (PSCell) or an identifier of first configuration information of the first candidate PSCell. The first candidate PSCell is included in both a first PSCell list and a second PSCell list. Alternatively, the first message includes delta configuration information of a second candidate PSCell in the second PSCell list. The first configuration information of the first candidate PSCell includes an addition/change condition and a configuration of the first candidate PSCell. The first PSCell list includes one or more candidate PSCells configured by the first master node for a terminal. The second PSCell list includes one or more candidate PSCells configured by a second master node for the terminal. The method also includes adding a target PSCell or changing from an original PSCell to the target PSCell.

Abstract: A communication method and an apparatus are provided in embodiments of this application. When a cell served by a DU of an access network device and a neighboring cell use different timing, the DU may obtain timing configurations of a first cell and a second cell, or a RACH configuration that is of a second cell and that is based on timing of a first cell. When the method is applied to a RACH optimization scenario, the DU may determine, at same timing, RACH configurations of the two cells based on the foregoing obtained information, to accurately identify whether a RACH configuration conflict occurs between the cell and the neighboring cell, optimize the RACH configuration of the cell when the conflict occurs, and ensure a success rate and an access latency of random access performed by a terminal device.

Abstract: A communication method and apparatus are provided, to resolve a problem that a terminal device may fail to normally communicate with a network side when an SCG is suspended and a link problem occurs in an MCG or a signal quality of the MCG deteriorates, so that communication reliability is improved. The communication method and the apparatus are applicable to a communication system of any dual connectivity architecture, such as EN-DC, NGEN-DC, NE-DC and NR-DC. The method includes: When detecting that a link problem occurs in an MCG or signal quality of the MCG is less than a signal quality threshold, a terminal device resumes a suspended SCG, to resume communication between the terminal device and a network side. The MCG is managed by a master node, and the SCG is managed by a secondary node.

Abstract: This application provides a method and an apparatus for configuring minimization of drive-tests MDT. The method for configuring MDT includes: A terminal device receives first MDT measurement configuration information and first indication information from a first network device. The terminal device learns, based on the first indication information, whether a type of first MDT configured by the first network device for the terminal device is signaling based MDT or management based MDT. Further, after establishing a connection to a second network device, the terminal device sends second indication information to the second network device, and reports the type of the first MDT that has been configured for the terminal device. The management based MDT overwrites signaling based MDT previously configured by the first network device for the terminal device can be avoided, thereby increasing a possibility that the management based MDT does not overwrite the configured signaling based MDT.

Abstract: Example communications systems, methods and network devices are described. One example method includes sending a first message by a first access network device to a core network device to enable the core network device to send a second message to a second access network device, where the first message includes an identity of the second network device. The first message is used to request for X2 transport network layer (TNL) configuration information of a third network device, and the third network device is a network device that has established an X2 connection to the second network device. The first network device receives the X2 TNL configuration information of the third access network device from the second access network device. Therefore, a network device connected to a control plane of a core network can obtain TNL addresses of more network devices that are not connected to the control plane of the core network.