Abstract: This application provides an inter-system handover method and a communication apparatus, and may be applied to an inter-system handover scenario. In a handover process, a source access network device may provide a target access network device with an identity of a terminal device. When determining to add the source access network device as a secondary access network device, the target access network device may send, to the source access network device, a request message for adding a secondary access network device that carries the identity of the terminal device.

Abstract: This application provides a communication method and apparatus, and relate to the communication field, so that an inter-node negotiation process between an MN and an SN can be completed when the MN uses a CU-DU architecture in DC communication. The method includes: A DU receives a first request message from a CU, where the first request message requests the DU to determine configuration information of an MN, and the configuration information of the MN is used to assist an SN in determining configuration information used for a terminal device; and the DU sends a first response message to the CU, where the first response message includes the configuration information of the MN. Embodiments of this application are applied to a DC scenario.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to communication methods and communication apparatus. In one example method, a centralized unit user plane (CU-UP) obtains a first service feature of a service. The first service feature includes one or more of the following: data that indicates whether the service is a periodic service, a periodicity corresponding to the service when the service is a periodic service, a service packet size corresponding to the service, a service model corresponding to the service, or scheduling time of the service. Then, the CU-UP sends the first service feature to a centralized unit control plane (CU-CP). Next, the CU-CP may send the first service feature to a distributed unit (DU).

Abstract: A communication method, a terminal device, and a network device are disclosed. The communication method includes: A first terminal device receives second configuration information, where the second configuration information is used to obtain first information used for direct communication between the first terminal device and a second terminal device, and the first information includes at least one of the following: a service sending latency, a service sending throughput, a service receiving throughput, a sent service data amount, a received service data amount, a service data packet loss rate, or control information between the first terminal device and the second terminal device; the first terminal device obtains the first information; and the first terminal device sends the first information to a network device. The foregoing method increases an amount of information obtained from a direct communication system.

Abstract: Example handover methods and apparatus are described. One example method includes generating a handover request message or a handover requirement message by a source radio access network (RAN) device. The handover request message includes a first mapping relationship between downlink transmission of a quality of service (QoS) flow and a data radio bearer (DRB) and a second mapping relationship between uplink transmission of the QoS flow and a DRB that are configured by the source RAN device for a terminal device, where the two mapping relationships are different. The source RAN device sends the handover request message to a target RAN device, and forwards data of the terminal device on the source RAN device to the target RAN device in a process in which the terminal device is handed over from the source RAN device to the target RAN device.

Abstract: A mobility optimization method and a related apparatus are provided. The method includes: determining connection failure information; and sending the connection failure information and an identifier of a first cell to a first network device by using a radio resource control (RRC) message, wherein the identifier of the first cell comprises an identifier of a cell from which a reconfiguration message or a handover command message received by the terminal device comes or an identifier of a cell in which a connection failure occurs, wherein the connection failure information is in a form of a container in the RRC message and the identifier of the first cell is outside the container.

Abstract: A communication method, apparatus, and system, the method including receiving first indication information from a first network device, where the first indication information is requests a terminal device to report first information, and reporting the first information to the first network device, where the first information includes related information in a conditional handover procedure.

Abstract: A communication method and a communication apparatus, the method including receiving first information from a network device, where the first information indicates, to a terminal device, to suspend a secondary cell group (SCG), suspending the SCG based on the first information, and changing a configuration parameter of a master cell group (MCG), where the configuration parameter comprises at least one of an available uplink transmission time period, a maximum transmit power, or a control channel blind detection parameter.

Abstract: A method, including sending, by a first network device, to a second network device, a first message requesting a context of a terminal device from the second network device, and receiving, by the first network device, a second message from the second network device, where the second message comprises first mobility history information and second mobility history information, where the first mobility history information is recorded by the terminal device, where the second mobility history information is recorded by a network device, and where the second message is a response message of the first message.

Abstract: A communication method and apparatus, the method including performing, by a terminal device or a chip of the terminal device, sending a master cell group (MCG) failure message to a master node (MN) via a secondary node (SN) in response to detecting that a wireless connection fails, and further in response to a secondary cell group (SCG) not failing, performing cell selection in response to the SCG failing, and accessing a target cell in response to the target cell being a candidate cell pre-configured by the MN, where the target cell is a cell selected by the terminal device during the cell selection, where the SCG is a group of cells associated with the SN, and where the MCG is a group of cells associated with the MN.

Abstract: This application provides a method for quality of experience QOE measurement and a communication apparatus. A network device configures configuration information for QOE measurement for a terminal device when signal quality is lower than a specific threshold. In addition, the terminal device may also perform QOE measurement or report a measurement result when the quality is lower than the specific threshold.

Abstract: A history information recording method, including obtaining, by a current secondary node, information about a history cell that a terminal device visits, where the information about the history cell comprises at least one of stay time of the terminal device in the history or moving speed information of the terminal device in the history cell, and performing, by the current secondary node, handover preparation based on the information about the history cell.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus for transmitting a timing difference. The method includes obtaining, by a master node, a measurement value of a timing difference between a first cell and a second cell, and sending, by the master node, the measurement value of the timing difference and identification information of the second cell to a secondary node, where the first cell is a primary cell corresponding to the master node, the second cell includes a primary secondary cell corresponding to the secondary node or another cell different from the primary secondary cell, and the identification information of the second cell includes a physical cell identifier (PCI) and frequency information of the second cell.

Abstract: Example cell measurement methods and apparatus are described. One example method includes obtaining, by a first network device, a first paging parameter of a cell served by a second network device. The first paging parameter is used to indicate a first time domain position at which a terminal device monitors a paging message from the second network device. The first network device sends a reference signal based on the first paging parameter. A time domain position of the reference signal is determined based on the first time domain position.

Abstract: A communication method and apparatus, the method including obtaining, by a master access network device, handover triggering condition information of one or more cells corresponding to at least one candidate secondary access network device, sending a first message to a terminal device, where the first message comprises the handover triggering condition information, and receiving a first response message from the terminal device, where the first response message is used to indicate a cell identifier of a second cell corresponding to a second secondary access network device in the at least one candidate secondary access network device, and the second cell meets a handover triggering condition indicated by handover triggering condition information of the second cell.

Abstract: A communication method, a related device, and a system. The method includes: a first network device receives first information from a terminal device, where the first information includes a first delay and a second delay, the first delay is a delay of the terminal device on a first path, the second delay is a delay of the terminal device on a second path, and data packets transmitted on the first path and the second path belong to a first data radio bearer (DRB). The first network device determines an uplink delay of the first DRB based on the first information, a fourth delay, and a fifth delay, where the fourth delay is a network-side delay on the first path, and the fifth delay is a network-side delay on the second path.

Abstract: Embodiments of this application provide a communication method, apparatus, and system. The method includes: A terminal device receives first information from a first network device or a second network device, and determines, based on the first information, that it is allowable that the terminal device sends MDT information to the first network device. When it is allowable that the terminal device sends the MDT information to the first network device, the terminal device sends the MDT information to the first network device. This prevents the terminal device from sending the MDT information to the first network device immediately after obtaining the MDT information and avoids disclosure of a network coverage status, thereby effectively and securely using the MDT information.

Abstract: A source base station receives a first data packet from a core network device; a target base station receives a second data packet from the core network device, where the second data packet is a duplicate of the first data packet, and the first data packet and the second data packet each include a first index; the source base station sends first indication information to the target base station, where the first indication information indicates a mapping relationship between the first index and a second index; the source base station sends a third data packet to a user equipment UE in response to the first data packet; the target base station sends a fourth data packet to the UE in response to the second data packet, where the third data packet and the fourth data packet each include the second index.

Abstract: Embodiments of this application disclose a minimization of drive tests (MDT) configuration method, to improve accuracy of a cell measurement result. The method in the embodiments of this application includes: receiving, by a base station, MDT configuration information sent by a core network or an operation, administration, and maintenance (OAM) network management system, where the MDT configuration information includes first beam configuration information; and sending, by the base station, an MDT measurement configuration message to UE based on the MDT configuration information, where the MDT measurement configuration message includes second beam configuration information, and the second beam configuration information is the same as the first beam configuration information or the second beam configuration information is configuration information obtained after the first beam configuration information is processed.

Abstract: This application relates to an information reporting method and apparatus, and a device. The method includes a terminal device in a first state in a state set logging reported information if meeting a logging condition, where the reported information is used to indicate a network coverage situation, and the state set includes one or more of the following states: any cell selection state, camped on any cell state, or camped normally state in which signal quality of a serving cell is less than or equal to a quality threshold, and the logging condition includes one or more of the following: a distance condition or a cell state change condition. The terminal device sends the reported information to a network side device.