Abstract: This application relates to the field of wireless communications technologies, and discloses an encoding method and apparatus, to improve accuracy of reliability calculation and ordering for polarized channels. The method includes: obtaining a first sequence used to encode K to-be-encoded bits, where the first sequence includes sequence numbers of N polarized channels, the first sequence is same as a second sequence or a subset of the second sequence, the second sequence comprises sequence numbers of Nmax polarized channels, and the second sequence is the sequence shown in Sequence Q11 or Table Q11, K is a positive integer, N is a positive integer power of 2, n is equal to or greater than 5, K?N, Nmax=1024; selecting sequence numbers of K polarized channels from the first sequence; and performing polar code encoding on K the to-be-encoded bits based on the selected sequence numbers of the K polarized channels.

Abstract: A communication network search method and an apparatus are disclosed. The method can include a terminal device sending a first message to a network device, where the first message includes a communication network type of the terminal device and first location information that is used during the sending of the first message. The terminal device receives a second message sent by the network device, where the second message includes N cell identifiers that are used to mark N pre-selected cells, which are determined by the network device based on the first location information and the communication network type. The terminal device determines M target cells in the N pre-selected cells based on second location information and motion status information that are used during the receiving of the second message. The terminal device searches for the M target cells.

Abstract: A data processing method for a data processing system having a first communications node and a second communications node where the first communications node corresponds to a first blockchain node and the second communications node corresponds to a second blockchain node that maintains a same block chain as the first blockchain node, the method including obtaining, by the first communications node, to-be-verified data when a terminal camps on a target cell, where the to-be-verified data is obtained based on camping information of the terminal, and the target cell is a cell within signal coverage of the first communications node sending, by the first communications node, the to-be-verified data to the second communications node, so that the second communications node verifies the to-be-verified data based on the second blockchain node, and obtaining, by the first communications node, a target block if the verification succeeds.

Abstract: This application discloses a NB-IoT-based communication method and an apparatus, to evolve a NB-IoT communication technology into an NTN. The method is as follows: A terminal device generates an uplink signal, including a superframe which includes a synchronization sequence located in first duration of the superframe and a data frame located in second duration which is after the first duration, the synchronization sequence successively includes a first sequence repeated Ni times and a second sequence repeated N2 times, the second sequence is obtained by multiplying the first sequence by ?1, a part of consecutive sequences of the synchronization sequence are used as a first synchronization reference sequence that is obtained based on the second sequence repeated N2 times and one or more first sequences that are sorted from back to front in the first sequence repeated N1 times. The terminal device sends the uplink signal to a network device.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides example satellite communication method, terminal device, and computer-readable storage medium. One example method includes receiving a first system message sent by a first satellite, where the first system message indicates a mean anomaly of the first satellite at an ephemeris reference time. A topology of a satellite network to which the first satellite belongs is determined based on the first system message.

Abstract: A handover method and apparatus are disclosed. In some implementations, the method includes: determining a part of terminal devices to be handed over in a plurality of terminal devices in a staring area of a first beam; sending a first handover request message to a target satellite, where the first handover request message includes contexts of the part of terminal devices; and receiving a handover instruction sent by the target satellite based on the first handover request message, and sending the handover instruction to the part of terminal devices by using the first beam. The handover instruction includes handover parameters used for handing over the part of terminal devices. According to some implementations, the part of terminal devices in the plurality of terminal devices in the staring area may be handed over, so that a signaling storm can be avoided and communication performance can be improved.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to artificial intelligence (AI) operation processing methods apparatuses. One example method includes obtaining a first group identifier, obtaining a trigger message sent by a network device, where the trigger message includes first control information, the first control information indicates a first time-frequency resource, the first time-frequency resource carries N pieces of first scheduling information, each of the N pieces of first scheduling information includes a respective second group identifier and respective AI operation information and indicates a terminal device in a user group indicated by the respective second group identifier to perform an AI operation corresponding to the respective AI operation information, determining target AI operation information when the first group identifier matches a target group identifier, and starting a target AI operation based on the target AI operation information.

Abstract: A first machine learning model is deployed in a first communication apparatus, and a second machine learning model is deployed in a second communication apparatus. First information is obtained that carries indication information of both a first transmission resource and a second transmission resource, wherein the first transmission resource is for the first communication apparatus to transmit a first output of the first machine learning model to the second communication apparatus, and wherein the second transmission resource is for the first communication apparatus to receive first feedback data that is from the second communication apparatus. The first feedback data includes a first gradient, wherein the first gradient is for updating the first machine learning model. The first communication apparatus transmits the first output to the second communication apparatus on the first transmission resource.

Abstract: A first device receives first information from a second device, where the first information indicates a plurality of first moments, the plurality of first moments are used by the first device to send second information to the second device, and the second information indicates a result of decoding first data information by the first device. The first device decodes the first data information. The first device sends the second information to the second device at a first feedback moment, where the first feedback moment is a moment in the plurality of first moments.

Abstract: A method includes: a first communication apparatus sending a first request message to a second communication apparatus, where the first request message is for requesting to enter a PSM mode. The second communication apparatus sends a first response message to the first communication apparatus based on the first request message, where the first response message includes first indication information and second indication information, the first indication information indicates the first communication apparatus to enter the PSM mode, the second indication information indicates X wakeup occasion windows for the first communication apparatus in the PSM mode, and X is greater than or equal to 0. The first communication apparatus enters the PSM mode based on the first response message.

Abstract: This application provides an example communication method. The example method includes a terminal device obtains a first message, where the first message includes target adjustment information. The terminal device obtains a second message, where the second message includes a timing advance (TA). The terminal device adjusts an uplink sending time based on the target adjustment information and the TA.

Abstract: This application provides a data transmission method. The method includes: receiving a first PDCCH, where the first PDCCH includes first DCI, the first DCI indicates a first resource, and the first resource is used to carry first uplink data; determining a first time period or a second time period, where the first time period includes a time period for monitoring a second PDCCH, and the second time period does not include the second PDCCH; and monitoring the second PDCCH based on the first time period or the second time period.

Abstract: A satellite communication method and apparatus are provided, to reduce the signaling overhead of downlink control information delivered by a satellite and that indicates beam switching when a plurality of communication apparatuses need to simultaneously perform a beam switch. In the method, a plurality of communication apparatuses are grouped based on geographical locations of the plurality of communication apparatuses, and a group identifier of a device group to which a communication apparatus belongs and an identifier of a beam to be switched to during the beam switch are sent, in a broadcast manner, to the communication apparatus that belongs to the same device group.

Abstract: In a cell handover method and apparatus, first network device of a first cell obtains user information of a terminal device, and then the first network device may determine handover information based on the user information and running information of the first network device, so that after the first network device sends an RRC message including the handover information to the terminal device, the terminal device may perform N consecutive cell handovers based on the handover information. In the N cell handovers, the first network device only needs to obtain the user information once, to configure handover conditions for the N subsequent handovers in advance at a time. This simplifies a network signaling procedure, reduces network overheads, and reduces handover response time. The embodiments of this disclosure are applicable to a network handover in a satellite scenario.

Abstract: A communication parameter indication method and an apparatus. A terminal device obtains first information, wherein the first information indicates a quantity of time units of a first message. The first information is related to a relative speed between a network device and the terminal device. The terminal device sends the first message based on the quantity of time units. Based on the foregoing solution, the first information indicates the quantity of time units for transmitting the first message by the terminal device.

Abstract: A random access method includes sending a random access preamble to a base station on a first time domain resource, obtaining an index value of the first time domain resource, obtaining an index difference between the first time domain resource and a second time domain resource, obtaining an index value of the second time domain resource by adding the index value of the first time domain resource and the index difference, obtaining a random access radio network temporary identifier (RA-RNTI) based on the index value of the second time domain resource, receiving a random access response (RAR) from the base station, and descrambling a cyclic redundancy check (CRC) code of the RAR using the RA-RNTI.

Abstract: A wireless communication includes determining, by a satellite, at least one first signal, sending the at least one first signal to a terminal based on at least one first beam, and receiving a random access request from the terminal. Each first signal of the at least one first signal corresponds to one first beam of the at least one first beam. Each first signal of the at least one first signal includes information about a first geographical location of a center point of the one first beam of the at least one first beam corresponding to each first signal of the at least one first signal. The information about the first geographical location is useable to determine a second beam from the at least one first beam. The random access request includes an identifier of the second beam.

Abstract: A communication parameter indication method and apparatus is provided. The method includes: obtaining first information, where the first information requests a first parameter of a terminal device, and the first parameter includes at least one of: location information of the terminal device and a parameter related to a timing advance TA that is determined based on a round-trip transmission delay between a first reference point and the terminal device, or a round-trip transmission delay between a network device and the terminal device; sending second information based on the first information, where the second information indicates the first parameter; and obtaining third information indicating a timing offset, the timing offset is for determining a scheduling delay degree of sending information by the terminal device, and is related to at least one of a communication parameter corresponding to a cell in which the terminal device is located and the first parameter.

Abstract: This application provides a beam switching method and apparatus. The beam switching method includes: A satellite device receives first location information of a terminal device. The satellite device sends first indication information, where the first indication information indicates one or more of K switching time periods. The K switching time periods are determined by the satellite device based on first information. The first information includes the first location information of the terminal device, location information of the satellite device, a velocity vector of the satellite device, and beam information of the satellite device. The K switching time periods are time periods in which the terminal device performs K times of beam switching.

Abstract: This application describes a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) feedback method and apparatus, and a computer-readable storage medium. An example method includes receiving downlink control information (DCI) from a network device, and determining, based on the DCI, a slot interval between a first data block and a HARQ feedback corresponding to the first data block. The method further includes determining a target slot based on a frame structure, and sending, in the target slot to the network device, HARQ information corresponding to the first data block.