Abstract: This application provides example data packet transmission methods and example communications apparatuses. One example method includes receiving a data packet, where the data packet is in an undelivered state. The data packet can then be delivered during running of a reordering timer upon an arrival of a first delay cut-off moment corresponding to the data packet or an arrival of a second delay cut-off moment of an additional data packet before the data packet in a reordering window.

Abstract: When a PDCP entity over a UM DRB is re-established, or when a cell handover occurs and a PDCP entity over a UM DRB uses a key used before the handover, the PDCP entity determines a first SDU, where the first SDU is an SDU that is associated with a sequence number by the PDCP entity but whose corresponding data has not been transmitted through an air interface; and delivers a PDU corresponding to the first SDU to an RLC entity.

Abstract: This application provides a service data transmission method and apparatus, and the method includes: obtaining first configuration information, where the first configuration information includes a first service feature parameter and a first resource parameter corresponding to the first service feature parameter; obtaining to-be-sent service data and a second service feature parameter corresponding to the to-be-sent service data; determining, based on the first service feature parameter, the second service feature parameter, and the first resource parameter, a second resource parameter for transmitting the to-be-sent service data; selecting, based on the second resource parameter, an available resource for transmitting the to-be-sent service data; and transmitting the to-be-sent service data by using the available resource.

Abstract: This application provides a method for repeatedly transmitting data and a device. The method includes: separately sending, by a terminal device, one piece of data in a PDCP entity to N logical channels, where a direct link transmission manner is used on at least one of the N logical channels, and N is a positive integer greater than or equal to 2; obtaining, by the terminal device, a resource; and sending, by the terminal device, the data on the N logical channels by using the obtained resource.

Abstract: A message relay arrangement is described. A first terminal sends a first message to a second terminal, where the first message that instructs the second terminal to determine a type of the second terminal based on the first message. Based on the terminal type, the second terminal operating as the first-type terminal sends first measurement information; or operating as the second-type terminal receives first measurement information sent by a first-type terminal, determines quality of a first link between the first-type terminal and the second-type terminal, and sends the quality of the first link to the first terminal. The first terminal receives the quality of the first link sent by the second-type terminal. The first terminal determines a mapping relationship between the first-type terminal and the second-type terminal based on the quality of the first link. The first terminal sends the mapping relationship to terminals corresponding to the mapping relationship.

Abstract: This application discloses a method for selecting a plurality of carriers and a related device. The method includes: obtaining, by a first terminal, first configuration information, where the first configuration information includes at least one piece of first carrier information and corresponding first channel congestion parameter information; obtaining first data; selecting at least one direct link transmission carrier for the first data according to the first carrier information and in a priority sequence based on the first channel congestion parameter information; and sending the first data on the direct link transmission carrier.

Abstract: This application provides a method includes: a first IAB node receives N data packets from a donor base station to a terminal device; the first IAB node determines a PDCP PDU SN of a first data packet in PDCP PDU SNs of the N data packets, where the PDCP PDU SN of the first data packet is a largest PDCP PDU SN in the PDCP PDU SNs of the N data packets, or the PDCP PDU SN of the first data packet is a largest PDCP PDU SN in consecutive PDCP PDU SNs starting from a smallest PDCP PDU SN in the PDCP PDU SNs that are of the N data packets and that are arranged in ascending order; and the first IAB node sends first information to the donor base station, where the first information includes a value of the PDCP PDU SN of the first data packet.

Abstract: An adjustment method includes receiving, by a terminal, a redistribution command sent by a network device, where the redistribution command is used to adjust a frequency priority or a cell priority of a terminal in a cell; and ignoring, by the terminal, the redistribution command based on a status of the terminal. Network signaling overheads can be reduced in a process in which a network side instructs to perform redistribution.

Abstract: Embodiments of this application provide an information feedback method which performed by a transmitting end, the method includes: obtaining a direct link transmission resource; sending first direct communication data to a receiving end by using the direct link transmission resource, where the first direct communication data carries feedback indication information and sending manner indication information, the feedback indication information is used to indicate whether a receiving feedback needs to be performed for the first direct communication data, and the sending manner indication information is used to indicate that a manner of sending the first direct communication data is at least one of unicast, multicast, or broadcast; when the feedback indication information indicates that a feedback needs to be performed for the first direct communication data, receiving second direct communication data sent by the receiving end on a direct link feedback resource, where the second direct communication data carries

Abstract: This application relates to a communication method and device. The communication method includes: receiving first signaling, where the first signaling indicates to deactivate that a first logical channel; and determining, depending on whether a logical channel in an activated state and the first logical channel belong to a same MAC entity, whether an association relationship between a carrier and the logical channel in the activated state applies, where the first logical channel and the logical channel in the activated state belong to a same radio bearer, and a PDCP duplication transmission function is configured for the radio bearer. According to the method provided in embodiments of this application, after a logical channel is deactivated, carriers that should be used for a remaining logical channel can be known, so that a terminal device can perform a correct operation.

Abstract: This application provides a measurement method, a terminal device, and an access network device. The measurement method includes: measuring, by a terminal device, signal quality of a plurality of beams, wherein the signal quality of the plurality of beams is obtained by using synchronization signal blocks, the signal quality of the plurality of beams comprises signal quality of a same beam at different moments, and the plurality of beams belong to one cell; and obtaining, by the terminal device, signal quality of the cell based on the signal quality of the plurality of beams. In this way, cell measurement based on a synchronization signal is implemented, and the signal quality of the cell obtained based on the signal quality of the plurality of beams at the different moments is more accurate.

Abstract: The present invention provides a communications method and apparatus. The method includes: when an integrated access and backhaul IAB node detects that an RLF occurs on a first backhaul BH link, triggering, by the IAB node, feedback of DDDS information of the IAB node to an IAB donor node, and/or sending, by the IAB node, first indication information to a child node of the IAB node, where the first indication information is used to indicate the child node of the IAB node to trigger feedback of DDDS information of the child node to the IAB donor node.

Abstract: An entity establishment processing method and an apparatus are provided. The processing method includes: A terminal side device receives first indication information from a first network side device, where the first indication information is used to trigger reestablishment of a first PDCP entity of the terminal side device. When a first bearer corresponding to the first PDCP entity is not a radio bearer used to perform duplication transmission between the terminal side device and a core network side device, in a process in which the terminal side device reestablishes the first PDCP entity based on the first indication information, the terminal side device sets a parameter of the first PDCP entity to an initial value.

Abstract: The present disclosure discloses example downlink buffer status feedback methods and apparatuses. One example method includes determining first information by a first node, where the first information indicates a downlink buffer status of a first bearer between the first node and a parent node of the first node. The first information is sent by the first node to a second node, where the first node is a relay node in a wireless relay communications system, and the second node is a parent node of the first node.

Abstract: This disclosure provides communications methods and apparatuses. One method comprises: receiving, by a first entity of an adaptation layer in a network node, a data packet sent by an entity of a lower protocol layer of the adaptation layer, wherein the data packet comprising an adaptation layer header and an adaptation layer payload; and processing the data packet in response to determining whether the network node is a destination node that the data packet is routed to at the adaptation layer.

Abstract: Embodiments of this application relate to the communications field, and provide a route update method, the method, comprising: sending a medium access control protocol data unit (MAC PDU), wherein the MAC PDU comprises a first buffer status report (BSR); and canceling, in response to the sending of the MAC PDU, a scheduling request triggered prior to the MAC PDU assembly, wherein the first BSR comprises a buffer status up to the last event that triggers a BSR prior to the MAC PDU assembly.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods and apparatus for controlling wireless backhaul link. In one example method, a first device determines to manage a first radio link control (RLC) bearer on a wireless backhaul link between a first backhaul node and a second device, where the second device is a parent node of the first backhaul node, the first device is a centralized unit (CU) of a donor base station, and the second device is a distributed unit (DU) of the donor base station; the second device is a second backhaul node, and the first device is a donor base station; or the first device is a CU of a donor base station, and the second device is a second backhaul node. The first device sends a backhaul type indicator and management information of the first RLC bearer to the first backhaul node.

Abstract: Example mapping methods and apparatus are described. One example method includes determining a message type of an uplink signaling message by an integrated access and backhaul node. The integrated access and backhaul node maps the uplink signaling message to a corresponding backhaul radio link control (BH RLC) based on an uplink mapping relationship from an integrated access and backhaul donor centralized unit and the message type. The uplink signaling message is sent to a parent node of the integrated access and backhaul node.

Abstract: This application provides a data transmission method and an apparatus. The method includes that an integrated access and backhaul (IAB) donor distributed unit receives downlink data and service attribute information of downlink data that are sent by an IAB donor centralized unit. The IAB donor distributed unit maps the downlink data to a corresponding backhaul radio link control channel (BH RLC) channel based on the service attribute information of the downlink data or based on the service attribute information of the downlink data and access IAB node address information of the downlink data, and sends the downlink data to a next-hop IAB node.

Abstract: Embodiments of this application provide a communication method and a related device. The method includes: receiving, by a first node, a data packet from a second node, where the data packet includes first indication information, and the first indication information includes a logical channel identity LCID corresponding to the data packet; and delivering, by the first node, the data to an upper protocol layer of the RLC layer of the first node based on the first indication information.