The disclosure provides communication methods and apparatuses. One example method includes receiving, by a first network device, a first message from a second network device, where the first message includes network slice configuration information. The network slice configuration information is used to indicate a maximum data rate provided by each of n network slices for a terminal device, and n is an integer greater than or equal to 1. In response to the received first message, the first network device sends a second message to the second network device.

The disclosure provides communication methods and apparatuses. One example method includes receiving, by a first network device, a first message from a second network device, where the first message includes network slice configuration information. The network slice configuration information is used to indicate a maximum data rate provided by each of n network slices for a terminal device, and n is an integer greater than or equal to 1. In response to the received first message, the first network device sends a second message to the second network device.

This application provides a satellite communication method and an apparatus. The method includes: receiving, by a terminal device, first information sent by a satellite, where the first information is used to indicate a first timing change rate range; measuring and obtaining, by the terminal device, a first downlink timing change rate; determining a first uplink timing change rate based on the first downlink timing change rate and the first timing change rate range; and performing uplink communication with the satellite based on the first uplink timing change rate. The method can effectively resolve a problem of uplink timing drift and improve uplink performance.

This application provides a satellite communication method and an apparatus. The method includes: receiving, by a terminal device, first information sent by a satellite, where the first information is used to indicate a first timing change rate range; measuring and obtaining, by the terminal device, a first downlink timing change rate; determining a first uplink timing change rate based on the first downlink timing change rate and the first timing change rate range; and performing uplink communication with the satellite based on the first uplink timing change rate. The method can effectively resolve a problem of uplink timing drift and improve uplink performance.

Apparatuses, systems, and methods for a wireless device to perform methods to implement mechanisms for a UE to request a beam quality measurement procedure. A user equipment device may be configured to perform a method including performing transmitting a request to perform a beam quality measurement procedure for downlink receptions (e.g., a P3 procedure) to a base station/network entity, receiving instructions to perform the beam quality measurement procedure from the base station, and transmitting results of the beam quality measurement procedure to the base station. In some embodiments, transmission of the request may be response to at least one trigger condition and/or detection of a condition at the UE. The request may include an indication of a preferred timing offset. The instructions to perform the beam quality measurement procedure may include a schedule for the beam quality measurement.

Apparatuses, systems, and methods for a wireless device to perform methods to implement mechanisms for a UE to request a beam quality measurement procedure. A user equipment device may be configured to perform a method including performing transmitting a request to perform a beam quality measurement procedure for downlink receptions (e.g., a P3 procedure) to a base station/network entity, receiving instructions to perform the beam quality measurement procedure from the base station, and transmitting results of the beam quality measurement procedure to the base station. In some embodiments, transmission of the request may be response to at least one trigger condition and/or detection of a condition at the UE. The request may include an indication of a preferred timing offset. The instructions to perform the beam quality measurement procedure may include a schedule for the beam quality measurement.

Disclosed are an indication method, a terminal device, a network device, a chip, a computer readable storage medium, a computer program product, and a computer program. The method includes: sending, by a terminal device, a Beam Failure Recovery (BFR) Media Access Control (MAC) Control Element (CE) to a network device. The BFR MAC CE is used to indicate at least one Secondary Cell (SCell) where a beam failure occurs.

Disclosed are an indication method, a terminal device, a network device, a chip, a computer readable storage medium, a computer program product, and a computer program. The method includes: sending, by a terminal device, a Beam Failure Recovery (BFR) Media Access Control (MAC) Control Element (CE) to a network device. The BFR MAC CE is used to indicate at least one Secondary Cell (SCell) where a beam failure occurs.

Disclosed are systems and methods for a self-contained multi-modal communication system. The multi-modal communication system comprises a first mobile telecommunication node, which provides a private telecommunication network, a layer 2 (L2) backhaul wireless transceiver, an ethernet switch and an embedded edge cloud compute device. The edge cloud compute device includes an automatic failover detection system, wherein the automatic failover detection system receives as input a plurality of network parameters and automatically performs failover and communication modality switching for one or more communication devices associated with the self-contained multi-modal communication system.

Aspects of the disclosure provide an electronic device including processing circuitry and a method for beam failure recovery. The processing circuitry can determine whether beam failure occurs on at least one of a plurality of cells configured for serving an electronic device. When the beam failure is determined to occur on the at least one of the plurality of cells, the processing circuitry can send an uplink message that includes a first portion and a second portion to a network. The first portion indicating the beam failure is transmitted using a physical random access channel (PRACH) resource. The second portion indicates at least one of cell information of the at least one of the plurality of cells and new beam information of one or more new candidate beams for the at least one of the plurality of cells and is transmitted using a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) resource.