Disclosed is a bandwidth part (BWP) switching method, a terminal, and a storage medium. The method includes: receiving target downlink control information (DCI) from a network device; wherein the target DCI comprises a first BWP, and the target DCI is configured to trigger the terminal to perform a BWP switching; de-enabling a timer-based BWP switching function according to the target DCI; wherein the timer-based BWP switching function indicates triggering the terminal to perform the BWP switching in response to no data transmission existing between the terminal and the network device within a timer duration of a timer; and switching a current BWP to the first BWP.

Disclosed is a method performed by a first core network node, for enhancing service continuity between a wireless device and a second network via a first network, wherein the first core network node is part of the first network. The method comprises receiving, from the wireless device and/or from a second core network node of the first network, control signalling indicating that the wireless device requires that a tunnel between the wireless device and the second network and via a gateway of the first network is maintained. The method comprises controlling a radio access network node and/or the gateway based on the control signalling and a capability of the first core network node of the first network to maintain the tunnel.

Disclosed is a method performed by a first core network node, for enhancing service continuity between a wireless device and a second network via a first network, wherein the first core network node is part of the first network. The method comprises receiving, from the wireless device and/or from a second core network node of the first network, control signalling indicating that the wireless device requires that a tunnel between the wireless device and the second network and via a gateway of the first network is maintained. The method comprises controlling a radio access network node and/or the gateway based on the control signalling and a capability of the first core network node of the first network to maintain the tunnel.

The present disclosure relates to a communication method and system for converging a 5th-Generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a 4th-Generation (4G) system with a technology for Internet of Things (IoT). The present disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT-related technology, such as smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car, connected car, health care, digital education, smart retail, security and safety services. Disclosed is a method for processing a segmented RRC message and operating a timer related thereto.

A first node transmits a first signal; receives a second signal; and transmits a third signal on a target time-frequency resource block; the second signal is used to indicate a first time-frequency resource block, the first time-frequency resource block is used to determine a target time-frequency resource set, and the first time-frequency resource block is one of the multiple time-frequency resource blocks comprised in the target time-frequency resource set; the target time-frequency resource block is one of the multiple time-frequency resource blocks comprised in the target time-frequency resource set, and whether the third signal carries a first-type information block is used to determine the target time-frequency resource block out of the target time-frequency resource set; the first-type information block comprises control-plane information. The present application transmits a Message 3 through additional time-frequency resources to reduce the conflict of random access to mainstream services.

A first node transmits a first signal; receives a second signal; and transmits a third signal on a target time-frequency resource block; the second signal is used to indicate a first time-frequency resource block, the first time-frequency resource block is used to determine a target time-frequency resource set, and the first time-frequency resource block is one of the multiple time-frequency resource blocks comprised in the target time-frequency resource set; the target time-frequency resource block is one of the multiple time-frequency resource blocks comprised in the target time-frequency resource set, and whether the third signal carries a first-type information block is used to determine the target time-frequency resource block out of the target time-frequency resource set; the first-type information block comprises control-plane information. The present application transmits a Message 3 through additional time-frequency resources to reduce the conflict of random access to mainstream services.

A method for establishing a radio resource control connection between a first wireless device and a radio network node, comprises transmitting a request for a radio resource control connection towards the radio network node from the first wireless device to a second wireless device. Then, the second wireless device forwards the request for a radio resource control connection towards the radio network node to the radio network node. The forwarding by the second wireless device uses an already established radio resource control signaling connection between the second wireless device and the radio network node.

A method for establishing a radio resource control connection between a first wireless device and a radio network node, comprises transmitting a request for a radio resource control connection towards the radio network node from the first wireless device to a second wireless device. Then, the second wireless device forwards the request for a radio resource control connection towards the radio network node to the radio network node. The forwarding by the second wireless device uses an already established radio resource control signaling connection between the second wireless device and the radio network node.

The present disclosure relates to a communication method and system for converging a 5th-Generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a 4th-Generation (4G) system with a technology for Internet of Things (IoT). The present disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT-related technology, such as smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car, connected car, health care, digital education, smart retail, security and safety services. The method includes configuring, by a User Equipment (UE) (100), a Protocol Data Unit (PDU) session type as an always-ON type or a normal PDU type. Further, the method includes sending, by the UE (100), a PDU session establishment request message including the PDU session type to be the always-ON type or the normal PDU type to a network (200) during an initial PDU session establishment procedure.

A method includes generating a payload container information element comprising two or more payload entries at user equipment in a communication system, and sending the payload container information element from the user equipment to at least one network element in the communication system. Another method includes receiving a payload container information element comprising two or more payload entries at a network function in a communication system from user equipment in the communication system, and decoding the two or more payload entries of the payload container information element into two or more individual payloads at the network function.