COMMUNICATION METHOD AND COMMUNICATION APPARATUS

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COMMUNICATION METHOD AND COMMUNICATION APPARATUS

This abstract first appeared for US patent application 18804113 titled 'COMMUNICATION METHOD AND COMMUNICATION APPARATUS

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This disclosure provides a communication method and a communication apparatus. In some aspects, a network device receives first indication information from a core network device, where the first indication information indicates the network device to trigger, after receiving uplink data from a first terminal device, a second terminal device to access the network device. After the network device receives first uplink data from the first terminal device, the network device triggers the second terminal device to access the network device. According to the method, complexity of data transmission and processing procedures of an inventory taking procedure transplanted to a cellular network can be reduced, so that an inventory taking rate of terminal devices and a communication capacity of a system are effectively improved.