COMMUNICATION METHOD AND APPARATUS

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COMMUNICATION METHOD AND APPARATUS

This abstract first appeared for US patent application 18988028 titled 'COMMUNICATION METHOD AND APPARATUS

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This application provides a communication method and apparatus, to improve network flexibility and security. The communication method includes: A terminal device sends a first request message, where the first request message is used to request to serve the terminal device in N1 subnets of a core network, the first request message includes configuration information of each of the N1 subnets, and N1 is a positive integer greater than 1; and the terminal device obtains a first response message, where the first response message indicates that the terminal device is served in N2 subnets, the N2 subnets include some or all of the N1 subnets, N2 is a positive integer less than or equal to N1, and the first response message includes a first temporary identifier, of the terminal device, in each of the N2 subnets.