19014641. COMMUNICATION METHOD AND APPARATUS (Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.)
COMMUNICATION METHOD AND APPARATUS
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COMMUNICATION METHOD AND APPARATUS
This abstract first appeared for US patent application 19014641 titled 'COMMUNICATION METHOD AND APPARATUS
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A communication method and apparatus are provided. The method includes: obtaining topology information of a satellite network, where the topology information includes information about a channel between satellites in the satellite network; and determining a first user plane network element based on the topology information, identification information of a satellite on which at least one user plane network element is located, and identification information of a satellite on which an access network device is located, where the first user plane network element is one of the at least one user plane network element. According to the foregoing method, an appropriate user plane network element can be selected in a multi-hop scenario of an inter-satellite link.
