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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 21, 2025
Filed:
Apr. 21, 2023
Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., Guangdong, CN;
Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., Shenzhen, CN;
Abstract
The present invention discloses a communication method and an apparatus. One example method includes: sending feedback information to a network device, where downlink control information (DCI) for scheduling the first data packet is scrambled by group radio network temporary identifier (G-RNTI); receiving a second information, where the second information comprises a discontinuous reception (DRX) configuration information corresponding to a first unicast service, the DRX configuration information corresponding to the first unicast service comprises duration of a second downlink HARQ RTT timer and duration of a second downlink DRX retransmission timer; starting the second downlink HARQ RTT timer at a first moment after an end of sending the feedback information; monitoring, based on DRX configuration information, a Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) for scheduling information of a data packet of the first multicast service, where the scheduling information is scrambled by the C-RNTI.