Information exchange method and apparatus, terminal, and network-side device

Abstract

This application pertains to the field of communication technologies, and discloses an information exchange method and apparatus, a terminal, and a network-side device. The information exchange method in embodiments of this application includes: in a case that a first timer is running, when a target event associated with a terminal is to be triggered, performing, by the terminal, at least one of the following operations: sending a request message to a network-side device, where the request message is used to indicate that the terminal is to activate an unavailability period; and storing context information, where the terminal is unavailable during execution of the target event, and the first timer is a timer related to congestion control.

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