Communication method and apparatus

Abstract

This application relates to the field of communication technologies, and discloses a communication method and an apparatus. The method includes: An access network device receives a data packet set and first time information corresponding to the data packet set from a user plane functional network element, and determines, based on the first time information and receiving time when the access network device receives the data packet set, a delay budget of transmission of the data packet set in an access network. In this way, as the access network device can determine the delay budget of the transmission of the data packet set in the access network, the access network device can control the transmission of the data packet set in the access network, to ensure a transmission requirement of the data packet set for an end-to-end stable and low delay.

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