| CPC H04W 76/12 (2018.02) [H04W 76/19 (2018.02); H04W 76/20 (2018.02); H04W 76/30 (2018.02)] | 17 Claims |

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1. A communication method, comprising:
receiving, by a first access network device, uplink user plane data from a user equipment (UE) in an inactive state; and
sending, by the first access network device, an uplink control plane information element and the uplink user plane data to a second access network device through different interfaces, wherein the uplink control plane information element comprises a first indication information element, and wherein the first indication information element comprises a cause value or a buffer status report (BSR), and the cause value or the BSR is used to indicate the second access network device to receive the uplink user plane data sent by the first access network device.
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