| CPC H04L 5/0037 (2013.01) [B60R 16/0231 (2013.01); H04L 5/0055 (2013.01)] | 10 Claims |

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1. A communication method, implemented by a first apparatus, on a sensor side, comprising a hardware processor, the method comprising:
receiving indication information from a second apparatus,
wherein the indication information comprises information for configuring first and second sending periods for sending data of different types to the second apparatus or information acknowledging receipt of the configuration information sent to the second apparatus from the first apparatus, and
wherein the information for configuring first and second sending periods includes frequencies of the first and second sending periods;
obtaining first data and second data of different types, wherein the types of data are based on different frequencies of collection periods by sources of the first and second data;
sending the first data to the second apparatus during the first sending period whose period is according to the information for configuring the first sending period; and
sending the second data to the second apparatus during the second sending period whose period is according to the information for configuring the second sending period,
wherein the frequency of the first sending period is determined based on a first collection period of the first data,
wherein the frequency of the second sending period is determined based on a second collection period of the second data,
wherein the frequency of each of the first and second collection periods is based on a period of time for collecting the first or second data by a sensor or a period of time for changing the data, and
wherein frequencies of the first sending period and the second sending period are different.
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