| CPC G06F 21/554 (2013.01) [H04L 9/40 (2022.05); H04L 63/20 (2013.01); G06F 2221/034 (2013.01); H04W 28/0875 (2020.05)] | 20 Claims |

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1. A communication method, wherein the method comprises:
determining, by a first terminal device, a first security protection method in a discovery procedure between the first terminal device and a second terminal device;
performing, by the first terminal device, security protection on at least one message in a PC5 establishment procedure between the first terminal device and the second terminal device using the first security protection method; and
sending, by the first terminal device, the at least one security-protected message to the second terminal device.
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