| CPC H04W 40/22 (2013.01) [H04W 8/005 (2013.01); H04W 88/04 (2013.01)] | 15 Claims |

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1. A communication method, wherein the method comprises:
receiving, by a first terminal device, a first message from a second terminal device;
determining, by the first terminal device, a first logical channel corresponding to the first message, wherein the first logical channel comprises a dedicated logical channel, wherein the first message comprises a first parameter, and the first parameter comprises network slice capability information of the second terminal device;
determining, by the first terminal device based on the first logical channel, that the first message is a discovery message, wherein the discovery message indicates that the second terminal device is a relay terminal device; and
determining, by the first terminal device based on the network slice capability information of the second terminal device, that a slice capability of the second terminal device satisfies a slice capability requirement of the first terminal device.
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