Fuente: Wipo "IOT" The present disclosure relates to the technical field of communications, and provides a communication method and apparatus, and a storage medium. The method comprises: receiving a first downlink message sent by a network device, the first downlink message being used for requesting execution of an A-IoT service and/or sending a configuration of the A-IoT service. The first downlink message comprises at least one of the following: a core network element identifier; an ambient Internet of Things (A-IoT) service identifier, used for identifying an A-IoT service; priority indication information, used for indicating a priority level of the A-IoT service; configuration information of a first radio bearer, the first radio bearer being associated with the A-IoT service; and A-IoT service request information. In this way, a terminal device and a network device are enabled to determine a mapping relationship between an A-IoT service response and an A-IoT service request, thereby determining to which core network element the received A-IoT service response is to be sent and how to send the received A-IoT service response.