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Provided in the embodiments of the present application are a communication method and a related apparatus. The method comprises: transmitting first indication information, wherein the first indication information is used for indicating the maximum duration and / or the minimum duration of a first time period, the first time period is a time period between the transmission of a first message by a first apparatus and the reception of a second message from a second apparatus, and the second message is used as a response to the first message; and communicating with a third apparatus within a second time period, wherein the second time period falls within the first time period, the start time of the second time period is later than the end time of the transmission of the first message, and the end time of the second time period is earlier than the start time of the reception of the second message. The embodiments of the present application can reduce the interference from other communications to A-IoT communication, thereby ensuring the communication quality of the A-IoT communication.