Example uncrewed aerial vehicle communication methods and apparatus are described. One example method includes a first access network device receives indication information used to indicate access information of a next hop of the uncrewed aerial vehicle, where the access information includes at least one of information about a second access network device or information about a cell of a second access network device. The first access network device sends a first request based on the indication information, where the first request is used to request the second access network device to prepare an access resource for the uncrewed aerial vehicle. The second access network device prepares the access resource for the uncrewed aerial vehicle after receiving the first request.