A communication method, apparatus and storage medium are provided to resolve conflicts between different configurations of a terminal device. A first communication apparatus receives a first message from a network device. The first message includes first configuration information. The first communication apparatus receives or sends a discovery message and performs measurement based on the first configuration information by receiving or sending the discovery message. The measurement is measurement on signal quality of a sidelink between the first communication apparatus and a second communication apparatus. The first communication apparatus sends measurement information of the measurement to the network device.