A communication method implemented by a communications apparatus that is configured with a control rule parameter, where the control rule parameter includes a signature verification rule parameter, a message aggregation rule parameter, and a reporting control rule parameter, and the method includes receiving a first message, performing signature verification processing on the first message based on the signature verification rule parameter, performing, based on the message aggregation rule parameter, message aggregation processing on the first message after performing the signature verification processing to obtain a second message, and sending the second message to a server based on the reporting control rule parameter.