Abstract: This application discloses a reference signal configuration method and apparatus. Before a network device sends reference signals aperiodically, the network device sends configuration information to a terminal device, where the configuration information is used to indicate a timeslot offset of one or more reference signal resource sets. Therefore, the network device can flexibly send reference signals in different timeslots, thereby reducing a quantity of times of reference signal triggering and measurement result reporting, and improving efficiency of a communications system.

Abstract: This application provides a data receiving method and apparatus and a data sending method and apparatus. In the method, a terminal device receives a PDCCH and M PDSCHs that are scheduled by using DCI in the PDCCH, where time domain resources occupied by any two of the M PDSCHs do not overlap, and the M PDSCHs are associated with at least two different pieces of beam indication information. Transmit beams and/or receive beams of the M PDSCHs are related to a time interval between adjacent PDSCHs in the M PDSCHs. Because the time interval affects receiving efficiency of the PDSCH, the time interval may be used as a consideration for determining the transmit beam and/or the receive beam of the PDSCH, to optimize the transmit beam and/or the receive beam of the PDSCH. In this way, the receiving efficiency of the PDSCH is improved.

Abstract: Example communication methods and communications apparatus are described. One example method include: receiving downlink control information (DCI), where the DCI indicates N demodulation reference signal (DMRS) ports. The N DMRS ports correspond to each of M physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) transmission units, at least two of the M PDSCH transmission units correspond to different transmission configuration indicator (TCI)-states, N is an integer greater than or equal to 1, and M are integers greater than or equal to 2. M PDSCHs are received based on the DCI.

Abstract: This application provides a data transmission method and a device. The method includes: obtaining, by a transmit end device, a modulation symbol sequence in multiple time-frequency resource element groups, wherein a size of the time-frequency resource element group is agreed on in a protocol, or determined based on a transmission parameter; performing, by the transmit end device, interleaving processing on the modulation symbol sequence using the time-frequency resource element group as an interleaving unit, to obtain an order in which the modulation symbol sequence is mapped onto the multiple time-frequency resource element groups, wherein multiple consecutive modulation symbol groups in the modulation symbol sequence are mapped onto at least two of the multiple time-frequency resource element groups; and sending, by the transmit end device, the modulation symbol sequence in the order in which the modulation symbol sequence is mapped onto the multiple time-frequency resource element groups.

Abstract: This application provides a communication processing method and apparatus. The method includes: receiving M groups of first parameters and N groups of second parameters that are sent by a network device, where the first parameter is a downlink parameter, the second parameter is a CRS rate matching parameter, M is a positive integer greater than or equal to 2, and N is a positive integer greater than or equal to 1, where there is an association relationship between P groups of first parameters in the M groups of first parameters and the N groups of second parameters, P is less than or equal to M, and P is a positive integer. Terminal devices may determine a punctured time-frequency resource on a PDSCH based on CRS rate matching parameters determined by the terminal devices, to obtain downlink data.

Abstract: Embodiments of this application provide a downlink control information transmission method, an apparatus, and a system, so that after receiving one piece of DCI, the terminal device learns whether blind detection of DCI needs to be continued. The method includes: A terminal device receives first DCI, where the first DCI includes first indication information, and the first indication information is used to indicate a first antenna port. The terminal device assumes, based on the first antenna port and antenna port configuration information, whether second DCI exists. The configuration information may include an index of a CDM group to which each of a plurality of antenna ports belongs and a maximum quantity of CDM groups that is supported by the terminal device; or the configuration information may include one or more antenna port groups, and each of the one or more antenna port groups includes one or more antenna ports.

Abstract: This application provides a data transmission method and a communication apparatus, to improve data transmission reliability. The method includes: receiving downlink control information (DCI); determining a plurality of pieces of quasi-co-location (QCL) information based on the DCI; and receiving downlink data based on the plurality of pieces of QCL information. The plurality of pieces of QCL information correspond to a plurality of time domain units, each time domain unit corresponds to at least one piece of QCL information, and at least two of the plurality of pieces of QCL information are different, that is, the downlink data is from at least two network devices.

Abstract: Embodiments of this application provide data transmission methods and apparatuses. One method includes: receiving, by a communications apparatus, indication information from a network device, wherein the indication information indicates a data distribution selected from a first data distribution and a second data distribution; performing, by the communications apparatus, data transmission with the network device based on the data distribution; wherein the data distribution indicates a distribution of modulation symbols of a code block (CB) on one or more orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbols of at least one resource unit, and wherein the one or more OFDM symbols are consecutive in time-domain.

Abstract: This application provides a method for configuring channel state information CSI reporting and a communication apparatus. The method includes: A terminal device receives configuration information for CSI reporting, where the configuration information for the CSI reporting is associated with configuration information of a first reference signal and configuration information of a second reference signal, the second reference signal is used for measuring an uplink channel, and the first reference signal is used for measuring a downlink channel. The terminal device performs channel measurement based on the first reference signal and the second reference signal to generate a CSI, and feeds back CSI. By using uplink and downlink channel reciprocity, the terminal device may not need to feed back information with reciprocity, for example, an angle and a delay, so that feedback overheads of the terminal device are reduced.

Abstract: This application provides a channel measurement configuration method and a communications apparatus. The method includes: receiving, by a terminal device, a measurement configuration, where the measurement configuration includes a plurality of resource settings, and the plurality of resource settings include a plurality of resource settings for channel measurement and a plurality of resource settings for interference measurement; receiving, by the terminal device, channel state information reference signals CSI-RSs on resources configured in the plurality of resource settings; and generating, by the terminal device, a CSI group based on the CSI-RSs, where the CSI group includes one or more pieces of CSI. In embodiments of this application, a plurality of resource settings for channel measurement and a plurality of resource settings for interference measurement are associated in one report setting.

Abstract: A beam reporting method and a communications apparatus is provided. The method includes that a terminal device receives first information, where the first information is used to configure at least two reference signal resource groups; and sending, by the terminal device, reporting information, where the reporting information includes related information of at least two beams, the at least two beams are used to send reference signals carried on at least two reference signal resources, and the reference signals sent by using the at least two beams can be simultaneously received by the terminal device, where the at least two reference signal resources are respectively from the at least two reference signal resource groups. In this application, related information of beams of at least two transmission points is reported through one time of beam scanning, to implement beam training in a CoMP system.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to resource configuration methods and apparatus. A user equipment (UE) generates receiving beam quantity indication information indicating a maximum quantity of receiving beams that is supported by the UE, and sends the receiving beam quantity indication information to a network device. The maximum quantity of receiving beams is used for a configuration of a beam management reference signal resource for the UE. The UE receives the configuration of a beam management reference signal resource for the UE from the network device.

Abstract: Embodiments of this application provide a data transmission method and apparatus. The method includes: transmitting indication information indicating a data distribution manner selected from a first data distribution manner and a second data distribution manner; performing data transmission with a terminal device according to the data distribution manner indicated by the indication information; wherein the data distribution manner indicating a distribution of modulation symbols of a code block (CB) on one or more orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbols of at least one resource unit, the one or more OFDM symbols are consecutive in time-domain; and wherein modulation symbols distributed on a same OFDM symbol of the one or more OFDM symbols are interleaved in frequency-domain according to the first data distribution manner and are not interleaved in the frequency-domain according to the second data distribution manner.

Abstract: Embodiments of this application disclose a precoding matrix determining method and apparatus, to determine a stage-1 precoding matrix based on indication information that is of a spatial correlation matrix and that is fed back by a terminal, thereby implementing three-dimensional precoding based on a channel state and increasing a channel capacity. The method includes: sending, by a base station, a plurality of groups of first reference signals, where the plurality of groups of first reference signals are in a one-to-one correspondence with a plurality of dimensions of an antenna array, and each of the plurality of groups of first reference signals is used by a terminal to estimate spatial correlation matrix information in a corresponding dimension; receiving the spatial correlation matrix information fed back by the terminal based on the plurality of groups of first reference signals; and determining a stage-1 precoding matrix based on the spatial correlation matrix information.

Abstract: This application provides a technical solution for rank indication, and especially when a CQI number is not configured or a CQI number is 1, a network device configures a rank indication restriction parameter as that at least one of ranks whose index numbers are 0, 1, 2, and 3 is allowed to be reported by the terminal device; or even if the network device does not perform the foregoing configuration, and none of the ranks whose index numbers are 0, 1, 2, and 3 is allowed to be reported, the terminal device may select at least one rank for RI reporting, so as to resolve a problem that a system cannot work. In addition, according to embodiments of this application, bit overheads required for RI reporting may further be reduced.

Abstract: This application discloses communication methods and apparatuses. One method includes: receiving, by a terminal device, a reference signal from a beam of a network device; determining, by the terminal device, availability of the beam based on a threshold and the reference signal; and sending, by the terminal device, feedback information to the network device, wherein the feedback information indicates the availability of the beam.

Abstract: The application provides a beam training method and a communications apparatus. The method includes: generating, by a terminal device, capability indication information, where the capability indication information is used to indicate that the terminal device can support simultaneous beam training in a maximum of N frequency bands, and N is an integer greater than or equal to 1; and sending, by the terminal device, the capability indication information. In this way, the network device may select a plurality of frequency bands at a time based on a capability of the terminal device to simultaneously perform beam training. Therefore, in an embodiments of this application, when the quantity N, of frequency bands for simultaneous training, supported by the terminal device is greater than 1, beam training may be simultaneously performed between the network device and the terminal device in a plurality of frequency bands.

Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a demodulation reference signal (DMRS) port configuration information obtaining method, a DMRS port configuration information delivery method, and an apparatus, and relates to the field of communications technologies, to reduce signaling overheads. The DMRS port configuration information obtaining method may include: receiving, by user equipment (UE), indication information sent by a base station, where the indication information includes overview information of DMRS ports of all UEs scheduled by the base station; and obtaining, by the UE, DMRS port configuration information of all the UEs according to a preset rule and the indication information.

Abstract: Embodiments of this application disclose a data processing method and an apparatus thereof.

Abstract: A method for indicating downlink control signaling and a related device are provided. The method includes: generating, by an access network device, indication information, and sending the indication information to a first terminal device by using downlink control signaling, where the indication information is used by the first terminal device to obtain information about an antenna port that is used by a second terminal device and that is corresponding to a demodulation reference signal, and the second terminal device is a terminal device currently performing spatial multiplexing together with the first terminal device. This implements interference detection performed by the first terminal device on a plurality of users.