Abstract: The present disclosure relates to transport block size (TBS) determining methods and apparatus. One example TBS determining method includes determining a second intermediate variable based on a determined TBS index, a frequency domain resource occupied by a first broadcast channel, and a second table, and determining a TBS based on the second intermediate variable and a scale factor, where the scale factor is greater than 1.

Abstract: A method includes: obtaining, by a terminal, configuration information, wherein the configuration information comprises a maximum quantity of signal transmitting attempts corresponding to each coverage enhancement level; determining, by the terminal according to the obtained configuration information, a transmit power used for transmitting the signal at a coverage enhancement level currently used by the terminal; and transmitting the signal using the determined transmit power.

Abstract: A frequency domain resource configuration method and apparatus, the method including obtaining, by a base station, a first frequency hopping parameter set of UE in N sub-bands, where the N sub-bands have a mapping relationship with a frequency hopping pattern that is indicated by the first frequency hopping parameter set, where the sub-band is a length of consecutive frequency domain resources in a system bandwidth, and where N?1, and further including sending, by the base station, first configuration information to the UE, where the first configuration information includes sub-band identifiers of the N sub-bands and the first frequency hopping parameter set.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a physical downlink control channel transmission method and apparatus. The transmission method includes: obtaining, by UE, a parameter set for transmitting a first physical downlink control channel, where the first physical downlink control channel is used for sending same downlink control information DCI in at least R subframes; determining, by the UE according to the parameter set, N candidate locations for transmitting the first physical downlink control channel by a base station, where the candidate location includes the R subframes; monitoring, by the UE at the N candidate locations, whether the base station sends the first physical downlink control channel; and receiving, by the UE at a first candidate location, the first physical downlink control channel sent by the base station, where the N candidate locations include the first candidate location.

Abstract: In the communication method disclosed herein, a terminal device first receives downlink control information (DCI) from a base station, where the DCI is used to schedule a transport block (TB) to be transmitted on a downlink channel. When the DCI meets a first condition, the terminal device skips sending back a positive acknowledgement (ACK) or a negative acknowledgement (NACK), where an ACK indicates that the TB is correctly received and a NACK indicates that the TB is incorrectly received.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure disclose a physical downlink control channel sending method. The method includes: sending configuration information of a first physical downlink control channel on a predefined resource, where the configuration information of the first physical downlink control channel is used to indicate manners of sending and receiving the first physical downlink control channel; and sending the first physical downlink control channel according to the configuration information of the first physical downlink control channel. Correspondingly, the embodiments of the present disclosure further disclose a physical downlink control channel receiving method, a base station device, and user equipment. By using the present disclosure, a physical downlink control channel, especially, an EPDCCH channel, can be transmitted, to resolve a problem of physical downlink control channel transmission caused by the fact that narrowband user equipment cannot receive a broadband PDCCH channel.

Abstract: A method for transmitting common information, a base station, and user equipment are provided, where the method includes: generating additional information according the common information, where the common information is a paging message and/or system information, and data packets of the additional information and data packets of the common information are the same at a Media Access Control MAC layer; and sending the common information and the additional information to the user equipment. In embodiments of the present invention, because the additional information and the common information carry same MAC layer data packet content, in a case of receiving the common information and the additional information, the user equipment may determine a data packet at the MAC layer according to the common information and the additional information; therefore a probability of correct detection of the common information may be increased.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a data transmission method and an apparatus, and relate to the field of communications technologies. The method includes: obtaining, by a terminal, first indication information of an uplink resource used for sending uplink data or uplink control information. The first indication information of the uplink resource includes information used to indicate whether the uplink resource is a type 1 uplink resource or a type 2 uplink resource. The type 1 uplink resource includes at least one subcarrier in a frequency domain, where when a subcarrier quantity of subcarriers is greater than or equal to 2, the subcarriers are orthogonal to each other, and a subcarrier spacing is 3.75 kHz; or the type 1 uplink resource includes at least one sub-channel in a frequency domain, where a bandwith of each sub-channel is approximately 3.75 kHz.

Abstract: A method includes determining a first subframe on which to transmit a first downlink control information (DCI) message and determining a second subframe on which to transmit a first information. The method also includes determining a delay between the first subframe and the second subframe and transmitting, by a communications controller to a user equipment (UE), the second subframe in accordance with the delay.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus for monitoring a downlink control channel, a terminal device, and a computer readable storage medium. The monitoring method includes determining, by a terminal device, priority information, where the priority information includes at least one of a control resource set priority, a search space priority, a downlink control information priority, or a downlink control information size priority, monitoring, by the terminal device, a downlink control channel based on the priority information, and obtaining, by the terminal device, downlink control information from the downlink control channel.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a data transmission method and an apparatus, and relate to the field of communications technologies. The method includes: obtaining, by a terminal, first indication information of an uplink resource used for sending uplink data or uplink control information. The first indication information of the uplink resource includes information used to indicate whether the uplink resource is a type 1 uplink resource or a type 2 uplink resource. The type 1 uplink resource includes at least one subcarrier in a frequency domain, where when a subcarrier quantity of subcarriers is greater than or equal to 2, the subcarriers are orthogonal to each other, and a subcarrier spacing is 3.75 kHz; or the type 1 uplink resource includes at least one sub-channel in a frequency domain, where a bandwith of each sub-channel is approximately 3.75 kHz.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a physical downlink control channel transmission method and apparatus. The transmission method includes: obtaining, by UE, a parameter set for transmitting a first physical downlink control channel, where the first physical downlink control channel is used for sending same downlink control information DCI in at least R subframes; determining, by the UE according to the parameter set, N candidate locations for transmitting the first physical downlink control channel by a base station, where the candidate location includes the R subframes; monitoring, by the UE at the N candidate locations, whether the base station sends the first physical downlink control channel; and receiving, by the UE at a first candidate location, the first physical downlink control channel sent by the base station, where the N candidate locations include the first candidate location.

Abstract: The present application discloses a control information sending method that includes: determining, by the user equipment, a first pattern from a preset set of patterns, wherein the pattern corresponds to an aggregation level for control information in each subframe of multiple subframes, and/or a resource indicator for a resource that is used for the control information in each subframe of the multiple subframes; and acquiring, by the user equipment, the control information mapped on the resource in each subframe of the multiple subframes according to the first pattern.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a scheduling method, a data transmission method, and an apparatus, and relate to the field of communications technologies, so as to resolve a problem that an existing LTE system does not support a new type of terminal. The scheduling method includes: sending, by a base station, downlink control information DCI to a first-type terminal, where the DCI includes scheduling information used to instruct the first-type terminal to send uplink data by using a first-mode frame format; the first-mode frame format includes at least one uplink subframe, and each uplink subframe includes at least one first-mode frame format symbol; and duration of the first-mode frame format symbol is at least four times of duration of a second-mode frame format symbol, and the second-mode frame format symbol is a single carrier frequency division multiple access SC-FDMA symbol in an LTE system.

Abstract: A method includes determining a first subframe on which to transmit a first downlink control information (DCI) message and determining a second subframe on which to transmit a first information. The method also includes determining a delay between the first subframe and the second subframe and transmitting, by a communications controller to a user equipment (UE), the second subframe in accordance with the delay.

Abstract: This application provides an uplink information sending method, including: determining, based on a transmission direction of a transmission resource and a preset grant-free transmission resource, a grant-free transmission resource used for uplink transmission, where the transmission resource includes the grant-free transmission resource; and sending uplink information on the grant-free transmission resource used for uplink transmission. According to the method, the grant-free transmission resource used for uplink transmission may be a subset of the preset grant-free transmission resource or may be a resource determined based on a location of the preset grant-free transmission resource. In either case, the grant-free transmission resource used for uplink transmission belongs to the transmission resource whose transmission direction is uplink transmission direction.

Abstract: A method includes: obtaining, by a terminal, configuration information, wherein the configuration information comprises a maximum quantity of signal transmitting attempts corresponding to each coverage enhancement level; determining, by the terminal according to the obtained configuration information, a transmit power used for transmitting the signal at a coverage enhancement level currently used by the terminal; and transmitting the signal using the determined transmit power.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a physical downlink control channel transmission method and apparatus. The transmission method includes: obtaining, by UE, a parameter set for transmitting a first physical downlink control channel, where the first physical downlink control channel is used for sending same downlink control information DCI in at least R subframes; determining, by the UE according to the parameter set, N candidate locations for transmitting the first physical downlink control channel by a base station, where the candidate location includes the R subframes; monitoring, by the UE at the N candidate locations, whether the base station sends the first physical downlink control channel; and receiving, by the UE at a first candidate location, the first physical downlink control channel sent by the base station, where the N candidate locations include the first candidate location.

Abstract: Embodiments disclose an information acquiring method. The method includes sending indicating information, where the indicating information indicates a resource set used for sending initial information, and the initial information comprises a master information block (MIB); and determining, according to the resource set used for sending initial information, a resource used for sending non-initial information, wherein the non-initial information comprises information carried over a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH), and the resource used for sending the non-initial information does not overlap with the resource set used for sending initial information.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a scheduling method, a data transmission method, and an apparatus, and relate to the field of communications technologies, so as to resolve a problem that an existing LTE system does not support a new type of terminal. The scheduling method includes: sending, by a base station, downlink control information DCI to a first-type terminal, where the DCI includes scheduling information used to instruct the first-type terminal to send uplink data by using a first-mode frame format; the first-mode frame format includes at least one uplink subframe, and each uplink subframe includes at least one first-mode frame format symbol; and duration of the first-mode frame format symbol is at least four times of duration of a second-mode frame format symbol, and the second-mode frame format symbol is a single carrier frequency division multiple access SC-FDMA symbol in an LTE system.