Abstract: This application provides a reference signal sending method.

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: A method for transmitting a common message includes determining, by a base station, a first transmission configuration. The first transmission configuration includes a group of transmission parameters and a moment for using the group of transmission parameters. The group of transmission parameters includes a control channel scheduling indication that is used to indicate whether to use a control channel to schedule and send a common message. The method further includes transmitting, by the base station, the common message to a machine type communication (MTC) device according to the control channel scheduling indication.

Abstract: This application provides a transmission resource allocation method and apparatus, and a data sending method and apparatus. The method includes: determining, by a network device, at least one basic resource element, where each of the at least one basic resource element corresponds to at least one pilot, a first basic resource element in the at least one basic resource element corresponds to at least two pilots, and the at least two pilots are different; and indicating, by the network device to a terminal device, at least one pilot corresponding to one or more of the at least one basic resource element.

Abstract: A method for determining a transmit power in a coverage enhancement scenario and a device resolve a problem that the prior art lacks a solution to determining a transmit power of a preamble sequence in a random access process in the coverage enhancement scenario. The method includes: obtaining, by a terminal, configuration information that is used to determine a transmit power used for transmitting a signal at each coverage enhancement level; and 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, so as to determine the transmit power used for transmitting the signal in the coverage enhancement scenario.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the field of communications, and in particular, to a method for configuring a physical random access channel (PRACH) resource, a method for acquiring a PRACH resource configuration, a base station, and user equipment. The method for configuring a resource includes configuring, by a base station, a supported coverage enhancement level and a PRACH resource corresponding to the coverage enhancement level, and transmitting, by the base station to user equipment, a resource index and/or resource configuration information of the PRACH resource configured for the coverage enhancement level, so that the user equipment acquires the corresponding PRACH resource, and transmits a preamble on the acquired PRACH resource.

Abstract: The present invention discloses an information acquiring method, including: acquiring initial information according to at least one preset resource set, where the at least one resource set is used to indicate a resource used to acquire the initial information. In the information acquiring method according to embodiments of the present invention, a terminal may receive the initial information by using a preset resource set without a need to detect a widest scope of resources, thereby improving receiving efficiency of the terminal, and further reducing power consumption of the terminal.

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: A data communication method, an apparatus, and a system are provided. The method includes: sending, by a sending apparatus, a first group of one or more control resource sets to a receiving apparatus; sending, by the sending apparatus, first signaling to the receiving apparatus, where the first signaling is used to instruct the receiving apparatus to receive data on a time-frequency resource for data transmission. Based on the foregoing method, signaling overheads are reduced, and a control channel and data are dynamically reused in a control resource set.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a data transmission processing method including: receiving first indication information and saving context information of user equipment according to the first indication information, where the context information includes identification information of the user equipment; and decoding a PDCCH based on the identification information of the user equipment, to obtain second indication information, where the second indication information is used to determine that the user equipment is a paged object or that there is a service of the user equipment. The indication information meant for the paged object is carried in the PDCCH, so that the user equipment can determine, depending on whether the indication information can be successfully obtained, whether the user equipment is the paged object or has a service, and perform subsequent processing, for example, connecting to a network, when determining that the user equipment is the paged object or has a service.

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 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: The present disclosure provides a data transmission processing method including: receiving first indication information and saving context information of user equipment according to the first indication information, where the context information includes identification information of the user equipment; and decoding a PDCCH based on the identification information of the user equipment, to obtain second indication information, where the second indication information is used to determine that the user equipment is a paged object or that there is a service of the user equipment. The indication information meant for the paged object is carried in the PDCCH, so that the user equipment can determine, depending on whether the indication information can be successfully obtained, whether the user equipment is the paged object or has a service, and perform subsequent processing, for example, connecting to a network, when determining that the user equipment is the paged object or has a service.

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 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 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: The present invention relates to the field of communications technologies, and discloses methods for transmitting and storing downlink data, a base station, and a terminal. In this solution, each time when a base station transmits downlink data, bits are selected in such a way that a length and a start point of a sequence that a terminal of any terminal category expects to receive in initial transmission (or retransmission) of a code block are the same as a length and a start point of a sequence that a transmit end determines to transmit for the same code block, so that the terminal can perform reliable decoding. Therefore, a disadvantage is avoided that the terminal cannot correctly perform storing and further cannot correctly perform decoding each time when the terminal stores a retransmitted code block for a same code block, and decoding accuracy of the terminal is improved.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus for transmitting system information and a method and an apparatus for receiving system information are provided. The method includes: acquiring, by a base station, a preset modification period of enhanced system information, where the enhanced system information is system information on which enhanced transmission needs to be performed; the modification period of the enhanced system information is an integer multiple of a modification period of non-enhanced system information; and the non-enhanced system information is system information that is transmitted, based on scheduling by using a control channel, in a system information window; and transmitting the enhanced system information in an enhanced transmission manner in the modification period of the enhanced system information according to a configured time-sequence location. According to the methods or the apparatuses in the present invention, occupied transmission resources can be reduced.

Abstract: The present application discloses a control information sending method that includes: determining, from a preset set of patterns, a pattern as a first pattern, where the pattern comprised in the preset set of patterns is one or more patterns that are determined according to a coverage enhancement degree. The pattern determines an aggregation level that is used for transmitting control information, and determines the number of the multiple subframes, and also determines a resource indicator for a resource that is used for transmitting the control information. The pattern further determines a control information format that is used for transmitting, in each subframe of the multiple subframes, the control information. The method further includes: acquiring, according to the first pattern, the control information on a resource, to which the control information is mapped, in each subframe of the multiple subframes.

Abstract: A transmitter, configured to send system information to a terminal, where the system information is used for indicating to the terminal whether a cell covered by the base station supports coverage enhancement, and the system information includes a master information block MIB and/or a system information block SIB. According to the base station provided in an embodiment of the present invention, a transmitter sends, to a terminal, system information used for indicating whether a cell covered by the base station supports coverage enhancement, so that the terminal can accurately learn whether the cell supports communication in a coverage enhancement mode, and the terminal is notified in a timely manner when the cell does not support communication in the coverage enhancement mode, which avoids blind access of the terminal and reduces power consumption of the terminal.