Abstract: A communication method and apparatus includes a terminal that receives first control information from a network device. The first control information includes a first field. The first field indicates single-carrier scheduling or the multi-carrier scheduling. When the first field indicates the single-carrier scheduling, the terminal communicates with the network device on one scheduled carrier. Alternatively, when the first field indicates the multi-carrier scheduling, the terminal communicates with the network device on a plurality of scheduled carriers. According to the method and the apparatus in this application, the first field in the first control information may explicitly or implicitly indicate the single-carrier scheduling or the multi-carrier scheduling, and the network device does not need to additionally send a notification message, thereby reducing air interface overheads.

Abstract: This application provides a resource scheduling method and a communication apparatus. The method includes: A network device sends a plurality of pieces of configuration information to a terminal device, where the plurality of pieces of configuration information include first configuration information and second configuration information, the first configuration information is for configuring scheduling information of a multi-carrier co-scheduling manner to be sent in a first cell, and the second configuration information is for configuring a resource of a second cell to be scheduled in the multi-carrier co-scheduling manner; and the network device sends first scheduling information to the terminal device in the first cell, where the first scheduling information is for scheduling resources of a plurality of cells, and the plurality of cells include the second cell or the first cell and the second cell. In this way, resource utilization and resource scheduling efficiency are improved.

Abstract: A communication method and apparatus are provided. The method includes: A base station sends, to a terminal, first DCI for scheduling a plurality of CCs, where the first DCI includes at least a first field, and the first field is shared by the plurality of CCs. According to the method and the apparatus in this application, information does not need to be independently configured for each CC in the first field in the first DCI, so that payload overheads of the first DCI are reduced.

Abstract: Embodiments of this application provide a PDCCH monitoring method. The method includes: A terminal device monitors a PDCCH on a first PDCCH candidate as indicated by network when at least one RE in the first PDCCH candidate overlaps with at least one RE in the first time-frequency resource as indicated by the network.

Abstract: Embodiments of this application provide a method for processing information bits in a wireless communication network. A communication device receives a radio resource control (RRC) signaling, wherein the RRC signaling comprises time window information and time unit format information, wherein the time window information comprises a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) time sequence K1 set, wherein K1 is a time relationship between a time unit of a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) and a time unit of a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH), or wherein the K1 is a time relationship between a time unit of a (PDSCH) and a time unit of a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH). The device determines HARQ feedback information based on the time window information and the time unit format information and sends the HARQ feedback information.

Abstract: A communication method and an apparatus are provided. The method includes: A communication apparatus may send uplink capability information to a network device, where the uplink capability information includes at least one of the following: a maximum quantity of uplink carriers configured for the communication apparatus, a maximum quantity of uplink carriers supported by the communication apparatus, and a maximum quantity of channels supported by the communication apparatus. Further, the communication apparatus receives first information from the network device, where the first information indicates an uplink carrier used for uplink transmission, and performs uplink transmission with the network device on the uplink carrier. The communication apparatus may be a terminal device.

Abstract: A method includes receiving, by a terminal device, timing information; determining, by the terminal device, a first uplink sending moment based on the timing information and a synchronization signal; and sending, by the terminal device, an uplink signal to an access network device at the first uplink sending moment, wherein both the timing information and the synchronization signal are from a network device, and the access network device does not support downlink transmission.

Abstract: A radio frequency link switching method includes: A terminal device receives first information from a network device, where the first information indicates the terminal device to switch at least one transmit link from a first carrier group to a second carrier group. The terminal device determines a third carrier group based on a first parameter of the first carrier group and a first parameter of the second carrier group, where the third carrier group is the first carrier group or the second carrier group, and a switching time period of the transmit link is located in the third carrier group.

Abstract: A communication method and apparatus are provided. The method includes: A terminal receives first signaling from a network device. The first signaling indicates at least one type of configuration. The terminal receives second signaling from the network device. The second signaling indicates a first configuration included in the at least one type of configuration. The terminal communicates with the network device based on the first configuration. The at least one type of configuration includes at least one of the following: a quantity of PDSCHs, a quantity of PUSCHs, a quantity of CORESET pools for DCI blind detection, a quantity of transport layers for space division multiplexing, a quantity of tracked TCI states, or a quantity of HARQ processes. 10 According to the method and the apparatus in this application, flexible and efficient switching between resources in a baseband processing capability of the terminal can be implemented.

Abstract: Embodiments of this application provide a communication method, apparatus, and system. The method includes: A network device performs time calibration on a first time unit of a first frequency band and a second time unit of a second frequency band; the network device sends first information to a terminal device based on the first frequency band and the first time unit, where the first information includes synchronization information; and the network device sends second information to the terminal device based on the second frequency band and the second time unit, where the second information includes information other than the synchronization information. For an obtained time window of the second information, refer to a time window of the first information.

Abstract: This application discloses a communication method that includes: receiving first control information of a first bandwidth part (BWP) and second control information of a second BWP, and receiving a first data channel and a second data channel based on the first control information. The first BWP includes a first frequency domain resource and a second frequency domain resource. The second BWP includes a third frequency domain resource, and the third frequency domain resource and the second frequency domain resource overlap. The first data channel is located on the first frequency domain resource, and the second data channel is located on the third frequency domain resource. The foregoing method provides a manner of transmitting data on the first and second BWPs that partially overlap.

Abstract: Embodiments of this application provide a communication method, including: A terminal device determines first indication information, and sends the first indication information to an access network device, where the first indication information indicates one or two solutions, supported by the terminal device, in a first solution and a second solution, and both the first solution and the second solution are used to: when a first cell and a second cell jointly schedule the first cell, determine at least one of a maximum value of a number of PDCCH candidates that need to be monitored by the terminal device and a maximum value of a number of non-overlapping CCEs in the PDCCH candidates that need to be monitored.

Abstract: This application relates to the field of communications technologies, and discloses a data scheduling method and an apparatus. The data scheduling method includes: sending, by a network device at a first time domain position, scheduling information to a terminal device, and sending or receiving, at a second time domain position, data scheduled by using the scheduling information, where the first time domain position and the second time domain position are located on different carriers, or the first time domain position and the second time domain position are located on different BWPs. The second time domain position may be determined based on an end position of the first time domain position and/or a capability of the terminal device.

Abstract: Embodiments of this application provide a multi-carrier scheduling method. A network device configures first DCI for scheduling a plurality of carriers, to reduce PDCCH resource overheads. In addition, when the network device configures the first DCI and other DCI (for example, second DCI), monitoring bit lengths of the two pieces of DCI are aligned, to obtain a monitoring bit length for blind detection. This can reduce blind detection complexity of blind detection performed by a terminal device on DCI, and improve system transmission performance.

Abstract: A method includes receiving first information from a terminal device on a first carrier, and sending second information to the terminal device. The first information is useable for determining channel information on the first carrier. The channel information on the first carrier includes a modulation and coding scheme (MCS) on the first carrier or a spectrum efficiency on the first carrier. The second information is useable for scheduling a transmission resource on a second carrier. The second information is useable to indicate channel information on the second carrier. The channel information on the second carrier includes at least one of an MCS on the second carrier or a spectrum efficiency on the second carrier. The channel information on the second carrier is determined based on the channel information on the first carrier.

Abstract: This application provides a data transmission method and a related apparatus. The method includes determining, by a first node, a transmission periodicity, where the transmission periodicity includes a first time unit and a second time unit. In the transmission periodicity, data of a first service is transmitted in only the first time unit, and a physical signal is transmitted in the second time unit. The method further includes transmitting, by the first node, the data of the first service in the first time unit, and/or transmitting the physical signal in the second time unit.

Abstract: This application provides a secondary cell control method and an apparatus. The method includes: A terminal device receives control information in a time unit n, where the control information may include an activation command for a first secondary cell or a deactivation command for a first secondary cell. When the control information includes the activation command for the first secondary cell, first information of the first secondary cell is sent in a time unit n+k, where k is determined based on a first frame structure parameter configured for the terminal device, and both n and k are positive integers. The first information may be a CSI report.

Abstract: This application provides an example method and an example apparatus for generating hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) information. The method includes receiving, by a terminal device, a first message sent by a network device. The first message is used to indicate that there are a plurality of active bandwidth parts (BWPs) in a cell or that there are M BWP groups in the cell, the M BWP groups may be obtained by dividing, by the network device, N configured BWPs, any BWP group includes an active BWP, M and N are integers greater than or equal to 2, and M is less than or equal to N. The method also includes generating, by the terminal device, HARQ information based on the plurality of active BWPs or the M BWP groups.

Abstract: This application provides a data transmission method and apparatus. The data transmission method includes: determining a maximum communications data amount of a terminal device in a first time period, where the first time period is a transmission period of a periodic service, and the maximum communications data amount in the first time period is less than a maximum communications data amount of continuous communication in the first time period; and sending the maximum communications data amount of the terminal device in the first time period.

Abstract: A communication method and apparatus are provided. The method includes: A terminal device sends first data to a network device through a first cell group in an activated state. The terminal device receives a first message from the network device, where the first message is used to deactivate the first cell group. The terminal device changes a state of the first cell group from the activated state to a deactivated state based on the first message of the network device. If the terminal device receives no success acknowledgment of the first data and/or there is second data that has not been transmitted in the first cell group, the terminal device retransmits the first data and/or sends the second data to the network device through a second cell group in an activated state.