Abstract: This disclosure provides a communication method to implement a function of a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) feedback codebook in a multi-station scenario. In one example communication method performed by a communication apparatus comprises sending a plurality of configuration group identifiers, wherein a plurality of physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) reception occasions correspond to the plurality of configuration group identifiers. Feedback information of the plurality of PDSCH reception occasions is received based on each of the plurality of configuration group identifiers and according to a predetermined rule of feedback sorting.

Abstract: This application provides a multi-downlink control information (DCI)-based transmission method. In the method, a terminal reports information about a capability of the terminal to support multi-DCI transmission, or a network device sends indication information of the types or the quantity of multi-DCI-based transmissions to a terminal. The network device performs resource scheduling on the terminal on this basis, thereby helping improve resource scheduling efficiency and reduce processing complexity of the terminal. In addition, this application also provides a corresponding solution for a scenario in which a carrier aggregation/dual connectivity (CA/DC) DCI-based transmission scenario coexists with multi-DCI (DCI)-based transmission, thereby helping the terminal share a multi-DCI DCI-based transmission capability and a CA/DC (DCI)-based transmission capability to improve a processing capability of the terminal.

Abstract: This disclosure provides communications methods and apparatuses. In an implementation, a terminal device performs operations comprising: receiving first configuration information from a network device, wherein the first configuration information indicates a configured quantity of physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) candidate locations in a time unit corresponding to a first control resource set (CORESET) group of a plurality of CORESET groups in a target cell, and determining, based on the configured quantity and a first quantity, a quantity of PDCCH candidate locations for PDCCH detection in the time unit corresponding to the first CORESET group, wherein the first quantity is a preset quantity of PDCCH candidate locations in a time unit corresponding to a CORESET group in the target cell.

Abstract: Example frequency domain resource allocation methods and apparatus are described. One example method includes determining M frequency domain resources according to a predetermined frequency domain resource allocation rule, and performing communication on one or more of the M frequency domain resources. Any two of the M frequency domain resources do not overlap. Each of the M frequency domain resources is associated with one piece of quasi-colocation (QCL) information, and any two of the M frequency domain resources are associated with different QCL information.

Abstract: This disclosure provides a communication method to implement a function of a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) feedback codebook in a multi-station scenario. A terminal device receives a configuration group identifier, determines a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) reception occasion corresponding to the configuration group identifier, and transmits feedback information of the PDSCH reception occasion based on the configuration group identifier corresponding to the PDSCH reception occasion and according to a predetermined rule of feedback sorting.

Abstract: This application discloses an information determining method and an apparatus, the information determining method includes: receiving indication information; and when the indication information indicates two TCI-states, and the indication information indicates that a quantity of consecutive transmissions of the same transport block is greater than 1, receiving the same transport block by using the two TCI-states at different time; or when the indication information indicates two TCI-states, and the indication information does not indicate the quantity of consecutive transmissions of the same transport block, simultaneously receiving the same transport block by using the two TCI-states, wherein the two TCI-states correspond to two code division multiplexing (CDM) groups of demodulation reference signal (DMRS) port.

Abstract: This disclosure provides a method for determining a transport block size (TBS) of a transport block and a communications apparatus. The method includes: A communications apparatus determines a data block size corresponding to each of n code words, where the n code words correspond to a same transport block, and n is an integer greater than 1; and then, the communications apparatus determines a TBS of the transport block based on a data block size of one or more of the n code words.

Abstract: Example data transmission methods and apparatus are described. One example method includes determining an actual transmit power for first uplink data by a terminal device based on a determined channel transmit power and a transmission parameter. The actual transmit power is less than or equal to the channel transmit power, and the transmission parameter includes one or more of parameters that can be used to indicate a location of the terminal device. The terminal device sends the first uplink data at the actual transmit power. Therefore, the terminal device may determine the actual transmit power for the uplink data based on the channel transmit power and various transmission parameters that can indicate whether the terminal device is located at a cell edge, so that the actual transmit power for the uplink data can be flexibly adjusted.

Abstract: This application provides a reference signal transmission method and an apparatus, used in a multipoint coordination transmission scenario. In one example method, a frequency domain resource that carries a target reference signal in a frequency domain resource or a time domain resource that is associated with each QCL assumption may be separately determined, and then the target reference signal carried on the frequency domain resource that is associated with the QCL assumption is separately received by using the corresponding QCL assumption.

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 an information transmission method and apparatus. The method includes: receiving, by a terminal device, a plurality of downlink data channels, where the plurality of downlink data channels are scheduled through a plurality of downlink control channels; determining, by the terminal device based on the plurality of downlink data channels, one or more pieces of feedback information corresponding to at least two downlink data channels; and sending, by the terminal device, the one or more pieces of feedback information through a same uplink control channel.

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: This application discloses an information determining method and an apparatus, the information determining method includes: receiving second indication information from a network device; and determining, based on a plurality of parameters indicated by the second indication information, a transmission manner of transmitting same data by using a plurality of transmission configuration indicator states (TCI-states), wherein the plurality of parameters comprise at least a quantity of TCI-states and a quantity of consecutive transmissions of the same data.

Abstract: A terminal device generates at least two pieces of HARQ-ACK information based on a plurality of received PDSCHs, and sends the at least two pieces of HARQ-ACK information to a network device. Each piece of HARQ-ACK information includes an ACK or a NACK fed back for one or more PDSCHs. When a piece of HARQ-ACK information includes ACKs or NACKs fed back for a plurality of PDSCHs, at least one of the following of the plurality of PDSCHs corresponding to the HARQ-ACK information is the same: port groups to which ports of DMRSs used to demodulate the PDSCHs belong, identifiers of enabled transport blocks carried in the plurality of PDSCHs, and PDCCH configurations of a plurality of PDCCHs used to schedule the plurality of PDSCHs.

Abstract: Embodiments of this application provide a downlink control information transmission method in which after receiving one piece of downlink control information (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 determines, 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. Alternatively 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 UCI sending and receiving method and a communications apparatus. In the method, an association relationship between a PUCCH and a PUSCH is established, so that when resources of the PUSCH and the PUCCH overlap, a terminal device can determine UCI on which PUCCHs can be transmitted by multiplexing the resource of the PUSCH. A network device may receive the UCI on the PUSCH. Because the network device may know in advance which PUCCHs and PUSCHs are sent to the network device, the network device can demodulate and decode a signal on the received PUSCHs, to successfully obtain UCI. The network device can make a proper decision based on the UCI.

Abstract: This application provides a data sending and receiving method. The method includes: receiving, by a terminal device, a first PDCCH and a second PDCCH, where the first PDCCH is used to schedule a first PDSCH, and the first PDSCH is used to transmit first data; determining, based on the first PDCCH and the second PDCCH, a first resource used to transmit the first data, where the first resource is a part or all of a resource of the first PDSCH; and receiving, by the terminal device, the first data from a network device on the first resource. The first resource is determined with reference to the first PDCCH and the second PDCCH, to avoid a problem that receiving performance of the first PDSCH and the second PDCCH may deteriorate when a resource of the second PDCCH overlaps the resource of the first PDSCH.

Abstract: A resource scheduling method and a communication apparatus. In the method, a terminal device receives first indication information for determining a quantity of layers to be scheduled corresponding to each frequency domain unit in a plurality of frequency domain units, or for determining a quantity of layers to be scheduled corresponding to each frequency domain unit group in one or more frequency domain unit groups, where one frequency domain unit group includes one or more frequency domain units, one frequency domain unit includes one or more frequency domain resources with a same quantity of layers to be scheduled; and determines, based on the first indication information, a quantity of layers to be scheduled that are on frequency domain resources for data transmission, where at least two of the frequency domain resources for data transmission have different quantities of layers to be scheduled.

Abstract: A bandwidth resource switching method and apparatus are provided. When a network device sends bandwidth resource indication information to a terminal by using downlink control information, the network device may impose some constraints on uplink transmission mode-related configuration information or SRS-related configuration information on an indicated bandwidth resource, and other indication information carried in the downlink control information, so that no ambiguity occurs when the terminal parses the bandwidth resource indication information. Alternatively, when a side of a terminal receives bandwidth resource indication information sent by a network device by using downlink control information, the terminal parses, in an unambiguous interpretation manner, configuration information on a bandwidth resource indicated by the bandwidth resource indication information in the downlink control information.

Abstract: Embodiments of this application provide a communication method and a communication apparatus, to support flexible configuration of QCL information of different reference signal ports, improve a success rate of performing channel estimation or channel measurement on a transport layer by the reference signal port, and improve communication efficiency. In the method, a transmit end determines first indication information, where the first indication information is used to configure a first reference signal port, and the configuration indicates first quasi co-location QCL information of the first reference signal port; and then the transmit end sends the first indication information to a receive end.