Abstract: A data transmission method, an apparatus, and a storage medium are provided. The method includes: A first terminal device and a first network device determine N second gap (GAP) occasions based on M first GAP occasions, where the M first GAP occasions include the N second GAP occasions, the M first GAP occasions are periodic time domain positions that are of a first GAP and that are configured by a first network device, M is greater than N, and both M and N are positive integers. A first signal is not transmitted between the first terminal device and a second network device on the N second GAP occasions, to prevent all the configured M first GAP occasions from taking effect on the first terminal device, which results in the first GAP occupying a large quantity of resources, and therefore to reduce resource occupation of the GAP.

Abstract: This application provides methods and apparatuses for determining a resource indication value. One method includes: a terminal device receives downlink control information, which includes a resource indication value (RIV) determined based on a first bandwidth part and indicates a data channel occupying contiguous virtual resource blocks in a second bandwidth part. The terminal device then determines, based on the RIV, the contiguous virtual resource blocks in the second bandwidth part, and sends or receives the data channel in the contiguous virtual resource blocks.

Abstract: A control information sending/receiving method and device are provided, to implement indicating a time-frequency location of a control channel to a terminal device in a 5G NR system or a future evolved LTE system. The method includes: receiving, by a terminal device, broadcast information; determining, from at least two predefined time-domain locations, a time-domain location of a broadcast channel carrying the broadcast information; determining a time-domain location of a control channel based on the time-domain location of the broadcast channel; and performing control channel detection in the determined time-domain location of the control channel.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for transmitting a sidelink positioning reference signal, the method including determining, by a first communication device, information with at least one of a frequency domain resource of a sidelink positioning reference signal or a sequence parameter of the sidelink positioning reference signal, where the information is associated with a sidelink control channel, and sending, by the first communication device, the sidelink control channel and the sidelink positioning reference signal in a slot based on the information.

Abstract: A network device and a terminal device both determine, based on an identifier of the terminal device, that the terminal device belongs to a first terminal device group on a first PO, where the first terminal device group is one of X terminal device groups on the first PO. The network device sends paging DCI on the first PO, where the paging DCI includes first indication information, and the first indication information is used to indicate a terminal device in the first terminal device group to receive a paging physical downlink shared channel PDSCH. The network device sends the paging PDSCH to the terminal device.

Abstract: Embodiments of this application provide a communication method and apparatus. The communication method includes: A terminal device receives first information from a first network device, where the first information includes information about a moving cell in which the terminal device is located, the moving cell is a cell covered in a movement process of a second network device, and the second network device communicates with the first network device over a non-terrestrial network NTN; and the terminal device determines, based on the first information, whether to perform neighboring cell measurement, where a neighboring cell is a neighboring cell of the moving cell.

Abstract: A communication method and a communication apparatus are provided. The communication method includes: A first communication apparatus and a second communication apparatus determine a first identifier based on a second identifier, where a length of the first identifier is less than a length of the second identifier, and the second identifier is an identifier of the first communication apparatus. The second communication apparatus sends a first message; and correspondingly, the first communication apparatus receives the first message, where the first message includes the first identifier. The first communication apparatus wakes up. According to embodiments of this application, a quantity of bits occupied by the identifier of the first communication apparatus in the first message can be reduced, so that a capacity of the first message is increased, and the first message can be used to wake up more communication apparatuses.

Abstract: Embodiments of this application provide a communication method: A first terminal device sends first information to at least one second terminal device, to indicate the at least one second terminal device to perform feedback. The first terminal device receives a feedback of a third terminal device, where the third terminal device is a terminal device that is in the at least one second terminal device and that has performed feedback. The first terminal device sends first resource indication information, to indicate a first resource, where the first resource is for the third terminal device to perform transmission, and the first resource is included in a channel occupancy time COT preempted by the first terminal device. A UE 1 allocates a COT resource to a UE 2 that has performed feedback. This can reduce resource waste, avoid COT interruption, improve spectrum resource utilization and improve system transmission performance.

Abstract: This application relates to a resource selection method and a first terminal. The method includes: before determining a first transmission resource used to transmit a first transport block, a first terminal determines first duration required by the first terminal to perform first LBT, and determines an unavailable resource in a resource selection window based on the first duration; and/or determines second duration required by a second terminal to perform second LBT, and determines an unavailable resource in the resource selection window based on the second duration. The first terminal selects the first transmission resource based on at least one of the first unavailable resource or the second unavailable resource.

Abstract: A signal transmission method and a communication apparatus are provided. The method includes: A network device sends at least two synchronization signals, where a time interval between every two adjacent synchronization signals in the at least two synchronization signals is less than or equal to a first value, and the at least two synchronization signals include a first synchronization signal; and the network device sends a wake-up signal after sending the first synchronization signal, where the wake-up signal is used to wake up at least one terminal device, a time interval between the first synchronization signal and the wake-up signal is less than or equal to a second value, and the first value is greater than the second value. The method may be applied to a communication system, for example, 5G or NR, LTE, V2X, D2D, M2M, MTC, the internet of things, a future communication system, or the like.

Abstract: A non-terrestrial network communication method includes: a terminal receives, from a first network device, a message indicating that a satellite that provides a service for a first cell is updated to a second satellite, where the first message includes information used to determine a coverage area of a second cell served by the second satellite on the ground. The terminal determines, based on a location of the terminal and the coverage area of the second cell on the ground, whether the terminal is located within or outside the coverage area.

Abstract: This application provides a communication method and apparatus. A terminal may obtain configuration information of a wake-up signal of a camped cell and configuration information of a wake-up signal of another cell from a network device, to receive the wake-up signal of the camped cell and/or the wake-up signal of the another cell based on a signal measurement requirement of the terminal. In this way, power consumption of the terminal is reduced, and a signal of the camped cell and/or a signal of the another cell are/is measured. This can avoid a case that a main radio frequently wakes up to measure cell quality, to reduce energy consumption of the terminal.

Abstract: A communication method includes receiving monitoring information, where the monitoring information comprises information of a search space set corresponding to a wake-up signal (WUS); determining at least one of a monitoring periodicity of the WUS or a monitoring occasion in the monitoring periodicity based on the information of the search space set; receiving the WUS from the network device, where the WUS comprises wake-up information of at least one terminal device; and performing PDCCH monitoring based on wake-up information of the terminal device in on duration of at least one discontinuous reception DRX cycle corresponding to the WUS, where the wake-up information of at least one terminal device comprises the wake-up information of the terminal device.

Abstract: The technology of this application relates to a communication method and a communication apparatus. The method may include a terminal device receiving a first wake-up signal, where the first wake-up signal is used to wake up a terminal device group, the terminal device group includes at least two terminal devices, and the at least two terminal devices include the terminal device, and the terminal device accessing a network device based on the first wake-up signal. The network device may wake up a group of terminal devices by sending a wake-up signal. In other words, the group of terminal devices may access the network device based on the same wake-up signal. In this way, resource overheads caused by waking up the at least two terminal devices can be reduced.

Abstract: A communication method, a device, and an apparatus are provided. A network device determines N configuration parameter sets configured for a terminal device Each of the N configuration parameter sets includes a parameter for detecting a candidate downlink control channel, and N is an integer greater than or equal to 2. The network device sends information about the N configuration parameter sets to the terminal device. Each of the N configuration parameter sets includes at least one of the following parameters: a bandwidth part, a search space parameter, a candidate downlink control channel detection period, a control resource set parameter, or a time domain resource set corresponding to the candidate downlink control channel. The network device may configure the N configuration parameter sets for the terminal device.

Abstract: Embodiments of this application provide a communication method and a communication apparatus. The communication method includes: A terminal device performs blind detection on downlink control information (DCI). The terminal device determines a sending slot of a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) and/or a sending slot of a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) based on a target slot and the DCI, where the target slot is one of a plurality of slots that carry the DCI, the plurality of slots are for transmitting one piece of DCI, or each of the plurality of slots is for transmitting the same piece of DCI. In this way, when one piece of DCI is transmitted in the plurality of slots or the same piece of DCI is transmitted in each of the plurality of slots.

Abstract: A communication method and device is provided where a network device can learn of a synchronization signal/physical broadcast channel block selected by a terminal device.

Abstract: Embodiments of this application provide a control channel configuration method, a base station, and a terminal device. The method includes: determining, by a base station, a configuration of a time-frequency resource unit from at least two configurations of a time-frequency resource unit of a control channel; and sending, by the base station, indication information to a terminal device, where the indication information is used to indicate the configuration of the time-frequency resource unit, and the at least two configurations of a time-frequency resource unit include a first configuration and a second configuration. In the embodiments of this application, the base station can flexibly configure the time-frequency resource unit of the control channel. In addition, flexibly configuring a time-frequency resource unit can reduce a probability that time-frequency resource units of different structures are blocked, thereby reducing complexity of detecting the control channel by the terminal device.

Abstract: A signal transmission method and a communication apparatus are provided. The method may include: A terminal device monitors a wake-up signal in a first time window, where the wake-up signal indicates information about at least one terminal device that needs to be woken up. The terminal device determines, based on a result of monitoring the wake-up signal in the first time window, whether to monitor the wake-up signal in a first time period after the first time window. The method provided in embodiments may be applied to a communication system, for example, a 5G communication system or an NR communication system, an LTE communication system, a V2X communication system, a D2D communication system, an M2M communication system, an MTC communication system, or an internet of things communication system.

Abstract: This application provides a transmission method and apparatus. The method includes: A terminal sends a random access preamble to a base station at a first transmit power, and sends a PUSCH to the base station at a second transmit power, where power deviation between the first transmit power and the second transmit power is indicated to the base station by indication information; and the terminal receives a random access response or a contention resolution message from the base station. Implementing this application can improve an existing random access procedure, so that the random access procedure is adapted to scenario requirements such as low delay, high reliability, and large-scale terminal access.