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.

Abstract: A control information transmission method, apparatus, and systems are disclosed. An example method includes: determining configuration information of a control channel, wherein the configuration information comprises at least one of frequency domain information or time domain information, the at least one of frequency domain information or time domain information indicates a time-frequency resource occupied by the control channel, and the configuration information further comprises indication information indicating a quantity of at least one resource element set, wherein the time-frequency resource occupied by the control channel comprises the at least one resource element set; mapping control information to one or more of the at least one resource element set based on the configuration information; sending the configuration information to a terminal device; and sending the control information to the terminal device.

Abstract: A downlink control channel monitoring method includes determining a first search space (SS) set and a second SS set. The method also includes determining, based on a first priority of the first SS set and a second priority of the second SS set, whether to monitor a first physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) on a first downlink control channel candidate resource of the first SS set, and whether to monitor a second PDCCH on a second downlink control channel candidate resource of the second SS set. The first priority of the first SS set is equal to the second priority of the second SS set. The second PDCCH carries a power saving signal.

Abstract: This application provides a wireless communication method, a terminal device, and a network device. The wireless communication method includes: A terminal device selects, based on a first parameter, a value set from a first value set and a second value set that are of slot offsets and that are configured by a network device, wherein all slot offsets in the first value set are greater than a first threshold, and at least one slot offset in the second value set is equal to the first threshold; and receive DCI, wherein a slot offset carried in the DCI belongs to the selected value set, and the slot offset is used to indicate an offset in a quantity of slots of a PDSCH scheduled by the DCI relative to the DCI. According to the technical solutions in this application, the different value sets correspond to different data channel scheduling mechanisms.

Abstract: A method includes: transmitting a first common control channel on a first resource, wherein the first resource is one candidate resource of a first candidate resource set within downlink resources of a cell, wherein the first common control channel carries a common search space indication information, wherein the common search space indication information indicates an actual resource of a common search space in a second candidate resource set of the cell, wherein the second candidate resource set is a subset of a common search space candidate resource set, wherein the common search space candidate resource set comprises at least two subsets, and wherein each subset of the at least two subsets corresponds to a candidate resource of the first candidate resource set; and transmitting a physical downlink control channel in the actual resource of the common search space.

Abstract: Embodiments of this application provide a call method, an electronic device, a network device, and a system. The system includes a first electronic device and a second electronic device. A first connection is set up between the first electronic device and the second electronic device, the first electronic device is configured with a subscriber identity module (SIM) card having a first number, and the second electronic device is configured with a SIM card having a second number. The second electronic device disables a cellular communication function. The first electronic device receives a first message, where the first message indicates a first incoming call. According to embodiments of this application, missing of an incoming call can be avoided, power can be saved, and the second electronic device does not need to support a multi-terminal with one number service.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a bandwidth allocation method and apparatus, user equipment, and a base station. The method includes: receiving, by user equipment, virtual bandwidth configuration information, where the virtual bandwidth configuration information is used for indicating a configuration of a virtual bandwidth; and performing, by the user equipment, signal reception and/or signal processing according to the virtual bandwidth indicated by the virtual bandwidth configuration information, where each virtual bandwidth is a part or all of a downlink maximum available bandwidth or a downlink transmission bandwidth, and the downlink maximum available bandwidth is a maximum bandwidth available for downlink transmission. In the embodiments of the present invention, reduction of overheads and reduction of complexity of signal reception and signal processing are implemented, and overheads and complexity of signal reception and processing feedback can be flexibly controlled.

Abstract: This application provides a reference signal receiving method, a reference signal sending method, and an apparatus. The reference signal receiving method includes: when a terminal device is out of a first time period, detecting, by the terminal device, a first signal, and determining, based on a detection result of the first signal, whether to use a first reference signal to perform time-frequency tracking and/or channel measurement; and receiving, by the terminal device, a second reference signal when the terminal device is in the first time period, where the first reference signal and the second reference signal are reference signals used for time-frequency tracking and/or channel measurement.

Abstract: A communication method and a communication apparatus are provided. The method includes: A first terminal device sends data to a second terminal device over a plurality of carriers through a sidelink SL. The first terminal device determines feedback reception situations for the data on feedback reception occasions over the plurality of carriers, where the feedback reception occasion is a feedback reception occasion for the data. The first terminal device determines, based on the feedback reception situations, whether an SL radio link failure RLF occurs between the first terminal device and the second terminal device. According to this application, the SL RLF can be processed when transmission with one PC5-RRC connection is performed over the plurality of carriers.

Abstract: This application discloses a communication method and apparatus. In embodiments of this application, when a terminal device in a sleep state needs to send a scheduling request or a NACK, the terminal device enters a wake-up state. The terminal device can receive, within a sleep time period, a physical downlink control channel that schedules a resource for the scheduling request or the NACK, without waiting for the sleep time period to end before receiving the physical downlink control channel. Therefore, while power consumption of the terminal device is reduced, it is ensured that the physical downlink control channel corresponding to uplink data scheduling that is corresponding to the scheduling request or the physical downlink control channel corresponding to retransmission scheduling of downlink data that is corresponding to the NACK is received as early as possible, thereby reducing a delay of the physical downlink control channel.

Abstract: This application provides a control channel detection method, apparatus, and device. The method includes: A terminal device determines that resources of at least two candidate control channels overlap, where any two of the at least two candidate control channels are located in different search spaces; and the terminal device detects only at least one first candidate control channel in the at least two candidate control channels. This improves control channel detection reliability.

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: This application relates to a communication method and device. A remote device receives configuration information from a first access network device, where the configuration information using to configure a measurement frequency, and configure cell information or air interface frequency information. The remote device measures a first-type relay device based on the configuration information, where the first-type relay device is a relay device that works on the measurement frequency and has camped on or can camp on a cell corresponding to the cell information; or the first-type relay device is a relay device that works on the measurement frequency and has camped on or can camp on a cell at a frequency corresponding to the air interface frequency information.

Abstract: A channel monitoring method and a device are described. The method includes: monitoring, by a terminal device, a first signal on n transmission occasions in a monitoring periodicity; and when the terminal device detects the first signal on at least one of the n transmission occasions, monitoring, by the terminal device, a downlink control channel and/or a second signal in a first time period in the monitoring periodicity; or when the terminal device does not detect the first signal on the n transmission occasions, skipping, by the terminal device, monitoring a downlink control channel in the monitoring periodicity.