Abstract: This application provides a synchronization signal sending method and receiving method, and an apparatus. In the method, a base station determines a frequency domain position of a target frequency resource based on a frequency interval of synchronization channels, wherein the frequency interval of synchronization channels is 2m times a predefined frequency resource of a physical resource block, and m is a preset nonnegative integer. The base station sends a synchronization signal by using the target frequency resource.

Abstract: Embodiments provide a channel sounding information feedback method, user equipment, and a base station. The method includes: determining, by UE, a first period used to periodically report channel sounding information; and periodically sending, by the UE based on received preset downlink control information DCI that is sent by a base station, the channel sounding information by using the first period as a sending period. System overheads can be reduced, a configuration response can be improved, and spectrum utilization of a system can be improved while periodic feedback of indication is reduced.

Abstract: A terminal device receives first information including an acknowledgment resource indicator (ARI), and determines, based on the ARI, a first uplink control channel (PUCCH) resource in a PUCCH resource set corresponding to a payload size of a hybrid automatic repeat request acknowledgment (HARQ-ACK). In a case that the first PUCCH resource and a second PUCCH resource partially overlap in terms of time; or the first PUCCH resource and a second PUCCH resource configured for CSI do not overlap in terms of time, and the first PUCCH resource and the second PUCCH resource each partially overlap at least one third PUCCH resource configured for at least one positive scheduling request (SR) in terms of time, the terminal device determines, based on the ARI, a fourth PUCCH resource in a second PUCCH resource set corresponding to a total payload size for sending the HARQ-ACK, CSI, and at least one SR status.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide control information sending methods, control information receiving methods, and devices. The sending method may include determining, by an access network device, a control channel candidate set corresponding to a terminal device, where the control channel candidate set includes at least one control channel candidate, the at least one control channel candidate includes at least one control channel element, the control channel candidate set is contained in at least one control channel element set, a quantity of control channel elements contained in the control channel element set is greater than or equal to a quantity of control channel elements corresponding to a maximum aggregation level supported by the terminal device. The sending method may further includes sending, by the access network device, control information to the terminal device by using at least one control channel candidate in the control channel candidate set.

Abstract: Example control channel resource indication methods and apparatus are described. One example method includes receiving response information corresponding to a random access preamble, wherein the response information is scheduled by downlink control information carried in common search space and the response information comprises frequency domain resource information of user equipment-dedicated search space. A second frequency domain resource of the user equipment-dedicated search space is determined based on the frequency domain resource information.

Abstract: This application relates to a communication method, a communication apparatus, and a device. The method includes: determining first signaling, where the first signaling is used to indicate at least one periodicity, and one of the at least one periodicity is a periodicity to be used by a terminal device to detect a downlink signal; and sending the first signaling. In embodiments of this application, a network device may indicate the at least one periodicity to the terminal device, so that the terminal device can detect the downlink signal based on the at least one periodicity. For example, the at least one periodicity matches a state of the network device. This is equivalent to describing that the terminal device can detect the downlink signal based on the state of the network device, to reduce power consumption of the terminal device as much as possible.

Abstract: This application relates to communication methods and apparatuses. One example method includes sending, by a network device, downlink control information to a terminal device. The downlink control information includes indication information. The indication information indicates one of at least one minimum applicable slot offset (minimum K0) configured for a downlink bandwidth part (BWP) of the terminal device, or the indication information indicates one of at least one minimum applicable slot offset (minimum K2) configured for an uplink BWP of the terminal device. There is a correspondence between the minimum K0 configured for the downlink BWP and the minimum K2 configured for the uplink BWP.

Abstract: This application discloses a method and an apparatus for sending indication information. The method includes: A network device determines a location of first indication information in at least one piece of second indication information based on first information. The first information includes at least one of identification information of a first terminal device and time information of a first preset time period, the first terminal device is one of to-be-woken-up terminal devices that are within a discontinuous reception outside active time period, and the first indication information indicates the first terminal device to enter an inside active time period within a preset time period. The network device sends the second indication information on a time-frequency resource corresponding to the first preset time period. The second indication information indicates at least one to-be-woken-up terminal device to enter an inside active time period within a corresponding time period.

Abstract: This application relates to the mobile communications field, and in particular, to a technology for obtaining a reference signal in a wireless communications system. In one example method for obtaining a reference signal, a terminal device obtains position offset information. The terminal device obtains a first sequence based on the position offset information. The terminal device demodulates, by using the first sequence, a control channel signal carried in a control channel resource set to obtain downlink control information.

Abstract: This application provides methods and apparatuses for determining a hybrid automatic repeat request-acknowledgment (HARQ-ACK) resource. One method includes: determining at least one physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) monitoring occasion, wherein HARQ-ACK feedback bits scheduled by using downlink control information (DCI) monitored on the at least one PDCCH monitoring occasion are carried on a same physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) resource; and determining, based on index values of a control-resource set group corresponding to first DCI, target DCI indicating the PUCCH resource, wherein the first DCI is on a last PDCCH monitoring occasion in the at least one PDCCH monitoring occasion, and wherein the control-resource set group comprises one or more control-resource sets.

Abstract: Example control channel resource indication methods, user equipment, and network devices are described. One example method includes sending a preamble signal sequence by a user equipment. The user equipment receives higher layer signaling corresponding to the preamble signal sequence. The higher layer signaling is indicated by downlink control information carried in a common search space. A time-frequency resource detected by the user equipment when determining a control channel includes the common search space and user equipment-dedicated search space. The user equipment determines frequency domain resource location information of the user equipment-dedicated search space based on the higher layer signaling. The frequency domain resource location information includes a quantity of frequency domain resource units occupied by the user equipment-dedicated search space in frequency domain and a location of the frequency domain resource unit.

Abstract: This application provides a wireless communication method and an apparatus. The method includes: A terminal device receives first indication information from a network device, where the first indication information is used to indicate a first maximum multiple-input multiple-output MIMO layer quantity N used by the terminal device when the terminal device performs wireless communication, and N is an integer greater than or equal to 1; and the terminal device performs wireless communication with the network device based on the first maximum MIMO layer quantity N, so that the maximum MIMO layer quantity that needs to be used by the terminal device can be switched as required.

Abstract: A system information sending method and an apparatus. The method includes receiving, by a base station, at least one first uplink trigger signal in a first time-frequency resource group in a first radio frame, determining, based on a time-frequency resource of the at least one first uplink trigger signal, a time-frequency resource used for sending first system information, where a start location of the time-frequency resource of the first system information in time domain has a first time offset relative to a frame header location of a radio frame in which the first system information is located, and sending the first system information on the time-frequency resource of the first system information.

Abstract: Embodiments of this application provide an information transmission method and apparatus. The method includes: receiving system information from a base station, wherein the system information comprises first configuration information, wherein the first configuration information is used to indicate a fixed-downlink time-frequency resource and a fixed-uplink time-frequency resource, or that a type of each unit time-frequency resource is not limited, and the type of the unit time-frequency resource comprises the unit time-frequency resource used to send uplink information, the unit time-frequency resource used to receive downlink information, or the unit time-frequency resource used to send uplink information and receive downlink information.

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: This application relates to the wireless communications field, and provides a method for obtaining a control resource set. The method includes receiving, by a terminal device, at least one piece of indication information from a network device, where the at least one piece of indication information is used to indicate a first time domain resource position, and the first time domain resource position is unavailable for transmitting control information, obtaining, by the terminal device, a second control resource set based on the at least one piece of indication information, and detecting, by the terminal device, the control information on the second control resource set.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to mobile communications methods for obtaining a reference signal in a wireless communications system. In one example method, a network device obtains a demodulation reference signal sequence corresponding to position offset information, maps the demodulation reference signal sequence to a resource element in a control channel resource set, and sends demodulation reference signal corresponding to the demodulation reference signal sequence.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure disclose a method for transmitting and receiving information, user equipment, and a base station to better support dynamic TDD and keep forward compatibility. A method in an embodiment of the present disclosure includes: determining, by a first device, a location of a reference signal; and transmitting or receiving, by the first device, the reference signal based on the determined location of the reference signal.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to communication methods and communication apparatus. One example method includes determining a quantity and a position of control channel element (CCE) used by a control channel of user equipment, where each of the CCE corresponds to a plurality of resource element groups (REGs), the plurality of REGs form at least one REG bundle, and any REG bundle in the at least one REG bundle includes a plurality of resource blocks (RBs) that are consecutive or adjacent in at least one of time domain or frequency domain, and receiving, from a network device, the control channel by using the CCE.

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.