Abstract: A communications method and apparatus are provided. The method includes: determining one or more occasions on which a first channel is sent; and sending the first channel on the one or more occasions to at least one terminal device The first channel carries first information. The first information includes one or more information blocks. Each information block corresponds to one of the at least one terminal device. Each information block corresponds to a different terminal device. Each information block includes one first information field set. The first information field set is used to indicate information about detection performed on a second channel by a terminal device corresponding to an information block in which the first information field set is located.

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 negative acknowledgement (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, power consumption of the terminal device is reduced, while it is still ensured that certain physical downlink control channel is received as early as possible, thereby reducing a delay of the physical downlink control channel.

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: A communication method and apparatus are provided, to resolve a problem that unnecessary energy consumption is generated when a terminal device monitors a PDCCH. The method includes: sending a first signal to a terminal device, where the first signal corresponds to at least one search space set, or the first signal corresponds to at least one type of physical downlink control channel; and determining not to send a physical downlink control channel in the at least one search space set in a first time period, or determining not to send the at least one type of physical downlink control channel in a first time period.

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.

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: A transmission timing information sending method, a transmission timing information receiving method, and an apparatus are provided. The method includes: configuring, by a base station, higher layer signaling, where the higher layer signaling includes at least one transmission timing set used to indicate a transmission timing value, and each of the at least one transmission timing set includes at least one transmission timing value; sending, by the base station, the higher layer signaling to a terminal; determining, by the base station, downlink control information (DCI), where the DCI is used to instruct the terminal to determine a transmission timing value in the at least one transmission timing set, and the determined transmission timing value is a slot that the terminal is instructed to use when sending feedback information; and sending, by the base station, the DCI to the terminal.

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 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 using 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: 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.

Abstract: The embodiment of the disclosure provides a downlink control information transmission method and apparatus, where the method includes: determining a first resource set based on M resource subsets included in target resources, wherein at least two of the M resource subsets do not overlap in frequency domain, and each resource subset comprises at least one control channel bearing resource unit, M is an integer, and M?2; the first resource set comprises N control channel bearing resource units, at least two of the N control channel bearing resource units belong to different resource subsets, and at least two of the N control channel bearing resource units are inconsecutive in frequency domain, N?2, wherein one control channel bearing resource unit includes a plurality of resource element groups (REGs); and receiving downlink control information on the first resource set.

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: Example signal receiving methods, signal sending methods, and apparatus are described. One example signal receiving method includes determining at least one time-frequency resource by a terminal device. A wake-up signal or a go-to-sleep signal is monitored on the at least one time-frequency resource, where the at least one time-frequency resource is further used to carry a downlink control channel. The terminal device determines, based on a result of monitoring the wake-up signal or the go-to-sleep signal, whether to start to monitor the downlink control channel from a first time location.

Abstract: A power saving method includes: sending, by a terminal device, first information to a network device, where the first information is used to indicate processing time for the terminal device to process to-be-processed information; and configuring, by the network device, a time domain resource for the to-be-processed information based on the first information, and sending second information to the terminal device, where the second information is used to indicate the time domain resource. After receiving the second information, the terminal device adjusts the foregoing processing time based on the time domain resource indicated by the second information, to relax a clock of each module corresponding to the processing time. Thereby, a terminal device power saving is implemented. In addition, the network device configures the time domain resource based on the processing time of the terminal device that is indicated by the first information.

Abstract: This application discloses an information transmission method and a communications apparatus, and pertains to the field of communications technologies. The method includes: A terminal device receives first DCI sent by a network device, and determines an operation mode of an inactivity timer based on an indication of the first DCI, where the first DCI carries first indication information and second indication information, the first indication information is used to indicate data transmission, and the second indication information is used to indicate an operation mode of the inactivity timer in DRX.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to detecting methods, transmitting methods, and apparatus for a common control channel. One example detecting method includes determining a candidate resource set within downlink resources of a current cell. The candidate resource set can include at least one candidate resource carrying a common control channel of the current cell. A detection is performed on the at least one candidate resource in the candidate resource set, so as to acquire the common control channel of the current cell.

Abstract: Embodiments provide methods and devices for data transmission and assignment of uplink control channel resources in an uplink FDD carrier, for enabling a terminal device to provide HARQ feedback for data transmitted in the downlink using carrier aggregation of a downlink FDD carrier and at least one TDD carrier. A method includes associating each downlink subframe in the downlink FDD carrier with an uplink control channel subframe in the uplink FDD carrier, associating each downlink subframe and special subframe in the TDD carrier with an uplink control channel subframe in the uplink FDD carrier, assigning uplink control channel resources in the uplink FDD carrier to the terminal device according to the associations, and transmitting data on said downlink FDD carrier and/or TDD carrier, to be received by the terminal device.

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: In a bandwidth allocation method, user equipment (UE) receives virtual bandwidth configuration information and performs signal reception and/or signal processing according to a virtual bandwidth indicated by the virtual bandwidth configuration information, where the virtual bandwidth configuration information is used for indicating a configuration of the virtual bandwidth. The 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 this way, 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.