Abstract: Example communication methods and apparatus are described. One example communication method includes generating a synchronization signal block (SSB) by an access network device, where the SSB includes a first physical broadcast channel (PBCH) and a second PBCH. The first PBCH carries time-frequency resource position information of first synchronization information, the second PBCH carries time-frequency resource position information of second synchronization information, and a time-frequency resource position of the first synchronization information is different from a time-frequency resource position of the second synchronization information. The access network device broadcasts the SSB. In embodiments of this application, the SSB may carry PBCHs corresponding to terminal devices of different bandwidth types and/or synchronization information of the terminal devices of different bandwidth types to satisfy processing requirements of the terminal devices of a plurality of bandwidth types.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to communication methods and apparatuses. In one example method, a receiving device receives a first demodulation reference signal (DMRS) from a first DMRS port by using a first time-frequency resource, and receives a second DMRS from a second DMRS port by using a second time-frequency resource. The first time-frequency resource is a part of time-frequency resources in the second time-frequency resource, and an orthogonal cover code (OCC) of the first DMRS is orthogonal to an OCC corresponding to the first time-frequency resource in an OCC of the second DMRS.

Abstract: A signal transmission method and an apparatus are provided. The method includes: A sending device generates a sequence of a demodulation reference signal, and maps the sequence of the demodulation reference signal to a time-frequency resource of the demodulation reference signal for sending. The demodulation reference signal is used to estimate a channel state of a first channel, and the first channel carries uplink data. The time-frequency resource includes frequency-domain resources corresponding to a first CDM group, and the frequency-domain resources corresponding to the first CDM group are non-contiguous and equally spaced.

Abstract: This application provides a communication method and apparatus, so that a first network device can configure a terminal device to send a demodulation reference signal symbol in a first different-configuration slot. A quantity of consecutive resource elements occupied by each demodulation reference signal code division multiplexing group included in a demodulation reference signal symbol is greater than 2. Therefore, a quantity of demodulation reference signal ports supported by each demodulation reference signal code division multiplexing group is greater than 2, so that an uplink communication capacity of the terminal in the different-configuration slot can be increased when a quantity of demodulation reference signal code division multiplexing groups in each demodulation reference signal symbol remains unchanged, to meet an uplink transmission requirement of the terminal device.

Abstract: This application provides an uplink transmission resource indication method and an apparatus. The method is applied to a first network device and includes: determining a first RS resource of a second network device in a time-frequency resource, where the time-frequency resource includes a plurality of time units in time domain, the first RS resource is located in a first time unit in time domain, and the plurality of time units include the first time unit; and sending first configuration information to UE, where the first configuration information is for determining an uplink transmission resource in the time-frequency resource, and the uplink transmission resource does not overlap the first RS resource.

Abstract: Embodiments of this application provide a power allocation method and a related device. The method includes: receiving, by a terminal device, first downlink control information sent by a network device, where the first downlink control information includes first power allocation information for a plurality of transport layers; determining, by the terminal device, a first transmit power of each of the plurality of transport layers based on the first power allocation information; and sending, by the terminal device, first uplink data based on the first transmit power of each transport layer. Transmission efficiency of a system can be improved by implementing the embodiments of this application.

Abstract: Embodiments of this application provide resource allocation methods and apparatuses. One method includes: receiving, by a terminal device, resource allocation information that indicates a first resource, determining, by the terminal device, a second resource based on the resource allocation information and an offset value represented by M, wherein the offset value is configured based on higher layer signaling and indicates a start location of the first resource offsets from a start location of the second resource by M resource units, and sending, by the terminal device, uplink data on the second resource to a network device.

Abstract: Embodiments of this application provide example information receiving methods and receiving apparatuses. One example information receiving method includes receiving, by a receiving apparatus, an index from a sending apparatus, wherein the index indicates precoding information used for a single codeword. The receiving apparatus can then determine, based on the index, the precoding information used for the single codeword.

Abstract: In the method, a terminal device receives first downlink control information from a network device, where the first downlink control information includes a first hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) process number. The terminal device receives, on a first frequency band, a first data packet carrying a first transport block, and receives, on a second frequency band, a second data packet carrying a second transport block, where the first HARQ process number corresponds to the first transport block on the first frequency band and the second transport block on the second frequency band. The terminal device performs joint decoding on the first data packet and the second data packet. The first transport block is the same as the second transport block. By using the method and the apparatus provided in the embodiments of the present invention, data transmission reliability in a multi-band transmission scenario can be improved.

Abstract: This application provides a physical downlink control channel PDCCH transmission method and an apparatus. The method includes: A network device sends first indication information to a terminal device, where the first indication information may include configuration information of a PDCCH, the configuration information of the PDCCH is used to indicate at least one repeated transmission configuration manner, which includes a first repeated transmission configuration manner. The repeated transmission configuration manner includes at least one of a quantity of repetitions of the PDCCH and an aggregation level that is of the PDCCH and that corresponds to the quantity of repetitions. The network device may send the PDCCH to the terminal device based on the first repeated transmission configuration manner. According to this method, a sending effect of a PDCCH at a higher aggregation level can be implemented through repeated sending of a plurality of PDCCHs at lower aggregation levels.

Abstract: A communication method and a device are provided. The communication method includes: An access network device generates a synchronization signal block SSB, where the SSB includes a first physical broadcast channel PBCH and a second PBCH, the first PBCH carries time-frequency resource position information of first synchronization information, the second PBCH carries time-frequency resource position information of second synchronization information, and a time-frequency resource position of the first synchronization information is different from a time-frequency resource position of the second synchronization information; and the access network device broadcasts the SSB. In embodiments of this application, the SSB may carry PBCHs corresponding to terminal devices of different bandwidth types and/or synchronization information of the terminal devices of different bandwidth types, to satisfy processing requirements of the terminal devices of a plurality of bandwidth types.

Abstract: Example communication methods and example apparatus are provided. One example method includes determining, by a terminal device, a first parameter for sending a first reference signal based on downlink channel information, where the first reference signal carries the downlink channel information, and sending the first reference signal to a network device based on the first parameter.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to communication methods and devices. One example method includes determining that a downlink bandwidth belongs to one of N downlink bandwidth sets, where each downlink bandwidth set of the N downlink bandwidth sets corresponds to one first value and one second value, at least two first values corresponding to at least two downlink bandwidth sets of the N downlink bandwidth sets are different, each downlink bandwidth set of the N downlink bandwidth sets corresponds to a same second value, the second value is a common divisor of N first values corresponding to the N downlink bandwidth sets, determining that a quantity of resource blocks included in a first resource block group is a first value corresponding to the downlink bandwidth set to which the downlink bandwidth belongs, and determining that a quantity of resource blocks included in a precoding resource block group is the second value.

Abstract: Methods for obtaining downlink channel information and an apparatus are provided. One example method includes that an access network device estimates first uplink channel state information of a terminal device based on a first reference signal received from the terminal device, and estimates second uplink channel state information of the terminal device based on a group of second reference signals received from the terminal device. Because the group of second reference signals is precoded by using downlink channel information of the terminal device, the access network device may determine, based on the estimated first uplink channel state information and the estimated second uplink channel state information, the downlink channel information fed back by the terminal device.

Abstract: In a control information receiving method, a second device receives m control channels from a first device. Control information carried on the m control channels corresponds to a same hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) process and is consecutive control information of the HARQ process, control information carried on each of the m control channels includes false alarm indication information, and m is a positive integer greater than or equal to 2. The second device determines, based on a combined state of false alarm indication information carried on the m control channels, whether there is a false alarm in control information carried on at least one of the m control channels.

Abstract: Embodiments of this application provide a method for sending downlink control information, a terminal device, and a network device, and relate to the communications field, to resolve problems of low flexibility and low reliability of a system DCI configuration. The method includes: receiving DCI for scheduling downlink data to be transmitted as one codeword, wherein the DCI comprises a value of a set of values each indicating a corresponding quantity of layers of the one codeword and one or more antenna ports used for sending the one codeword, and wherein the set of values comprises: a first value indicating that the quantity of layers of the one codeword is 2, and a first antenna port and a second antenna port are used for sending the one codeword, and a second value indicating that the quantity of layers of the one codeword is 2 and a third antenna port and a fourth antenna port are used for sending the one codeword.

Abstract: Embodiments of this application provide a power allocation method and a related device. The method includes: receiving, by a terminal device, first downlink control information sent by a network device, where the first downlink control information includes first power allocation information for a plurality of transport layers; determining, by the terminal device, a first transmit power of each of the plurality of transport layers based on the first power allocation information; and sending, by the terminal device, first uplink data based on the first transmit power of each transport layer. Transmission efficiency of a system can be improved by implementing the embodiments of this application.

Abstract: Embodiments of this application provide a resource allocation method and apparatus. The method includes: receiving resource allocation information, where the resource allocation information includes a first resource indicator value; and determining, based on the first resource indicator value, a first resource allocation scheme corresponding to the first resource indicator value, where the first resource allocation scheme belongs to L resource allocation schemes, the L resource allocation schemes include L1 resource allocation schemes, and a start location of a resource corresponding to each of the L1 resource allocation schemes is a resource unit other than an (S+1)th resource unit in Q consecutive resource units in a system bandwidth, where S is an integer multiple of X. Therefore, a waste of system resources can be reduced.

Abstract: In the communication method disclosed herein, a terminal device first receives downlink control information (DCI) from a base station, where the DCI is used to schedule a transport block (TB) to be transmitted on a downlink channel. When the DCI meets a first condition, the terminal device skips sending back a positive acknowledgement (ACK) or a negative acknowledgement (NACK), where an ACK indicates that the TB is correctly received and a NACK indicates that the TB is incorrectly received.

Abstract: Embodiments of this application provide an information tranmission method, a communications apparatus, and a storage medium. A network device configures, for a terminal device by using higher layer signaling, a frequency domain resource size set that includes some frequency domain resource sizes supported by system bandwidth, so that the network device may allocate, to the terminal device, a frequency domain resource corresponding to a frequency domain resource size in the frequency domain resource size set. An RIV corresponding to the frequency domain resource is used to indicate the frequency domain resource. A quantity of bits occupied by the RIV is positively correlated with a quantity of schemes for the frequency domain resource that can be allocated by the network device to the terminal device.