Abstract: A data sending method includes: performing, by a first node, rate matching to determine a first bit sequence; determining, by the first node, a first symbol sequence based on the first bit sequence, and determining some to-be-mapped symbols in the first symbol sequence; and mapping, by the first node, the symbols to a first resource, and sending the symbols.

Abstract: This application provides a data transmission method and an apparatus that are used for extended reality (XR) technologies. In a data transmission method disclosed herein, different parts of to-be-transmitted data are segmented into different code blocks (CBs), to mitigate impact of a transmission failure of one part of the to-be-transmitted data on another part of the to-be-transmitted data, thereby improving overall user experience in data reception. In this way, transmissions of low priority data and high priority data may be separated to avoid performance degradation caused by the low priority data on the high-priority data.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention disclose a reference signal transmission method, including: sending, by a terminal, a first reference signal and a second reference signal; and correspondingly, receiving, by a network device, the first reference signal and the second reference signal, where the first reference signal is mapped to a plurality of symbols and is used for estimation of channel state information, the second reference signal is mapped to at least two of the plurality of symbols and is used for phase tracking, and a subcarrier to which the second reference signal is mapped on one of the at least two symbols has a same frequency-domain location as a subcarrier to which the second reference signal is mapped on the rest of the at least two symbols. With the foregoing solution, accuracy of channel state information estimation can be improved.

Abstract: Example quasi co-location information determining methods and apparatus are described. One example method includes determining a quantity X of pieces of quasi co-location QCL information, where X is a positive integer. When it is determined that the quantity X of pieces of QCL information is two, and that DCI corresponding to a current data channel does not indicate QCL information of an antenna port of the data channel, or that an interval between the current data channel and the DCI corresponding to the data channel is less than a threshold, two pieces of default QCL information of the antenna port of the data channel are determined.

Abstract: The present disclosure discloses an example communication method and apparatus. One example communication method includes receiving, by a first node, decoding information and coded data from a second node, where the coded data is obtained after data of a node group in which the first node is located is encoded, the data of the node group includes data expected to be received by at least two nodes in the node group, and the at least two nodes include the first node. Data expected to be received by the first node is obtained by the first node based on the decoding information and the coded data.

Abstract: A signal demodulation method, a signal transmission method, and a related apparatus. The signal demodulation method includes: a terminal device receives a first tracking reference signal from a first transmission reception apparatus of a single frequency network cell; a second tracking reference signal occupying different time-frequency from the first tracking reference signal from a second transmission reception apparatus of the single frequency network cell; and receives indication information indicating tracking reference signals from the first transmission reception apparatus or the second transmission reception apparatus; determines, based on the one or more tracking reference signals for receiving the downlink signal, a first carrier frequency on which the downlink signal is to be received; receives the demodulation reference signal and the downlink data based on the first carrier frequency; and demodulates the downlink data based on the demodulation signal.

Abstract: This application provides a communication method and an apparatus, to help improve transmission efficiency of an uplink XR service. The method includes: A terminal device sends, to a core network device, a first identifier indicating a transmission requirement. Then, the terminal device obtains, based on a first parameter sent by the core network device, a quality of service flow that meets the transmission requirement, and sends a plurality of pieces of first information to an access network device based on the quality of service flow. Each piece of first information includes a second identifier. The second identifier includes marking information of a data unit to which the first information belongs. This method helps a plurality of pieces of first information that belong to a same data unit be considered as a whole for transmission, to improve the transmission efficiency of the uplink XR service.

Abstract: In an uplink transmission method for extended reality (XR) services, user equipment (UE) notifies a base station that a data flow of a current service has an uplink integrity transmission requirement. The base station maps a QoS flow having the uplink integrity transmission requirement to a corresponding radio bearer, and notifies the UE of the corresponding radio bearer through a signaling configuration. The UE then reports, through a MAC CE, a data amount of the service flow having the integrity transmission requirement.

Abstract: This application provides a transmission parameter adjustment method and a communication apparatus. The transmission parameter adjustment method includes: increasing a downlink transmission bandwidth of a service from a first downlink transmission bandwidth to a second downlink transmission bandwidth, where the second downlink transmission bandwidth is less than or equal to a target downlink transmission bandwidth, and the target downlink transmission bandwidth is a smaller value between a maximum downlink bandwidth supported by a system and a maximum downlink bandwidth supported by a terminal device; reducing a downlink delay budget of the service from a first downlink delay budget to a second downlink delay budget based on the second downlink transmission bandwidth; and increasing an uplink delay budget of the service from a first uplink delay budget to a second uplink delay budget based on the second downlink delay budget.

Abstract: This application provides a power control method, a terminal, and a network device. The power control method includes: receiving, by a terminal, at least one piece of downlink control information (DCI) sent by at least one network device, where the at least one piece of DCI includes at least two transmit power control commands; and determining, by the terminal, a transmit power on an uplink channel in a same carrier based on the at least two transmit power control commands. According to the power control method in the embodiments of this application, the terminal can determine the transmit power on the uplink channel based on a plurality of transmit power control commands, thereby ensuring efficient and proper power allocation and improving overall system performance.

Abstract: This disclosure provides a configuration method and apparatus. The method may include: receiving a first cycle from a core network element and a second cycle from a terminal, where the first cycle is an initial service cycle or a first traffic shaping service cycle, and the second cycle is a service cycle expected by the terminal; configuring a discontinuous reception DRX cycle for the terminal based on the first cycle and the second cycle; and obtaining first information, and sending sleep indication information to the terminal based on the first information. In this application, an access network device obtains cycle information of a service and the first information, to configure the DRX cycle that can match the service and the sleep indication information that can enable the terminal to enter a sleep state in time.

Abstract: This application provides a method including: receiving first configuration information of an SRS resource from a network device, where the first configuration information includes a repetition factor of the SRS resource, and the repetition factor of the SRS resource is a quantity N of positions at which the SRS resource is mapped to a same subcarrier and mapped to at least one continuous symbol in one time unit, where N?1 and is an integer; determining at least one first frequency domain resource to which the SRS resource is mapped in a first time unit.

Abstract: The present application provides a resource scheduling method and apparatus. The method includes: receiving a first coded frame; determining a remaining delay budget of the first coded frame based on an actual time point at which the first coded frame arrives at a first network element; determining a scheduling priority based on the remaining delay budget; and scheduling, for the first coded frame based on the scheduling priority, a transmission resource for transmitting the first coded frame.

Abstract: This application provides a reference signal sending and receiving method, a network device, a terminal device, and a system, to be applicable to resource configuration for an SRS in NR. The method includes: sending, by a terminal device, a sounding reference signal SRS based on a location of a starting subcarrier for transmitting the SRS, where the location of the starting subcarrier for transmitting the SRS is determined by an offset of a sounding region, the offset of the sounding region indicates a resource offset between a starting subcarrier of the sounding region and a starting subcarrier of a bandwidth part BWP of the terminal device, and the sounding region is a resource that can be used to transmit the SRS.

Abstract: This application provides a data transmission method and an apparatus, which provide integrity transmission for extended reality data transmission. In the method, integrity transmission is performed on data or information having a synchronization requirement or having a dependency relationship, to satisfy the requirement of synchronization between the data or information, thereby improving user experience of XR services.

Abstract: The disclosure provides a scheduling transmission method and an apparatus. The method includes: obtaining a scheduling priority of a terminal, and transmitting a data packet of the terminal based on the scheduling priority of the terminal, where the scheduling priority of the terminal is determined based on importance of a data unit to which the data packet of the terminal belongs and a size level of the data unit to which the data packet of the terminal belongs. Solutions of this disclosure may be widely used in the fields of communication technologies, artificial intelligence, internet of vehicles, internet of smart home, and the like.

Abstract: This disclosure provides a scheduling transmission method and an apparatus. According to the method, a scheduling priority of a terminal is determined based on an instantaneous rate of the terminal and a service type of a first service of the terminal, and the first service is transmitted with the terminal based on the scheduling priority of the terminal. The instantaneous rate of the terminal is positively correlated with the scheduling priority of the terminal, and a target video frame correct ratio of the first service is greater than a first threshold. The solutions of this application can be widely used in the fields of communication technologies, artificial intelligence, Internet of vehicles, Internet of smart home, and the like.

Abstract: Disclosed are a communications method and device. The method includes: sending, by a network device, configuration information to a terminal device; determining, by the terminal device, channel state information CSI measurement behavior and/or CSI feedback related information, where the channel state information CSI measurement behavior and/or the CSI feedback related information are/is related to the configuration information; and performing, by the terminal device, CSI measurement based on the configuration information and the CSI measurement behavior and/or the CSI feedback related information, to obtain at least one piece of CSI, and sending all or some of the at least one piece of CSI to the network device. It can be learned that, in a scenario in which a plurality of transmission modes are supported, according to the foregoing method, the terminal device can measure CSI, and feed back the measured CSI to the network device.

Abstract: This application provides a communication method and apparatus, and a computer-readable storage medium. The method includes: obtaining average user-experience information; obtaining quality impairment information of a data packet; and sending the data packet to a terminal based on a priority of the data packet, where the priority of the data packet is related to the quality impairment information of the data packet and/or the average user-experience information.

Abstract: A coding method and an apparatus are provided. XR data of different dimensions or different QoS requirements are distinguished during coding.