Abstract: A communication method, including performing, by a terminal device, in response to a value of a resource bundling granularity being a first-type value, determining at least one resource block bundling group in a scheduling resource corresponding to a terminal device according to the first-type value of the resource bundling granularity, wherein, the first-type value comprises 2 or 4, and receiving, using the at least one resource block bundling group, data transmitted by a network device. The method further includes performing, by the terminal device, in response to the value of the resource bundling granularity being a second-type value, determining a scheduling resource corresponding to the terminal device as a same resource block bundling group, wherein, the second-type value comprises a size of a consecutive scheduling bandwidth of the terminal device, and receiving, using the resource block bundling group, data transmitted by the network device.

Abstract: This application discloses an indication method and apparatus, to support a requirement of a complex and fickle scenario. The method includes: generating and sending an arrangement indication used to indicate an arrangement manner of a reference signal, where the reference signal occupies at least one group of time frequency resources, and the arrangement manner is frequency division, time division, frequency division+code division, or time division+code division; in the frequency division manner, each group of time frequency resources occupy a symbol in time domain and at least one contiguous subcarrier in frequency domain; in the time division manner, each group of time frequency resources occupy at least one contiguous symbol in time domain and a subcarrier in frequency domain.

Abstract: Embodiments of this application relate to the field of communications technologies, and disclose a precoding matrix configuration method and apparatus, to help improve performance of decoding data. The method may include: receiving first configuration information, where the first configuration information is used to configure M precoding matrices, M?2, and M is an integer; and aggregately sending a signal in N time domain units based on the first configuration information, where the signal is a signal obtained after precoding is performed by using a precoding matrix corresponding to each of the N time domain units, the precoding matrix corresponding to each time domain unit is one of the M precoding matrices, N?2, and N is an integer.

Abstract: Example communication methods and communications apparatus are described. One example method includes determining power of a demodulation reference signal (DMRS) by a terminal device. The terminal device sends the DMRS based on the determined power. In embodiments of this application, the power of the DMRS can be flexibly determined for different communication statuses.

Abstract: A data transmission method includes: selecting, by a network device, at least one target time domain resource from a plurality of candidate time domain resources, where the at least one target time domain resource is used to carry a demodulation reference signal (DMRS); and sending, by the network device, first indication information to a terminal device, where the first indication information is used to indicate the at least one target time domain resource.

Abstract: This application provides a Demodulation Reference Signal (DMRS) transmission method and a communications device. The method includes: determining, by a communications device, a current mode of a resource scheduling unit, where the current mode is a frequency hopping mode or an aggregation mode, and performing, by the communications device, DMRS mapping or demapping by using a DMRS pattern corresponding to the current mode, where a location of a symbol occupied by a DMRS in the DMRS pattern corresponding to the current mode is different from a location of a symbol occupied by a DMRS in a preset DMRS pattern. In embodiments of this application, a location of a symbol occupied by a DMRS can be flexibly selected depending on different modes. Therefore, requirements of the different modes can be satisfied in the embodiments of this application, thereby improving network performance.

Abstract: Example communication methods and communications apparatus are described. One example method includes determining power of a demodulation reference signal (DMRS) by a terminal device. The terminal device sends the MARS based on the determined power. In embodiments of this application, the power of the DMRS can be flexibly determined for different communication statuses.

Abstract: An embodiment of this application provides an antenna port determining method. In a process of determining, based on QCL information and indication information that is used to determine an antenna port number, an antenna port on which downlink data is scheduled, antenna port group information is further introduced, so that the antenna port can be more accurately determined.

Abstract: Embodiments of this application disclose a channel estimation method and apparatus, and relate to the field of communications technologies, to help reduce indication overheads. The method may include: generating and sending indication information, where the indication information is used to indicate M N-dimensional precoding vectors, each precoding vector is applied to one of M frequency bands, the M N-dimensional precoding vectors form a space-frequency matrix, and the space-frequency matrix is generated by performing weighted combination on a plurality of space-frequency component matrices, where the space-frequency matrix is an M×N-dimensional space-frequency vector or an X×Y space-frequency matrix, X and Y are one and the other of M and N, M?1, N?2, and both M and N are integers.

Abstract: This application provides a Demodulation Reference Signal (DMRS) transmission method and a communications device. The method includes: determining, by a communications device, a current mode of a resource scheduling unit, where the current mode is a frequency hopping mode or an aggregation mode, and performing, by the communications device, DMRS mapping or demapping by using a DMRS pattern corresponding to the current mode, where a location of a symbol occupied by a DMRS in the DMRS pattern corresponding to the current mode is different from a location of a symbol occupied by a DMRS in a preset DMRS pattern. In embodiments of this application, a location of a symbol occupied by a DMRS can be flexibly selected depending on different modes. Therefore, requirements of the different modes can be satisfied in the embodiments of this application, thereby improving network performance.

Abstract: This application discloses a DMRS indicating method, a DMRS receiving method, and an apparatus. The method includes: determining, by a transmit end from a plurality of groups of demodulation reference signal DMRS configuration information, DMRS configuration information corresponding to a current DMRS transmission scheme, and obtaining DMRS indication information based on the DMRS configuration information, where each group of DMRS configuration information includes a plurality of pieces of DMRS configuration information; and sending, by the transmit end, the DMRS indication information. The method and the apparatus provided in this application are implemented to match a plurality of scenarios in NR. This can satisfy a requirement for transmitting more layers of data, and can further reduce indication overheads.

Abstract: A communication method, including performing, by a terminal device, in response to a value of a resource bundling granularity being a first-type value, determining at least one resource block bundling group in a scheduling resource corresponding to a terminal device according to the first-type value of the resource bundling granularity, wherein, the first-type value comprises 2 or 4, and receiving, using the at least one resource block bundling group, data transmitted by a network device. The method further includes performing, by the terminal device, in response to the value of the resource bundling granularity being a second-type value, determining a scheduling resource corresponding to the terminal device as a same resource block bundling group, wherein, the second-type value comprises a size of a consecutive scheduling bandwidth of the terminal device, and receiving, using the resource block bundling group, data transmitted by the network device.

Abstract: A liquid heating appliance for making a beverage, the liquid heating appliance comprising: a plurality of heating components for heating a liquid, where at least a first of the plurality of heating components is powered using mains power, a power management system, wherein the power management system comprises: a controller, and an energy storage device, wherein the controller is arranged to control an amount of the mains power applied to the first of the plurality of heating components, and further arranged to control an amount of stored power from the energy storage device to be applied to at least a second of the plurality of heating components.

Abstract: An appliance for making a beverage, the appliance comprising: a plurality of heating components for heating a liquid, and a power management system, wherein the power management system comprises: an energy storage device, wherein at least a first function of the appliance requires simultaneous operation of a first heating component and a second heating component of the plurality of heating components, and wherein at least the first heating component comprises a first heater element and a second heater element, where the first heater element is powered using mains power, and the second heater element is powered using the energy storage device.

Abstract: A communication method, including performing, by a terminal device, in response to a value of a resource bundling granularity being a first-type value, determining at least one resource block bundling group in a scheduling resource corresponding to a terminal device according to the first-type value of the resource bundling granularity, wherein, the first-type value comprises 2 or 4, and receiving, using the at least one resource block bundling group, data transmitted by a network device. The method further includes performing, by the terminal device, in response to the value of the resource bundling granularity being a second-type value, determining a scheduling resource corresponding to the terminal device as a same resource block bundling group, wherein, the second-type value comprises a size of a consecutive scheduling bandwidth of the terminal device, and receiving, using the resource block bundling group, data transmitted by the network device.

Abstract: A demodulation reference signal (DMRS) indicating method, a DMRS receiving method, and an apparatus are described. A transmit end determines, from a plurality of groups of demodulation reference signal DMRS configuration information, DMRS configuration information corresponding to a current DMRS transmission scheme. The transmit end obtains DMRS indication information based on the DMRS configuration information, where each group of DMRS configuration information includes a plurality of pieces of DMRSs configuration information. The transmit end sends the DMRS indication information. The described method and the apparatus are implemented to match a plurality of New Radio (NR) scenarios. The described operations can satisfy a requirement for transmitting more layers of data and reduce indication overheads.

Abstract: Example communication methods and communications apparatus are described. One example method includes determining power of a demodulation reference signal (DMRS) by a terminal device. The terminal device sends the MARS based on the determined power. In embodiments of this application, the power of the DMRS can be flexibly determined for different communication statuses.

Abstract: This application configures a quantity and size of subbands in a channel state information (CSI) reporting band for flexibility and reduced complexity of terminal addressing by determining a channel state information subband size based on a bandwidth part (BWP), determining a quantity of channel state information subbands included in a channel state information reporting band based on (i) a carrier bandwidth (CC bandwidth), (ii) the BWP bandwidth or (iii) a channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS) bandwidth and the channel state information subband size. The method further includes determining an actual quantity of resource blocks included in a starting subband and an actual quantity of resource blocks in an ending subband in the channel state information subband.

Abstract: Embodiments of this application disclose a method and apparatus for sending a demodulation reference signal, and a demodulation method and apparatus, and relate to the field of communications technologies. The method for sending a demodulation reference signal may include: generating a demodulation reference signal, where a sequence length of the demodulation reference signal is related to an attribute of the demodulation reference signal; and sending the demodulation reference signal.

Abstract: A communication method, including performing, by a terminal device, in response to a value of a resource bundling granularity being a first-type value, determining at least one resource block bundling group in a scheduling resource corresponding to a terminal device according to the first-type value of the resource bundling granularity, wherein, the first-type value comprises 2 or 4, and receiving, using the at least one resource block bundling group, data transmitted by a network device. The method further includes performing, by the terminal device, in response to the value of the resource bundling granularity being a second-type value, determining a scheduling resource corresponding to the terminal device as a same resource block bundling group, wherein, the second-type value comprises a size of a consecutive scheduling bandwidth of the terminal device, and receiving, using the resource block bundling group, data transmitted by the network device.