Abstract: A communication method and apparatus includes a terminal that receives first control information from a network device. The first control information includes a first field. The first field indicates single-carrier scheduling or the multi-carrier scheduling. When the first field indicates the single-carrier scheduling, the terminal communicates with the network device on one scheduled carrier. Alternatively, when the first field indicates the multi-carrier scheduling, the terminal communicates with the network device on a plurality of scheduled carriers. According to the method and the apparatus in this application, the first field in the first control information may explicitly or implicitly indicate the single-carrier scheduling or the multi-carrier scheduling, and the network device does not need to additionally send a notification message, thereby reducing air interface overheads.

Abstract: This application provides a resource scheduling method and a communication apparatus. The method includes: A network device sends a plurality of pieces of configuration information to a terminal device, where the plurality of pieces of configuration information include first configuration information and second configuration information, the first configuration information is for configuring scheduling information of a multi-carrier co-scheduling manner to be sent in a first cell, and the second configuration information is for configuring a resource of a second cell to be scheduled in the multi-carrier co-scheduling manner; and the network device sends first scheduling information to the terminal device in the first cell, where the first scheduling information is for scheduling resources of a plurality of cells, and the plurality of cells include the second cell or the first cell and the second cell. In this way, resource utilization and resource scheduling efficiency are improved.

Abstract: A communication method and apparatus are provided. The method includes: A base station sends, to a terminal, first DCI for scheduling a plurality of CCs, where the first DCI includes at least a first field, and the first field is shared by the plurality of CCs. According to the method and the apparatus in this application, information does not need to be independently configured for each CC in the first field in the first DCI, so that payload overheads of the first DCI are reduced.

Abstract: This application relates to the field of communications technologies, and discloses a communication method, a communications apparatus, and a system. The method includes: A terminal device receives first information from a network device, where the first information is used to activate a first secondary cell; and the terminal device performs channel CSI measurement by using a first CSI-RS resource in a process of activating the first secondary cell.

Abstract: A communication method and an apparatus are provided. The method includes: A communication apparatus may send uplink capability information to a network device, where the uplink capability information includes at least one of the following: a maximum quantity of uplink carriers configured for the communication apparatus, a maximum quantity of uplink carriers supported by the communication apparatus, and a maximum quantity of channels supported by the communication apparatus. Further, the communication apparatus receives first information from the network device, where the first information indicates an uplink carrier used for uplink transmission, and performs uplink transmission with the network device on the uplink carrier. The communication apparatus may be a terminal device.

Abstract: This application provides a method for deactivating a carrier and an apparatus. The method includes: A terminal receives first information, where the first information indicates a default bandwidth part (BWP). The terminal deactivates a secondary carrier based on the default BWP. According to the provided embodiments, the secondary carrier is deactivated by using physical layer control information for activating or deactivating a BWP.

Abstract: This application provides a communication method and apparatus. The method includes: A terminal receives first configuration information from a network device, and determines a time unit aggregation based on the first configuration information, where the time unit aggregation includes at least one time unit. The terminal receives control information from the network device, and determines at least one first time subunit and at least one second time subunit in the time unit aggregation based on the control information. The terminal receives, in the at least one first time subunit, data corresponding to a first transport block, and receives, in the at least one second time subunit, data corresponding to a second transport block.

Abstract: Embodiments of this application provide a communication method, a communications apparatus, and a communications system, to determine a physical resource block (PRB) grid when a center frequency of a synchronization signal (SS) is inconsistent with a center frequency of a carrier. The method includes: receiving, by a terminal, an SS from a network device; determining, by the terminal, a first PRB grid based on the SS; receiving, by the terminal, first indication information from the network device, where the first indication information is used to indicate a first frequency offset between the first PRB grid and a second PRB grid; and determining, by the terminal, the second PRB grid based on the first PRB grid and the first frequency offset.

Abstract: A communication method and apparatus are provided. The method includes: A terminal receives first signaling from a network device. The first signaling indicates at least one type of configuration. The terminal receives second signaling from the network device. The second signaling indicates a first configuration included in the at least one type of configuration. The terminal communicates with the network device based on the first configuration. The at least one type of configuration includes at least one of the following: a quantity of PDSCHs, a quantity of PUSCHs, a quantity of CORESET pools for DCI blind detection, a quantity of transport layers for space division multiplexing, a quantity of tracked TCI states, or a quantity of HARQ processes. 10 According to the method and the apparatus in this application, flexible and efficient switching between resources in a baseband processing capability of the terminal can be implemented.

Abstract: Embodiments of this application provide a communication method, apparatus, and system. The method includes: A network device performs time calibration on a first time unit of a first frequency band and a second time unit of a second frequency band; the network device sends first information to a terminal device based on the first frequency band and the first time unit, where the first information includes synchronization information; and the network device sends second information to the terminal device based on the second frequency band and the second time unit, where the second information includes information other than the synchronization information. For an obtained time window of the second information, refer to a time window of the first information.

Abstract: This application discloses example communication methods and example apparatuses. One example method includes receiving control information from a network device in a first cell, where the control information indicates to initiate a random access process in a second cell, and the control information includes a first identifier of the second cell. A random access process can then be initiated, based on the control information, in the second cell by using a random access parameter associated with the first identifier.

Abstract: Disclosed are a communication method and an apparatus. The method includes: when a first terminal device supports sending of an uplink signal and a sidelink signal in a first time unit on a first carrier, determining, by the first terminal device based on priorities of the uplink signal and the sidelink signal, a first transmit power of the uplink signal and a second transmit power of the sidelink signal; and sending, by the first terminal device, the uplink signal based on the first transmit power, and/or sending the sidelink signal based on the second transmit power.

Abstract: This application provides example sidelink resource configuration methods and apparatuses. One example method includes receiving, by a first terminal, first configuration information of a sidelink resource, where the sidelink resource configured by using the first configuration information includes a common resource in resource pools or sidelink bandwidth part BWP resources of N terminals in a terminal group, the terminal group includes the first terminal, and N is a positive integer. The first terminal can then perform sidelink communication with a terminal in the terminal group on the sidelink resource.

Abstract: A communication method and an apparatus are provided. An example method includes: receiving initially transmitted first data in a first cell based on a correspondence between the first cell and a first hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) entity; receiving first indication information, wherein the first indication information indicates a correspondence between a second cell and the first HARQ entity; and receiving retransmitted first data in the second cell based on the correspondence between the second cell and the first HARQ entity.

Abstract: Embodiments of this application provide a multi-carrier scheduling method. A network device configures first DCI for scheduling a plurality of carriers, to reduce PDCCH resource overheads. In addition, when the network device configures the first DCI and other DCI (for example, second DCI), monitoring bit lengths of the two pieces of DCI are aligned, to obtain a monitoring bit length for blind detection. This can reduce blind detection complexity of blind detection performed by a terminal device on DCI, and improve system transmission performance.

Abstract: A communications method and apparatus are provided. The method includes: receiving first configuration information, where the first configuration information is used to configure a first bandwidth part (BWP); and sending sidelink data on a resource included in a first transmission resource pool, where a frequency range of the first transmission resource pool is included in a frequency range of the first BWP and a frequency range of a second BWP, and the second BWP is an activated uplink BWP. The communications method and apparatus in this application can implement terminal device communication on the first BWP and the second BWP, and reduce a time of switching between the first BWP and the second BWP, thereby improving efficiency of the communication on the first BWP and the second BWP.

Abstract: A method includes receiving first information from a terminal device on a first carrier, and sending second information to the terminal device. The first information is useable for determining channel information on the first carrier. The channel information on the first carrier includes a modulation and coding scheme (MCS) on the first carrier or a spectrum efficiency on the first carrier. The second information is useable for scheduling a transmission resource on a second carrier. The second information is useable to indicate channel information on the second carrier. The channel information on the second carrier includes at least one of an MCS on the second carrier or a spectrum efficiency on the second carrier. The channel information on the second carrier is determined based on the channel information on the first carrier.

Abstract: This application provides a data transmission method and a related apparatus. The method includes determining, by a first node, a transmission periodicity, where the transmission periodicity includes a first time unit and a second time unit. In the transmission periodicity, data of a first service is transmitted in only the first time unit, and a physical signal is transmitted in the second time unit. The method further includes transmitting, by the first node, the data of the first service in the first time unit, and/or transmitting the physical signal in the second time unit.

Abstract: This application provides a sidelink resource configuration method and apparatus. The method includes: configuring, by a network device, sidelink bandwidth part (SL BWP) configuration information for a terminal device, where the SL BWP configuration information is used to indicate a common first parameter of M resource pools in the SL BWP; and configuring, by the terminal device, the M resource pools in the SL BWP based on the SL BWP configuration information in a process of configuring the resource pools in the SL BWP, where the M resource pools have at least one same parameter, and the at least one parameter is determined based on the first parameter. Therefore, communication between different terminal devices can be implemented by configuring the resource pools in the SL BWP.

Abstract: A power control method includes determining priorities of uplink transmission and sidelink transmission, where the uplink transmission is used to transmit uplink information by a first terminal device to a network device, and the sidelink transmission is used to transmit sidelink information by the first terminal device to a second terminal device; determining target information that is in the sidelink information and that overlaps with the uplink information in time domain in a scheduling time unit; determining transmit powers of the uplink information and the target information based on the target information and the priorities of the uplink transmission and the sidelink transmission; and sending the uplink information based on the transmit power of the uplink information, or sending the target information based on the transmit power of the target information.