Abstract: An uplink sounding signal triggering method, system, and apparatus are provided to support a sounding reference signal (SRS) group scheduling or SRS switching function. The method includes: sending, by a base station, a downlink control information (DCI) using a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH), with the DCI including a sounding reference signal SRS control information intended for each UE of Y number of UEs, with Y comprising a positive integer greater than 1.

Abstract: A signal transmission method and apparatus are provided. The signal transmission method provided in embodiments of the present invention includes: determining a modulation type of service data that needs to be transmitted, where the modulation type includes hierarchical modulation and non-hierarchical modulation; modulating, by means of the hierarchical modulation when it is determined that the modulation type is the hierarchical modulation, the service data that needs to be transmitted, and sending a modulated hierarchical modulation signal to UE; and sending modulation configuration information to the UE, where the modulation configuration information includes information used to indicate the modulation type. By using the embodiments of the present invention, the system spectrum utilization efficiency and the system throughput can be greatly improved.

Abstract: A method, a device and a communication system for processing a common search area are provided. The method includes: acquiring resource indication information about a first common search area of a control channel, or resource indication information about a first common search area and resource indication information about at least one second common search area; and determining, according to the resource indication information about the first common search area, or the resource indication information about the first common search area and the resource indication information about at least one second common search area, a location of the first common search area, or locations of the first common search area and at least one second common search area.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method for transmitting a service in a wireless communication network. The service is transmitted by a terminal device to a base station. The terminal device receives from the base station, information of a correspondence between a data radio bearer (DRB) and a radio interface technology supported in a frequency range of a cell. The frequency range is one of N frequency ranges, wherein N?2. The terminal device also receives characteristic information of the radio interface technology, which includes a subcarrier spacing. The terminal device transmits the service on the DRB within the frequency range using the subcarrier spacing of the radio interface technology.

Abstract: A data transmission method, a wireless network device, and a communications system are provided. The method includes: sending, by a first wireless network device, at least two channels for common information on a same carrier, where the at least two channels for common information include a first channel for common information and a second channel for common information, the first channel for common information and the second channel for common information are on different subbands of the same carrier, and the common information includes at least one of a synchronization signal, a broadcast signal, or a system message.

Abstract: Embodiments of this application provide example data transmission methods, One example method includes: receiving, by a receiving device, first data on a first time-frequency resource, and receiving second data on a second time-frequency resource. When the first time-frequency resource and the second time-frequency resource have an overlapped target frequency domain resource in frequency domain, the receiving device can then use a first DMRS mapped to a target frequency domain resource of the first time-frequency resource to demodulate the second data mapped to a target frequency domain resource of the second time-frequency resource.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a downlink synchronization method, an apparatus, and a system, and relate to the communications field, so as to reduce downlink synchronization complexity and improve downlink synchronization efficiency. According to the downlink synchronization method, a base station sends downlink synchronization reference information to UE by using dedicated signaling or a system message, where the downlink synchronization reference information is used to instruct the UE to perform downlink synchronization in a second cell by referring to a downlink synchronization channel of a first cell; and the base station sends, in the second cell according to location information of the UE, a beam including a downlink synchronization channel to the UE, where the first cell and the second cell include an overlapped coverage area. The embodiments of the present disclosure are applied to synchronization channel sending.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure describe a resource allocation method, an apparatus, and a wireless access system. One embodiment of the method may include a wireless access device determining at least two first AI technologies to be used to transmit a service between UE and the wireless access device,allocating on a first carrier, at least two first resources that are in a one-to-one correspondence with the at least two first AI technologies, and sending first resource allocation information to the UE, where the first resource allocation information is used to indicate a first resource corresponding to a first AI technology to be used by UE that receives the first resource allocation information.

Abstract: This application provides a communication method, a terminal device, and a network device. The method includes: receiving, by the terminal device, configuration information, where the configuration information is used to instruct the terminal device to jointly report channel state information CSI for at least two groups of channel state information-reference signal CSI-RS resources; receiving, by the terminal device, CSI-RSs carried on the at least two groups of CSI-RS resources; and jointly reporting, by the terminal device, CSI based on a result of measuring the CSI-RSs carried on the at least two groups of CSI-RS resources. According to embodiments of this application, transmission performance can be improved.

Abstract: This application provides a control information transmission method and a device. The method includes: sending, by a first network device, configuration information to a terminal device, where the configuration information is used to instruct the terminal device to detect first control information on a first carrier and detect second control information on a second carrier, and both the first control information and the second control information are control information for scheduling data on the second carrier; and sending, by the first network device, at least one of the first control information and the second control information.

Abstract: This application provides a communication method, to provide a codebook of a higher-order precoding matrix, and help increase a quantity of layers of data, thereby helping improve a data transmission capability and improving a throughput. The method includes: receiving, by a first device, a reference signal used for channel measurement; and sending, by the first device, at least one precoding matrix indicator PMI and a rank indication RI based on the reference signal, where the PMI is used to indicate a precoding matrix in a codebook corresponding to the RI, the precoding matrix in the codebook includes a plurality of matrices in a one-to-one correspondence with a plurality of antenna port groups, a matrix corresponding to one antenna port group or each of at least two antenna port groups has two different inter-antenna-port-group phase factors, and any two column vectors in the precoding matrix are orthogonal to each other.

Abstract: This application provides a communication method, a network device, a terminal device, and a system. The communication method includes: determining, by a network device, a plurality of pieces of quasi co-location information, where the plurality of pieces of quasi co-location information correspond to a plurality of antenna port sets of a first control resource set, and each piece of quasi co-location information in the plurality of pieces of quasi co-location information is used to indicate a quasi co-location characteristic of an antenna port set corresponding to each piece of quasi co-location information; and sending, by the network device, the plurality of pieces of quasi co-location information to a terminal device. In embodiments of this application, the plurality of pieces of quasi co-location information are used to indicate the quasi co-location characteristics of the antenna ports to the terminal device, to improve communication efficiency.

Abstract: A communication method and an apparatus is provided. The method includes: determining, by a first network device for a first carrier, association information between a first resource and at least one of a first HARQ entity, a first MAC entity, or a first RLC entity, and sending configuration information to a terminal device, where the configuration information includes the association information between the first resource and the at least one of the first HARQ entity, the first MAC entity, or the first RLC entity; and receiving, by the terminal device, the configuration information, receiving first data, determining that the first data corresponds to the first resource, and determining, based on the configuration information and the first data that corresponds to the first resource, at least one of the first HARQ entity, the first MAC entity, or the first RLC entity corresponding to the first data, HARQ performance is ensured.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus for determining a transport block size, the method including determining, by a communications device, a type of an available resource element (RE) for data scheduling according to a quantity of available REs in one slot and one resource block (RB), and determining, by the communications device, a transport block size of data according to the type of the available RE.

Abstract: This disclosure discloses a discovery message processing method and apparatus, and pertains to the communications field. The method includes: receiving, by a first wireless network device, a discovery message sent by a second wireless network device; and if the first wireless network device is in an RRC connected state or has an RRC connection requirement, sending, by the first wireless network device, a feedback message corresponding to the discovery message to the second wireless network device. This disclosure can save time-frequency resources.

Abstract: This application provides a transmission precoding matrix indication method and a device. The method includes: determining a bit quantity of a transmission precoding matrix indicator field corresponding to a subband scheduled for uplink based on downlink control information received from a network device, where the bit quantity of the transmission precoding matrix indicator field corresponding to the subband is related to a quantity of subbands corresponding to the resource scheduled for uplink; and further, determining an uplink transmission precoding matrix corresponding to the subband based on the bit quantity of the transmission precoding matrix indicator field corresponding to the subband and the uplink transmission layer quantity. A transmission precoding matrix indicator field can be effectively used, and control channel resource utilization is improved.

Abstract: This application provides a method and device for determining antenna port quasi co-location QCL. The method includes: generating, by a network device, downlink control information DCI, where the DCI includes QCL indication information, the QCL indication information is used to indicate one of a plurality of pieces of combination information, and first combination information in the plurality of pieces of combination information is used to indicate a QCL relationship between a DMRS antenna port and a CSI-RS antenna port; and sending, by the network device, the DCI to a terminal device. Therefore, in embodiments of this application, the terminal device can determine the QCL relationship between the DMRS antenna port and the CSI-RS antenna port based on the DCI, thereby resolving a problem in the prior art and improving network performance.

Abstract: In an embodiment method, a terminal sends an uplink signal. The uplink signal is used to trigger a base station to send first system information, and the first system information is used by the terminal to camp on a cell. In the embodiment method, correspondingly, the base station receives the uplink signal sent by the terminal, and the base station sends the first system information on a beam in which the terminal is located. In the embodiment method, correspondingly, the terminal receives the first system information sent by the base station on the beam in which the terminal is located.

Abstract: A power configuration method and a device, the power configuration method including sending, by a first network device, M power configuration parameters to a second network device, where the M power configuration parameters are corresponding to M antenna port sets, wherein at least one of the M antenna port sets belongs to the first network device, where each power configuration parameter is used to calculate power of a downlink data channel between a corresponding antenna port set and the second network device, and where M is an integer greater than or equal to 2.

Abstract: A measurement apparatus and method. The method includes sending, by a radio access network system, information about a subframe mode corresponding to at least one beam, where the information about the subframe mode instructs a UE to perform measurement according to the information about the subframe mode, and the method further includes receiving, by the radio access network system, a measurement result sent by the UE. The measurement apparatus and method can be used to perform the measurement in a millimeter wave scenario.