Abstract: An information sending and receiving method and a device, the sending method including generating a first signal, and sending the first signal on a first resource. The first resource includes a first part of resource elements (REs), and the first part of the REs comprises at least one of a first RE element or a second RE element. The first RE element comprises all REs corresponding to an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbol 0, symbol 1, and symbol 2 in each of subframes 0, 5, and 9 of each radio frame on a first carrier, the second RE element comprises an REO, RE3, RE6, and RE9 in each of an OFDM symbol 4, 7, 8, and 11 in subframe 0 of each radio frame on the first carrier, and the first carrier is a carrier in a narrow band internet of things (NB-IoT) system.

Abstract: Example reference signal sending methods and apparatus are described. In one example method, a terminal device detects whether a paging scheduling message exists in a PDCCH search space whose starting subframe is a subframe corresponding to a paging occasion (PO), and/or detects whether a wake-up signal (WUS) exists before a PO. A network device determines a time domain resource in first duration based on a quantity of paging occasions in a discontinuous reception period, where the time domain resource is a time domain resource in a time-frequency resource used to transmit a reference signal. The network device sends the reference signal to a terminal device on the time domain resource.

Abstract: This application provides a communication method and a communications apparatus, where the communication method includes: receiving, by a terminal device, downlink control information, where the downlink control information is used to indicate the terminal device to receive or send a first channel on a first resource; receiving, by the terminal device, first indication information, where the first indication information is used to indicate a second resource; when the first resource and the second resource overlap in time domain, receiving or sending, by the terminal device, the first channel on a third resource, where the third resource and the second resource do not overlap in time domain.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods and terminal devices for detecting a wake-up signal. A terminal device sends first information to a network device, where the first information indicates a reported gap, receives second information sent by the network device, and determines a configuration condition of a first gap and a configuration condition of a second gap based on the second information. The terminal device determines a target gap based on the reported gap, the configuration condition of the first gap, and the configuration condition of the second gap, and detects a wake-up signal at a detection position before a start position of the first paging opportunity in a paging time window, where the detection position is determined based on the target gap and maximum duration of the wake-up signal.

Abstract: This application provides a method for waking up a terminal, a terminal, and a network device. In technical solutions provided in this application, a network device determines, from a plurality of wake-up signals that can wake up a to-be-woken-up terminal and that need to be monitored by the to-be-woken-up terminal for one PO, a target wake-up signal of the to-be-woken-up terminal, and sends the target wake-up signal to the to-be-woken-up terminal. If the terminal detects, for the one PO, at least one wake-up signal of the plurality of wake-up signals that can wake up the terminal and that need to be monitored by the terminal, the terminal monitors a downlink control channel at the PO.

Abstract: A communication method and device, the method including obtaining, by a terminal device, a timing advance (TA), determining, by the terminal device according to a preset rule and first information, whether the TA is valid, where the first information includes a first parameter, and wherein the first parameter is information related to a location of the terminal device, and performing at least one of determining, by the terminal device, in response to the TA being invalid, that uplink data transmission cannot be performed, or determining, by the terminal device, in response to the TA being valid, that the TA can be used for uplink data transmission.

Abstract: This application discloses a data transmission method which includes: receiving DCI, wherein two TBs or one TB can be scheduled in the DCI, the DCI comprises a third bit, the third bit indicates that a quantity of the TB(s) scheduled in the DCI is 1 or 2, and the DCI further comprises a first bit and/or a second bit; and when the quantity of the TB(s) is 1, performing, based on the third bit, and the first bit or second bit, uplink or downlink data transmission, wherein the first or second bit indicates a NDI associated with the TB scheduled in the DCI; or when the quantity of the TB(s) is 2, performing, based on the third, first bit, and second bit, uplink or downlink data transmission, wherein the first and the second bit respectively indicate two NDIs associated with the two TBs.

Abstract: This application provides a system message indication method, an apparatus, and a system. The method may include generating, by a network device, notification information. The notification information may indicate status information of first information, the first information may include at least one bit in a first system message, and a quantity of bits included in the first information may be less than a quantity of bits included in the first system message. The method may also include sending, by the network device, the notification information to a terminal device.

Abstract: Embodiments of this application provide a method for transmitting positioning assistance data and a device. The method includes: receiving, by a network device, at least one positioning assistance data message sent by a positioning server, where the at least one positioning assistance data message is used to carry positioning assistance data; and broadcasting, by the network device, a system message to a terminal device, where the system message is used by the terminal device to obtain the positioning assistance data. According to the embodiments of this application, the network device broadcasts the system message to broadcast the positioning assistance data.

Abstract: A method for determining a carrier center frequency in a wireless communications system is provided. The method includes: determining, a carrier center frequency used by a base station and UE to communicate, according to a frequency band starting frequency, an absolute radio frequency channel number, a frequency band offset, and a relative radio frequency channel number. According to this application, a time for searching for a cell by a terminal can be reduced, power consumption of the terminal can be reduced, and a battery life can be extended.

Abstract: A method for determining a carrier center frequency in a wireless communications system and apparatus are provided. The method includes: determining, a carrier center frequency used by a base station and UE to communicate, according to a frequency band starting frequency, and absolute radio frequency channel number, a frequency band offset, and a relative radio frequency channel number. According to this application, a time for searching for a cell by a terminal can be reduced, power consumption of the terminal can be reduced, and a battery life can be extended.

Abstract: An information sending method, an information receiving method, and an apparatus are provided. The information sending method includes: generating a downlink channel quality report volume, where the downlink channel quality report volume is used to indicate a relative relationship between a first number of repetitions and a second number of repetitions, the first number of repetitions is a quantity of retransmissions that need to be performed in a preset downlink control channel format to achieve a preset block error rate, and the second number of repetitions is a number of repetitions corresponding to common search space of a downlink control channel carried on a downlink carrier; and sending an MSG3 to a network device in a random access procedure, where the MSG3 is used to indicate the downlink channel quality report volume.

Abstract: A data transmission method and a communications apparatus are described that reduce complexity and overhead of data reception performed by a base station. The method includes receiving information about a repetition quantity R1 corresponding to Tmax, where Tmax is a maximum transport block size allowed to be used to transmit data. The method further includes determining a cyclic parameter L based on R1, where the cyclic parameter L indicates that content carried in each of a plurality of time units to which a transport block used to transmit the data is mapped is repeated in L consecutive time units, and wherein a size of the transport block actually used to transmit the data is Ts, and Ts is less than a maximum transport block size (Tmax). The method further includes transmitting the data based on the cyclic parameter L.

Abstract: A signal sending method, a signal receiving method, and an apparatus are provided. The method includes: A network device generates a first sequence, where the network device maps the first sequence to the last 11 orthogonal frequency division multiplexing OFDM symbols in a first subframe, and maps, to the first M OFDM symbols in the first subframe sequentially, a sequence that belongs to the first sequence and that is to be mapped to a first OFDM symbol to an Mth OFDM symbol, where the first OFDM symbol to the Mth OFDM symbol are M OFDM symbols of the last N OFDM symbols in the first subframe, N is greater than or equal to M, N is an integer greater than 0 and less than 12, and M is an integer greater than 0 and less than 4; and the network device sends the first subframe.

Abstract: The Application discloses a signal sending method that includes: generating, by a network device, a first indication signal, where the first indication signal is used to indicate that a terminal device is not paged and/or no system message changes, the first indication signal corresponds to a first international mobile subscriber identity (IMSI) set, and a quantity of IMSIs in the first IMSI set is less than or equal to a quantity of IMSIs corresponding to one paging occasion (PO); and sending, by the network device, the first indication signal to a first terminal device, where the first terminal device is a terminal device corresponding to any IMSI in the first IMSI set.

Abstract: This application provides a reference signal sequence transmission method. The method includes: generating a reference signal sequence based on a frame number of a radio frame; mapping at least a part of reference signals in the reference signal sequence to a resource position that corresponds to the radio frame and that is used to transmit the at least a part of reference signals; and sending the at least a part of reference signals or an orthogonal reference signal at the resource position, where the orthogonal reference signal is obtained by multiplying the at least a part of reference signals by a preset orthogonal code.

Abstract: This application provides a method and an apparatus that are for transmitting data in a random access process. The method includes: sending a message 1 to a network device; receiving a message 2 sent by the network device, where the message 2 includes uplink grant information, the uplink grant information includes first indication information, and the first indication information is used to indicate a largest transport block size TBS allowed for a message 3; determining a target TBS in candidate TBSs based on the allowed largest TBS, where the target TBS is less than or equal to the allowed largest TBS; and sending the message 3 to the network device, where the message 3 includes uplink data transmitted based on the target TBS.

Abstract: Example communication methods and apparatus are described. One example method includes determining a random access preamble by a terminal device, The random access preamble includes six symbol groups. The terminal device determines a frequency location of the random access preamble based on random access configuration information and a preset rule. A frequency hopping interval between a first symbol group and a second symbol group and a frequency hopping interval between a fifth symbol group and a sixth symbol group are equal and are first intervals. A frequency hopping interval between the second symbol group and a third symbol group and a frequency hopping interval between a fourth symbol group and the fifth symbol group are equal and are second intervals. A frequency hopping interval between the third symbol group and the fourth symbol group is a third interval. The random access preamble is sent based on the frequency location.

Abstract: A message transmission method and a device are used to accelerate a random access procedure. The method includes: receiving, by a terminal device, a repetition quantity of an uplink message from a network device, in response to determining that a reference signal receive power (RSRP) range of the terminal device is within an RSRP range corresponding to a signal coverage enhancement level 0, wherein the uplink message comprises a third message of a sequence of messages comprised in a random access attempt; calculating, by the terminal device, transmit power based on a power control parameter for the repetition quantity; and sending, by the terminal device, the uplink message to the network device based on the calculated transmit power.

Abstract: A communication method includes: determining a preamble including M symbol groups; and sending the M symbol groups in K uplink subframe sets, where any uplink subframe set in the K uplink subframe sets includes one uplink subframe or more than one consecutive uplink subframes, any two uplink subframe sets in the K uplink subframe sets are spaced by at least one downlink subframe, and in each of the K uplink subframe sets at least one symbol group can be sent; N times of frequency hopping exist in the M symbol groups, each of the N times of frequency hopping is frequency hopping between adjacent symbol groups in the M symbol groups, and frequency hopping directions of at least two of the N times of frequency hopping are opposite, N is less than M, K is less than or equal to M, and K, N and M are positive integers.