Abstract: A physical random access channel enhanced transmission method, a network device, and a terminal are disclosed, where implementation of the terminal is used as an example, and the terminal includes: a processor, configured to determine level information of physical random access channel PRACH enhanced transmission; and to determine a first characteristic parameter that is of PRACH enhanced transmission and that is related to the determined level information of PRACH enhanced transmission, where the first characteristic parameter includes transmit power and a preamble format; and a transmitter, configured to perform PRACH enhanced sending according to the first characteristic parameter determined by the processor.

Abstract: Embodiments of this application provide a communication method and device. The method includes: A first device determines first control information, where the first control information includes first indication information and second indication information, where the first indication information is used to indicate a state of preconfigured-resource transmission, and the state includes successful transmission, unsuccessful transmission, scheduling retransmission, or preconfigured-resource retransmission; and the second indication information is used to indicate whether the first device transmits first information, and the first information includes higher layer data and/or preconfigured uplink resource reconfiguration information. The first device sends the first control information to a second device.

Abstract: In a data transmission method, a first communications device receives flag information. When the flag information indicates that one piece of control information can be used for scheduling of a plurality of transport blocks, the first communications device obtains transport block allocation information that indicates the number of transport blocks scheduled by the control information and a bit state corresponding to each transport block. Alternatively, when the flag information indicates that one piece of control information can be used for scheduling of only one transport block, the first communications device obtains hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) process number information, where the HARQ process number information indicates an HARQ process number corresponding to the transport block scheduled by the control information. The first communications device sends data or receives data based on the information.

Abstract: A communication method includes: a first device determines first control information, where the first control information carries first information, and the first information is used to indicate emergency information; and the first control information is format-3 control information, format-3A control information, format-6-0A control information, format-6-0B control information, format-6-1A control information, or format-6-1B control information; the first device sends the first control information to a second device; and the first device sends the emergency information to the second device. The method expands coverage of a network, and may be applied to an internet of things (IoT), for example, machine type communication (MTC), a long term evolution-machine (LTE-M), or machine-to-machine (M2M).

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention disclose a downlink control information (DCI) transmission method, a network device, and user equipment. The method includes the following steps: A network device transmits DCI in a first DCI format; when the DCI is used to schedule a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) carrying a multicast traffic channel, the network device indicates, by using a first radio network temporary identifier (RNTI), that the DCI is used to schedule the PDSCH carrying the multicast traffic channel, and that first information is indicated in the DCI and second information is not indicated in the DCI; and when the DCI is used to schedule a user equipment-specific (UE-specific) PDSCH, the network device indicates, by using a second RNTI, that the DCI is used to schedule the UE-specific PDSCH, and that the first information is not indicated in the DCI and the second information is indicated in the DCI.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide an information transmission method and an apparatus, where the information transmission method includes: determining, by a base station, a first transmission resource; sending, by the base station, first information using the first transmission resource, where the first information includes at least one of system information or control information for scheduling system information; determining, by the base station, at least one second transmission resource; and sending, by the base station, second information to UE by using the second transmission resource, where the second information includes at least one of: a paging message, a random access response message, a contention resolution message, control information for scheduling a paging message, control information for scheduling a random access response message, or control information for scheduling a contention resolution message.

Abstract: An embodiment of this application provides a data transmission method and apparatus. The method includes: receiving, by a base station, a random access preamble sequence from a terminal; and sending, by the base station, a media access control (MAC) packet data unit (PDU) to the terminal based on the random access preamble sequence, where the MAC PDU includes a type indication field, and the type indication field indicates a manner in which the terminal transmits data in first uplink information. In this embodiment of this application, a data transmission delay can be reduced.

Abstract: A data transmission method and a device are disclosed. The data transmission method includes: a first communications device receives first information sent by a second communications device. The first information is used to indicate one or more of transport block set information, maximum transport block quantity information, transport block information, and first combination set information. The first communications device determines, based on the first information, a quantity of transport blocks scheduled by using control information, and a HARQ process number corresponding to each transport block in the transport blocks scheduled by using the control information.

Abstract: A communication method and device, the method including determining, by a terminal device, first information and second information, where the first information is associated with a validity of a timing advance (TA), determining, by the terminal device, N TA verification criteria based on the second information, where N is an integer greater than or equal to 1, and where each TA verification criterion of the N TA verification criteria is associated with the respective TA verification criterion holding true when a specified condition is met, and determining, by the terminal device, the validity of the TA based on the first information and the N TA verification criteria.

Abstract: A data transmission method, including a first communications device receives control information sent by a second communications device, where the control information is used to schedule L transport blocks, M transport blocks in the L transport blocks scheduled by using the control information are retransmitted, and M is a value in a first value set, or H transport blocks in the L transport blocks scheduled by using the control information are retransmitted, and H is a value in a second value set associated with the quantity L of transport blocks, or L HARQ process indexes corresponding to the L transport blocks are consecutive, and the first communications device determines, based on the control information, whether the transport blocks scheduled by using the control information are newly transmitted or retransmitted, and sends or receives the transport blocks based on the scheduling with the control information.

Abstract: A control information format processing method, a base station, and an apparatus are provided. The method includes: determining a control information format of downlink control information; in response to determining that the control information format of the downlink control information is a first control information format, determining that a first field included in the downlink control information corresponding to the first control information format indicates a valid setting; or in response to determining that the control information format of the downlink control information is a second control information format, determining that a second field included in the downlink control information corresponding to the second control information format indicates an invalid setting; and sending the downlink control information to a user equipment (UE).

Abstract: Notifying served user equipments (UEs) of the presence or absence of cell-specific reference signal (CRS) symbols transmitted by neighboring base stations in the physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) region of a subframe can be achieved through various of signaling techniques. The served UE may be notified by communicating a one or multi-bit indicator in a physical layer signaling channel of the serving cell, such as the physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) of the subframe. Alternatively, the served UE may be notified through higher layer signaling.

Abstract: A resource allocation method includes: determining a resource block allocation field in downlink control information, where in response to a value indicated by five least significant bits of the resource block allocation field is greater than 20, the resource block allocation field indicates a quantity of resource block groups allocated to a terminal device and an index of a starting resource block group allocated to the terminal device. The method can be applied to the Internet of Things, such as MTC, IoT, LTE-M, M2M, etc.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to retuning methods and apparatus. One example method includes determining a first resource and a second resource, where the first resource is used to receive a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) or physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH), the first resource is determined based on a first frequency domain resource and M consecutive symbols of a downlink pilot timeslot in a special subframe, the second resource is used to send a sounding reference signal (SRS), the second resource is determined based on a second frequency domain resource and an uplink pilot timeslot in the special subframe, all or a part of the second frequency domain resource is not in the first frequency domain resource, and determining, in the last N consecutive symbols of the downlink pilot timeslot, a guard period for retuning.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present application provide a method for information transmission. The method includes determining multiple enhanced transmission occasion configurations; determining a first enhanced transmission occasion configuration according to a channel loss magnitude with a user equipment, a time width occupied by the enhanced transmission occasion is greater than a time width occupied by a non-enhanced transmission occasion; and sending information according to the first enhanced transmission occasion configuration. Embodiments of the present application also provide a base station and user equipment, configured to determine an enhanced transmission occasion configuration according to the range which the channel loss magnitude belongs to. Therefore, the base station and user equipment may send and/or receive information on a suitable time-frequency resource and power configuration according to the channel loss magnitude.

Abstract: An uplink signal transmission method includes: sending, by a terminal device, an uplink signal to a network device in response to determining that a first variation meets a timing advance (TA) update condition, where the first variation indicates a quality change value of a downlink signal received by the terminal device; receiving, by the terminal device, first information from the network device; and in response to determining that the first information includes TA information, adjusting, by the terminal device, an uplink transmission time based on the TA information.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention, relating to the communications field, disclose a paging method, apparatus, and system. A specific solution comprises receiving a first paging message from a core network node, wherein the first paging message is used to page a terminal, and the first paging message comprises channel loss information of the terminal, and sending control information with enhanced coverage to the terminal in response to the first paging message.

Abstract: A physical random access channel enhanced transmission method, a network device, and a terminal are disclosed, where implementation of the terminal is used as an example, and the terminal includes: a processor, configured to determine level information of physical random access channel PRACH enhanced transmission; and to determine a first characteristic parameter that is of PRACH enhanced transmission and that is related to the determined level information of PRACH enhanced transmission, where the first characteristic parameter includes transmit power and a preamble format; and a transmitter, configured to perform PRACH enhanced sending according to the first characteristic parameter determined by the processor.

Abstract: The invention provides a compound of Formula I: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof as described herein. The invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising a compound of Formula I, processes for preparing compounds of Formula I, therapeutic methods for treating the proliferation of the HIV virus, treating AIDS or delaying the onset of AIDS symptoms in a mammal using compounds of Formula I.

Abstract: An information transmission method, a base station, and user equipment are described. The method includes receiving a random access preamble sent by user equipment (UE) and generating first information according to the received random access preamble. The first information is random access response information, and the first information includes at least one of the following information: narrowband indication information used for transmission of a control channel, initialization parameter indication information of a demodulation reference signal scrambling sequence initialization parameter used for transmission of the control channel, coverage enhancement level indication information used for transmission of the control channel, or resource allocation information used for transmission of second information. The second information is response information to the first information. The method further includes sending the first information to the UE.