Communication method, terminal device, and network device

1. A method, comprising:

determining, by a network device, according to a first current service corresponding to a first terminal device, according to a second current service corresponding to a second terminal device, and according to a preset mapping relationship between a service and a latency level, that a first latency requirement of the first current service is higher than a second latency requirement of the second current service;

receiving, by the first terminal device, according to the determination that the first latency requirement is higher than the second latency requirement, a first downlink control channel that is sent by the network device on a third time-frequency resource; and

after receiving the first downlink control channel:

sending, by the first terminal device, a first uplink message to the network device on a first time-frequency resource based on the first downlink control channel, wherein transmission directions of the first uplink message and a second downlink message are different, the second downlink message is sent by the network device, and the network device schedules, using a second downlink control channel, the second terminal device to receive the second downlink message on a second time-frequency resource; or

receiving, by the first terminal device based on the first downlink control channel and on the first time-frequency resource, a first downlink message sent by the network device, wherein transmission directions of the first downlink message and a second uplink message are different, and the network device schedules, using the second downlink control channel, the second terminal device to send the second uplink message to the network device on the second time-frequency resource;

wherein the first time-frequency resource and the second time-frequency resource comprise a same time domain resource and a same frequency domain resource.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the third time-frequency resource and the second time-frequency resource comprise a same time domain resource or a same frequency domain resource.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein before receiving, by the first terminal device, the first downlink control channel that is sent by the network device on the third time-frequency resource, the method further comprises:

receiving, by the first terminal device, indication information sent by the network device; and

determining, by the first terminal device based on the indication information, to receive the first downlink control channel.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the first uplink message comprises a first uplink data channel, and the first downlink message comprises a first downlink data channel.

5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein:

the first uplink message comprises a feedback signal of a first downlink data channel;

the first downlink control channel is further used to schedule the first terminal device to receive, on a fourth time-frequency resource, a third downlink message sent by the network device; and

the third downlink message comprises the first downlink data channel, transmission directions of the third downlink message and the second downlink message are the same, the fourth time-frequency resource and the second time-frequency resource comprise a same time domain resource or a same frequency domain resource, and a time domain resource of the fourth time-frequency resource is earlier than a time domain resource of the first time-frequency resource.

6. A method, comprising:

determining, by a network device, according to a first current service corresponding to a first terminal device, according to a second current service corresponding to a second terminal device, and according to a preset mapping relationship between a service and a latency level, that a first latency requirement of the first current service is higher than a second latency requirement of the second current service;

sending, by the network device, according to the determination that the first latency requirement is higher than the second latency requirement, a first downlink control channel to the first terminal device on a third time-frequency resource, wherein:

the first downlink control channel instructs the first terminal device to send a first uplink message to the network device on a first time-frequency resource, transmission directions of the first uplink message and a second downlink message are different, the second downlink message is sent by the network device, and the network device schedules, using a second downlink control channel, the second terminal device to receive the second downlink message on a second time-frequency resource; or

the first downlink control channel instructs the first terminal device to receive, on the first time-frequency resource, a first downlink message sent by the network device, transmission directions of the first downlink message and a second uplink message are different, and the network device schedules, using the second downlink control channel, the second terminal device to send the second uplink message to the network device on the second time-frequency resource; and

performing the following:

receiving, by the network device on the first time-frequency resource, the first uplink message sent by the first terminal device, and skipping sending the second downlink message to the second terminal device on a same time domain resource that is comprised in both the second time-frequency resource and the first time-frequency resource; or

sending the first downlink message to the first terminal device on the first time-frequency resource, and skipping receiving, on the same time domain resource that is comprised in both the second time-frequency resource and the first time-frequency resource, the second uplink message sent by the second terminal device;

wherein the first time-frequency resource and the second time-frequency resource comprise the same time domain resource and a same frequency domain resource.

7. The method according to claim 6 , wherein the third time-frequency resource and the second time-frequency resource comprise a same time domain resource or a same frequency domain resource.

8. The method according to claim 6 , wherein before sending, by the network device, the first downlink control channel to the first terminal device on the third time-frequency resource, the method further comprises:

sending, by the network device, indication information to the first terminal device, wherein the indication information indicates, to the first terminal device, whether the network device is to send the first downlink control channel.

9. The method according to claim 6 , wherein the first uplink message comprises a first uplink data channel, and the first downlink message comprises a first downlink data channel.

10. The method according to claim 6 , wherein:

the first uplink message comprises a feedback signal of a first downlink data channel;

the first downlink control channel is further used to schedule the first terminal device to receive, on a fourth time-frequency resource, a third downlink message sent by the network device; and

the third downlink message comprises the first downlink data channel, transmission directions of the third downlink message and the second downlink message are the same, the fourth time-frequency resource and the second time-frequency resource comprise a same time domain resource or a same frequency domain resource, and a time domain resource of the fourth time-frequency resource is earlier than a time domain resource of the first time-frequency resource.

11. A terminal device, wherein the terminal device is configured to implement a first terminal device, and the terminal device comprises:

a transmitter;

a receiver; and

at least one processor, configured to:

control the receiver to receive, according to a determination that a first latency requirement, of a first current service, corresponding to the first terminal device, is higher than a second latency requirement, of a second current service, corresponding to a second terminal device, a first downlink control channel that is sent by a network device on a third time-frequency resource, wherein the determination that the first latency requirement is higher than the second latency requirement is performed by the network device according to the first current service corresponding to the first terminal device, according to the second current service corresponding to the second terminal device, and according to a preset mapping relationship between a service and a latency level, that the first latency requirement is higher than the second latency requirement;

control, based on the first downlink control channel, the transmitter to send a first uplink message to the network device on a first time-frequency resource, wherein transmission directions of the first uplink message and a second downlink message are different, the second downlink message is sent by the network device, and the network device schedules, using a second downlink control channel, a second terminal device to receive the second downlink message on a second time-frequency resource; or

control, based on the first downlink control channel, the receiver to receive, on the first time-frequency resource, a first downlink message sent by the network device, wherein transmission directions of the first downlink message and a second uplink message are different, and the network device schedules, using the second downlink control channel, the second terminal device to send the second uplink message to the network device on the second time-frequency resource;

wherein the first time-frequency resource and the second time-frequency resource comprise a same time domain resource and a same frequency domain resource.

12. The terminal device according to claim 11 , wherein the third time-frequency resource and the second time-frequency resource comprise a same time domain resource or a same frequency domain resource.

13. The terminal device according to claim 11 , wherein the receiver is further configured to:

before receiving the first downlink control channel that is sent by the network device on the third time-frequency resource, receive indication information sent by the network device; and

wherein the at least one processor is further configured to determine, based on the indication information, to control the receiver to receive the first downlink control channel.

14. The terminal device according to claim 11 , wherein the first uplink message comprises a first uplink data channel, and the first downlink message comprises a first downlink data channel.

15. The terminal device according to claim 11 , wherein:

the first uplink message comprises a feedback signal of a first downlink data channel; and

the first downlink control channel is further used to schedule the first terminal device to receive, on a fourth time-frequency resource, a third downlink message sent by the network device; and

the third downlink message comprises the first downlink data channel, transmission directions of the third downlink message and the second downlink message are the same, the fourth time-frequency resource and the second time-frequency resource comprise a same time domain resource or a same frequency domain resource, and a time domain resource of the fourth time-frequency resource is earlier than a time domain resource of the first time-frequency resource.