Communication method, communications apparatus, and communications system

1. A communication method, performed in a communications system comprising a network device and a terminal device, wherein N antenna ports are configured for the terminal device, N is an integer greater than or equal to 2, the N antenna ports correspond to T antenna port combination modes, each of the T antenna port combination modes corresponds to M antenna ports in the N antenna ports, at least one of M antenna ports corresponding to any two antenna port combination modes is different, each antenna port combination mode set comprises at least one of the T antenna port combination modes, and T is an integer greater than or equal to 1, the communication method comprising:

receiving, by the network device, first indication information from the terminal device, wherein the first indication information indicates a first antenna port combination mode set;

determining, by the network device, K antenna ports in the N antenna ports based on the first antenna port combination mode set, wherein M is an integer greater than or equal to 1, K is an integer greater than or equal to 1, and less than or equal to M; and

sending, by the network device, second indication information to the terminal device, wherein the second indication information indicates the K antenna ports.

2. The communication method according to claim 1 , wherein the first antenna port combination mode set comprises S antenna port combination modes, and S is an integer greater than or equal to 1, and less than or equal to T, and wherein the determining, by the network device, the K antenna ports in the N antenna ports based on the first antenna port combination mode set comprises:

determining, by the network device, a first antenna port combination mode in the S antenna port combination modes; and

determining, by the network device, the K antenna ports in the first antenna port combination mode.

3. The communication method according to claim 1 , wherein the T antenna port combination modes correspond to a preset precoding matrix set, the preset precoding matrix set comprises Q precoding matrices, the first antenna port combination mode set corresponds to a precoding matrix subset, the precoding matrix subset comprises P precoding matrices, each of the P precoding matrices belongs to the Q precoding matrices, P and Q are positive integers, and P is less than or equal to Q, and wherein

the determining, by the network device, the K antenna ports in the N antenna ports based on the first antenna port combination mode set comprises:

determining, by the network device, a first precoding matrix in the precoding matrix subset; and

determining, by the network device, the K antenna ports corresponding to the first precoding matrix.

4. The communication method according to claim 3 , wherein the second indication information indicates an index of the first precoding matrix in the precoding matrix subset.

5. A communication method, performed in a communications system comprising a network device and a terminal device, wherein N antenna ports are configured for the terminal device, N is an integer greater than or equal to 2, the N antenna ports correspond to T antenna port combination modes, each of the T antenna port combination modes corresponds to M antenna ports in the N antenna ports, at least one of M antenna ports corresponding to any two antenna port combination modes is different, each antenna port combination mode set comprises at least one of the T antenna port combination modes, and T is an integer greater than or equal to 1, the communication method comprising:

sending, by the terminal device, first indication information to the network device, wherein the first indication information indicates a first antenna port combination mode set, the first antenna port combination mode set determines K antenna ports in the N antenna ports, and M is an integer greater than or equal to 1, K is an integer greater than or equal to 1, and less than or equal to M; and

receiving, by the terminal device, second indication information from the network device, wherein the second indication information indicates the K antenna ports.

6. The communication method according to claim 5 , wherein the first antenna port combination mode set comprises S antenna port combination modes, and S is an integer greater than or equal to 1, and less than or equal to T, and wherein that the first antenna port combination mode set determines the K antenna ports in the N antenna ports comprises:

determining a first antenna port combination mode in the S antenna port combination modes; and

determining the K antenna ports in the first antenna port combination mode.

7. The communication method according to claim 5 , wherein the T antenna port combination modes correspond to a preset precoding matrix set, the preset precoding matrix set comprises Q precoding matrices, the first antenna port combination mode set corresponds to a precoding matrix subset, the precoding matrix subset comprises P precoding matrices, each of the P precoding matrices belongs to the Q precoding matrices, P and Q are positive integers, and P is less than or equal to Q, and wherein

that the first antenna port combination mode set determines the K antenna ports in the N antenna ports comprises:

determining a first precoding matrix in the precoding matrix subset; and

determining the K antenna ports corresponding to the first precoding matrix.

8. The communication method according to claim 7 , wherein the second indication information indicates an index of the first precoding matrix in the precoding matrix subset.

9. The communication method according to claim 7 , wherein a precoding matrix of the Q precoding matrices is a matrix in which a quantity of rows corresponds to the N antenna ports, a quantity of columns corresponds to a quantity of layers of transmitted data, and a quantity of non-zero elements in each column of elements is X, and wherein X is an integer greater than or equal to 1, and less than or equal to M.

10. The communication method according to claim 7 , wherein when N=4 and M=2, the preset precoding matrix set comprises all or some of precoding matrices in a table comprising:

TPMI

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

Precoding matrix (quantity of layers of transmitted data = 1)

1

2

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[

1

0

1

0

]

1

2

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[

1

0

-

1

0

]

1

2

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[

1

0

j

0

]

1

2

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[

1

0

-

j

0

]

1

2

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[

0

1

0

1

]

1

2

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[

0

1

0

-

1

]

1

2

⁡

[

0

1

0

j

]

1

2

⁡

[

0

1

0

-

j

]

TPMI

8

9

10

11

17

13

14

15

Precoding matrix (quantity of layers of transmitted data = 1)

1

2

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[

1

0

0

0

]

1

2

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[

0

1

0

0

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1

2

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[

0

0

1

0

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1

2

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[

0

0

0

1

]

1

2

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[

1

1

0

0

]

1

2

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[

1

-

1

0

0

]

1

2

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[

1

j

0

0

]

1

2

⁡

[

1

-

j

0

0

]

TPMI

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

Precoding matrix (quantity of layers of transmitted data = 1)

1

2

⁡

[

1

0

0

1

]

1

2

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[

1

0

0

-

1

]

1

2

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[

1

0

0

j

]

1

2

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[

1

0

0

-

j

]

1

2

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[

0

1

1

0

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1

2

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[

0

1

-

1

0

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1

2

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[

0

1

j

0

]

1

2

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[

0

1

-

j

0

]

TPMI

24

25

26

27

Precoding matrix (quantity of layers of transmitted data = 1)

1

2

⁡

[

0

0

1

1

]

1

2

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[

0

0

1

-

1

]

1

2

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[

0

0

1

j

]

1

2

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[

0

0

1

-

j

]

⁢

,

and

wherein an index TPMI of a precoding matrix of the precoding matrices in the table indicates different precoding matrices in the preset precoding matrix set, and a quantity of layers of transmitted data is equal to 1.

11. The communication method according to claim 7 , wherein when N=4 and M=2, the preset precoding matrix set comprises all or some of precoding matrices in a table comprising:

TPMI

0

1

2

3

4

5

Precoding matrix (quantity of layers of transmitted data = 2)

1

2

⁡

[

0

0

1

0

0

0

0

1

]

1

2

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[

1

0

0

0

0

1

0

0

]

1

2

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[

1

0

0

1

0

0

0

0

]

1

2

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[

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

]

1

2

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[

0

0

1

0

0

1

0

0

]

1

2

⁡

[

0

0

0

0

1

0

0

1

]

⁢

,

and

wherein an index TPMI of a precoding matrix of the precoding matrices in the table is used to indicates different precoding matrices in the preset precoding matrix set, and a quantity of layers of transmitted data is equal to 2.

12. The communication method according to claim 5 , wherein the method further comprises:

sending, by the terminal device, a sounding reference signal (SRS) to the network device through the N antenna ports, wherein the SRS determines the K antenna ports in the N antenna ports.

13. A communications apparatus, comprising:

at least one processor; and

a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium coupled to the at least one processor and storing programming instructions for execution by the at least one processor, wherein the programming instructions instruct the at least one processor to:

cause a transceiver to receive first indication information from a terminal device, wherein the first indication information indicates a first antenna port combination mode set, N antenna ports are configured for the terminal device, N is an integer greater than or equal to 2, the N antenna ports correspond to T antenna port combination modes, each of the T antenna port combination modes corresponds to M antenna ports in the N antenna ports, at least one of M antenna ports corresponding to any two antenna port combination modes is different, each antenna port combination mode set comprises at least one of the T antenna port combination modes, and T is an integer greater than or equal to 1;

determine K antenna ports in the N antenna ports based on the first antenna port combination mode set, wherein M is an integer greater than or equal to 1, K is an integer greater than or equal to 1, and less than or equal to M; and

cause the transceiver to send second indication information to the terminal device, wherein the second indication information indicates the K antenna ports.

14. The communications apparatus according to claim 13 , wherein the first antenna port combination mode set comprises S antenna port combination modes, and S is an integer greater than or equal to 1, and less than or equal to T, and

wherein the programming instructions further instruct the at least one processor to:

determine a first antenna port combination mode in the S antenna port combination modes; and

determine the K antenna ports in the first antenna port combination mode.

15. The communications apparatus according to claim 13 , wherein the T antenna port combination modes correspond to a preset precoding matrix set, the preset precoding matrix set comprises Q precoding matrices, the first antenna port combination mode set corresponds to a precoding matrix subset, the precoding matrix subset comprises P precoding matrices, each of the P precoding matrices belongs to the Q precoding matrices, P and Q are positive integers, and P is less than or equal to Q, and wherein the programming instructions further instruct the at least one processor to:

determine a first precoding matrix in the precoding matrix subset; and

determine the K antenna ports corresponding to the first precoding matrix.

16. The communications apparatus according to claim 15 , wherein the second indication information indicates an index of the first precoding matrix in the precoding matrix subset.

17. The communications apparatus according to claim 15 , wherein a precoding matrix of the Q precoding matrices is a matrix in which a quantity of rows corresponds to the N antenna ports, a quantity of columns corresponds to a quantity of layers of transmitted data, and a quantity of non-zero elements in each column of elements is X, and wherein X is an integer greater than or equal to 1, and less than or equal to M.

18. The communications apparatus according to claim 15 , wherein when N=4 and M=2, the preset precoding matrix set comprises all or some of precoding matrices in a table comprising:

TPMI

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

Precoding matrix (quantity of layers of transmitted data = 1)

1

2

⁡

[

1

0

1

0

]

1

2

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[

1

0

-

1

0

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1

2

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[

1

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j

0

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1

2

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[

1

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j

0

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1

2

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[

0

1

0

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1

2

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0

1

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1

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1

2

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[

0

1

0

j

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1

2

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[

0

1

0

-

j

]

TPMI

8

9

10

11

17

13

14

15

Precoding matrix (quantity of layers of transmitted data = 1)

1

2

⁡

[

1

0

0

0

]

1

2

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[

0

1

0

0

]

1

2

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[

0

0

1

0

]

1

2

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[

0

0

0

1

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1

2

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1

1

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1

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1

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1

2

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[

1

j

0

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1

2

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[

1

-

j

0

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]

TPMI

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

Precoding matrix (quantity of layers of transmitted data = 1)

1

2

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[

1

0

0

1

]

1

2

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[

1

0

0

-

1

]

1

2

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1

0

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j

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1

2

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1

0

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j

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1

2

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0

1

1

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1

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1

2

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[

0

1

j

0

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1

2

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[

0

1

-

j

0

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TPMI

24

25

26

27

Precoding matrix (quantity of layers of transmitted data = 1)

1

2

⁡

[

0

0

1

1

]

1

2

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[

0

0

1

-

1

]

1

2

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[

0

0

1

j

]

1

2

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[

0

0

1

-

j

]

⁢

,

and

wherein an index TPMI of a precoding matrix of the precoding matrices in the table indicates different precoding matrices in the preset precoding matrix set, and a quantity of layers of transmitted data is equal to 1.

19. The communications apparatus according to claim 15 , wherein when N=4 and M=2, the preset precoding matrix set comprises all or some of precoding matrices in a table comprising:

TPMI

0

1

2

3

4

5

Precoding matrix (quantity of layers of transmitted data = 2)

1

2

⁡

[

0

0

1

0

0

0

0

1

]

1

2

⁡

[

1

0

0

0

0

1

0

0

]

1

2

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[

1

0

0

1

0

0

0

0

]

1

2

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[

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

]

1

2

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[

0

0

1

0

0

1

0

0

]

1

2

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[

0

0

0

0

1

0

0

1

]

⁢

,

and

wherein an index TPMI of a precoding matrix of the precoding matrices in the table indicates different precoding matrices in the preset precoding matrix set, and a quantity of layers of transmitted data is equal to 2.

20. The communications apparatus according to claim 13 , wherein the programming instructions further instruct the at least one processor to:

cause the transceiver to receive a sounding reference signal (SRS) that is sent by the terminal device through the N antenna ports; and

determine, based on the SRS, the K antenna ports in the N antenna ports.