This provides a spatial multiplexing method and apparatus, to introduce WLAN sensing into a conventional spatial multiplexing mechanism and improve communication efficiency. The method includes: An AP sends a first request message to a first station and a second station, to request to measure channel quality in one or more sensing beam directions in a first SP; the AP sends a second request message to a third station and a fourth station, to request to measure channel quality in a communications beam direction in a second SP; the first station, the second station, the third station, and the fourth station separately perform measurement and report respective first measurement results; and the AP receives the first measurement results of the stations, and determines, based on the first measurement results, whether to perform spatial multiplexing on the first SP and the second SP.

A communication method and a related apparatus. The method includes: a terminal device receives first indication information sent by a network device. When the first indication information indicates a channel unoccupied time of the network device, within the channel unoccupied time, the terminal device skips performing downlink measurement, skips receiving the downlink data, skips sending a HARQ feedback corresponding to the downlink data, or determines that a downlink measurement result is invalid. Unnecessary measurement can be reduced, a downlink measurement failure caused because a network side does not preempt a channel can be excluded, and measurement efficiency and accuracy of a measurement result can be improved.

A communication method and a related apparatus. The method includes: a terminal device receives first indication information sent by a network device. When the first indication information indicates a channel unoccupied time of the network device, within the channel unoccupied time, the terminal device skips performing downlink measurement, skips receiving the downlink data, skips sending a HARQ feedback corresponding to the downlink data, or determines that a downlink measurement result is invalid. Unnecessary measurement can be reduced, a downlink measurement failure caused because a network side does not preempt a channel can be excluded, and measurement efficiency and accuracy of a measurement result can be improved.

A physical channel monitoring method, a terminal device, and a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium are provided. The method includes configuring the terminal device with at least one serving cell group; wherein a first serving cell group of the at least one serving cell group corresponds to first information; configuring the terminal device with a periodic channel occupying length on a first serving cell, wherein the periodic channel occupying length comprises a maximum channel occupying length, and the maximum channel occupying length is less than the periodic channel occupying length; and performing, by the terminal device, a PDCCH monitoring process for the first serving cell based on second information, wherein the first serving cell is a serving cell in the first serving cell group, and the second information comprises at least one of the periodic channel occupying length, the maximum channel occupying length, and the first information.

A physical channel monitoring method, a terminal device, and a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium are provided. The method includes configuring the terminal device with at least one serving cell group; wherein a first serving cell group of the at least one serving cell group corresponds to first information; configuring the terminal device with a periodic channel occupying length on a first serving cell, wherein the periodic channel occupying length comprises a maximum channel occupying length, and the maximum channel occupying length is less than the periodic channel occupying length; and performing, by the terminal device, a PDCCH monitoring process for the first serving cell based on second information, wherein the first serving cell is a serving cell in the first serving cell group, and the second information comprises at least one of the periodic channel occupying length, the maximum channel occupying length, and the first information.

A user equipment (UE) and a method for wireless communication are provided. The method includes receiving a first radio resource control (RRC) configuration, the first RRC configuration configuring a radio link monitoring configuration that includes a beam failure detection (BFD) timer and a beam failure indication (BFI) count threshold; starting or restarting the BFD timer by a medium access control (MAC) entity of the UE each time a BFI is received from a lower layer; counting a number of the received BFIs using a BFI counter; initiating a beam failure recovery (BFR) procedure upon determining that the BFI counter indicates a value greater than or equal to the BFI count threshold; and setting the BFI counter to zero when receiving a second RRC configuration that reconfigures the radio link monitoring configuration.

A user equipment (UE) and a method for wireless communication are provided. The method includes receiving a first radio resource control (RRC) configuration, the first RRC configuration configuring a radio link monitoring configuration that includes a beam failure detection (BFD) timer and a beam failure indication (BFI) count threshold; starting or restarting the BFD timer by a medium access control (MAC) entity of the UE each time a BFI is received from a lower layer; counting a number of the received BFIs using a BFI counter; initiating a beam failure recovery (BFR) procedure upon determining that the BFI counter indicates a value greater than or equal to the BFI count threshold; and setting the BFI counter to zero when receiving a second RRC configuration that reconfigures the radio link monitoring configuration.

A system and method for wireless communication are disclosed herein. Example implementations includes a wireless communication method of receiving a first control information and a second control information, wherein the first control information comprises a first format, and the second control information comprises a second format, and determining that the second control information is a repeat of the first control information based at least in part on the first format and the second format. Example implementations further include a method where each of the first control information and the second control information is Downlink Control Information (DCI), the first control information comprises a first field containing a first index, the first control information comprises a second field containing a second index, and the field is scrambled by a network identifier.

A system and method for wireless communication are disclosed herein. Example implementations includes a wireless communication method of receiving a first control information and a second control information, wherein the first control information comprises a first format, and the second control information comprises a second format, and determining that the second control information is a repeat of the first control information based at least in part on the first format and the second format. Example implementations further include a method where each of the first control information and the second control information is Downlink Control Information (DCI), the first control information comprises a first field containing a first index, the first control information comprises a second field containing a second index, and the field is scrambled by a network identifier.

Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive, from a base station, configuration information that indicates one or more first measurement types. Accordingly, the UE may transmit, to the base station, periodically and while the UE is in an idle mode or an inactive state, first measurements based at least in part on the one or more first measurement types indicated in the configuration information. In some aspects, the UE may further transmit, to the base station, second measurements based at least in part on a second measurement type. The first measurement type(s) may be associated with a minimization of drive test (MDT). Similarly, the second measurement type may be associated with an MDT. Numerous other aspects are provided.