| CPC H04W 52/0212 (2013.01) [H04B 7/0404 (2013.01); H04B 7/0452 (2013.01); H04L 5/0051 (2013.01)] | 20 Claims |

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1. A communication method, comprising:
receiving first information from a network device, wherein the first information indicates a first multi-antenna operation mode of a first terminal device, and the first information is carried in radio resource control (RRC) signaling or media access control (MAC) signaling;
receiving second information from the network device, wherein the second information indicates at least one first demodulation reference signal (DMRS) port number and a quantity N of demodulation reference signal DMRS code division multiplexing (CDM) groups that correspond to a second multi-antenna operation mode of the first terminal device, the N DMRS CDM groups comprise the at least one first DMRS port number, and N is a positive integer, wherein the second information is carried in downlink control information (DCI);
determining that a multi-antenna operation mode of the first terminal device is the second multi-antenna operation mode;
sending third information to the network device, wherein the third information indicates at least an application scenario or a device type of the first terminal device;
receiving fourth information from the network device, wherein the fourth information indicates a third multi-antenna operation mode of the first terminal device based on the third information; and
determining that a multi-antenna operation mode of the first terminal device is the third multi-antenna operation mode.
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