COMMUNICATION METHOD AND COMMUNICATION APPARATUS

This application provides a communication method and a communication apparatus. In comparison with an implementation in which there is a high communication delay in a conventional beam management process, after a network device indicates in advance that a first beam is for beam switching, and a terminal device reports a first measurement report corresponding to the first beam, the terminal device can determine, without waiting for a beam management instruction delivered by the network device, that the first beam can be for beam switching, so that a delay in a beam management process can be reduced, thereby improving communication quality. In this method, a terminal device receives first indication information from a network device, where the first indication information indicates that a first beam associated with at least one reference signal (reference signal, RS) corresponding to a first reporting configuration is for beam switching. The terminal device performs measurement based on the first reporting configuration, to obtain a first measurement report. The terminal device sends the first measurement report to the network device.