COMMUNICATION METHOD AND COMMUNICATION APPARATUS

This application provides a communication method in which a network device indicates in advance that a first beam is available 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, whether the first beam can be used 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 (RS) corresponding to a first reporting configuration is for beam switching.