Information transmission method and apparatus

An information transmission method, comprising:

• receiving, by a second device, downlink control information sent by a first device, wherein the downlink control information comprises subframe aggregation information, and the subframe aggregation information is used to indicate a quantity of subframes used in subframe aggregation and a redundancy version corresponding to at least one of subframes used in subframe aggregation;
• receiving, by the second device, different redundancy versions of a transport block using the subframes in the subframe aggregation, wherein the subframe aggregation information corresponds to a redundancy version in the downlink control information, and the subframe aggregation information indicates a redundancy version corresponding to a first subframe in the subframes used in the subframe aggregation;
• decoding, by the second device, the transport block according to the downlink control information;
• sending, by the second device, uplink information to the first device according to the downlink control information,
• receiving, by the second device, radio resource control signaling sent by the first device;
• and
• determining, by the second device according to the radio resource control signaling, the quantity of the subframes used in the subframe aggregation;
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• determining, by the second device, based on the quantity of the subframes used in the subframe aggregation and the redundancy version corresponding to the first subframe in the subframes used in the subframe aggregation, redundancy versions corresponding to remaining subframes in the subframes used in the subframe aggregation, specifically comprising:
• using, as a starting point by the second device, the redundancy version corresponding to the first subframe in the subframes used in the subframe aggregation, and obtaining X redundancy versions in a sequential order of redundancy versions 0, 2, 3, and 1 in a cyclic repetition manner, wherein X is equal to the quantity of the subframes used in the subframe aggregation, and the X redundancy versions are in a one-to-one correspondence to the subframes used in the subframe aggregation.

An information transmission apparatus, comprising:

• a processor, configured to generate downlink control information, wherein the downlink control information comprises subframe aggregation information, and the subframe aggregation information is used by a first device to indicate, to a second device, a quantity of subframes used in subframe aggregation and a redundancy version corresponding to at least one of subframes used in subframe aggregation;
• and
• a transceiver, configured to:
• send the downlink control information to the second device, and receive uplink information sent by the second device according to the downlink control information,
• send different redundancy versions of a transport block using the subframes in the subframe aggregation, wherein the subframe aggregation information corresponds to a redundancy version in the downlink control information, and the subframe aggregation information indicates a redundancy version corresponding to a first subframe in the subframes used in the subframe aggregation;
• and
• receive uplink information sent by the second device according to the downlink control information,
• wherein the processor is further configured to determine acknowledgement of receipt of the transport block according to the downlink control information,
• wherein the transceiver is further configured to send radio resource control signaling to the second device, wherein the radio resource control signaling indicates the quantity of the subframes used in the subframe aggregation, and
• wherein the processor is further configured to determine, based on the quantity of the subframes used in the subframe aggregation and the redundancy version corresponding to the first subframe in the subframes used in the subframe aggregation, redundancy versions corresponding to remaining subframes in the subframes used in the subframe aggregation, specifically comprising:
• using, as a starting point by the first device, the redundancy version corresponding to the first subframe in the subframes used in the subframe aggregation, and obtaining X redundancy versions in a sequential order of redundancy versions 0, 2, 3, and 1 in a cyclic repetition manner, wherein X is equal to the quantity of the subframes used in the subframe aggregation, and the X redundancy versions are in a one-to-one correspondence to the subframes used in the subframe aggregation.