Communication Method, Communications System, and Apparatus

Abstract

The present invention discloses a communication method, including obtaining, by a base station, resource configuration information of a machine type communications MTC service, where the resource configuration information of the MTC service includes at least one of information about an uplink MTC resource or information about a downlink MTC resource; sending, by the base station, the resource configuration information of the MTC service to an MTC terminal; and performing, by the base station, MTC service transmission with the MTC terminal by using an MTC subframe in the uplink MTC resource and/or the downlink MTC resource. According to the method, delay requirements of the MTC service can be satisfied, and communication quality of the MTC service can be ensured.

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