Based on the foregoing problem, an embodiment of the present disclosure further provides a network communications method, which may make good use of uplink coverage of a micro base station to improve a throughput rate and reliability of transmission at an edge area in a HetNet, and may also reduce uplink interference that is caused to the micro base station when a UE, in area B shown in the figure, performs service transmission in a HetNet.
S701. The UE receives a first enhanced dedicated channel hybrid automatic repeat request indicator channel (E-HICH) sent by a first base station in an access network, where the first base station is located within a detection range of the UE and is not in an enhanced dedicated channel E-DCH active set of the UE.