According to the network communications method, apparatus, and system according to the embodiments of the present disclosure, a UE receives instruction information sent by an RNC; and the UE, according to the instruction information, performs uplink and downlink service transmission with a macro base station and performs uplink service transmission with a micro base station in a first area, and/or performs uplink service transmission with a micro base station and performs downlink service transmission with a macro base station in a second area. This may minimize uplink interference that is caused by the UE to the micro base station in the first area and minimize downlink interference that is caused by the macro base station to the micro base station in the second area; and further, uplink coverage of the micro base station and downlink coverage of the macro base station may be fully utilized, which improves a throughput rate and reliability of transmission at an edge area of a HetNet.