With reference to the first aspect, in a first implementation of the first aspect, the downlink control parameter of the first user equipment includes a modulation scheme of the first user equipment, and the determining, by the first user equipment, the data signal of the first user equipment according to the downlink control information and the data signal of the associated user equipment group includes determining, by the first user equipment, power allocation ratios of the first user equipment and the second user equipment according to the modulation scheme information of the second user equipment in the downlink control information, the power allocation information in the downlink control information, and a preconfigured power allocation comparison table, where the preconfigured power allocation comparison table includes a correspondence between a power allocation ratio and a modulation scheme combination, each modulation scheme combination is corresponding to multiple power allocation ratios, the power allocation information is used to indicate a currently used power allocation ratio, and the modulation scheme combination includes a combination relationship between a modulation scheme of the first user equipment and a modulation scheme of the second user equipment, and determining, by the first user equipment, the data signal of the first user equipment according to the downlink control information, the power allocation ratios, and the data signal of the associated user equipment group.