That the terminal determines the to-be-transmitted uplink signal by using the locally preconfigured correspondence between a quantity of OFDM symbols (subframe format) and an uplink signal includes the following at least four cases:
Manner 1: The terminal locally preconfigures a plurality of types of uplink signals, and one type of uplink signal is corresponding to one subframe format.
Manner 2: The terminal locally preconfigures a plurality of types of uplink signals, and one type of uplink signal is corresponding to one type of subframe format.
Manner 3: The terminal locally preconfigures one type of uplink signal, and the type of uplink signal is corresponding to one subframe format.
Manner 4: The terminal locally preconfigures one type of uplink signal, and the type of uplink signal is corresponding to one type of subframe format. That the terminal determines a transmission type by using the uplink transmission indication delivered by the network side device to the terminal includes the following at least four cases:
Manner 1: The network side device delivers one uplink transmission indication to the terminal, the uplink transmission indication carries at least one type of uplink signal, and one type of uplink signal is corresponding to one subframe format.
Manner 2: The network side device delivers one uplink transmission indication to the terminal, the uplink transmission indication carries at least one type of uplink signal, and one type of uplink signal is corresponding to one type of subframe format.