For another example, in a time division duplex TDD system and a full duplex (full duplex) system, the forward link 118 and the reverse link 120 may use a same frequency band, and the forward link 124 and the reverse link 126 may use a same frequency band.
Each antenna group and/or each area that are/is designed for communication are/is referred to as a sector of the network device 102. For example, the antenna group may be designed to communicate with a terminal device in a sector of a coverage area of the network device 102. In a process in which the network device 102 communicates with the terminal device 116 and the terminal device 122 over the forward link 118 and the forward link 124 respectively, transmit antennas of the network device 102 may improve signal-to-noise ratios of the forward link 118 and the forward link 124 through beamforming. In addition, when the network device 102 sends, through beamforming, signals to the terminal device 116 and the terminal device 122 that are randomly scattered in a related coverage area, interference to a mobile device in a neighboring cell is less than that caused when a network device sends signals to all terminal devices of the network device by using a single antenna.