The terminal device may obtain, based on an index of an associated control-resource set, a quantity of CCEs included in the control-resource set, an aggregation level of each search space in a search space set, and quantities of candidate control channels at different aggregation levels, to determine a CCE in each candidate control channel in the search space set. A specific determining method is described above.
In another feasible implementation, the terminal device may determine a resource of each candidate control channel in a search space set based on a control channel resource set associated with the search space set and configuration information of the search space set.
For example, the terminal device obtains, based on an associated control-resource set, a quantity of CCEs included in the control-resource set, an aggregation level corresponding to each search space in a search space set, and quantities of candidate control channels at different aggregation levels, to determine a CCE in each candidate control channel in the search space set. A specific determining method is described above.
In another feasible implementation, the terminal device may determine a resource of each candidate control channel in a search space set based on a control channel resource set associated with the search space set.