A method includes: obtaining, by UE, a reference signal resource mapping diagram, and obtaining a reference signal according to the reference signal resource mapping diagram; performing, by the UE, channel measurement according to the reference signal to determine channel state information, and feeding back the channel state information to a base station, where the reference signal resource mapping diagram is a location to which a time-frequency resource of the reference signal is mapped, the reference signal resource mapping diagram is a second reference signal resource mapping diagram which comprises at least two first reference signal resource mapping diagram.