A method includes: determining, by a terminal device, a carrier aggregation capability and baseband capabilities of the terminal device, where the carrier aggregation capability includes a quantity of carriers and a bandwidth of a carrier in a carrier aggregation combination supported by the terminal device, and the baseband capabilities include a multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) capability; sending, by the terminal device, the information of the carrier aggregation capability and the baseband capabilities to a network device; and receiving, by the terminal device, configuration information.