A communications method and apparatus implement radio frequency link sharing, improve radio frequency link utilization, and increase an uplink transmission rate. The method is as follows: a terminal receives first configuration information and second configuration information from a first network device. The first configuration information is used to indicate a first reference signal resource of a first antenna port, and the second configuration information is used to indicate a second reference signal resource of a second antenna port; or the first configuration information is used to indicate a third reference signal resource of a first quantity of antenna ports, and the second configuration information is used to indicate a fourth reference signal resource of a second quantity of antenna ports. The terminal sends a first reference signal based on the first configuration information and sends a second reference signal based on the second configuration information.