Embodiments of this application disclose a communication method and a communication apparatus. A first communication apparatus determines a first resource. The first resource is used to transmit a first positioning reference signal, the first resource occupies at least two time domain symbols, the at least two time domain symbols are located in a same slot, the at least two time domain symbols includes a first time domain symbol and a second time domain symbol, and the first resource occupies a same frequency domain resource on the first time domain symbol and the second time domain symbol. The first communication apparatus sends the first positioning reference signal to a second communication apparatus on the first resource.