A method for scheduling a terminal, comprising the following steps: receiving, by a first base station in a joint scheduling base station group, a precoding matrix indication PMI value and reference signal received power RSRP that are sent by user equipment; determining, by a remote radio unit RRU of the first base station in the joint scheduling base station group, based on the RSRP, a network area to which the UE belongs; if the UE is served by the first base station in the joint scheduling base station group, allocating, by the first base station in the joint scheduling base station group, an equivalent channel that corresponds to the first base station and that is in a first equivalent channel group to the UE based on the PMI value; if the UE belongs to an overlapped area of the first base station and a second base station that are in the joint scheduling base station group, jointly allocating, by the first base station and the second base station that are in the joint scheduling base station group, an equivalent channel that corresponds to the first base station and the second base station and that is in a second equivalent channel group to the UE based on the PMI value, stopping, by the first base station, transmitting data on the equivalent channel that corresponds to the first base station and that is in the first equivalent channel group, and jointly stopping, by the first base station and the second base station, sending data on an equivalent channel corresponding to the second base station, wherein the first equivalent channel group and the second equivalent channel group have different radio frequency channels. receiving, by a first base station in a joint scheduling base station group, a precoding matrix indication PMI value and reference signal received power RSRP that are sent by user equipment; determining, by a remote radio unit RRU of the first base station in the joint scheduling base station group, based on the RSRP, a network area to which the UE belongs; if the UE is served by the first base station in the joint scheduling base station group, allocating, by the first base station in the joint scheduling base station group, an equivalent channel that corresponds to the first base station and that is in a first equivalent channel group to the UE based on the PMI value; if the UE belongs to an overlapped area of the first base station and a second base station that are in the joint scheduling base station group, jointly allocating, by the first base station and the second base station that are in the joint scheduling base station group, an equivalent channel that corresponds to the first base station and the second base station and that is in a second equivalent channel group to the UE based on the PMI value, stopping, by the first base station, transmitting data on the equivalent channel that corresponds to the first base station and that is in the first equivalent channel group, and jointly stopping, by the first base station and the second base station, sending data on an equivalent channel corresponding to the second base station, wherein the first equivalent channel group and the second equivalent channel group have different radio frequency channels.