User equipment, UE, comprising: a processor, configured to determine a type of a coverage area in which the UE is located, wherein the type of the coverage area is a first coverage area or a second coverage area, the first coverage area is an area that is covered by a broadcast beam sent by a network device, the broadcast beam is a beam used when the network device sends broadcast information in a broadcast manner, the second coverage area is an area that is not covered by the broadcast beam sent by the network device and that is in an area that is covered by a unicast beam sent by the network device, and the unicast beam is a beam used when the network device communicates with the UE in a unicast manner; and a transceiver, configured to receive, by using a corresponding beam according to the type, determined by the processor, of the coverage area in which the UE is located, the broadcast information sent by the network device; wherein the transceiver is configured to: receive, by using the broadcast beam, the broadcast information sent by the network device when the type of the coverage area determined by the processor is the first coverage area; or receive, by using the unicast beam, the broadcast information sent by the network device when the type of the coverage area determined by the processor is the second coverage area, characterized in that a divergence angle of the unicast beam is not greater than a divergence angle of the broadcast beam; wherein the transceiver is further configured to: when the UE and the network device need cross-carrier scheduling, receive downlink control information, DCI, that is sent by the network device in a first transmission time interval, TTI, of a scheduling cell, wherein the DCI indicates radio resource allocation information in K consecutive second TTIs of the scheduled cell, and K is an integer greater than or equal to 2. a processor, configured to determine a type of a coverage area in which the UE is located, wherein the type of the coverage area is a first coverage area or a second coverage area, the first coverage area is an area that is covered by a broadcast beam sent by a network device, the broadcast beam is a beam used when the network device sends broadcast information in a broadcast manner, the second coverage area is an area that is not covered by the broadcast beam sent by the network device and that is in an area that is covered by a unicast beam sent by the network device, and the unicast beam is a beam used when the network device communicates with the UE in a unicast manner; and a transceiver, configured to receive, by using a corresponding beam according to the type, determined by the processor, of the coverage area in which the UE is located, the broadcast information sent by the network device; wherein the transceiver is configured to: receive, by using the broadcast beam, the broadcast information sent by the network device when the type of the coverage area determined by the processor is the first coverage area; or receive, by using the unicast beam, the broadcast information sent by the network device when the type of the coverage area determined by the processor is the second coverage area, characterized in that a divergence angle of the unicast beam is not greater than a divergence angle of the broadcast beam; wherein the transceiver is further configured to: when the UE and the network device need cross-carrier scheduling, receive downlink control information, DCI, that is sent by the network device in a first transmission time interval, TTI, of a scheduling cell, wherein the DCI indicates radio resource allocation information in K consecutive second TTIs of the scheduled cell, and K is an integer greater than or equal to 2.