A communication method, comprising: sending, by a base station, first downlink control information to first user equipment UE on a first time domain resource of a first subframe; sending, by the base station, dowlink data to the first UE on a second time domain resource of the first subframe; and receiving, by the base station on a third time domain resource of the first subframe, an uplink resource request message sent by second UE, wherein the first time domain resource of the first subframe is located before the second time domain resource of the first subframe, the second time domain resource of the first subframe is located before the third time domain resource of the first subframe, the first downlink control information comprises first resource indication information, the first resource indication information is used to indicate a first downlink resource used by the base station to send the downlink data, and the uplink resource request message comprises identification information of the second UE; wherein the communication method further comprises: receiving, by the base station on a fourth time domain resource of the first subframe, uplink control information sent by the first UE, wherein the uplink control information comprises first reception status indication information, and the first reception status indication information is used to indicate a reception status of the downlink data; wherein the third time domain resource of the first subframe is located before the fourth time domain resource of the first subframe. sending, by a base station, first downlink control information to first user equipment UE on a first time domain resource of a first subframe; sending, by the base station, dowlink data to the first UE on a second time domain resource of the first subframe; and receiving, by the base station on a third time domain resource of the first subframe, an uplink resource request message sent by second UE, wherein the first time domain resource of the first subframe is located before the second time domain resource of the first subframe, the second time domain resource of the first subframe is located before the third time domain resource of the first subframe, the first downlink control information comprises first resource indication information, the first resource indication information is used to indicate a first downlink resource used by the base station to send the downlink data, and the uplink resource request message comprises identification information of the second UE; wherein the communication method further comprises: receiving, by the base station on a fourth time domain resource of the first subframe, uplink control information sent by the first UE, wherein the uplink control information comprises first reception status indication information, and the first reception status indication information is used to indicate a reception status of the downlink data; wherein the third time domain resource of the first subframe is located before the fourth time domain resource of the first subframe. receiving, by the base station on a fourth time domain resource of the first subframe, uplink control information sent by the first UE, wherein the uplink control information comprises first reception status indication information, and the first reception status indication information is used to indicate a reception status of the downlink data; wherein the third time domain resource of the first subframe is located before the fourth time domain resource of the first subframe.