A communication method, comprising: obtaining network transmission quality information and channel state information, CSI, wherein the network transmission quality information includes an extended reality, XR, experience value which indicates communication quality of XR data during network transmission; and managing a data communication manner based on the network transmission quality information and the CSI; wherein the data communication manner comprises a data communication manner that is based on multiple-input multiple-output, MIMO; wherein the managing a data communication manner specifically comprises: determining a terminal device pairing that is based on multiple-user multiple-input multiple-output, MU-MIMO, and determining a terminal device scheduling sequence that is based on single-user multiple-input multiple-output, SU-MIMO; the method characterized in specifically comprising: determining, based on the CSI, a first terminal device group that meets an MU-MIMO pairing condition, and filtering terminal devices in the first terminal device group based on the network transmission quality information, to obtain a second terminal device group participating in MU-MIMO pairing, wherein the filtering comprises setting a threshold for the network transmission quality information and allowing a terminal device to participate in MU-MIMO pairing, only when the network transmission quality information corresponding to the terminal device meets the threshold; obtaining, based on the network transmission quality information, a scheduling sequence that is based on SU-MIMO for terminal devices in the second terminal device group; and filtering transport layers of the terminal devices in the second terminal device group based on the scheduling sequence that is based on SU-MIMO and the network transmission quality information, to obtain transport layers that are of the terminal devices in the second terminal device group and that participate in MU-MIMO pairing. obtaining network transmission quality information and channel state information, CSI, wherein the network transmission quality information includes an extended reality, XR, experience value which indicates communication quality of XR data during network transmission; and managing a data communication manner based on the network transmission quality information and the CSI; wherein the data communication manner comprises a data communication manner that is based on multiple-input multiple-output, MIMO; wherein the managing a data communication manner specifically comprises: determining a terminal device pairing that is based on multiple-user multiple-input multiple-output, MU-MIMO, and determining a terminal device scheduling sequence that is based on single-user multiple-input multiple-output, SU-MIMO; the method characterized in specifically comprising: determining, based on the CSI, a first terminal device group that meets an MU-MIMO pairing condition, and filtering terminal devices in the first terminal device group based on the network transmission quality information, to obtain a second terminal device group participating in MU-MIMO pairing, wherein the filtering comprises setting a threshold for the network transmission quality information and allowing a terminal device to participate in MU-MIMO pairing, only when the network transmission quality information corresponding to the terminal device meets the threshold; obtaining, based on the network transmission quality information, a scheduling sequence that is based on SU-MIMO for terminal devices in the second terminal device group; and filtering transport layers of the terminal devices in the second terminal device group based on the scheduling sequence that is based on SU-MIMO and the network transmission quality information, to obtain transport layers that are of the terminal devices in the second terminal device group and that participate in MU-MIMO pairing. determining, based on the CSI, a first terminal device group that meets an MU-MIMO pairing condition, and filtering terminal devices in the first terminal device group based on the network transmission quality information, to obtain a second terminal device group participating in MU-MIMO pairing, wherein the filtering comprises setting a threshold for the network transmission quality information and allowing a terminal device to participate in MU-MIMO pairing, only when the network transmission quality information corresponding to the terminal device meets the threshold; obtaining, based on the network transmission quality information, a scheduling sequence that is based on SU-MIMO for terminal devices in the second terminal device group; and filtering transport layers of the terminal devices in the second terminal device group based on the scheduling sequence that is based on SU-MIMO and the network transmission quality information, to obtain transport layers that are of the terminal devices in the second terminal device group and that participate in MU-MIMO pairing.