COMMUNICATION METHOD AND APPARATUS

The present invention discloses a communication method and an apparatus, to improve transmission resource utilization. The communication method and the apparatus relate to the field of automatic driving or smart driving technologies. The method includes: obtaining first data and second data; and sending the first data to a second apparatus based on a first period, and sending the second data to the second apparatus based on a second period, where the first period is a sending period of the first data, the second period is a sending period of the second data, and the first period and the second period are different. The first period is preconfigured, or is determined based on a collection period of the first data. The second period may also be preconfigured, or is determined based on a collection period of the second data. The method is used to report data from a sensor in assisted driving and automatic driving.