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The present disclosure relates to communications methods, systems, and devices. One example communications method includes when a base station determines that a quasi-co-location (QCL) relationship exists between antenna ports of at least two serving cells in a same serving cell group, sending, by the base station and to user equipment (UE), QCL indication signaling used to indicate that the QCL relationship exists between the antenna ports of the at least two serving cells in the same serving cell group, where the same serving cell group is a group predefined according to a preset rule or is a group obtained after the base station groups serving cells allocated to the UE.