Embodiments of the present invention relate to a communication method and a terminal. The method includes: receiving, by a first terminal, first information on a first channel, where the first information carries a first sequence of at least one second terminal, the first terminal supports a first transmission technology, the second terminal supports a second transmission technology, and the first sequence of the second terminal is used to indicate that the first channel is used by a terminal that supports the second transmission technology; determining, by the first terminal, first indication information based on the first sequence; and sending, by the first terminal, the first indication information on the first channel. According to the communication method provided in the embodiments of the present invention, terminals that support different transmission technologies can better coexist on a plurality of shared channels, and interference between the different transmission technologies can be avoided.