Embodiments of this application disclose a communication method and a communication apparatus applied to a wireless communication system, to provide a signaling design solution applicable to a scenario of multi-AP coordinated transmission. An embodiment of this application provides a communication method, including: a first access point (AP) generates notification information, where the notification information indicates a station (STA) that is to send a channel sounding physical layer protocol data unit (PPDU), the notification information includes identification information of the STA and identification information of a second AP, the identification information of the STA indicates the STA, and the identification information of the second AP indicates the second AP. The first AP sends the notification information to the second AP and to the STA.