This application provides a communication method and apparatus, and relates to the field of communication technologies. In the method, a first communication apparatus determines a first index indicating a first precoding vector, and sends the first index to a second communication apparatus. The second communication apparatus receives the first index from the first communication apparatus, determines the first precoding vector based on the first index, and precodes data based on the first precoding vector. The first precoding vector includes spatial angle information and spatial depth information of a channel between the first communication apparatus and the second communication apparatus.