A resource determining method and a resource determining apparatus are provided. In the method, a plurality of search spaces are mutually associated. For example, downlink control information carried in the plurality of search spaces is the same, or same downlink control information is jointly transmitted in the plurality of search spaces. A terminal device determines an uplink
control channel resource based on a CCE start location of a search space that meets a preset condition and that is in the plurality of search spaces, so that a unique uplink
control channel resource can be determined. In addition, this application further provides a channel transmission method in which a plurality of mutually associated search spaces may be limited to some extent. For example, ratios of CCE start locations in the search spaces to a quantity of CCEs in a control resource set corresponding to the search spaces are all equal. In this way, a unique uplink
control channel resource may be determined for channel transmission.