The invention discloses a channel
estimation method and device, relates to the technical field of communication, and can shorten the time of estimating an
uplink channel and improve the accuracy of estimating the
uplink channel. The method comprises the following steps: a terminal receives downlink reference signals of J time units; and the terminal determines
time domain information according to the downlink reference signals of the J time units and reports the
time domain information. And the terminal sends the first uplink reference
signal. The
base station determines an
uplink channel according to the
time domain information and the first uplink reference
signal, the uplink channel is an uplink channel of J1 time units, J and J1 are both positive integers, and J is greater than J1. According to the scheme, the terminal determines the time domain information according to the downlink reference signals of the J time units, and the
base station determines the uplink channels corresponding to the J1 time units through the time domain information and the first uplink reference
signal. Therefore, the
base station does not need to wait for the terminal to send the uplink reference signals in the J1 time units, and does not need to determine the uplink channels corresponding to the J1 time units according to the uplink reference signals.