Embodiments of the present application disclose an uplink resource configuration method, an uplink transmission method, an uplink resource configuration apparatus, and an uplink transmission apparatus. The uplink resource configuration method comprises: determining a first uplink resource configuration associated with a first carrier that performs at least partial uplink transmission with at least one user equipment, wherein the first carrier comprises: respective some uplink sub-frames of at least two physical carriers, and the first carrier is continuous in time; and sending first configuration information associated with the first uplink resource configuration. By means of the methods and the apparatuses in the embodiments of the present application, a quantity of carriers used for uplink transmission is increased, so that a problem that an uplink transmission resource is limited can be resolved; and in addition, the carriers used for uplink transmission are formed by uplink sub-frames of different physical carriers that are continuous in time, and therefore a timing relationship needed by an uplink carrier can be satisfied, and then a system can run normally.
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