A method and an apparatus for determining the configuration mode of special
subframe of a
cell are provided, and the method includes: receiving notification messages sent from adjacent cells, and the notification messages containing the information indicating the configuration
modes of special subframes of the adjacent cells; determining the configuration
modes of special subframes of the adjacent cells in accordance with the notification messages; among the possible configuration
modes of special subframes of the
current cell, selecting preferably a configuration mode of special
subframe, which meets the interference requirement of the
current cell and has less interference with the adjacent cells, as the current configuration mode of special
subframe. The embodiments of the present invention also provide a method and an apparatus for determining the usage mode of the time-domain resource of a
cell.