This application discloses a communication method and a device, and the method includes: sending, by a first base station, a first request message, where the first request message is used to request one or more second base stations located in a paging notification area of a target terminal to page the target terminal; and if the first base station receives, within preset duration, a second request message that is sent by one of the one or more second base stations and that is used to obtain a context of the target terminal, sending, by the first base station, the context of the target terminal to the second base station that sends the second request message. A terminal device in a third mode may be paged by using the method and the device in this application.