A communication method executed by a terminal device, comprising: receiving a first message sent by an access network device; and determining a paging type according to the first message, wherein the paging type is access network paging or core network paging, wherein the determining the paging type according to the first message, comprises: determining the paging type according to information of the terminal device comprised in the first message, wherein the information of the terminal device is a physical layer identifier and the determining the paging type according to information of the terminal device comprised in the first message, comprises: determining the paging type to be core network paging if the physical layer identifier is a radio network temporary identifier, RNTI, for core network paging, and the terminal device correctly receives the first message according to the RNTI for core network paging, and determining that the paging type is access network paging if the physical layer identifier is a radio network temporary identifier, RNTI, for access network paging, and the terminal device correctly receives the first message according to the RNTI for access network paging; and wherein the first message is not scrambled by the RNTI. receiving a first message sent by an access network device; and determining a paging type according to the first message, wherein the paging type is access network paging or core network paging, wherein the determining the paging type according to the first message, comprises: determining the paging type according to information of the terminal device comprised in the first message, wherein the information of the terminal device is a physical layer identifier and the determining the paging type according to information of the terminal device comprised in the first message, comprises: determining the paging type to be core network paging if the physical layer identifier is a radio network temporary identifier, RNTI, for core network paging, and the terminal device correctly receives the first message according to the RNTI for core network paging, and determining that the paging type is access network paging if the physical layer identifier is a radio network temporary identifier, RNTI, for access network paging, and the terminal device correctly receives the first message according to the RNTI for access network paging; and wherein the first message is not scrambled by the RNTI. determining the paging type according to information of the terminal device comprised in the first message, wherein the information of the terminal device is a physical layer identifier and the determining the paging type according to information of the terminal device comprised in the first message, comprises: determining the paging type to be core network paging if the physical layer identifier is a radio network temporary identifier, RNTI, for core network paging, and the terminal device correctly receives the first message according to the RNTI for core network paging, and determining that the paging type is access network paging if the physical layer identifier is a radio network temporary identifier, RNTI, for access network paging, and the terminal device correctly receives the first message according to the RNTI for access network paging; and wherein the first message is not scrambled by the RNTI. determining the paging type to be core network paging if the physical layer identifier is a radio network temporary identifier, RNTI, for core network paging, and the terminal device correctly receives the first message according to the RNTI for core network paging, and determining that the paging type is access network paging if the physical layer identifier is a radio network temporary identifier, RNTI, for access network paging, and the terminal device correctly receives the first message according to the RNTI for access network paging; and wherein the first message is not scrambled by the RNTI.