Alternatively, the relay terminal device sends the state information to at least one second access network device, and the at least one second access network device is configured to send the state information to the first access network device.

As an optional embodiment, the method 1000 further includes the following operations.

The relay terminal device receives a paging message sent by the first access network device.

The relay terminal device sends the paging message to the remote terminal device.

FIG. 10 is a schematic block diagram of a device 2000 for paging according to an embodiment of the disclosure. The device may be the relay terminal device in the method 1000. As shown in FIG. 10, the device 2000 includes a determination module 2010 and a transceiver module 2020.

The determination module 2010 is configured to determine state information of a remote terminal device. The state information is used by a network device to determine a paging manner for paging the remote terminal device.

The transceiver module 2020 is configured to send the state information to the network device.

The device for paging according to the embodiment of the disclosure determines the state information of the remote terminal device and sends the state information to the network device, the network device determines the paging manner for paging the remote terminal device based on the state information of the remote terminal device, thereby avoiding a paging failure caused by blind paging of the network device, and ensuring that the network device correctly pages the remote terminal device.