Wake-up method and communication device

The embodiment of the invention provides an awakening method and a communication device. The probability that terminal equipment misses paging information or data can be reduced. The method comprises the steps that a first signal from network equipment is received through an auxiliary receiver of the terminal equipment, the first signal is a signal except a second signal, and the second signal is used for indicating whether to wake up a main receiver of the terminal equipment or not; and determining whether to wake up a main receiver of the terminal equipment according to the quality information of the first signal. 本申请实施例提供唤醒方法及通信装置，可以降低终端设备漏接寻呼信息或数据的概率。方法包括：通过终端设备的副接收机接收来自网络设备的第一信号，第一信号为除第二信号之外的信号，第二信号用于指示是否唤醒终端设备的主接收机；根据第一信号的质量信息确定是否唤醒终端设备的主接收机。