Embodiments of this application provide a discontinuous reception DRX management method, including determining, by a base station, that a terminal has a voice service, and setting up, by the base station, a voice bearer for the terminal, and activating a DRX function of the terminal when setting up the voice bearer for the terminal. It can be learned that, in the method, the terminal does not activate the DRX function before setting up the voice bearer, and does not activate the DRX function until the voice bearer is set up, to effectively reduce a voice paging connection delay.