Embodiments of this application disclose a communication method and a communications apparatus, to resolve a problem that a terminal cannot quickly resume a communication connection to a secondary node. The method includes: receiving, by a first master node, a first message from a terminal, where the first message is used to request state transition of the terminal from a third mode to a connected mode; determining, by the first master node, a secondary node that serves the terminal; obtaining, by the first master node, a first security parameter, where the first security parameter is used to derive a security key used for communication between the terminal and the secondary node that serves the terminal; obtaining, by the first master node, SCG configuration information; and sending, by the first master node, a second message to the terminal, where the second message includes the first security parameter and the SCG configuration information.