A method for executing a beam failure recovery (BFR) process includes receiving a delay instruction sent by a base station, in which the delay instruction is configured to instruct that a mechanism for executing a beam failure recovery (BFR) process is configured as a mechanism for delaying the execution of the BFR process when the BFR process is triggered in an inactive state of discontinuous reception (DRX); configuring the mechanism for executing the BFR process of the terminal as the mechanism for delaying the execution of the BFR process when the BFR process is triggered in the inactive state of the DRX based on the delay instruction; and delaying the execution of the BFR process when the BFR process is triggered in the inactive state of the DRX.