Embodiments of this application disclose a request processing method and a corresponding entity, to control a data notification and signaling that is used for triggering paging, thereby avoiding overload of a network element in a core network. The request processing method includes: determining, by an AMF, a first control plane function entity for a terminal device; determining, by the AMF, that the terminal device enters an idle state; obtaining, by the AMF, a first reachability service invocation request from the first control plane function entity; and rejecting, by the AMF, the first reachability service invocation request when the AMF determines, based on the first reachability service invocation request, that a reachability service invocation limitation condition is satisfied.