The embodiments of the present application provide an RRC connection re-establishment method and apparatus, and network device, comprising: a target base station receives an RRC connection re-establishment request message sent by a terminal, said RRC connection re-establishment request message carrying first information, said first information being used for addressing a secondary node, said secondary node and a primary node forming a dual connection network, the secondary node storing first UE context of said terminal and the primary node storing second UE context of the terminal; the RAT to which a target base station belongs is the same as the RAT to which the secondary node belongs; said target base station obtains the first UE context of the secondary node side and the second UE context of the primary node side, and sends an RRC connection re-establishment message to the terminal; the target base station receives an RRC connection re-establishment complete message sent by the terminal, and initiates a path switching process to a first core network element.
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