This application provides a communication method and a communication apparatus. The method includes: receiving first information from a first network device, where a first cell belongs to the first network device, the first cell is a serving cell currently accessed by a terminal device, the first information includes a first field, and the first field indicates a candidate cell, or indicates the candidate cell and the serving cell currently accessed by the terminal device; and determining the first cell or a second cell based on the first information and a first rule, where the second cell is the candidate cell, and the first rule indicates a correspondence between the first field and the candidate cell, or indicates the correspondence between the first field and the candidate cell and a correspondence between the first field and the serving cell currently accessed by the terminal device.