The present disclosure provides a communication method, a network-side device, and user equipment. The method includes: receiving, by a network-side device, a radio resource control RRC connection reestablishment request message, where the RRC connection reestablishment request message is used to request to perform RRC connection reestablishment; and sending, by the network-side device, an RRC connection reestablishment indication message, where the RRC connection reestablishment indication message carries a configuration parameter, and the configuration parameter includes at least one of a signaling radio bearer SRB2 configuration parameter or a data radio bearer DRB configuration parameter. The network-side device sends only the RRC connection reestablishment indication message, thereby effectively reducing a reestablishment delay and physical resource overheads.