The present disclosure relates to a communication method, a terminal, a network device and a storage medium. The method comprises: receiving a first
system information block (SIB) sent by a network device, wherein the first SIB comprises configuration information for one or more network energy saving (NES) cells, and wherein the terminal is in a
radio resource control (RRC) connected state, and the configuration information is used for the terminal to request a SIB1 and / or request SI when
cell selection is performed on the NES
cell. In the method of the present disclosure, the terminal in the connected state can obtain the configuration information through the first SIB, and when
cell selection is performed on the NES cell, the terminal can ensure that there is valid configuration information, so as to facilitate timely request of the SI or the SIB1 according to the pre-received configuration information.