Huawei Technologies Co., Limited

Qianghua Zhu

Wenfu Wu

Chunshan Xiong

Xiaoyan Shi

Fenqin Zhu

Qi Yao

Yan Li

Yali Yan

Zaifeng Zong

Yanping Zhang

Ruizhi Liu

Zheng Zhou

Yong Hu

Hancheng Li

Chengchen Zhang

Wenyong Han

Chunsheng Xie

A network API capability reporting method includes: A first entity receives first information, where the first information is used to subscribe to an API capability of a network that serves a terminal device. The first entity sends second information to a second entity when a type of the network that serves the terminal device changes, where the second information includes an API capability of a network that currently serves the terminal device, and where the API capability includes an API supported by the network that serves the terminal device and an availability feature of at least one API in the supported API.

Network API capability reporting method, apparatus, and system

A routing rule configuration method and a communications apparatus are provided, where after receiving a PDU session establishment request from a first terminal, a session management function network element generates, based on first information including information used to indicate to forward a data packet through an N6 interface, a routing rule used to indicate to send the data packet of a 5G LAN group to which the first terminal belongs to the N6 interface or discard the data packet. The session management function network element can determine a routing rule for an N6-based forwarding manner based on the first information.

Routing rule configuration method and communications apparatus

A group creation method, an apparatus, and a system, the method including receiving, by a group management network element on a first network, a group creation request requesting creation of a group for local area network communication, allocating, by the group management network element on the first network, a group identifier to the group, sending, by the group management network element on the first network, the group identifier to a terminal device that is in the group and whose home network is the first network, and sending, by the group management network element on the first network when the group includes a terminal device whose home network is a second network, the group identifier and an identifier of the terminal device that is in the group and whose home network is the second network to a group management network element on the second network.

Group creation method, apparatus, and system

A session management method includes obtaining, by a terminal, terminal media access control (MAC) address information related to an existing Ethernet session of the terminal. The method also includes determining, by the terminal based on the terminal MAC address information related to the existing Ethernet session of the terminal, that a new Ethernet session needs to be established for the terminal. The method further includes initiating, by the terminal, establishment of the new Ethernet session for the terminal.

Session management method and system, and device

A route configuration method includes that after a first terminal moves out of a service scope of a user plane function (UPF) that currently provides a service for the first terminal, a first session management function (SMF) inserts a first intermediate UPF (I-UPF) into a user plane path of the first terminal, and configures, for the first I-UPF, a first routing rule corresponding to a second terminal. The first routing rule is used to send a packet whose destination address information is address information of the second terminal to a second anchor UPF (A-UPF). Therefore, a packet with a destination address information that is the address information of the second terminal can be directly forwarded by the first I-UPF to the first A-UPF, instead of being forwarded by the first I-UPF to the second A-UPF through the first A-UPF.

Route configuration method and apparatus

A routing rule management method and a communications apparatus, where after a first user plane function network element receives, through a protocol data unit (PDU) session, a first data packet, from a terminal, whose source address is a first address, the first user plane function network element generates a first routing rule corresponding to the PDU session when determining that the first address is an unknown media access control (MAC) address, and where the first routing rule is used to forward, to the PDU session, a data packet sent to the first address. After detecting the unknown MAC address, the first user plane function network element may generate a routing rule corresponding to the unknown MAC address without involvement of a session management function network element.

Routing rule management method and communications apparatus

A data migration method and an apparatus are applied to a scenario in which a user plane gateway communicating with a terminal is changed from a source user plane gateway to a target user plane gateway. The target user plane gateway receives an address of the terminal from a control plane gateway, obtains an Ethernet data packet based on the address of the terminal, and sends the Ethernet data packet to an Ethernet interface, so that a switch obtains the Ethernet data packet through the Ethernet interface, and updates a MAC address table based on the Ethernet data packet.

Data migration method and apparatus

A session handling method and a related device, where the method includes: receiving, by a first access and mobility management function (AMF) network element, a first message from a second AMF network element, where the first message includes information about a network slice corresponding to current sessions of a terminal; when determining that the first AMF network element does not support a network slice corresponding to a first session, sending, by the first AMF network element, a first notification message to the second AMF network element, where the first notification message notifies that the first AMF network element does not support the network slice corresponding to the first session; and releasing, by the second AMF network element, a network resource corresponding to the first session. A waste of network resources can be reduced using this application.

Session handling method and related device

Embodiments of this application provide a multicast communication method that includes: receiving, by a user plane function network element, a multicast packet, where the multicast packet includes a multicast address; matching, by the user plane function network element, the multicast packet with a packet detection rule PDR on the user plane function network element; and if the multicast packet successfully matches a first PDR, and the first PDR indicates to carry on matching another PDR, carrying on, by the user plane function network element, matching the multicast packet with another PDR. Optionally, the another PDR is a PDR whose priority is not higher than that of the first PDR.

Multicast communication method, and apparatus and system

Embodiments of this application provide a device and a system of a virtual network service across session management network elements. A group session management network element obtains tunnel information of a first user plane network element serving a first terminal device belonging to a first virtual network group, sends a first message to a second session management network element, where the first message includes an identifier of the first terminal device, an identifier of the first virtual network group, and the tunnel information of the first user plane network element for configuring a first forwarding rule on a second user plane network element, and the first forwarding rule is used by the second user plane network element to send a first data packet to the first user plane network element when one terminal device belonging to the first virtual network group sends the first data packet to the first terminal device.

Virtual network communication method, device, and system

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.

Request processing method and corresponding entity

A local area network (LAN) communication management method includes obtaining, by an access and mobility management function (AMF) network element, registration area information of the terminal, the LAN identifier (ID) of the terminal, and the service area information corresponding to the LAN ID, determining, by the AMF network element, LAN communication area information of the terminal based on the registration area information of the terminal and the service area information corresponding to the LAN ID, sending, by the AMF network element, LAN information of the terminal to the terminal, where the LAN information of the terminal includes the LAN ID and the LAN communication area information of the terminal, and managing, by the terminal, LAN communication of the terminal based on the LAN information.

Local area network communication management method and apparatus

A method for determining a service and session continuity (SSC) mode and an apparatus, where the method includes: determining, by a terminal device, a requested SSC mode; and sending a first request message to a first core network element, where the first request message is used to request to establish a first protocol data unit (PDU) session, and the first request message includes a session type of the first PDU session, the requested SSC mode, and first indication information. The first request message sent by the terminal device to the first core network element may carry the first indication information, used to indicate that the SSC mode requested by the terminal device is not allowed to be modified, to prevent a network-side network element from subsequently making an erroneous decision, for example, modifying the requested SSC mode to another SSC mode that is not supported by the terminal device.

Method for determining SSC mode and apparatus

Example communication methods and apparatus are described. One example method includes determining a first encapsulation identifier corresponding to an Ethernet session by a control plane network element and sending the first encapsulation identifier corresponding to the Ethernet session to a user plane network element, where the first encapsulation identifier is used to instruct the user plane network element to process a data packet corresponding to the Ethernet session based on the first encapsulation identifier. The terminal device determines the first encapsulation identifier corresponding to the Ethernet session and encapsulates an uplink data packet based on the first encapsulation identifier, where the uplink data packet is a data packet triggered by an application program bound to the Ethernet session. The encapsulated data packet is mapped to the Ethernet session corresponding to the first encapsulation identifier for transmission based on the first encapsulation identifier.

Communication method and apparatus

A communication method includes a first network element receiving identity information of a terminal from a second network element, where the identity information includes an identity of the terminal or an identity of a group of the terminal; the first network element obtaining, based on the identity information, type information of a serving network corresponding to the identity information; and the first network element sending API information of the first network element based on the type information. Based on this communication method, the second network element can select an available API based on the API information or the type information of the serving network and invoke the available API.

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Qianghua Zhu