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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 16, 2022
Filed:
Apr. 21, 2017
China Mobile Communication Ltd., Research Institute, Beijing, CN;
China Mobile Communications Corporation, Beijing, CN;
CHINA MOBILE COMMUNICATION LTD, RESEARCH INSTITUTE, Beijing, CN;
CHINA MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION, Beijing, CN;
Abstract
A gateway-switching method includes: a control plane network element receives a switch request message; when determining, according to the switch request message, whether gateway switching is desired by user equipment (UE), the control plane network element allocates to the UE a UE Internet Protocol (IP) address corresponding to a target distributed gateway; the control plane network element sends to the target distributed gateway the UE IP address; and the control plane network element sends to a target base station the UE IP address, wherein the UE IP address is used by the target base station for sending data to the UE. Also provided in the embodiments of the present invention are a communication apparatus and non-transitory computer storage medium.