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Date of Patent:
Sep. 16, 2025

Filed:

Mar. 16, 2023
Applicant:

Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., GuangDong, CN;

Inventor:

Weihua Hu, Shenzhen, CN;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 40/12 (2009.01); H04L 45/24 (2022.01); H04W 40/24 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 40/12 (2013.01); H04L 45/24 (2013.01); H04W 40/246 (2013.01);
Abstract

A communication method and apparatus are provided. The method includes: A control plane device obtains first information of a first terminal device, where the first information indicates a terminal device that has mutual trust with the first terminal device, and the terminal device that has mutual trust with the first terminal device includes a second terminal device. The control plane device sends a first message to a first user plane device, where the first message includes route configuration information, the route configuration information is used to configure a first transmission path, the first transmission path is used to forward data to a second terminal device via the first terminal device, and the first user plane device is configured to provide a user plane data forwarding service for the first terminal device.


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