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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 30, 2025
Filed:
Jul. 15, 2024
Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., Shenzhen, CN;
Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., Shenzhen, CN;
Abstract
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.