COMMUNICATION METHOD AND APPARATUS

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COMMUNICATION METHOD AND APPARATUS

This abstract first appeared for US patent application 18942920 titled 'COMMUNICATION METHOD AND APPARATUS

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This application provides a communication method and apparatus. The method includes: A first mobility management function network element receives a first message from a first access network element, where the first message indicates that a terminal device is to be handed over from the first access network element to a second access network element; and the first mobility management function network element determines, based on the first message, that the terminal device is to perform mobility management function network element handover, and sends a second message to a first access management function network element, where the second message is used to request the terminal device to perform mobility management function network element handover, or is used to request the terminal device to be handed over from the first mobility management function network element to a second mobility management function network element.