Huawei technologies co., ltd. (20250016274). COMMUNICATION METHOD AND APPARATUS

COMMUNICATION METHOD AND APPARATUS

Organization Name

huawei technologies co., ltd.

Inventor(s)

Haiyang Sun of Beijing CN

COMMUNICATION METHOD AND APPARATUS

This abstract first appeared for US patent application 20250016274 titled 'COMMUNICATION METHOD AND APPARATUS

Original Abstract Submitted

this application provides a communication method and apparatus. in the method, a first network element determines that a policy related to a terminal device is related to a spending limit of the terminal device; and the first network element may send an identifier of a first charging network element to a second network element. the first network element is a policy control network element, and the second network element is a mobility management network element. in this way, the policy control network element and the mobility management network element select a same charging network element, to support the policy control network element in determining, based on a status of the policy control network element, the policy related to the terminal device, and provide a mechanism that can support the policy control network element in determining, based on the status of the policy counter, the policy related to the terminal device.