18897694. COMMUNICATION METHOD AND APPARATUS (Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.)

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COMMUNICATION METHOD AND APPARATUS

Organization Name

Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.

Inventor(s)

Liping Yuan of Beijing (CN)

Guanglei Li of Beijing (CN)

COMMUNICATION METHOD AND APPARATUS

This abstract first appeared for US patent application 18897694 titled 'COMMUNICATION METHOD AND APPARATUS



Original Abstract Submitted

A session management network element receives first information from a first anchor user plane network element anchored by a first session established by a first terminal device, where the first information includes address information of data transmitted between the first terminal device and a second terminal device. The session management network element determines, based on the first information, whether the first terminal device and the second terminal device use a same access network or a same backhaul network. The session management network element determines, when the first terminal device and the second terminal device use the same access network or the same backhaul network, a first network element configured to forward data of the first session.