Abstract: The present disclosure relates to communication methods and apparatuses. One example method includes receiving data network identification information from a session management function network element, where the data network identification information includes an identifier of at least one data network a first terminal device at a current location. A first message is sent to the session management function network element when the first terminal device has not accessed a first data network, where the first message includes an identifier of the first data network, the identifier of the at least one data network that supports serving the first terminal device at the current location includes the identifier of the first data network, and the first message is used to establish a data path between a user plane function network element corresponding to the first data network and a classifier node.

Abstract: A method for detecting quality of service of a service includes obtaining, by a packet sending device, detection indication information, where the detection indication information is used to instruct the packet sending device to detect quality of service of a service; and sending, by the packet sending device, a detection packet to a packet receiving device based on the detection indication information, where the detection packet is used to detect the quality of service of the service.

Abstract: A communication method and apparatus, and a storage medium are provided, to resolve a problem in a conventional technology of discontinuity of a multicast/broadcast service of a UE during handover. The method includes: A target access network device receives first multicast/broadcast service data from a source access network device and second multicast/broadcast service data from a core network device; and if determining that the first multicast/broadcast service data is synchronous with the second multicast/broadcast service data, the target access network device sends the second multicast/broadcast service data to a terminal device, so that the continuity of the multicast/broadcast service of the UE during handover is ensured as much as possible.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to session establishment methods, systems, and devices. One example method includes obtaining, by a first mobility management entity, information about a packet data network (PDN) connection that has been established when a terminal accesses an evolved packet core (EPC) network, and obtaining, by the first mobility management entity, single network slice selection assistance information (S-NSSAI) of a network slice corresponding to the PDN connection.

Abstract: The technology of this application relates to a data transmission method. The method includes an application server sending a subscription request to a core network element, to subscribe to a notification indicating whether transmitting data of a first service to first user equipment in a multicast mode is supported, so that a transmission mode of the data of the first service can be flexibly selected based on a subscription result.

Abstract: A data transmission method and apparatus. The method includes: a source access network device that receives an end marker from a core network device through a transmission tunnel of a PDU session of a first terminal device, where the PDU session is associated with a first multicast/broadcast service; and in response to the end marker, the source access network device determines, based on the association between the PDU session and the first multicast/broadcast service, that the end marker acts on the first multicast/broadcast service of the first terminal device, to stop sending data of the first multicast/broadcast service to a target access network device through a forwarding tunnel of the first terminal device.

Abstract: Embodiments of this application provide a multicast/broadcast service communication method and an apparatus, and relate to the communication field, to reduce network resource overheads. The method is as follows: A terminal device determines a first multicast/broadcast service, where the first multicast/broadcast service is a multicast/broadcast service that the terminal device is to leave. The terminal device sends a first message, where the first message carries identification information of the first multicast/broadcast service. Embodiments of this application are applied to a mobile communication system such as 5G.

Abstract: A binding support method, includes receiving third information from the source policy control network element, wherein the third information comprises session information of a policy session and an identifier of a policy control network element set to which the source policy control network element belongs, receiving a first request message from an application network element to query a target policy control network element that serves the policy session, the first request message comprises the session information of the policy session, the session information of the policy session is used to indicate the policy session, and determining the target policy control network element based on the third information and the first request message.

Abstract: Embodiments of this application provide a radio bearer configuration method, an apparatus, and a system. A multicast radio bearer used to receive a multicast/broadcast service is established between a terminal and a base station, to reduce complexity of processing the data of the multicast service by the base station. This solution includes: A base station receives a first request message, where the first request message requests to add a first terminal to a multicast/broadcast service; and the base station sends configuration information of a multicast radio bearer to the first terminal based on quality of service QoS flow information of the multicast/broadcast service. The configuration information is used to configure the multicast radio bearer, the multicast radio bearer is used to transmit data of the multicast/broadcast service to a terminal that has joined the multicast/broadcast service, and the terminal that has joined the multicast/broadcast service includes the first terminal.

Abstract: A communication method and apparatus are provided. In the method, an SMF sends first information to a first user plane network element, where the first information indicates the first user plane network element to send a report message to the SMF when receiving a first DNS response message that meets a first condition, and the report message includes information about an application server indicated by the first DNS response message or information about a data network corresponding to the application server. The first user plane network element sends the report message to the SMF when determining that the received first DNS response message meets the first condition. The SMF inserts the local session anchor based on the report message.

Abstract: An address management method, system, and device to avoid a problem that a same Internet Protocol (IP) address is assigned to different packet data unit (PDU) sessions and to effectively use IP addresses in an address pool. The method includes: obtaining, by a session management network element, an identifier of a user plane function network element serving a terminal and session information of the terminal; determining, by the session management network element based on the identifier of the user plane function network element and the session information, an address pool identifier corresponding to the session; sending, by the session management network element, the address pool identifier to a server, where the address pool identifier is used to assign an IP address to the session; and receiving, by the session management network element from the server, the IP address corresponding to the session.

Abstract: A connection establishment method, a communication apparatus, and a system which are applied to a terminal device connected to an edge network. The method includes a core network element sending first information to at least one control network element, where the first information indicates that an edge network corresponding to a user plane network element serving the terminal device changes. The at least one control network element sends connection information of a first network element to the terminal device based on the first information, where the first network element is a network element in a first edge network corresponding to the user plane network element. After receiving the connection information of the first network element, and the connection information is used for the terminal device to connect to the first network element.

Abstract: This application provides a multicast service transmission method and apparatus, to deliver a multicast service regardless of whether there is a device supporting multicast in a system, so as to improve flexibility and reliability of the multicast service transmission. The method performed by a session management network element includes: receiving a first message or a second message, where the first message requests to add a terminal device to a multicast service, the second message is used to update a PDU session of the terminal device, and the PDU session is associated with the multicast service; and determining, based on multicast capability information of the terminal device and/or multicast capability information of an access network device, a delivery mode of the multicast service, where the access network device is an access network device currently accessed by the terminal device or a target access network device of the terminal device.

Abstract: A session establishment method and an apparatus, such that an established packet data network (PDN) connection is transferred to a network slice in a fifth generation (5G) network during inter-system mobility of a terminal. The method includes receiving, by a terminal from a control plane function entity, corresponding network slice information used for transferring an established PDN connection to a 5G network, where the corresponding network slice information includes corresponding single network slice selection assistance information (S-NSSAI). The method further includes sending a packet data unit (PDU) session establishment request, where the PDU session establishment request includes corresponding S-NSSAI used for transferring a first PDN connection to the 5G network and a corresponding data network name (DNN) used for transferring the first PDN connection to the 5G network, and the first PDN connection is any one of one or more established PDN connections.

Abstract: A communication method and a communications apparatus, wherein the communication method includes: receiving, by a network repository network element, a first request message from a mobility management network element, where the first request message carries a data network name of a session that a terminal device requests to establish; determining, by the network repository network element based on the first request message, at least one target session management network element from session management network elements that support the data network name; and sending, by the network repository network element, an identifier of the at least one target session management network element to the mobility management network element, such that a session management network element can be selected to provide a service for a terminal device.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus for determining a protocol data unit (PDU) session service network element to control an aggregated maximum bit rate (AMBR), where the method includes receiving, by a control plane function network element, a request for establishing a first PDU session from a mobility management device, where the request for establishing the first PDU session includes a first data network name (DNN), determining, by the control plane function network element, that a same control plane function network element and a same user plane function network element need to be selected for a PDU session corresponding to the first DNN, and sending, by the control plane function network element, first indication information to the mobility management device, where the first indication information is used to indicate that a same control plane function network element needs to be selected for the PDU session corresponding to the first DNN.

Abstract: Embodiments of this application provide a reporting information sending method, an apparatus, and a system. The method includes: A user plane network element receives, from a first access network element, a first message including an identifier of a first quality of service flow QoS flow and first indication information, where the first indication information is used to indicate whether a quality of service QoS requirement of the first QoS flow can be satisfied; and sends first reporting information including second indication information to an application function network element based on the first message, where the second indication information is used to indicate whether a QoS requirement of a service data flow of an application can be satisfied, and the first QoS flow is used to transmit the service data flow of the application corresponding to the application function network element.

Abstract: A communication method implemented by an apparatus includes that a source access network element sends information of a unicast quality of service (QoS) flow of a protocol data unit (PDU) session corresponding to a multicast QoS flow of a multicast broadcast service (MBS) to a target access network element in a handover procedure. The target access network element forwards the information to a session management network element. The session management network element then indicates a user plane network element connected to the target access network element to send data of the MBS to a terminal device through the target access network element and by using a resource of the unicast QoS flow corresponding to the multicast QoS flow of the MBS.

Abstract: This application provides a communication method, apparatus, and system for a voice service. The method includes: A session management network element determines that a terminal device is to be handed over from a first network to a second network. The session management network element waits until a first moment to send a request message to a mobility management network element in the second network, where the request message is used to request to set up a first bearer for a voice service of the terminal device.

Abstract: This application provides a route configuration method and an apparatus, and relates to the field of communications technologies. The method includes: After a first terminal moves out of a service scope of a UPF that currently provides a service for the first terminal, a first SMF inserts a first I-UPF into a user plane path of the first terminal, and configures, for the first I-UPF, a first routing rule corresponding to a second terminal. The first routing rule is used to send a packet whose destination address information is address information of the second terminal to a second A-UPF. Therefore, a packet whose destination address information is the address information of the second terminal can be directly forwarded by the first I-UPF to the first A-UPF, instead of being forwarded by the first I-UPF to the second A-UPF through the first A-UPF.