US 11,902,381 B2
Session management method and apparatus
Youyang Yu, Shanghai (CN); and Hancheng Li, Shanghai (CN)
Assigned to HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD., Shenzhen (CN)
Filed by Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., Shenzhen (CN)
Filed on Oct. 8, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/497,005.
Application 17/497,005 is a continuation of application No. 16/723,646, filed on Dec. 20, 2019, granted, now 11,172,031.
Application 16/723,646 is a continuation of application No. PCT/CN2018/090015, filed on Jun. 5, 2018.
Claims priority of application No. 201710477812.9 (CN), filed on Jun. 20, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2022/0103642 A1, Mar. 31, 2022
Int. Cl. H04L 67/146 (2022.01); H04W 76/11 (2018.01); H04L 12/46 (2006.01); H04L 45/50 (2022.01); H04M 7/12 (2006.01)
CPC H04L 67/146 (2013.01) [H04L 12/4633 (2013.01); H04L 45/50 (2013.01); H04M 7/126 (2013.01); H04W 76/11 (2018.02); H04L 2212/00 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A session management method implemented by a session management function device and comprising:
sending, to a user plane function device, a request message instructing the user plane function device to send a point-to-point protocol over Ethernet (PPPoE) message to the session management function device;
obtaining, from a user equipment and after sending the request message, the PPPoE message;
assigning a PPPoE session identifier to the user equipment; and
sending, to the user equipment, the PPPoE session identifier to establish a PPPoE connection between the user equipment and a network side device.