| CPC H04W 76/34 (2018.02) [H04W 76/32 (2018.02); H04W 80/10 (2013.01)] | 20 Claims |

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1. A method, comprising:
when a quantity of sessions of a terminal device that each have an activated user plane connection is greater than or equal to a quantity threshold, determining, by the terminal device, to deactivate a user plane connection of at least one first session, wherein the sessions that each have the activated user plane connection comprise the at least one first session; and
sending, by the terminal device, a first request message to a first network element, wherein the first request message comprises indication information, and the indication information indicates to deactivate the user plane connection of the at least one first session.
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