US 12,177,726 B2
Communication method and apparatus
Jiangwei Ying, Beijing (CN); Shiyong Tan, Shenzhen (CN); and Yanmei Yang, Beijing (CN)
Assigned to Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., Shenzhen (CN)
Filed by Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., Shenzhen (CN)
Filed on Feb. 16, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/673,533.
Application 17/673,533 is a continuation of application No. PCT/CN2020/109306, filed on Aug. 14, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 201910760935.2 (CN), filed on Aug. 16, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0174553 A1, Jun. 2, 2022
Int. Cl. H04W 36/00 (2009.01); H04W 36/08 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 36/0011 (2013.01) [H04W 36/08 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
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1. A communication method, applied to a scenario in which a terminal is handed over from a source access network element to a target access network element, and comprising:
obtaining, by a first network element, session information of a first session of the terminal, wherein the session information comprises first service type information;
obtaining, by the first network element, first information, wherein the first information indicates service type information of local offloading supported by the target access network element; and
determining, based on the first information and the session information, that the target access network element supports local offloading of a service corresponding to the first service type information, and determining, by the first network element, that the target access network element processes the first session.