Patent ID: 11943304
Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  Y | IPC H

Claim 10:
11. The method according to of claim 6, wherein after the sending, by the session management network element, the second shared tunnel establishment information to the access network node, the method further includes:
receiving, by the session management network element, a session management context establishment request from an access and mobility management network element;
determining, by the session management network element based on the session management context establishment request, the shared tunnel established for a terminal device;
sending, by the session management network element, session establishment information to the user plane function network element, wherein the session establishment information includes an identifier of the terminal device and the identifier of the shared tunnel; and
sending, by the session management network element, shared tunnel configuration information to the access and mobility management network element, wherein the shared tunnel configuration information includes the identifier of the shared tunnel and an address of the user plane function network element.