Patent ID: 11916869
Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 6:
7. A session management function network element, comprising:
at least one processor; and
one or more memories coupled to the at least one processor and storing programming instructions for execution by the at least one processor to cause the session management function network element to:
determine an address of a first domain name system server based on a first location of user equipment, wherein the first domain name system server is a local domain name system server that resolves a domain name of a first application into a corresponding first Internet protocol address, and the first Internet protocol address is associated with the first location, wherein the determine the address of the first domain name system server based on the first location of user equipment comprises:
determine a deployment location of the first application based on the first location of the user equipment, wherein the deployment location of the first application is represented by a data network access identifier (DNAI); and
determine the address of the first domain name system server based on the deployment location of the first application; and

send the address of the first domain name system server to a first device.