Patent ID: 11871283
Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 7:
8. A method, comprising:
selecting, by a session management function entity, a target user plane function entity to serve a terminal;
sending, by the session management function entity, first path information to the target user plane function entity;
sending, by the session management function entity, second path information to a source user plane function entity, wherein the first path information and the second path information are for establishing a forwarding path between the target user plane function entity and the source user plane function entity;
sending, by the session management function entity, a second routing rule to the target user plane function entity, wherein the second routing rule specifies that data whose destination address is of a second application server (AS) is to be sent to the source user plane function entity, which is communicatively connected to the second AS; and
receiving, by the target user plane function entity, the second routing rule from the session management function entity.