Patent ID: 11910485
Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 12:
13. An apparatus, comprising:
a receiver, configured to in coordination with a processor obtain, from a control plane network element, a notification of updating to a changed media access control (MAC) address of a first terminal device; and
 wherein the processor is configured to update a MAC address to the changed MAC address of the first terminal device, wherein the apparatus is for the first terminal device, wherein the receiver is further configured to:
receive first address update information sent by the control plane network element through a first device, wherein the first address update information comprises the changed MAC address of the first terminal device, and the first device is one of a target access device serving the first terminal device after the first terminal device moves, a target user plane function network element serving the first terminal device after the first terminal device moves, and a target integrated device serving the first terminal device after the first terminal device moves, wherein the target integrated device is a device in which an access device and a user plane function network element are integrated.