Patent ID: 11930423
Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 0:
1. A method, comprising:
obtaining, by a control plane function entity, a correspondence between address information of one or more user plane function entities and user plane capabilities supported by the one or more user plane function entities, wherein the control plane function entity comprises a broadcast multicast service center control plane function entity or a multimedia broadcast multicast system gateway control plane function entity;
receiving, by the control plane function entity, a request message from an application server, wherein the request message requests to establish a session for a first service, the request message comprises service information of the first service, and the service information comprises broadcast area information of the first service or service type information of the first service, and the broadcast area information comprises a cell identity (cell ID), a service area identifier (SAT), or geographical location information;
determining, by the control plane function entity, address information of a target user plane function entity based on the correspondence and the service information of the first service; and
establishing, by the control plane function entity, a session connection to the target user plane function entity based on the address information of the target user plane function entity.