A device triggering message processing method carried out in a network element of a bearer network comprising: receiving a device triggering authorization request which contains an identifier of a Common Service Entity, CSE, and is sent by the CSE; sending a device triggering authorization permission, which contains an authorization permission field, to the CSE according to the device triggering authorization request; receiving a Device-Action-Request instruction which contains a Device-Action Attribute Value Pair, AVP, and the authorization permission field and is set and sent by the CSE; performing authorization checking on the CSE according to the authorization permission field contained in the Device-Action-Request instruction, and after the authorization checking on the CSE, acquiring an internal identifier and routing information of a triggered device; and sending a triggering request message to the triggered device according to the internal identifier and the routing information; in response to the step of sending the triggering request message to the triggered device according to the internal identifier and the routing information, the method further comprising: setting a Device-Notification AVP containing a Request-Status AVP, the Request-Status AVP is used to indicate a status of the device triggering request; and sending a Device-Action-Answer instruction containing the Device-Notification AVP to the CSE and indicating that the device triggering request has been sent to the triggered device. receiving a device triggering authorization request which contains an identifier of a Common Service Entity, CSE, and is sent by the CSE; sending a device triggering authorization permission, which contains an authorization permission field, to the CSE according to the device triggering authorization request; receiving a Device-Action-Request instruction which contains a Device-Action Attribute Value Pair, AVP, and the authorization permission field and is set and sent by the CSE; performing authorization checking on the CSE according to the authorization permission field contained in the Device-Action-Request instruction, and after the authorization checking on the CSE, acquiring an internal identifier and routing information of a triggered device; and sending a triggering request message to the triggered device according to the internal identifier and the routing information; in response to the step of sending the triggering request message to the triggered device according to the internal identifier and the routing information, the method further comprising: setting a Device-Notification AVP containing a Request-Status AVP, the Request-Status AVP is used to indicate a status of the device triggering request; and sending a Device-Action-Answer instruction containing the Device-Notification AVP to the CSE and indicating that the device triggering request has been sent to the triggered device. setting a Device-Notification AVP containing a Request-Status AVP, the Request-Status AVP is used to indicate a status of the device triggering request; and sending a Device-Action-Answer instruction containing the Device-Notification AVP to the CSE and indicating that the device triggering request has been sent to the triggered device.