Communication method and communications apparatus
AssigneeHuawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
InventorYouyang Yu
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Abstract
A communication method and a communications apparatus include sending, by a terminal device, a request message to a first core network element using a first access technology, where the request message requests to newly add or update a service flow, receiving, by the terminal device using the first access technology or a second access technology, a response message from the first core network element, and transmitting, by the terminal device, the service flow based on the response message using the second access technology or both the first access technology and the second access technology.
Claims20
A communication method implemented by a terminal device, wherein the communication method comprises:
- sending a request message to a core network element using a first access technology, wherein the request message requests to newly add or update a service flow, and wherein the request message comprises indication information indicating that the core network element is allowed to modify an access technology corresponding to the service flow;
- receiving, from the core network element using the first access technology, a response message, comprising a flow splitting rule indicating to transmit the service flow using the first access technology and a second access technology;
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- transmitting the service flow based on the response message using the first access technology and the second access technology.
A communications apparatus comprising:
- a memory configured to store instructions;
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- a processor coupled to the memory, wherein the instructions cause the processor to be configured to:
- send a request message to a core network element using a first access technology, wherein the request message requests to newly add or update a service flow, and wherein the request message comprises indication information indicating that the core network element is allowed to modify an access technology corresponding to the service flow;
- receive, from the core network element using the first access technology, a response message comprising a flow splitting rule indicating to transmit the service flow using the first access technology and a second access technology;
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- transmit the service flow based on the response message using the first access technology and the second access technology.
A computer program product comprising computer-executable instructions for storage on a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium that, when executed by a processor, cause an apparatus to:
- send a request message to a core network element using a first access technology, wherein the request message requests to newly add or update a service flow, and wherein the request message comprises indication information indicating that the core network element is allowed to modify an access technology corresponding to the service flow;
- receive, using the first access technology, a response message from the core network element, wherein the response message comprises a flow splitting rule indicating transmitting the service flow using the first access technology and a second access technology;
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- transmit the service flow based on the response message using the first access technology and the second access technology.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.