Configuration error information transmission method and device

A method, comprising:

• sending, by a control plane network element, a first configuration packet to a user plane network element, wherein the first configuration packet indicates a plurality of first configuration parameter groups, and each configuration parameter group of the plurality of first configuration parameter groups belongs to a corresponding service;
• and
• receiving, by the control plane network element, a first configuration reply packet from the user plane network element, wherein the first configuration reply packet comprises to-be-reported error information, the to-be-reported error information comprised in the first configuration reply packet comprises first configuration error information, the to-be-reported error information in the first configuration reply packet excludes second configuration error information, a first reporting priority of the first configuration error information is higher than or equal to a second reporting priority of the second configuration error information, and the first configuration error information is generated after the user plane network element performs configuration based on one of the plurality of first configuration parameter groups,
• wherein the first reporting priority of the first configuration error information is of a first service to which a first configuration parameter group corresponding to the first configuration error information belongs, and the second reporting priority of the second configuration error information is of a second service to which a second configuration parameter group corresponding to the second configuration error information belongs.

A user plane network element, comprising:

• at least one processor;
• and
• a non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing programming, the programming including instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the user plane network element to perform operations including:
• receiving, from a control plane network element, a first configuration packet, wherein the first configuration packet indicates a plurality of configuration parameter groups, and each configuration parameter group of the plurality of configuration parameter groups belongs to a corresponding service;
• generating a plurality of pieces of configuration error information after performing configuration based on the plurality of configuration parameter groups, wherein each piece of the plurality of pieces of configuration error information corresponds to a corresponding configuration parameter group, and the each piece of the plurality of pieces of configuration error information indicates that the user plane network element fails to configure the corresponding configuration parameter group corresponding to the each piece of the plurality of pieces of configuration error information;
• and
• sending, to the control plane network element, a first configuration reply packet comprising to-be-reported error information, wherein the to-be-reported error information comprises first configuration error information in the plurality of pieces of configuration error information, the to-be-reported error information excludes second configuration error information in the plurality of pieces of configuration error information, and a first reporting priority of the first configuration error information is higher than or equal to a second reporting priority of the second configuration error information,
• wherein the first reporting priority of the first configuration error information is of a first service to which a first configuration parameter group corresponding to the first configuration error information belongs, and the second reporting priority of the second configuration error information is of a second service to which a second configuration parameter group corresponding to the second configuration error information belongs.