Communications Method and Equipment

A communications method, comprising:

• receiving, by a server, a message of querying data offloading capability information of a second network element, wherein the message is sent by a first network element, and the first network element has a capability of data offloading;
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• sending, by the server, the queried data offloading capability information of the second network element to the first network element.

A server, comprising:

• an acquiring module, configured to receive a message of querying data offloading capability information of a second network element, wherein the message is sent by a first network element, and the first network element has a capability of implementing data offloading;
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• a sending module, configured to send the queried data offloading capability information of the second network element to the first network element.

A communications method, comprising:

• sending, by a first network element, a data offloading request message to a second network element;
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• offloadingly transmitting, by the first network element, data which is to be sent when the first network element receives a data offloading acknowledgement message sent by the second network element.

A communications equipment, comprising:

• a sending module, configured to send a data offloading request message to a second network element;
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• a transmitting module, configured to offloadingly transmit data which is to be sent when the communications equipment receives a data offloading acknowledgement message sent by the second network element.