Multicast communication method and device

• Main Authors: ZHU QIANGHUA, WU, WENFU
• Format: Patent
• Language: Chinese; English
• Published: 03.02.2023
• Subjects: ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE; ELECTRICITY; WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS

A multicast communication method and device, the method comprising: a session management network element receiving an Ethernet protocol data unit (PDU) session establishment message from a first terminal device, the Ethernet PDU session establishment message being used for requesting to establish a first Ethernet PDU session, the session management network element sending a first processing rule corresponding to the first Ethernet PDU session to a user plane network element, the first processing rule is used for indicating the user plane network element to process a first type of message received from a first terminal device, the first type of message is used for the first terminal device to request to join or exit an Ethernet type multicast group, and the first processing rule comprises a first message detection rule and a first message processing rule; the first message detection rule is used for detecting the message of the first type, and the first message processing rule is used for indicating to report