Communication method and apparatus

1 . A communication method, comprising:

obtaining, by an application provider, first indication information indicating that data is to be transmitted between a terminal device and a first network element via the application provider;

receiving, by the application provider, first data information from the terminal device; and

sending, by the application provider, the first data information to the first network element based on the first indication information.

2 . The communication method according to claim 1 , wherein the first indication information comprises first address information including a first address, the first address information indicating the first address to which the data is to be sent.

3 . The communication method according to claim 1 , further comprising:

obtaining, by the application provider, first information or second indication information; and

sending, by the application provider, the first information or the second indication information to the terminal device and determining first data information based on the first information, and the second indication information indicates the first information.

4 . The communication method according to claim 3 , wherein the first information comprises the first indication information.

5 . The communication method according to claim 1 , wherein the obtaining first indication information by the application provider comprises:

determining, by the application provider, the first indication information; or

receiving, by the application provider, the first indication information from the first network element.

6 . The communication method according to claim 1 , further comprising:

sending, by the application provider, the first indication information to the first network element.

7 . The communication method according to claim 1 , further comprising:

sending, by the application server, the first indication information to the terminal device.

8 . The communication method according to claim 7 , wherein the sending, by the application server, the first indication information to the terminal device comprises:

sending, by the application provider, the first indication information to an application entity of the terminal device.

9 . A communication method, comprising:

obtaining, by a terminal device, first indication information, the first indication information indicating that data is to be transmitted between the terminal device and a first network element via an application provider; and

sending, by the terminal device, first data information to the application provider based on the first indication information.

10 . The communication method according to claim 9 , wherein the first indication information comprises first address information including a first address, the first address information indicating to send data to the first address.

11 . The communication method according to claim 9 , further comprising:

receiving, by the terminal device, first information or second indication information from the application provider; and

determining the first data information based on the first information, the second indication information indicating the first information.

12 . The communication method according to claim 9 , wherein the obtaining first indication information by the terminal device comprises:

receiving, by the terminal device, the first indication information from the application provider; or

receiving, by the terminal device, the first indication information from the first network element.

13 . The communication method according to claim 9 , further comprising:

sending, by an application entity of the terminal device, the first indication information to a client entity of the terminal device.

14 . The communication method according to claim 9 , further comprising:

sending, by a client entity of the terminal device, the first data information to an application entity of the terminal device based on the first indication information.

15 . The communication method according to claim 9 , further comprising:

sending, by a media session handler entity of the terminal device client entity, the first data information to the application entity of the terminal device based on the first indication information.

16 . A communication method, comprising:

obtaining, by a first network element, first indication information indicating that data is to be transmitted between a terminal device and the first network element via an application provider; and

receiving, by the first network element, first data information from the application provider based on the first indication information.

17 . The communication method according to claim 16 , wherein the first indication information comprises first address information including a first address, the first address information indicating the first address to which the data is to be sent.

18 . The communication method according to claim 16 , further comprising:

obtaining, by the first network element, first information or second indication information; and

determining first data information based on the first information, the second indication information indicating the first information.

19 . The communication method according to claim 18 , wherein the obtaining, by the first network element, first information or second indication information comprises:

determining, by the first network element, the first information or the second indication information based on the first indication information.

20 . The communication method according to claim 16 , wherein the obtaining the first indication information by the first network element comprises:

receiving, by the first network element, the first indication information from the application provider; or

determining, by the first network element, the first indication information.

21 . An apparatus, comprising:

at least one processor; and

one or more memories coupled to the at least one processor and storing instructions for execution by the at least one processor that, upon execution, cause the apparatus to perform operations including:

obtaining first indication information indicating that data is to be transmitted between a terminal device and a first network element via an application provider;

receiving first data information from the terminal device; and

sending the first data information to the first network element based on the first indication information.

22 . An apparatus, comprising:

at least one processor; and

one or more memories coupled to the at least one processor and storing instructions for execution by the at least one processor that, upon execution, cause the apparatus to perform operations including:

obtaining first indication information, the first indication information indicating that data is to be transmitted between the terminal device and a first network element via an application provider; and

sending first data information to the application provider based on the first indication information.