If the action indication information indicates the AMF to request to obtain the location information of the UE and sends the notification message to the UE, in a process of performing step 6, the AMF sends a notification message to the UE by using a RAN, where the notification message is used to notify the user that the external client is to obtain the location information of the UE, and then the AMF performs step 7 and subsequent steps. If the action indication information indicates the AMF to send the notification message to the UE and request to obtain the location information of the UE when receiving the location permission message of the UE, in a process of performing step 6, the AMF sends a notification message to the UE by using a RAN, the notification message is used to request whether the user allows the external client to obtain the location information of the UE. If the user authorizes to allow positioning, the UE sends the location permission message to the AMF by using the RAN, and the AMF performs step 7 and subsequent steps when receiving the location permission message. If the user does not authorize to allow positioning, the UE sends a location rejection message to the AMF by using the RAN. After receiving the location rejection message, the AMF feeds back the location rejection message to the GMLC, and the GMLC feeds back the location rejection message to the external client. If the action indication information indicates the AMF to request to obtain the location information of the UE, the AMF performs step 7 and subsequent steps.
7. The AMF sends a location request to an LMF. Correspondingly, the LMF receives the location request from the AMF. The location request may be a Nlmf_Location_DetermineLocation Request.