This application provides a method for providing a communication sensing service. In the method, a first sensing network element in a wireless communication network sends a sensing control request message to a second sensing network element, and controls the second sensing network element to detect and/or collect sensing data. After obtaining the sensing data through detection, the second sensing network element provides the sensing data to the first sensing network element, and the first sensing network element provides a sensing service based on the sensing data, to provide an end-to-end sensing service.