Embodiments of this application provide a communication method, apparatus, and system. The method includes: A first user plane network element controls, based on a first AMBR, one or more data flows that are in data flows of a first session and that are transmitted on a data transmission channel of a first access technology; and a UL CL controls, based on a second AMBR, data flows that are in the data flows of the first session and that are transmitted on data transmission channels of a second access technology. This implements control on the data flows of the session and helps improve communication quality.