The present disclosure relates to a communication method and
system for converging a 5th-Generation (5G) communication
system for supporting higher data rates beyond a 4th-Generation (4G)
system with a technology for
Internet of Things (IoT). The present disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT-related technology, such as smart home, smart building,
smart city,
smart car, connected car, health care,
digital education, smart retail, security and safety services. A method and equipment for
handover are provided. The method includes informing, by a source
base station, a source
core network whether a direct data forwarding path is available, determining, by the source
core network, whether to use direct data forwarding or indirect data forwarding, informing, by the source
core network, a target core network of information of direct data forwarding, indirect data forwarding or data forwarding being not possible, informing, by the target core network, a target
base station of the information of direct data forwarding, indirect data forwarding or data forwarding being not possible, and allocating, by the target
base station, tunnel information for data forwarding.