After the terminal initiates the RRC connection request, the distributed unit receives the RRC connection request, and then the distributed unit sends the RRC connection request to the centralized unit. There may be at least the following several specific transmission manners of the RRC connection request:
(1) transmitting through a control plane connection between the distributed unit and the centralized unit;
(2) transmitting through a dedicated user plane transmission path established for a cell accessed by the terminal; and
(3) transmitting through a dedicated user plane transmission path established for the terminal.
The following separately describes specific implementation processes of the foregoing transmission manners in cases of different first terminal identifier allocation manners.
S700. Establish a control plane interface between the distributed unit and the centralized unit.
S701. A terminal obtains a first terminal identifier.