In the foregoing embodiment, a user plane transmission path may be specifically a user plane tunnel. Correspondingly, the user plane transmission path establishment information may be specifically user plane tunnel establishment information. The user plane tunnel establishment information includes one or a combination of the following information: a tunnel identifier, a tunnel port number, a tunnel IP address, and a tunnel MAC address. For example, the user plane tunnel is established based on the GTP-U protocol. To establish the user plane tunnel between the distributed unit and the centralized unit, the centralized unit needs to notify the distributed unit of a tunnel identifier allocated for the tunnel on the centralized unit side. After obtaining an IP address (this address may be used for all user plane tunnels between the centralized unit and the distributed unit) of the centralized unit and the tunnel identifier allocated by the centralized unit for the tunnel, the distributed unit may send a corresponding user plane message to the centralized unit through the tunnel. Likewise, when sending the user plane message to the distributed unit through the user plane tunnel, the centralized unit needs to obtain in advance an address of the distributed unit and a tunnel identifier allocated by the distributed unit for the tunnel,
S800. Establish a control plane interface between a distributed unit and a centralized unit.