The disclosure relates to a communication technique for converging a 5G communication system for supporting a higher data transfer rate beyond a 4G system with an IoT technology, and a system therefor. The disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on a 5G communication technology and an IoT-related technology. A method of a terminal is provided that includes receiving, from a source base station, configuration information for a handover to a target base station, the configuration information including information on at least one of a first type random access procedure and a second type random access procedure, identifying a type of random access procedure based on the configuration information, and performing a random access procedure to the target base station based on the identified type.