The disclosure relates to a 5G or 6G communication system for supporting a higher data transmission rate. The present disclosure provides a method and equipment for supporting a handover, which discloses: a method performed by a first node in a wireless communication network, including: receiving a handover request message from a core network node; sending a first message including an indication of direct data forwarding to a second node; and receiving a second message including information on data forwarding tunnel allocated by the second node from the second node.