An apparatus for establishing a traffic path and forwarding an established traffic path in a mobile communication system is provided, which includes: a memory storing at least one program; a transceiver transmitting and receiving at least one signal; and a processor executing at least one program stored in the memory, wherein the processor is configured to: obtain at least one of topology information and load information, compute a traffic path for each application based on at least one of the topology information and the load information, and generate a routing identification (RID) for each application based on the computed traffic path.