Abstract:
A method, an apparatus, and a system for security processing in a handover process in the field of communication technologies are provided, including: in a handover preparation and handover execution processes performed by a user equipment UE and a source node and a target node on a network side, obtaining, by the target node, security capability information of the UE provided by the source node or a security verification entity, where the security verification entity includes a gateway in case of UE handover under a NodeB or a donor NodeB in case of UE handover under a relay node; and if the source node provides the security capability information of the UE.