| CPC H04W 28/0263 (2013.01) | 12 Claims |

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5. A distributed unit (DU), the DU comprising:
a transceiver; and
at least one processor coupled with the transceiver and configured to:
receive, from a central unit (CU), configuration information including information related to an internet protocol (IP) header and information related to a backhaul channel; and
map at least one bearer to the backhaul channel, based on the configuration information,
wherein in case that a downlink traffic is transferred by an IPV6 packet, the information related to the IP header includes information about differentiated services (DS) of the downlink traffic, and information about an IPV6 flow label of the downlink traffic.
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