A method, an apparatus, and an edge node controller for selecting an edge node. The edge node controller receives a service request message including a subscriber identifier; obtains the subscriber identifier in the service request message; queries a first mapping relationship between the subscriber identifier and an edge node address according to the subscriber identifier to obtain an edge node address corresponding to the subscriber identifier; and returns a service response message including the edge node address. A subscriber identifier carried in a service request message is used to query a first mapping relationship to obtain an edge node address, and a service response message carrying an address of an edge node selected for a subscriber is delivered, thereby reducing a processing process of identifying different edge nodes by an external server, improving the processing efficiency, and reducing the implementation complexity.