The present disclosure discloses a wireless communication method, user equipment, and an access network device. The method includes: when user equipment (UE) is to transmit an uplink first data flow, if the first data flow is a new data flow and the first data flow belongs to a service pre-authorized to the UE, sending, by the UE, a bearer setup request to an access network device; and receiving, by the UE, a bearer setup response sent by the access network device, where the bearer setup response includes a bearer identifier, and the bearer identifier is an identifier of a bearer that is set up.