An electronic apparatus includes a processing circuit configured to: determine a topological position of an IAB node in an IAB network at a subsequent moment, the topological position including a parent node and a donor node of the IAB node; sending a handover request to a donor node of the IAB node of the subsequent moment, so as to request that a handover of the IAB node to the parent node and the donor node of the subsequent moment is performed at the subsequent moment; and sending a handover notification to a donor node of the IAB node of a current moment, the notification comprising the topological position of the IAB node of the subsequent moment, such that the IAB node is connected, on a control plane, to both the donor node of the current moment and the donor node of the subsequent moment.