An apparatus and method are provided for relocation in a Radio Network (RN). The method includes receiving, by a first node, from a second node, a Relocation Request message including information related to an identify of a User Equipment (UE); transmitting, from the first node, to the second node, a Relocation Response message in response to the Relocation Request message; receiving, by the first node, from the UE, a Physical Channel Reconfiguration complete message; and transmitting, from the first node, to the second node, a Relocation complete message.