A method includes: receiving, by an intent management device, a service intent from a requirement device, where the service intent is used to indicate service requirement information, and the service requirement information includes service access time information of at least one terminal device and service access location information of the at least one terminal device; and determining network configuration information based on the service intent, and configuring a network based on the network configuration information; or determining first information based on the service intent, and sending the first information to a network management device, where the first information includes network configuration information or network intent information, the network configuration information is used to indicate a radio resource configuration, and the network intent information is used to describe an effect of a network configuration.