Abstract: This application relates to the communications field, and provides a cell handover method and apparatus. The method is applied to a communications system. The system includes at least a source wireless gateway, a target wireless gateway, and a forwarding device. Both the source wireless gateway and the target wireless gateway are connected to the forwarding device by using a first interface, and the forwarding device is connected to an application server by using the first interface. The method includes: determining, by the source wireless gateway, the target wireless gateway for a terminal based on a measurement report, and sending, by the source wireless gateway, a handover instruction message to the terminal when receiving a handover request acknowledgment message sent by the target wireless gateway.