Abstract: The present disclosure presents a method and an apparatus for determining a target cell that is under cell identifier confusion during handovers at a small cell. For example, the disclosure presents a method that includes detecting that a target cell confusion exists at a source small cell for a target physical cell identity (PCI) during a handover of a user equipment (UE) from the source small cell to a target small cell, comparing PCI information reported by the UE during the handover with PCI information of neighbors of each of the plurality of neighboring small cells with the same PCI value, determining whether the target small cell has been identified based at least on the PCI comparison, and performing the handover of the UE from the source small cell to the target small cell. As such, a target cell may be determined.

Abstract: The present disclosure presents a method and an apparatus for determining a target cell that is under cell identifier confusion during handovers at a small cell. For example, the disclosure presents a method that includes detecting that a target cell confusion exists at a source small cell for a target physical cell identity (PCI) during a handover of a user equipment (UE) from the source small cell to a target small cell, comparing PCI information reported by the UE during the handover with PCI information of neighbors of each of the plurality of neighboring small cells with the same PCI value, determining whether the target small cell has been identified based at least on the PCI comparison, and performing the handover of the UE from the source small cell to the target small cell. As such, a target cell may be determined.