Patent ID: 10652787

Abstract:
Embodiment of the present disclosure relates to resolving physical cell identity confusion in heterogenous networks. In one embodiment, a method is disclosed, comprising: receiving a handover request including a first physical cell identity of a first target base station [120A]; comparing the first physical cell identity with a neighbour list comprising the first physical cell identity of the first target base station [120A] and a second physical cell identity of a second target base station [120B]; transmitting an identifier of an access point [130A, 130B, 130C, 130D] to the first target base station base stations [120A] and the second target base station [120B]; and analysing response messages received from each of the first target base stations [120A] and the second target base station [120B] for performing a handover from a serving base station [102] to one of the first target base station [120A] and the second target base station [120B].