A method for handing over a wireless connection with a user device in a wireless network, the method comprising: receiving (602, 702), by a first base station through which the user device is connected to the wireless network, a downlink-quality report, the downlink-quality report being received from the user device and being associated with one or more downlink signals transmitted from the first base station to the user device; determining, by the first base station, an uplink-quality report, the determining based on evaluation of one or more uplink signals received by the first base station from the user device; negotiating, by the first base station, with a second base station to determine handover parameters, the negotiating including: exchanging, with the second base station, by sending the downlink-quality report and the uplink-quality report to the second base station and receiving a second downlink-quality report and a second uplink-quality report from the second base station, the second downlink-quality report being received by the second base station and the second uplink-quality report being determined by the second base station also communicating with the user device; and determining the handover parameters, by the first base station, based on the received downlink-quality report, the determined uplink-quality report, the second downlink-quality report, and the second uplink-quality report, wherein the handover parameters include a beamforming configuration that the user device is to use to directionally form uplink transmission beams when connecting to the wireless network through the second base station, and transmitting (608, 708), by the first base station and to the user device, a handover command that directs the user device to connect to the wireless network through the second base station by performing a handover in accordance with the determined handover parameters. receiving (602, 702), by a first base station through which the user device is connected to the wireless network, a downlink-quality report, the downlink-quality report being received from the user device and being associated with one or more downlink signals transmitted from the first base station to the user device; determining, by the first base station, an uplink-quality report, the determining based on evaluation of one or more uplink signals received by the first base station from the user device; negotiating, by the first base station, with a second base station to determine handover parameters, the negotiating including: exchanging, with the second base station, by sending the downlink-quality report and the uplink-quality report to the second base station and receiving a second downlink-quality report and a second uplink-quality report from the second base station, the second downlink-quality report being received by the second base station and the second uplink-quality report being determined by the second base station also communicating with the user device; and determining the handover parameters, by the first base station, based on the received downlink-quality report, the determined uplink-quality report, the second downlink-quality report, and the second uplink-quality report, wherein the handover parameters include a beamforming configuration that the user device is to use to directionally form uplink transmission beams when connecting to the wireless network through the second base station, and transmitting (608, 708), by the first base station and to the user device, a handover command that directs the user device to connect to the wireless network through the second base station by performing a handover in accordance with the determined handover parameters. exchanging, with the second base station, by sending the downlink-quality report and the uplink-quality report to the second base station and receiving a second downlink-quality report and a second uplink-quality report from the second base station, the second downlink-quality report being received by the second base station and the second uplink-quality report being determined by the second base station also communicating with the user device; and determining the handover parameters, by the first base station, based on the received downlink-quality report, the determined uplink-quality report, the second downlink-quality report, and the second uplink-quality report, wherein the handover parameters include a beamforming configuration that the user device is to use to directionally form uplink transmission beams when connecting to the wireless network through the second base station, and transmitting (608, 708), by the first base station and to the user device, a handover command that directs the user device to connect to the wireless network through the second base station by performing a handover in accordance with the determined handover parameters.