A cell handover method, comprising: receiving (S401), by a mobile edge computing, MEC server , status information of a mobile terminal that is sent by a source cell, wherein the status information comprises location information and speed information, the source cell serves the mobile terminal , and the MEC server serves the source cell; determining (S402), by the MEC server , a target cell based on the status information, wherein the MEC server serves the target cell, the target cell is neighboring to the source cell, and coverage of the target cell partially overlaps coverage of the source cell; obtaining (S403), by the MEC server , information about a handover area between the source cell and the target cell, wherein the handover area is used for cell handover of the mobile terminal ; determining (S404), by the MEC server based on the status information and the information about the handover area, a handover time point at which a serving cell of the mobile terminal is switched from the source cell to the target cell, comprising: determining, by the MEC server , the handover time point based on the status information, the information about the handover area, and at least one of transition duration information and resource configuration information, wherein the transition duration information is used to indicate duration required by the source cell and the target cell for transiting a Packet Data Convergence Protocol PDCP sequence number SN status of the mobile terminal , and the resource configuration information is used to indicate current usage of an uplink resource of the target cell; and sending (S405), by the MEC server , an identifier of the target cell and information about the handover time point to the mobile terminal by using the source cell. receiving (S401), by a mobile edge computing, MEC server , status information of a mobile terminal that is sent by a source cell, wherein the status information comprises location information and speed information, the source cell serves the mobile terminal , and the MEC server serves the source cell; determining (S402), by the MEC server , a target cell based on the status information, wherein the MEC server serves the target cell, the target cell is neighboring to the source cell, and coverage of the target cell partially overlaps coverage of the source cell; obtaining (S403), by the MEC server , information about a handover area between the source cell and the target cell, wherein the handover area is used for cell handover of the mobile terminal ; determining (S404), by the MEC server based on the status information and the information about the handover area, a handover time point at which a serving cell of the mobile terminal is switched from the source cell to the target cell, comprising: determining, by the MEC server , the handover time point based on the status information, the information about the handover area, and at least one of transition duration information and resource configuration information, wherein the transition duration information is used to indicate duration required by the source cell and the target cell for transiting a Packet Data Convergence Protocol PDCP sequence number SN status of the mobile terminal , and the resource configuration information is used to indicate current usage of an uplink resource of the target cell; and sending (S405), by the MEC server , an identifier of the target cell and information about the handover time point to the mobile terminal by using the source cell. <EOS>