Patent ID: 8908572

Claim:
A method for obtaining information, used for a source base station to obtain the information from a target base station, wherein the source base station and the target base station communicate with each other through an S 1 interface or X 2 interface, and the method comprises: when the source base station needs to obtain the information from the target base station to hand over a terminal to a neighboring cell that belongs to the target base station, the information comprising handover-related information used for determining a target cell and completing a cell handover, receiving, by the source base station and through an air interface instead of the S 1 interface or X 2 interface, a system message broadcast by the target base station of the neighboring cell, wherein the system message is a message dedicated to communication between the source base station and the target base station through the air interface and the system message carries the information for the source base station to obtain; and parsing, by the source base station, the system message, and obtaining the information, wherein, if a system message of the neighboring cell received by the source base station through the air interface last time is not within a valid period, receiving, through the air interface, a system message broadcast by the target base station of the neighboring cell.