Cell ID disambiguation

A method for forking a handover request, comprising:

• receiving, by a coordinating node performing eNodeB or MME aggregation, a handover request from a source base station;
• processing the handover request;
• determining that a target handover cell in the handover request is in use by a plurality of base stations;
• generating copies of the handover request;
• sending one copy of the request to a next processing node in a core network, wherein the next processing node is a target MME or the coordinating node,
• sending, by the next processing node in the core network, one copy of the request to each of the plurality of base stations identifying the target handover cell in the handover request;
• determining, by each base station receiving a copy of the request, whether a User Equipment (UE) identified in the request is in a vicinity of the next processing node;
• and
• when the UE is in the vicinity of the next processing node, executing the handover request.