Method for Determining a Base Station to Hand Over a Cellular Device To

A femtocell access point, comprising:

• a sniffer configured to:
• measure a base station cell parameter difference between the femtocell access point and each neighboring base station, and
• to provide wireless service to a cellular device that has entered a femtocell supported by the femtocell access point based on a handover procedure from a neighboring base station to the femtocell access point for the cellular device that is executed by a core network controller, wherein the handover procedure is based on the base station cell parameter difference being substantially equivalent to a cellular device cell parameter difference between the neighboring base station and the femtocell access point;
• and
• a cellular transceiver configured to transmit and receive a cellular signal for the cellular device that has entered the femtocell supported by the femtocell access point.

A method for determining a base station to hand over a cellular device to, comprising:

• requesting, by a core network controller, an identification of each base station from a plurality of base stations;
• identifying, by the core network controller, an ambiguity between a first base station and a second base station that each have a substantially similar identification;
• providing, by the cellular device, a cellular device cell parameter difference, wherein the cellular device cell parameter difference is a cell parameter difference between an original base station that includes an original cell that the cellular device is located in and a neighboring base station;
• providing, by each base station, a base station cell parameter difference, wherein the base station cell parameter difference is a cell parameter difference between each base station and the original base station;
• comparing, by the core network controller, each base station cell parameter difference with the cellular device cell parameter difference;
• and
• executing, by the core network controller, a handover procedure for the cellular device from the original base station to the base station with the base station cell parameter difference that is substantially equivalent to the cellular device cell parameter difference.