Detecting handover failures at an access point

A first access point (AP) for detecting a handover failure, comprising:

• a memory;
• and
• at least one processor coupled to the memory and configured to:
• identify, at the first AP, that a user equipment (UE) is connected to the first AP;
• receive, at the first AP, a UE context release command message from a mobile management entity (MME), wherein the UE context release command message is triggered by the MME in response to receiving an initial non-access stratum (NAS) message from a second AP and includes a cause value of NAS unspecified;
• detect, at the first AP, a handover failure of the UE from the first AP to the second AP based at least on the UE context release command message from the MME;
• and
• modify, at the first AP, one or more parameters in response to detecting the handover failure.