The possbile reasons are list below: 1. RF Interference at the target cell 2.

tight reuse of the same pair of BSIC and BCCH ARFCN 3. Same frequency but different BSIC, but same BCC may also cause handover failu re 4. Synchronisation Problem 5. different ciphering settings between 2 cells which belong to 2 different MSCs /BSCs if you have ciphering enabled. 6. DL and UL unbalance, for example, TMA, DL signal is strong but UL signal is w eak, this will cause handover failure 7. Too high BTS output power, too low MS power setting. 8. Lower power on TCH than on BCCH in target Cell Check power parameter setting. 9. low/incorrect handover power level in the HANDOVER COMMAND so target cell can 't detect the handover access message 10. target cell problem that didn't send the physical information for non-synchr onized handover. Reasons : -Neighbours Definition with Co BCCH and BSIC. -Wrong HO Synchronisation. -Non Symmetrical (One Way Neighbours). -Adjacencies Discrepancies. -High TCH Congestion. -Missing Potential Neighbours. -Missing Frequencies on Active State of BA List. -Creation of unwanted far of Neighbours with low signal strength -Abis failure (PCM related faults). -VSWR-DAC Values Issues. -BTS Hardware Issues.