James,
You can increase the “target filtering” threshold. This is the mechanism that occurs after the detection of HO, and which filters out all the cells which do not propose a better RXLEV than the current cell.
For instance :
cell A is serving, threshold for HO due to low rxlev = -93dBm. The “filtering” threshold = +2dB
At a certain point, RXLEV(A) = -95dBm
The only possible targets are the neighbors that give more than -93dBm + 2dB = -91dBm.
If a neighbor is less than -91dBm, it cannot be a candidate. Therefore, the final candidate will have a much better level than cell A. It strongly reduces the risk of ping pong handover, if the pingpong occurs because during a HO “low rxlev”.
If the pingpong occurs during a better cell HO, you should increase the HO margin a little bit, increase the averaging window, and/or increase the ping pong margin.
Regards,
Pix