A method for improving a handover success rate of a group of mobile terminals include obtaining a minimum backoff time value according to obtained access parameters, receiving a message from a mobile terminal after entering a new cell, and sending the message to a base station if the message is a handover request message. If the message is not a handover request message, the method includes sending the received message to the base station upon expiry of a predetermine time after the message is received. The predetermined time is greater than or equal to the minimum backoff time value, and the minimum backoff time value is a minimum time value of the predetermined time when the received message from the mobile terminal is not the handover request message.