[Object] To make it possible to automatically decide an MBSFN area to which a cell belongs.[Solution] There is provided an apparatus including an acquisition unit configured to acquire a result of measurement of a reference signal transmitted by one of a target base station and one or more other base stations, the result of the measurement being supplied by the other of the target base station and the one or more other base stations, and a decision unit configured to decide an MBSFN area to which a cell of the target base station belongs based on the result of the measurement.