A method and system for creating a global neighbor list is disclosed. The method may be implemented at a serving base station and includes instructing each Mobile Station (MS) served by the serving BS to report a signal strength between the each MS and one or more neighbor BSs for one or more predefined time periods; identifying, using a hardware processor, at least one neighbor BS of the one or more neighbor BSs having a signal strength with respect to one or more MSs greater than a threshold signal strength; determining, using the hardware processor, a number of times the at least one neighbor BS is reported in the one or more predefined time periods; and creating, using the hardware processor, the global neighbor list based on the number of times the at least one neighbor BS is reported exceeding a predefined count threshold.