A handover control apparatus and an operation method of a handover control apparatus are provided. The handover control apparatus includes an information identification unit which ascertains movement direction information of a terminal and location information of a plurality of neighboring RASs adjacent to the terminal and a scanning order determination unit which determines a scanning order for a handover with respect to the plurality of neighboring RASs using the movement direction information of the terminal and the location information of the plurality of neighboring RASs.