Patent ID: 9578519
Date: 2017-02-21
CPC Classifications: H01Q,H04W

Claim:
1. A method for determining antenna settings associated with one or more network nodes in a wireless communications network, the method comprising: detecting an event in the wireless communications network, the event indicating a need for adjustment of at least one antenna setting of said one or more network nodes in the wireless communications network; and determining said adjustment of said at least one antenna setting by: identifying stored key performance information based on the event; assessing a candidate set of possible antenna settings of said one or more network nodes, wherein the candidate set is defined by the key performance information, wherein the key performance information is obtained from testing at least one of the antenna settings during at least one optimization procedure, and wherein at least one of key performance information values resulting from the at least one optimization procedure are stored to form said stored key performance information; and selecting one entry from the candidate set of antenna settings based on said assessing, said one entry defining said adjustment, to be the determined antenna setting.