A method for adjusting an antenna configuration of a terminal device in a cellular communication system, the cellular communication system comprising a base station and the terminal device, the terminal device comprising a plurality of antenna elements, the method comprising: - providing, in the terminal device, a plurality of preset antenna configurations, each antenna configuration of the plurality of preset antenna configurations defining at least one reception parameter for the plurality of antenna elements, - determining a reception characteristic of a signal transmission sent from the base station and received at the plurality of antenna elements, characterized by: - comparing the determined reception characteristic with a threshold value, and - depending on the result of the comparison adjusting the antenna configuration either according to a channel sounding procedure or by - performing consecutively for each antenna configuration of the plurality of preset antenna configurations: - applying the antenna configuration to the plurality of antenna elements, and - determining a reception characteristic of a signal transmission sent from the base station and received at the plurality of antenna elements with the applied antenna configuration, - selecting one antenna configuration of the plurality of preset antenna configurations based on the plurality of reception characteristics determined for the plurality of preset antenna configurations, and - applying the selected antenna configuration to the plurality of antenna elements for further signal transmissions. - providing, in the terminal device, a plurality of preset antenna configurations, each antenna configuration of the plurality of preset antenna configurations defining at least one reception parameter for the plurality of antenna elements, - determining a reception characteristic of a signal transmission sent from the base station and received at the plurality of antenna elements, - comparing the determined reception characteristic with a threshold value, and - depending on the result of the comparison adjusting the antenna configuration either according to a channel sounding procedure or by - performing consecutively for each antenna configuration of the plurality of preset antenna configurations: - applying the antenna configuration to the plurality of antenna elements, and - determining a reception characteristic of a signal transmission sent from the base station and received at the plurality of antenna elements with the applied antenna configuration, - selecting one antenna configuration of the plurality of preset antenna configurations based on the plurality of reception characteristics determined for the plurality of preset antenna configurations, and - applying the selected antenna configuration to the plurality of antenna elements for further signal transmissions. - performing consecutively for each antenna configuration of the plurality of preset antenna configurations: - applying the antenna configuration to the plurality of antenna elements, and - determining a reception characteristic of a signal transmission sent from the base station and received at the plurality of antenna elements with the applied antenna configuration, - applying the antenna configuration to the plurality of antenna elements, and - determining a reception characteristic of a signal transmission sent from the base station and received at the plurality of antenna elements with the applied antenna configuration, - selecting one antenna configuration of the plurality of preset antenna configurations based on the plurality of reception characteristics determined for the plurality of preset antenna configurations, and - applying the selected antenna configuration to the plurality of antenna elements for further signal transmissions.