A method for operating a base station in a wireless radio network, the base station comprising a plurality of antennas for transmitting radio frequency signals between the base station and a user equipment (UE1, UE2, UE3), wherein the method comprises: - receiving at each antenna of a subset of the plurality of antennas a training signal sent from the user equipment (UE1, UE2, UE3) at a first point in time, - determining for each antenna of the subset a corresponding first configuration parameter based on the training signal received at the corresponding antenna at the first point in time, - receiving at each antenna of the subset of the plurality of antennas a training signal sent from the user equipment (UE1, UE2, UE3) at a second point in time which is different from the first point in time, - determining for each antenna of the subset a corresponding second configuration parameter based on the training signal received at the corresponding antenna at the second point in time, and - determining for each antenna of the subset a corresponding predicted configuration parameter based on the first and second configuration parameters (P1, P2), characterized in that determining for each antenna of the subset the corresponding predicted configuration parameter comprises: - arranging the first configuration parameters in a first matrix having a predefined matrix format, - arranging the second configuration parameters in a second matrix having the predefined matrix format, - determining a characteristic configuration parameter pattern based on the first matrix and the second matrix, the characteristic configuration parameter pattern comprising a set of configuration parameters which is arranged at a first position in the first matrix and at a second position in the second matrix, - determining a predicted position of the characteristic configuration parameter pattern based on the first position and the second position, - determining a predicted matrix having the predefined matrix format based on the characteristic configuration parameter pattern and the predicted position, and - determining for each antenna of the subset the corresponding predicted configuration parameter based on the predicted matrix. - receiving at each antenna of a subset of the plurality of antennas a training signal sent from the user equipment (UE1, UE2, UE3) at a first point in time, - determining for each antenna of the subset a corresponding first configuration parameter based on the training signal received at the corresponding antenna at the first point in time, - receiving at each antenna of the subset of the plurality of antennas a training signal sent from the user equipment (UE1, UE2, UE3) at a second point in time which is different from the first point in time, - determining for each antenna of the subset a corresponding second configuration parameter based on the training signal received at the corresponding antenna at the second point in time, and - determining for each antenna of the subset a corresponding predicted configuration parameter based on the first and second configuration parameters (P1, P2), - arranging the first configuration parameters in a first matrix having a predefined matrix format, - arranging the second configuration parameters in a second matrix having the predefined matrix format, - determining a characteristic configuration parameter pattern based on the first matrix and the second matrix, the characteristic configuration parameter pattern comprising a set of configuration parameters which is arranged at a first position in the first matrix and at a second position in the second matrix, - determining a predicted position of the characteristic configuration parameter pattern based on the first position and the second position, - determining a predicted matrix having the predefined matrix format based on the characteristic configuration parameter pattern and the predicted position, and - determining for each antenna of the subset the corresponding predicted configuration parameter based on the predicted matrix.