A method for cell outage compensation in a communication network system comprising a plurality of communication network nodes (15a, 15b) communicating with one or more user equipments, wherein each communication network node (15a, 15b) is serving at least one cell (19a, 19b), in which the one or more user equipments are situated, via two or more reconfigurable physical antennas (15al, 15a2, 15b1, 15b2) configured according to an initial antenna parameter set, wherein the method comprises the steps of: - determining, by a control unit of at least one communication network node, cell outage in at least one other communication network node; - making, by a switching arrangement of the at least one communication network node, a reconfigurable physical antenna (15a2) of the two or more reconfigurable physical antennas (15al, 15a2, 15bl, 15b2) temporarily available for compensation, wherein making the reconfigurable physical antenna (15a2) temporarily available for compensation comprises muting the reconfigurable physical antenna (15a2) and transmitting n+1 virtual antenna ports from n remaining reconfigurable physical antennas of the at least one communication network node; - preparing, by a reconfiguration arrangement of the at least one communication network node, the available reconfigurable physical antenna (15a2) for compensation by reconfiguring one or more antenna parameters thereof in accordance with a compensating antenna parameter set; - transmitting, by a transmitter of the at least one communication network node, a new compensating cell from the prepared reconfigurable physical antenna (15a2); and - upon cell recovery removing, by the switching and reconfiguration arrangement (34, 38) of the at least one communication network node, the new compensating cell and returning the reconfigurable physical antenna (15a2) of the at least one communication network node to the initial antenna parameter set. - determining, by a control unit of at least one communication network node, cell outage in at least one other communication network node; - making, by a switching arrangement of the at least one communication network node, a reconfigurable physical antenna (15a2) of the two or more reconfigurable physical antennas (15al, 15a2, 15bl, 15b2) temporarily available for compensation, wherein making the reconfigurable physical antenna (15a2) temporarily available for compensation comprises muting the reconfigurable physical antenna (15a2) and transmitting n+1 virtual antenna ports from n remaining reconfigurable physical antennas of the at least one communication network node; - preparing, by a reconfiguration arrangement of the at least one communication network node, the available reconfigurable physical antenna (15a2) for compensation by reconfiguring one or more antenna parameters thereof in accordance with a compensating antenna parameter set; - transmitting, by a transmitter of the at least one communication network node, a new compensating cell from the prepared reconfigurable physical antenna (15a2); and - upon cell recovery removing, by the switching and reconfiguration arrangement (34, 38) of the at least one communication network node, the new compensating cell and returning the reconfigurable physical antenna (15a2) of the at least one communication network node to the initial antenna parameter set.