A user equipment (210, 310, 450-470, 520-560) in a multiple radio access technology, multi-RAT, heterogeneous network that is operable to provide node-selection measurement information to a central controller (260, 360), the user equipment (210, 310, 450-470, 520-560) having computer circuitry configured to: determine the node-selection measurement information at the user equipment (210, 310, 450-470, 520-560) for a plurality of nodes (120-160; 220-250; 320, 330-350; 410; 510, 550, 580) in the multi-RAT heterogeneous network, wherein the node-selection measurement information is determined using one or more of a data rate, a SNR or a SINR of the user equipment (210, 310, 450-470, 520-560) relative to one or more nodes (120-160; 220-250; 320, 330-350; 410; 510, 550, 580) in the multi-RAT heterogeneous network; and communicate the node-selection measurement information from the user equipment (210, 310, 450-470, 520-560) to the central controller (260, 360); characterized in that the computer circuitry is further configured to: receive a multi-RAT heterogeneous network node grouping assignment for the user equipment (210, 310, 450-470, 520-560) from the central controller (260, 360) based on the node-selection measurement information; and select a cell or radio access technology (120-160; 220-250; 320, 330-350; 410; 510, 550, 580) from a group of cells or radio access technologies, respectively, the said cells or radio access technologies being identified by the multi-RAT heterogeneous network node grouping assignment, wherein one or more of a minimum and maximum data rate, the SNR or the SINR is equalized for each multi-RAT heterogeneous network node grouping assignment for user equipments (210, 310, 450-470, 520-560) in the multi-RAT heterogeneous network. determine the node-selection measurement information at the user equipment (210, 310, 450-470, 520-560) for a plurality of nodes (120-160; 220-250; 320, 330-350; 410; 510, 550, 580) in the multi-RAT heterogeneous network, wherein the node-selection measurement information is determined using one or more of a data rate, a SNR or a SINR of the user equipment (210, 310, 450-470, 520-560) relative to one or more nodes (120-160; 220-250; 320, 330-350; 410; 510, 550, 580) in the multi-RAT heterogeneous network; and communicate the node-selection measurement information from the user equipment (210, 310, 450-470, 520-560) to the central controller (260, 360); characterized in that the computer circuitry is further configured to: receive a multi-RAT heterogeneous network node grouping assignment for the user equipment (210, 310, 450-470, 520-560) from the central controller (260, 360) based on the node-selection measurement information; and select a cell or radio access technology (120-160; 220-250; 320, 330-350; 410; 510, 550, 580) from a group of cells or radio access technologies, respectively, the said cells or radio access technologies being identified by the multi-RAT heterogeneous network node grouping assignment, wherein one or more of a minimum and maximum data rate, the SNR or the SINR is equalized for each multi-RAT heterogeneous network node grouping assignment for user equipments (210, 310, 450-470, 520-560) in the multi-RAT heterogeneous network. receive a multi-RAT heterogeneous network node grouping assignment for the user equipment (210, 310, 450-470, 520-560) from the central controller (260, 360) based on the node-selection measurement information; and select a cell or radio access technology (120-160; 220-250; 320, 330-350; 410; 510, 550, 580) from a group of cells or radio access technologies, respectively, the said cells or radio access technologies being identified by the multi-RAT heterogeneous network node grouping assignment, wherein one or more of a minimum and maximum data rate, the SNR or the SINR is equalized for each multi-RAT heterogeneous network node grouping assignment for user equipments (210, 310, 450-470, 520-560) in the multi-RAT heterogeneous network.