A system to provide wireless service to user equipment using an air interface, the system comprising: a controller communicatively coupled to a core network; and a plurality of radio points associated with a cell and configured to transmit and receive radio frequency signals to and from the user equipment, each of the radio points associated with at least one antenna and located remote from the controller; wherein the plurality of radio points is communicatively coupled to the controller; wherein the controller comprises at least one baseband modem to perform Layer-3, Layer-2, and Layer-1 processing for the air interface; and wherein the controller is configured to automatically control transmit power for the radio points associated with the cell based on operational measurements, OMs, for each radio point, wherein the operational measurements are based on radio resource control messages received at the controller, wherein the OMs comprise at least one of: OMs for each radio point that are indicative of a number of hand-ins to the cell for which that radio point was a primary radio point; OMs for each radio point that are indicative of a number of hand-outs from the cell for which that radio point was a primary radio point; OMs for each radio point that are indicative of leakage from the cell when that radio point was a primary radio point; and OMs for each radio point that are indicative of a number of radio link failures when that radio point was a primary radio point. a controller communicatively coupled to a core network; and a plurality of radio points associated with a cell and configured to transmit and receive radio frequency signals to and from the user equipment, each of the radio points associated with at least one antenna and located remote from the controller; wherein the plurality of radio points is communicatively coupled to the controller; wherein the controller comprises at least one baseband modem to perform Layer-3, Layer-2, and Layer-1 processing for the air interface; and wherein the controller is configured to automatically control transmit power for the radio points associated with the cell based on operational measurements, OMs, for each radio point, wherein the operational measurements are based on radio resource control messages received at the controller, wherein the OMs comprise at least one of: OMs for each radio point that are indicative of a number of hand-ins to the cell for which that radio point was a primary radio point; OMs for each radio point that are indicative of a number of hand-outs from the cell for which that radio point was a primary radio point; OMs for each radio point that are indicative of leakage from the cell when that radio point was a primary radio point; and OMs for each radio point that are indicative of a number of radio link failures when that radio point was a primary radio point. OMs for each radio point that are indicative of a number of hand-ins to the cell for which that radio point was a primary radio point; OMs for each radio point that are indicative of a number of hand-outs from the cell for which that radio point was a primary radio point; OMs for each radio point that are indicative of leakage from the cell when that radio point was a primary radio point; and OMs for each radio point that are indicative of a number of radio link failures when that radio point was a primary radio point.