A method for testing inter-cell interference coordination capabilities of wireless access nodes, the method comprising: in a network equipment test device: emulating at least one user equipment, UE, served by a wireless access node under test, wherein the wireless access node under test comprises an evolved Node B, e-Node B,; emulating a wireless access node; causing the emulated wireless access node to generate and send an indication of inter-cell interference coordination to the wireless access node under test, wherein the indication of inter-cell interference coordination is carried in inter-cell interference coordination parameters of a load information message; characterized by monitoring a response of the wireless access node under test to the indication of inter-cell interference coordination using the network equipment test device, wherein monitoring the response of the wireless access node under test to the indication of inter-cell interference coordination includes evaluating inter-cell interference avoidance capabilities of the e-Node B under test by determining and reporting a time delay between sending of the load information message communicating the indication of inter-cell interference coordination to the e-Node B under test and noticing a change in resource block allocation pattern, decoding downlink DCIs received from the e-Node B under test and determining whether a downlink resource block allocation are responsive to the inter-cell interference coordination parameters in the load information message. in a network equipment test device: emulating at least one user equipment, UE, served by a wireless access node under test, wherein the wireless access node under test comprises an evolved Node B, e-Node B,; emulating a wireless access node; causing the emulated wireless access node to generate and send an indication of inter-cell interference coordination to the wireless access node under test, wherein the indication of inter-cell interference coordination is carried in inter-cell interference coordination parameters of a load information message; characterized by monitoring a response of the wireless access node under test to the indication of inter-cell interference coordination using the network equipment test device, wherein monitoring the response of the wireless access node under test to the indication of inter-cell interference coordination includes evaluating inter-cell interference avoidance capabilities of the e-Node B under test by determining and reporting a time delay between sending of the load information message communicating the indication of inter-cell interference coordination to the e-Node B under test and noticing a change in resource block allocation pattern, decoding downlink DCIs received from the e-Node B under test and determining whether a downlink resource block allocation are responsive to the inter-cell interference coordination parameters in the load information message. emulating at least one user equipment, UE, served by a wireless access node under test, wherein the wireless access node under test comprises an evolved Node B, e-Node B,; emulating a wireless access node; causing the emulated wireless access node to generate and send an indication of inter-cell interference coordination to the wireless access node under test, wherein the indication of inter-cell interference coordination is carried in inter-cell interference coordination parameters of a load information message; characterized by monitoring a response of the wireless access node under test to the indication of inter-cell interference coordination using the network equipment test device, wherein monitoring the response of the wireless access node under test to the indication of inter-cell interference coordination includes evaluating inter-cell interference avoidance capabilities of the e-Node B under test by determining and reporting a time delay between sending of the load information message communicating the indication of inter-cell interference coordination to the e-Node B under test and noticing a change in resource block allocation pattern, decoding downlink DCIs received from the e-Node B under test and determining whether a downlink resource block allocation are responsive to the inter-cell interference coordination parameters in the load information message.