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 . <EOS>