Patent ID: 8385900

Claim:
A method of modifying communication parameters of a wireless network, the wireless network having at least two antennas, and each of the antennas providing coverage to at least one sector, the method comprising: obtaining measurement data for at least two sectors of the wireless network; determining, from the obtained measurement data, whether a signal strength indicator of one or more sectors of the at least two sectors is at or below a target value; determining, when the signal strength indicator of the one or more sectors is at or below the target value, a communication parameter to be applied to the wireless network such that the signal strength indicator of the one or more sectors is above the target value; and modifying the communication parameters of the wireless network such that the determined communication parameter is applied to the wireless network, and the one or more sectors each having one or more modifiable vertexes, said determining the communication parameter includes: determining which of the one or more vertexes of the one or more sectors to modify; evaluating a cost function associated with the one or more vertexes determined to be modified; and determining the communication parameters to be applied to the wireless network based on the cost function evaluated to optimize the wireless network.