Patent ID: 8792364

Claim:
A method of providing telecommunications network radio coverage in a region, the method comprising: identifying a plurality of associated access points as a cluster that provides radio coverage in the region; and performing a configuration procedure by: notifying each of the plurality of associated access points of identity information of others of the plurality of associated access points in the cluster; causing at least two of the plurality of access points to transmit in turn while the others of said access points are caused to receive only; obtaining measurements of received signals at each of the other receive-only access points for each iteration of the at least two access points transmitting signals in turn; calculating optimum parameters for each of said access points on the basis of the measurements; configuring each of said access points in accordance with the calculated parameters; designating at least one of said access points located near an edge of the region as a gateway access point; and setting parameters of the plurality of associated access points, so that a mobile terminal registered with an access point of the cluster can only handover or reselect to a base station external to the cluster, when registered with the gateway access point.