Patent ID: 8780801

Claim:
A method for automatically configuring a neighbor cell list, NCL, for a base station in a cellular wireless network, comprising: receiving measurement reports for neighbor cells from a plurality of mobile stations; grouping the reports by the neighbor cell with which each is associated; wherein the reports are collected in a statistics module which orders them in a matrix of mobile stations against related neighbor cells to form the reports in groups; using information from the statistics module in configuring the NCL by accessing the statistics module to determine the group with the most reports over a threshold quality from non-handover enabled mobile stations; denoting the mobile stations reporting said most reports as handover-covered and adding the cell with which that group is associated to the NCL; re-accessing the statistics module to determine a next group with the most reports over a threshold quality from non-handover enabled mobile stations; and, selecting neighbor cells for inclusion in the NCL depending on the number of reports in their respective groups.