Patent ID: 8600384

Claim:
A method for parameter optimization of at least one interlayer handover in a multilayer wireless cellular communication network, the method comprising: retrieving performance information for the communication network, wherein the communication network comprises a macrolayer that presents at least one macrocell and a microlayer that presents at least one microcell; averaging the retrieved performance information for the communication network over a predetermined period of time; determining based on the averaged performance information whether optimization of the communication network is required; and in response to determining that optimization of the communication network is required, optimizing the interlayer handover by capturing a current set of configuration parameters for the interlayer handover, generating a new set of configuration parameters for the interlayer handover based on the retrieved performance information and the current set of configuration parameters by relaxing a threshold condition for entering the microlayer when congestion in the macrocell is detected and congestion or quality degradation are not detected in the microcell, and applying the new set of configuration parameters to the communication network.