Patent ID: 8718654

Claim:
A method of coverage hole compensation in a wireless telecommunications network including a plurality of base station transmitters, each transmitter providing a coverage area for communication with user equipment, wherein a coverage hole is present within a coverage area provided by a transmitting transmitter, the method comprising: selecting transmitters which are to be adjusted, including a first dominant transmitter within the coverage hole, and adjusting a transmission parameter of the selected transmitters, wherein the amount of adjustment of the selected first dominant transmitter in the coverage hole is greater than the amount of adjustment of any other selected transmitter, wherein: selecting transmitters which are to be adjusted includes selecting a dominant transmitter within the coverage hole as a first adjusted transmitter, selecting a second dominant transmitter within the coverage hole, as a second adjusted transmitter; and transmission parameter adjustment includes making a first transmission parameter adjustment to the first adjusted transmitter to tend to improve coverage within the coverage hole; and making a comparatively smaller second transmission parameter adjustment to the second adjusted transmitter to compensate for the coverage change caused by the first transmission parameter adjustment.