Patent Document ID: 8942753
Application ID: 13394849
Patent Flag: 1

Claim One:
1. A method of generating, by genetic programming, evolved algorithms for adjusting base station transmission power to control coverage of a cell to assist in providing desired base station operating characteristics, said method comprising: generating, using predetermined functions and terminals defined in a functions and terminals list, a plurality of evolved algorithms each of which determine whether, for any particular base station operating conditions, to adjust said base station transmission power; determining a fitness level indicative of each evolved algorithm's ability to adjust base station transmission power to control coverage to achieve said desired base station operating characteristics under expected operating conditions, wherein the determining comprises simulating operation of a base station when using each of said evolved algorithms under said expected operating conditions to generate simulated operating metrics and applying those simulated operating metrics to a fitness function representing said desired base station operating characteristics to determine said fitness level; and iteratively performing the generating and determining to generate further evolved algorithms using at least one of said evolved algorithms determined to have achieved a particular fitness level.