A BASE STATION CHANGES A PARAMETER AFFECTING ITS OPERATION AT THE START OF A REPEATING MEASURMENT PERIOD, ANALYSES THE AFFECT AND SELECTS THE OPTIMUM VALUE.

摘要

A network, preferably a telecommunications network, includes a network core 40, a node, preferably a base station, 3 that operates in accordance with a parameter value and is operable to record performance data during a repeating measurement period and means for instructing the node to change the parameter value, wherein the node includes means for implementing the change at a predetermined point in the repeating measurement period, preferably at the beginning of the period. The parameter value may be repeatedly changed between a first and second value and may be changed in a plurality of nodes simultaneously. The network may also comprise means for analysing the performance data during periods in which the parameter has different values and may select the optimum value in dependence upon the analysis.