CONFIGURATION OF ACCESS POINTS IN A TELECOMMUNICATIONS NETWORK

摘要

A GSM or UMTS mobile telecommunications network is disclosed. In addition to the conventional radio access network comprising macro base stations additional access points AP1,....AP6 are provided. The access points are connected to the network core 140 by an IP transport broadband connection via hub 200 and concentrator 30. The access points are configured to appear to a mobile terminal as a conventional base station - that is, it communicates with the mobile terminal using GSM or UMTS protocols and does not require any modification to a standard GSM or UMTS mobile terminal. The access points are associated as a cluster, the mobile terminal may be handed over from one access point of the cluster to another access point of the cluster. A procedure is disclosed for performing automatic initial configuration of the access points such that one or more of the access points in turn operates in a transmit mode while the other access points operate in a receive mode only. The strength of the received signal by each of the received access points is processed by processor 204 associated with the concentrator 30 which calculates and then provides set up parameters to each of the access points to provide optimum radio coverage within premises 202.