System and method for reporting measurements in a communication system

摘要

The present invention deals with a system, method and control unit for controlling the periodic reporting of measurements in a communication system from an access point ( 103 ) to a control unit ( 105 ) over a control interface ( 104 ). The measurements are used by algorithms in the control unit ( 105 ) for controlling resource allocation at the access point ( 103 ). The reporting of measurements are controlled by dynamically determining a frequency for periodical reporting of each periodic measurement report from the access point ( 103 ) to the control unit ( 105 ) based on information on a number of links ( 102 ) currently handled by the access point ( 103 ) and such that a total aggregate frequency of periodical reporting of the number of periodic measurement reports does not exceed the limited total capacity of the control interface ( 104 ).