Coverage determination using correlated radio condition measurements and position estimates

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to coverage monitoring and in particular it relates to determining radio coverage using correlated radio condition measurements and position estimates, for example for small cell deployment in a building. The disclosure relates to methods for coverage determination as well as to corresponding devices and computer programs. According to some aspects, the disclosure proposes a method, performed in a nodeof determining radio coverage of at least one small cell base station in a wireless communications network. The method comprises the steps of obtaining radio condition measurements, wherein a respective first time value is associated to each radio condition measurement. The method further comprises obtaining position estimates defining the position of a wireless device performing the radio condition measurements, wherein a respective second time value is associated to each position estimate and determining radio coverage by correlating each radio condition measurement to one of the obtained position estimates using the first and second time values.