SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR OPTIMIZING WIRELESS NETWORKS

A base station operates in a wireless communication network to provide communications coverage for user equipment. The base station maintains a neighbor list of information about other stations. The neighbor list can be autonomously created and updated using information from measurement reports from user equipment, measurement reports from receivers local to the base station, and configuration reports from remote base stations. The base station uses the neighbor list in managing certain operations in a communication network, for example, to determine potential targets for handover of user equipment. The neighbor list can also be used for self-organizing network (SON) operations, such as radio parameter and resource management, and load balancing.