Methods for determining a target network configuration

A node in a communications network for determining a target network configuration for use in providing services to a first operator on the communications network, the node comprising:

• a memory comprising instruction data representing a set of instructions;
• and
• a processor configured to communicate with the memory and to execute the set of instructions, wherein the set of instructions, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to:
• obtain characteristics of the first operator;
• obtain, for a plurality of previous operators in the communications network, characteristics of the previous operators and corresponding target network configurations used for the respective previous operators;
• match the first operator to a second operator selected from the previous operators based on similarity between the characteristics of the first operator and the characteristics of the previous operators;
• and
• determine the target network configuration for the first operator, based on a target network configuration used for the second operator.

A node in a communications network for determining a target network configuration for use in providing services to a first operator on the communications network, the node being adapted to:

• obtain characteristics of the first operator;
• obtain, for a plurality of previous operators in the communications network, characteristics of the previous operators and corresponding target network configurations used for the respective previous operators;
• match the first operator to a second operator selected from the previous operators based on similarity between the characteristics of the first operator and the characteristics of the previous operators;
• and
• determine the target network configuration for the first operator, based on a target network configuration used for the second operator.