Managing a radio access network operation

A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising having computer readable code embodied therein, the computer readable code being configured such that, on execution by a suitable computer or processor, the computer or processor is caused to, for managing a Radio Access Network, RAN, operation performed by a first node in a communication network that comprises a RAN:

• receive a representation of a state of a second node with respect to the RAN operation, wherein the state of the second node comprises a compressed representation of parameter values that describe at least one of a physical state, a radio environment or a physical environment experienced by the second node or experienced by at least one node that is connected to the communication network via the second node;
• use the received state representation to generate a configuration action for the RAN operation;
• and
• initiate configuration of the RAN operation in accordance with the generated configuration action.

A first node in a communication network comprising a Radio Access Network, RAN, the first node for managing a RAN operation performed by the first node and comprising processing circuitry and memory, wherein the memory may contain instructions executable by the processing circuitry, and wherein the processing circuitry is configured to:

• receive a representation of a state of a second node with respect to the RAN operation, wherein the state of the second node comprises a compressed representation of parameter values that describe at least one of a physical state, a radio environment or a physical environment experienced by the second node or by at least one node that is connected to the communication network via the second node;
• use the received state representation to generate a configuration action for the RAN operation;
• and
• initiate configuration of the RAN operation in accordance with the generated configuration action.