Heterogeneous self-organizing network for access and backhaul

A wireless communication system having a self-organizing network orchestration architecture comprising:

• a first radio base station configured to provide access to one or more terminal devices via at least one of a first and a second radio access technology;
• a second radio base station configured to provide access to the one or more terminal devices via at least the first radio access technology;
• and
• a self-organizing network (SON) module in a computing cloud configured to receive an environmental condition from one of the first and the second radio base stations via a data path, and based on the received environmental condition, configured to send configuration information to either the first or the second radio base station via the data path to cause adjustment of operational parameters at either the first or the second radio base station,
• wherein the SON module is also configured to receive a second environmental condition from a core network via the data path,
• thereby enabling the SON module to receive real-time network information for network orchestration.