A method is provided in a base station having multiple directional antenna
elements each providing a corresponding radio coverage lobe to identify
which subset of the lobes covers a user terminal. The base station is a
picocell base station. A user terminal is positioned within the coverage
area of the base station. A subset of the lobes is selected. The base
station applies for a period an adjusted signal power in respect of the
selected subset of the lobes. The signal power is detected and
information dependent upon the detected pilot signal power is provided.
The base station uses said information to determine whether or not the
user terminal is located in the selected subset of lobes. A sub-group of
the subset of lobes is then selected and a corresponding determination is
made whether or not the user terminal is located in the selected
sub-group.