1. A method for jointly adjusting Time-To-Trigger (TTT) and offset handover parameters used for handover detection within a given serving cell, the method comprising: receiving, during a preliminary sensing phase and from a plurality of mobile stations served by the serving cell, measurement samples of the serving cell and of respective neighboring cells carried out by the respective mobile stations at successive and regular time instances, the measurement samples being indicative of the respective strengths or qualities of pilot signals received by the respective mobile stations from the respective serving and neighboring cells, determining delta values indicative of the time-indexed difference between respective ones of the measurement samples of the serving cell and corresponding ones of the measurement samples of the neighboring cells; and determining near-optimal values for the handover parameters by statistical characterization of the ensembles of delta values for the plurality of mobile stations.