Method and apparatus for pilot configuration in a mobile communications network There is provided a method of operating a central scheduler node in a mobile communications network when one or more mobile devices are located in the coverage area of a first base station and a second base station, the first base station and the second base station having a shared cell identity, the method comprising determining (101) the number of mobile devices that may benefit from a distributed multiple input/multiple output, D-MIMO, mode in which data is transmitted to a mobile device by the first base station and the second base station; and if the number of mobile devices that may benefit from a D-MIMO mode exceeds a threshold, causing (103, 107, 109) said mobile devices, the first base station and the second base station to be configured to operate in the D-MIMO mode.