Adaptive configuration of modulation and coding scheme tables for new radio

A radio network node, comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, facilitate performance of operations, the operations comprising:
• selecting, based on performance data, a selected modulation and coding scheme table from defined modulation and coding scheme tables capable of being used by a user equipment, wherein the performance data comprises at least a location of the user equipment in a cell, and the selecting comprises selecting the selected modulation and coding scheme table based at least on the user equipment location in the cell;
• and
• configuring the user equipment with the selected modulation and coding scheme table for use by the user equipment in decoding physical shared channel transmissions.

A machine-readable storage medium, comprising executable instructions that, when executed by a processor of a network node, facilitate performance of operations, the operations comprising:

• determining performance data, wherein the performance data comprises at least a location of a user equipment in a cell;
• evaluating the performance data, and in response to the evaluating the performance data, selecting a modulation and coding scheme table from a group of defined modulation and coding scheme tables capable of being used by the user equipment, resulting in a selected modulation and coding scheme table, wherein the selecting comprises selecting the selected modulation and coding scheme table based at least on the user equipment location in the cell;
• and
• configuring the user equipment with the selected modulation and coding scheme table.