Maximum transmission unit size selection for wireless data transfer

A radio user equipment device, comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, facilitate performance of operations, the operations comprising:
• measuring radio signal condition data representative of a condition of a radio signal;
• selecting an initial maximum transmission unit packet size based on the radio signal condition data as a selected maximum transmission unit packet size, wherein the selecting the initial maximum transmission unit packet size comprises using reference signal received power data and reference signal received quality data associated with the radio signal condition data to retrieve the initial maximum transmission unit packet size from a data store of predetermined initial maximum transmission unit packet sizes, and wherein the data store of predetermined initial maximum transmission unit packet sizes is populated based on selecting initial maximum transmission unit packet sizes for inclusion in the data store based on determining transmission control protocol IP packet retransmission rates and determining transmission control protocol session time out rates at a cell edge, as a function of respective received powers and respective received qualities, for respective reference signals of a group of candidate initial maximum transmission unit packet sizes;
• and
• transferring data between the radio user equipment device and a network device based on the selected maximum transmission unit packet size.