Systems and methods for key performance indicator reporting by user equipment devices in cellular wireless networks

A device comprising:

• a processor configured to:
• select a plurality of user equipment (UE) devices associated with a user group and a device type, wherein the plurality of UE devices connect to a core network via a Radio Access Network (RAN);
• select a plurality of key performance indicator (KPI) parameters to be collected by particular ones of the plurality of UE devices;
• instruct the plurality of UE devices to report values for the plurality of KPI parameters;
• obtain the reported values for the plurality of KPI parameters from the plurality of UE devices;
• and
• perform a Self-Organizing Network (SON) action to change a configuration of the RAN or the core network based on the obtained values for the plurality of KPI parameters wherein, when performing the SON action, the processor is configured to:
• execute the SON action by the device;
• or
• send an instruction to a SON system to perform the SON action.

A non-transitory computer-readable memory device storing instructions executable by a processor, the non-transitory computer-readable memory device comprising:

• one or more instructions to select a plurality of user equipment (UE) devices associated with a user group and a device type, wherein the plurality of UE devices connect to a core network via a Radio Access Network (RAN);
• one or more instructions to select a plurality of key performance indicator (KPI) parameters to be collected by particular ones of the plurality of UE devices;
• one or more instructions to instruct the plurality of UE devices to report values for the plurality of KPI parameters;
• one or more instructions to obtain the reported values for the plurality of KPI parameters from the plurality of UE devices;
• and
• one or more instructions to perform a Self-Organizing Network (SON) action to change a configuration of the RAN based on the obtained values for the plurality of KPI parameters, wherein the one or more instructions to perform the SON action include:
• one or more instructions to execute the SON action;
• or
• one or more instructions to send an instruction to a SON system to perform the SON action.