Adapting radio access network coverage for location-based alerts

Network equipment, comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, facilitate performance of operations, the operations comprising:
• selecting a group of radio access network cells that provide service within a geographic area, comprising:
• selecting the group of radio access network cells that provides at least a target level of service overlap by respective cells of the group of radio access network cells within the geographic area, and
• selecting the group of radio access network cells using respective cell location information and respective cell coverage radius information associated with the respective cells of the group of radio access network cells;
• and
• sending alert information to the group of radio access network cells, via which the alert information is to be sent to multiple user equipment within the geographic area.

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

• sending, via an initial group of radio access network cells in an initial geographic area, an initial alert to initial user equipment within the initial geographic area;
• collecting report information that identifies user equipment among the initial user equipment that did not receive the initial alert;
• analyzing the report information to identify a coverage gap comprising a portion of the initial geographic area that was not served by the initial group of radio access network cells;
• and
• using the coverage gap to configure a group of radio access network cells that enable service within the coverage gap;
• and
• using the group of radio access network cells that enable service within the coverage gap to configure a subsequent group of radio access network cells in a subsequent geographic area comprising the coverage gap, for a subsequent alert to subsequent user equipment in the subsequent geographic area.