Smart cell zooming - reinforcement learning for energy-saving

A method, comprising:

• receiving, by base station equipment comprising at least one processor, a group of key performance indicators representative of cell equipment load data and user equipment coverage data, wherein the group of key performance indicators is received from a group of cell equipment;
• based on the cell equipment load data and the user equipment coverage data, using, by the base station equipment, a trained reinforcement learning model to identify a candidate cell equipment from the group of cell equipment, wherein the candidate cell equipment is identified from at least one of the group of cell equipment comprising a capability to modify a broadcast coverage area associated with the candidate cell equipment;
• based on the group of key performance indicators, determining, by the base station equipment, an action to be performed by the candidate cell equipment and a zooming factor value to be used by the candidate cell equipment to modify the broadcast coverage area associated with the candidate cell equipment;
• and
• sending, by the base station equipment to the candidate cell equipment, action data representative of the action to be performed and the zooming factor value.

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

• receiving, from respective network equipment, respective key performance indicator data representative of network equipment load data representative of respective loads corresponding to the respective cell equipment and user equipment coverage data representative of respective coverages of the respective cell equipment;
• based on the network equipment load data and the user equipment coverage data, and based on an output from a trained reinforcement learning model, selecting a candidate network equipment from the respective network equipment, wherein the candidate network equipment is one of at least one network equipment of the respective network equipment determined to be capable of changing a broadcast coverage area associated with the candidate network equipment by changing at least one parameter associated with the broadcast coverage area;
• generating, based on the respective key performance indicator data, at least one group of actions to be performed by the candidate network equipment and a zooming factor value to be used by the candidate network equipment to change the broadcast coverage area associated with the candidate network equipment;
• and
• transmitting, to the candidate network equipment, action data representative of the at least one group of actions to be performed and the zooming factor value.