Methods and apparatus for underperforming cell detection and recovery in a wireless network

A non-transitory processor-readable medium storing code representing instructions to be executed by a processor, the code comprising code to cause the processor to:

• determine, at a first time, that a performance of a first cell from a plurality of cells in a wireless network has crossed an outage threshold in a first direction, the wireless network having a first configuration at the first time;
• adjust, after the first time but before a second time, at least one parameter associated with a second cell from the plurality of cells from a first value to a second value to compensate for the performance of the first cell;
• send, in response to the at least one parameter associated with the second cell being adjusted, the second value to the wireless network such that the wireless network moves from the first configuration to a second configuration;
• determine, at the second time, that the performance of the first cell has crossed the outage threshold in a second direction opposite the first direction;
• change the at least one parameter associated with the second cell to the first value in response to the performance of the first cell crossing the outage threshold in the second direction;
• and
• send the first value to the wireless network such that wireless network returns to the first configuration.

A non-transitory processor-readable medium storing code representing instructions to be executed by a processor, the code comprising code to cause the processor to:

• receive, at a first time, a plurality of indicators associated with a plurality of cells in a wireless network;
• determine, after the first time but before a second time, that a performance of a first cell from the plurality of cells has crossed an outage threshold in a direction based on the plurality of indicators;
• determine, after the first time but before the second time, that a performance of a second cell from the plurality of cells has crossed the outage threshold in the direction based on the plurality of indicators;
• define, in response to the performance of the first cell crossing the outage threshold in the direction, a first critical zone including the first cell and a third cell from the plurality of cells, the third cell from the plurality of cells being within operative proximity of the first cell;
• define, in response to the performance of the second cell crossing the outage threshold in the direction, a second critical zone including the second cell and a fourth cell from the plurality of cells, the fourth cell from the plurality of cells being within operative proximity of the second cell;
• modify, at the second time, at least one parameter associated with the third cell prior to modifying at least one parameter associated with the fourth cell based on the performance of the first cell being worse than the performance of the second cell;
• and
• send, after the second time, a value of the at least one parameter associated with the third cell to the wireless network.