Device-based architecture for self organizing networks

A method to self-optimize a communications link, comprising:

• receiving at a server in a cellular sector local to a handset participating in the communications link information relating to handset conditions;
• storing the received handset conditions information;
• aggregating the stored handset conditions information with other handset conditions information;
• and
• altering cellular sector settings based on the aggregated handset conditions information, wherein the alterinq includes at least one of settinq timer conditions for uplink power or setting a maximum number of steps for uplink power.

A system to self-optimize a communications link, comprising:

• a processor;
• a memory communicatively coupled to the processor;
• a radio communicatively coupled to the processor capable of participating in a communications link;
• a data speed measuring software component resident in the memory, operable to measure the data speed of the communications link;
• a power measuring software component resident in the memory, operable to measure power utilized by the communications link;
• a link adaptation software routine resident in the memory;
• a power control software routine resident in the memory;
• and
• a self optimizing network software component resident in the memory, operable to selectively apply the link adaptation software routine and the power control software routine based on a data speed measurement by the data speed measuring software component and a power measurement by the power measuring software component.