In the present disclosure, systems and methods are disclosed for improving the quality and performance of communications between a User Equipment (UE) and a base station of an access network by inducing the base station to modify a configuration parameter corresponding to the connection with the UE. In some embodiments, during and/or after a connection has been established between the UE and the base station, the UE can determine an adjusted Channel Quality Indicator (CQI) value based on a signal parameter and an adjustment value, and report the adjusted CQI value to the base station.