Patent ID: 8213978

Claim:
A system that facilitates communications in a communications environment, comprising: at least one processor that executes the following computer executable component stored on at least one computer readable storage medium: a channel component within a mobile device that employs a channel estimation task to determine link characteristics data of the communications environment based on local scattering characteristics estimation of a ping signal that is employed to characterize a mobile local scattering environment, wherein the ping signal is transmitted by the channel component and one or more multipath propagation echoes that are based in part on at least one of reflection, diffraction or scattering of the ping signal on one or more local environment objects are received at the mobile device and analyzed to determine the link characteristics data by the channel component, the analysis includes determination of delay spread characteristics and determination of whether a received signal strength indication (RSSI) from several base stations follows a pathloss-distance relationship, the channel component transmits the link characteristics data to a link component wherein the link characteristics data is employed to adjust performance of communication transmitted from a base station to the mobile device.