A system and method for characterizing the quality of a link, in particular, a bi-directional link, between nodes in a wireless communication network, such as a wireless ad-hoc peer-to-peer network, with minimum network overhead. The system and method determine the quality of link between two nodes by...http://www.google.com/patents/US7558818?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US7558818 - System and method for characterizing the quality of a link in a wireless network
