Using mobile communication devices to facilitate coordinating use of resources

A base station device, comprising:

• a memory to store instructions;
• and
• a processor, coupled to the memory, that facilitates execution of the instructions to perform operations, comprising:
• receiving, from a first user equipment served by the base station device, message data that is indicative of a determination that a radio path between the first user equipment and the base station device does not satisfy a defined criterion,
• in response to the receiving, directing instruction data to a set of user equipment served by the base station device, wherein the instruction data requests the set of user equipment to direct ping signals to the first user equipment,
• receiving, from the first user equipment, selection data indicative of a second user equipment of the set of user equipment that has been selected in accordance with a determination, based on an analysis of the ping signals received by the first user equipment, that the second user equipment is closer to the base station device than a third user equipment of the set of user equipment, and
• in response to determining that a first signal quality of a first signal transmitted between the base station device and the first user equipment is lower than a second signal quality of a second signal transmitted between the base station device and the second user equipment, facilitating a communication with the first user equipment via the second user equipment.

A non-transitory computer readable device comprising instructions that, in response to execution, cause an access point station device comprising a processor to perform operations, comprising:

• determining that a radio path between the access point device and a first user equipment served by the access point device does not satisfy a defined criterion;
• in response to the determining, directing instruction data to a set of user equipment served by the access point device, wherein the instruction data requests the set of user equipment to direct ping signals to the first user equipment;
• and
• in response to verifying that a first signal quality of a first signal transmitted between the access point device and the first user equipment is lower than a second signal quality of a second signal transmitted between the access point device and a second user equipment of the set of user equipment, facilitating a communication with the first user equipment via the second user equipment,
• wherein the second user equipment is selected from the set of user equipment in accordance with a determination, based on an analysis of the ping signals received by the first user equipment, that the second user equipment is closer to the access point device than a third user equipment of the set of user equipment.