1. A method of predicting channel fading in a wireless network, comprising: (a) estimating channel model parameters from a channel estimate, including estimating a Doppler frequency shift of each component of a current sampled signal; (b) recursively adapting the channel model parameters to predict channel fading coefficients, by: recursively tracking the Doppler frequency shifts; estimating a state vector of future channel fading coefficients based on the tracked Doppler frequency shifts and the channel estimate; and determining the future channel fading coefficients based on the state vector, until a predetermined re-acquisition condition is satisfied; and then (c) repeating step (a) to re-estimate the Doppler frequency shifts based on a current channel estimate and step (b) based on the re-estimated Doppler frequency shifts.