Method and apparatus for cooperative wireless communications

A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) comprising:

• a transceiver;
• and
• a processor operatively coupled to the transceiver,
• wherein the transceiver and the processor are configured to establish a connection with a first wireless network node and a second wireless network node,
• wherein the transceiver and the processor are further configured to receive, independently of the second wireless node, power configuration information and timing advance information from the first wireless network node for uplink transmissions,
• wherein the transceiver and the processor are further configured to receive first scheduling messages from the first wireless network node and second scheduling messages from the second wireless network node, wherein the first and second scheduling messages indicate subcarriers for schedules downlink transmissions from the respective first and second wireless network nodes, and
• wherein the transceiver and the processor are further configured to simultaneously receive downlink transmissions from both the first wireless network node and the second wireless network node.