Selective joint demodulation

A system for jointly demodulating data signals comprising:

• a receiver configured to receive and process pilot signals from a base station;
• and
• a processor configured to determine, from a set of expected co-scheduled users, a subset of the co-scheduled users to which the base station actually transmits data streams based on the pilot signals and configured to select a group of the co-scheduled users from the determined subset,
• wherein the receiver is further configured to receive the data signals and wherein the processor is further configured to jointly demodulate the data signals by employing symbols directed to the selected group of co-scheduled users and by suppressing symbols directed to non-selected co-scheduled users from the determined subset.

A computer readable storage medium comprising a computer readable program, wherein the computer readable program when executed on a computer causes the computer to perform a method for jointly demodulating data signals, the method comprising:

• receiving and processing pilot signals from a base station;
• determining, from a set of expected co-scheduled data streams, a subset of the co-scheduled data streams that are actually transmitted by the base station based on the pilot signals;
• selecting a group of the transmitted co-scheduled data streams from the determined subset;
• and
• receiving the data signals and jointly demodulating the data signals by employing the selected group of co-scheduled data streams and suppressing non-selected data streams from the determined subset.