Reuse-pattern based co-ordinate multi-point transmission via distributed message exchange

An apparatus for wireless communications, in a system comprising:

• a processor;
• memory in electronic communication with the processor;
• and
• instructions stored in the memory and operable, when executed by the processor, to cause the apparatus to:
• receive, at a first base station, channel measurement information from a first user equipment (UE);
• identify a zone associated with the first base station based at least in part on the received channel measurement information;
• receive, from a second base station, zone information associated with one or more UEs that transmitted channel measurement information to the second base station;
• identify a network reuse pattern for coordinated multi-point (CoMP) communication based at least in part on the identified zone and the received zone information;
• and
• transmit a multi-point transmission to a second UE based at least in part on the identified network reuse pattern.

An apparatus for wireless communications, in a system comprising:

• a processor;
• memory in electronic communication with the processor;
• and
• instructions stored in the memory and operable, when executed by the processor, to cause the apparatus to:
• transmit zone information to a base station in a coordinated multi-point (CoMP) association;
• and
• receive a multi-point transmission based at least in part on an identified zone related to the CoMP association and the transmitted zone information.