Method permitting increased frequency re-use in a communication network, by recovery of transmitted information from multiple cochannel signals

For use in a communication network having multiple users and limited bandwidth, a method for increasing the capacity of the communication system, comprising the steps of:

• allocating up to N users the same bandwidth sharing parameter, such that the up to N users share the same frequency at the same time;
• receiving signals from up to N users at an M-element antenna array;
• and
• processing the received signals transmitted by the respective users, wherein the step of processing separates and recovers the signals transmitted by the respective users directly from the received signals and without use of array manifold data.