A source baseband (502 1) for a centralized radio access network, C-RAN, the source baseband being a serving baseband that performs control and signal processing functions for a serving radio node that delivers user data to a user equipment, UE, connected to the serving radio node, the source baseband comprising: a processor; and, a memory that stores processor-executable instructions, wherein the processor interfaces with the memory to execute the processor-executable instructions, whereby the source baseband is operable to: dynamically select a predetermined number of neighboring basebands (502 2, 502 3, 502 4, 502 5, 502 6...502 n) to be part of a co-ordination set, each neighboring baseband being a baseband that performs control and signal processing functions for a radio node that is neighbor to the serving radio node, as follows: determine which of the neighboring basebands meet a round trip time, RTT, condition, where the RTT condition is met for one of the neighboring basebands when signaling between the source baseband and the one of the neighboring basebands is less than a predetermined time; and based on a determination that there are more than the predetermined number of neighboring basebands which satisfy the RTT condition, select the predetermined number of neighboring basebands based on measurement reports (514, 516, 518, 519, 521) received from a plurality of UEs (520, 522, 524, 526, 528) while taking into account at least one of a carrier aggregation, CA, utilization and a coordinated multi-point, CoMP, utilization, wherein the measurement reports further comprise at least one of (i) intra-frequency measurement reports associated with the CoMP utilization, and (ii) inter-frequency measurements associated with the CA utilization. a processor; and, a memory that stores processor-executable instructions, wherein the processor interfaces with the memory to execute the processor-executable instructions, whereby the source baseband is operable to: dynamically select a predetermined number of neighboring basebands (502 2, 502 3, 502 4, 502 5, 502 6...502 n) to be part of a co-ordination set, each neighboring baseband being a baseband that performs control and signal processing functions for a radio node that is neighbor to the serving radio node, as follows: determine which of the neighboring basebands meet a round trip time, RTT, condition, where the RTT condition is met for one of the neighboring basebands when signaling between the source baseband and the one of the neighboring basebands is less than a predetermined time; and based on a determination that there are more than the predetermined number of neighboring basebands which satisfy the RTT condition, select the predetermined number of neighboring basebands based on measurement reports (514, 516, 518, 519, 521) received from a plurality of UEs (520, 522, 524, 526, 528) while taking into account at least one of a carrier aggregation, CA, utilization and a coordinated multi-point, CoMP, utilization, wherein the measurement reports further comprise at least one of (i) intra-frequency measurement reports associated with the CoMP utilization, and (ii) inter-frequency measurements associated with the CA utilization.