A method in a cellular radio communication network, including scheduling traffic for joint reception, the method being performed by a serving node and comprising: selecting at least one user equipment unit, selecting at least one cooperating node, the selecting of user equipment unit and cooperating node being based on radio link quality between the user equipment unit and the cooperating node, selecting at least one radio resource element (B1, B2), each radio resource element (B1, B2) consists of at least one part of the radio resources (A, A2) available for uplink transmissions, the available radio resource (A, A2) being defined by a time period of resource availability for joint reception comprising at least one sub-frame defining a minimum time for one transmission, and a frequency band comprising a plurality of sub-bands provided for scheduling in the cellular radio communication network, obtaining a backhaul capacity of each cooperating node, wherein the backhaul capacity comprises transmission capacity of a backhaul link between the cooperating node and the serving node, the backhaul capacity further comprises capacity of the cooperating node to participate in a joint reception process, including an indication of current communication load experienced by the cooperating node, or currently available computing capacity of the cooperating node, the selecting of the at least one radio resource element (B1, B2) being based on the obtained backhaul capacity, ordering joint reception data from each selected cooperating node by transmitting at least one ordering message to each selected cooperating node, which at least one ordering message identifies each selected radio resource element (B1, B2), allocating the selected at least one user equipment unit for uplink transmission, including transmitting at least one allocating message to each selected user equipment unit, which at least one allocating message identifies each selected radio resource element (B1, B2). selecting at least one user equipment unit, selecting at least one cooperating node, the selecting of user equipment unit and cooperating node being based on radio link quality between the user equipment unit and the cooperating node, selecting at least one radio resource element (B1, B2), each radio resource element (B1, B2) consists of at least one part of the radio resources (A, A2) available for uplink transmissions, the available radio resource (A, A2) being defined by a time period of resource availability for joint reception comprising at least one sub-frame defining a minimum time for one transmission, and a frequency band comprising a plurality of sub-bands provided for scheduling in the cellular radio communication network, obtaining a backhaul capacity of each cooperating node, wherein the backhaul capacity comprises transmission capacity of a backhaul link between the cooperating node and the serving node, the backhaul capacity further comprises capacity of the cooperating node to participate in a joint reception process, including an indication of current communication load experienced by the cooperating node, or currently available computing capacity of the cooperating node, the selecting of the at least one radio resource element (B1, B2) being based on the obtained backhaul capacity, ordering joint reception data from each selected cooperating node by transmitting at least one ordering message to each selected cooperating node, which at least one ordering message identifies each selected radio resource element (B1, B2), allocating the selected at least one user equipment unit for uplink transmission, including transmitting at least one allocating message to each selected user equipment unit, which at least one allocating message identifies each selected radio resource element (B1, B2).