A cooperative multi-point transmission method for cell operations, the method comprising: transmitting an indication of resource element utilization information from a cell (405, 410, 415, 455, 460, 465) to a communications device (1000, 1100), wherein the resource element utilization information generated by the cell (405, 410, 415, 455, 460, 465) comprises utilization information for a subset of resource elements out of a plurality of resource elements, the utilization information corresponding to resource elements used to carry specified signals in symbol transmissions made by other cells (405, 410, 415, 455, 460, 465), wherein the subset of resource elements corresponds to other resource elements of at least one other cell (405, 410, 415, 455, 460, 465) within a cooperating set, with the resource elements of the cell (405, 410, 415, 455, 460, 465) and the corresponding resource elements of at least one other cell (405, 410, 415, 455, 460, 465) occupying a same time-frequency resource, and wherein the other resource elements are carrying the specified signals; wherein resource elements of one cell (405, 410, 415, 455, 460, 465) are in the time-frequency resource (805, 810) of this cell (405, 410, 415, 455, 460, 465), and mapping symbols intended for the communications device (1000, 1100) to the plurality of resource elements, wherein the mapping is based on the resource element utilization, and wherein the mapping is performed by at least one cell (405, 410, 415, 455, 460, 465) within the cooperating set, characterized in that the indication comprises information indicating that the subset of resource elements carries data symbols using a different precoding matrix and/or vector from the remaining resource elements carrying data symbols. transmitting an indication of resource element utilization information from a cell (405, 410, 415, 455, 460, 465) to a communications device (1000, 1100), wherein the resource element utilization information generated by the cell (405, 410, 415, 455, 460, 465) comprises utilization information for a subset of resource elements out of a plurality of resource elements, the utilization information corresponding to resource elements used to carry specified signals in symbol transmissions made by other cells (405, 410, 415, 455, 460, 465), wherein the subset of resource elements corresponds to other resource elements of at least one other cell (405, 410, 415, 455, 460, 465) within a cooperating set, with the resource elements of the cell (405, 410, 415, 455, 460, 465) and the corresponding resource elements of at least one other cell (405, 410, 415, 455, 460, 465) occupying a same time-frequency resource, and wherein the other resource elements are carrying the specified signals; wherein resource elements of one cell (405, 410, 415, 455, 460, 465) are in the time-frequency resource (805, 810) of this cell (405, 410, 415, 455, 460, 465), and mapping symbols intended for the communications device (1000, 1100) to the plurality of resource elements, wherein the mapping is based on the resource element utilization, and wherein the mapping is performed by at least one cell (405, 410, 415, 455, 460, 465) within the cooperating set, characterized in that the indication comprises information indicating that the subset of resource elements carries data symbols using a different precoding matrix and/or vector from the remaining resource elements carrying data symbols.