A method for wireless communication, comprising: determining at a user equipment, UE, first channel information related to at least one cell among a plurality of cells in a coordinated multi-point,CoMP, measurement set of the UE, wherein the determining the first channel information further comprises: selecting at the UE a subset of the plurality of cells in a coordinated multi-point, CoMP, measurement set, and determining the first channel information for the selected subset of the plurality of cells; selecting a first channel information reporting mode for use by the UE, the first channel information reporting mode being one of a plurality of channel information reporting modes available for reporting channel information for CoMP data transmission; sending the first channel information in accordance with the first channel information reporting mode to one or more cells in the CoMP measurement set prior to the UE being selected for CoMP data transmission; determining a second channel information related to the plurality of cells in the CoMP measurement set; selecting a second channel information reporting mode to use by the UE, the second channel information reporting mode being another one of the plurality of channel information reporting modes; and sending the second channel information in accordance with the second channel information reporting mode to the one or more cells in the CoMP measurement set after the UE is selected for CoMP data transmission, wherein sending the first channel information comprises sending coarse channel information to enable tentative selection of UEs for data transmission and wherein sending the second channel information comprises sending accurate channel information to enable computation of precoding vectors to use for CoMP data transmission to the UE, wherein the coarse channel information comprises a subset of all subbands and/or a subset of all layers available for communication, and wherein the accurate channel information comprises all subbands and all layers available for communication. determining at a user equipment, UE, first channel information related to at least one cell among a plurality of cells in a coordinated multi-point,CoMP, measurement set of the UE, wherein the determining the first channel information further comprises: selecting at the UE a subset of the plurality of cells in a coordinated multi-point, CoMP, measurement set, and determining the first channel information for the selected subset of the plurality of cells; selecting at the UE a subset of the plurality of cells in a coordinated multi-point, CoMP, measurement set, and determining the first channel information for the selected subset of the plurality of cells; selecting a first channel information reporting mode for use by the UE, the first channel information reporting mode being one of a plurality of channel information reporting modes available for reporting channel information for CoMP data transmission; sending the first channel information in accordance with the first channel information reporting mode to one or more cells in the CoMP measurement set prior to the UE being selected for CoMP data transmission; determining a second channel information related to the plurality of cells in the CoMP measurement set; selecting a second channel information reporting mode to use by the UE, the second channel information reporting mode being another one of the plurality of channel information reporting modes; and sending the second channel information in accordance with the second channel information reporting mode to the one or more cells in the CoMP measurement set after the UE is selected for CoMP data transmission, wherein sending the first channel information comprises sending coarse channel information to enable tentative selection of UEs for data transmission and wherein sending the second channel information comprises sending accurate channel information to enable computation of precoding vectors to use for CoMP data transmission to the UE, wherein the coarse channel information comprises a subset of all subbands and/or a subset of all layers available for communication, and wherein the accurate channel information comprises all subbands and all layers available for communication.