A method of operating a first base station (BS-A) in a Radio Access Network, RAN, including the first base station (BS-A) and a second base station (BS-B), the method being performed in the first base station (BS-A), the method comprising: communicating a Reference Signal Received Power, RSRP, measurement list, a Coordinated Multipoint, CoMP, hypothesis defining a hypothetical resource allocation, and a Benefit Metric between the first and second base stations (BS-A and BS-B), wherein communicating comprises receiving the RSRP measurement list, the CoMP hypothesis, and the Benefit Metric at the first base station (BS-A) from the second base station (BS-B), wherein the RSRP measurement list is a first RSRP measurement list, the CoMP hypothesis is a first CoMP hypothesis, and the Benefit Metric is a first Benefit Metric, the method further comprising: receiving a second RSRP measurement list, a second CoMP hypothesis, and a second Benefit Metric from a third base station (BS-C); normalizing the first and second Benefit Metric based on the first and second RSRP measurement lists to determine a normalized first and second Benefit Metrics; and scheduling downlink transmissions based on the first and second RSRP measurement lists, the first and second CoMP hypotheses, and the first and second Benefit Metrics, wherein scheduling comprises scheduling downlink transmissions based on the first and second RSRP measurement list, the first and second CoMP hypothesis, and the normalized first and second Benefit Metrics. communicating a Reference Signal Received Power, RSRP, measurement list, a Coordinated Multipoint, CoMP, hypothesis defining a hypothetical resource allocation, and a Benefit Metric between the first and second base stations (BS-A and BS-B), wherein communicating comprises receiving the RSRP measurement list, the CoMP hypothesis, and the Benefit Metric at the first base station (BS-A) from the second base station (BS-B), wherein the RSRP measurement list is a first RSRP measurement list, the CoMP hypothesis is a first CoMP hypothesis, and the Benefit Metric is a first Benefit Metric, the method further comprising: receiving a second RSRP measurement list, a second CoMP hypothesis, and a second Benefit Metric from a third base station (BS-C); normalizing the first and second Benefit Metric based on the first and second RSRP measurement lists to determine a normalized first and second Benefit Metrics; and scheduling downlink transmissions based on the first and second RSRP measurement lists, the first and second CoMP hypotheses, and the first and second Benefit Metrics, wherein scheduling comprises scheduling downlink transmissions based on the first and second RSRP measurement list, the first and second CoMP hypothesis, and the normalized first and second Benefit Metrics. receiving a second RSRP measurement list, a second CoMP hypothesis, and a second Benefit Metric from a third base station (BS-C); normalizing the first and second Benefit Metric based on the first and second RSRP measurement lists to determine a normalized first and second Benefit Metrics; and scheduling downlink transmissions based on the first and second RSRP measurement lists, the first and second CoMP hypotheses, and the first and second Benefit Metrics, wherein scheduling comprises scheduling downlink transmissions based on the first and second RSRP measurement list, the first and second CoMP hypothesis, and the normalized first and second Benefit Metrics.