A system comprising: a multiple input multiple output (MIMO) communications interface that supports simultaneous transmission through multiple antennas in a first layer and in a second layer; and system logic in communication with the MIMO communications interface, the system logic operable to: obtain indicators of preferred precoders from user equipments for simultaneously communicating in the first layer and the second layer; and search the indicators for a first user equipment and a second user equipment among the user equipments that have specified a common preferred precoder, and for which opposing layer capacity imbalance exists in the first layer and in the second layer; when the search is not successful: further search for a first user equipment and a second user equipment among the user equipments that: have different preferred precoders; have opposing layer capacity imbalance in the first layer and in the second layer; and have different preferred precoders that, although different, share a common coding entry, where the common coding entry comprises a common precoding column present in the different preferred precoders; and when the further search is successful: select the first user equipment and the second user equipment to share communication resources. a multiple input multiple output (MIMO) communications interface that supports simultaneous transmission through multiple antennas in a first layer and in a second layer; and system logic in communication with the MIMO communications interface, the system logic operable to: obtain indicators of preferred precoders from user equipments for simultaneously communicating in the first layer and the second layer; and search the indicators for a first user equipment and a second user equipment among the user equipments that have specified a common preferred precoder, and for which opposing layer capacity imbalance exists in the first layer and in the second layer; when the search is not successful: further search for a first user equipment and a second user equipment among the user equipments that: have different preferred precoders; have opposing layer capacity imbalance in the first layer and in the second layer; and have different preferred precoders that, although different, share a common coding entry, where the common coding entry comprises a common precoding column present in the different preferred precoders; and when the further search is successful: select the first user equipment and the second user equipment to share communication resources. obtain indicators of preferred precoders from user equipments for simultaneously communicating in the first layer and the second layer; and search the indicators for a first user equipment and a second user equipment among the user equipments that have specified a common preferred precoder, and for which opposing layer capacity imbalance exists in the first layer and in the second layer; when the search is not successful: further search for a first user equipment and a second user equipment among the user equipments that: have different preferred precoders; have opposing layer capacity imbalance in the first layer and in the second layer; and have different preferred precoders that, although different, share a common coding entry, where the common coding entry comprises a common precoding column present in the different preferred precoders; and when the further search is successful: select the first user equipment and the second user equipment to share communication resources. further search for a first user equipment and a second user equipment among the user equipments that: have different preferred precoders; have opposing layer capacity imbalance in the first layer and in the second layer; and have different preferred precoders that, although different, share a common coding entry, where the common coding entry comprises a common precoding column present in the different preferred precoders; and have different preferred precoders; have opposing layer capacity imbalance in the first layer and in the second layer; and have different preferred precoders that, although different, share a common coding entry, where the common coding entry comprises a common precoding column present in the different preferred precoders; and when the further search is successful: select the first user equipment and the second user equipment to share communication resources.