A method performed at a plurality of base stations , comprising: transmitting messages to at least one user equipment, UE , each of the messages providing information indicating how resources are partitioned by a respective base station of the plurality of base stations into a plurality of resource partitions (136, 152, RP); for each respective resource partition (136, 152, RP) of the plurality of resource partitions (136, 152, RP): transmitting, by a respective base station of the plurality of base stations , a downlink transmission carrying encoded data to each of the at least one UE using a plurality of resources of the respective resource partition (136, 152, RP); wherein each of the downlink transmissions is from a different base station of the plurality of base stations ; wherein a resource partition of one base station of the plurality of base stations is coterminous with a resource partition of another base station of the plurality of base stations; wherein each of the at least one UE is to utilize the information in the messages to identify the plurality of resources of resource partitions that are coterminous; and wherein each of the at least one UE is to jointly decode the encoded data carried in each respective downlink transmission, wherein a first tier is used to transmit a downlink transmission carrying encoded data using the plurality of resources of one of the resource partition (136, 152, RP), wherein when using the plurality of resources in the one resource partition (136, 152, RP) to transmit a downlink transmission carrying encoded data in the first tier , another downlink transmission carrying other encoded data in a second tier is transmitted also using the same resources in the one resource partition; wherein the method further comprises: transmitting an indication of how coded bits of the encoded data are mapped to the plurality of resources of each of the plurality of resource partition (136, 152, RP), wherein the indication of how coded bits of the data are mapped to the resources of each of the plurality of resource partitions (136, 152, RP) comprises an indication of a redundancy version, RV, used for the coded bits of the encoded data for each of the plurality of resource partitions (136, 152, RP). transmitting messages to at least one user equipment, UE , each of the messages providing information indicating how resources are partitioned by a respective base station of the plurality of base stations into a plurality of resource partitions (136, 152, RP); for each respective resource partition (136, 152, RP) of the plurality of resource partitions (136, 152, RP): transmitting, by a respective base station of the plurality of base stations , a downlink transmission carrying encoded data to each of the at least one UE using a plurality of resources of the respective resource partition (136, 152, RP); wherein each of the downlink transmissions is from a different base station of the plurality of base stations ; wherein a resource partition of one base station of the plurality of base stations is coterminous with a resource partition of another base station of the plurality of base stations; wherein each of the at least one UE is to utilize the information in the messages to identify the plurality of resources of resource partitions that are coterminous; and wherein each of the at least one UE is to jointly decode the encoded data carried in each respective downlink transmission, wherein a first tier is used to transmit a downlink transmission carrying encoded data using the plurality of resources of one of the resource partition (136, 152, RP), wherein when using the plurality of resources in the one resource partition (136, 152, RP) to transmit a downlink transmission carrying encoded data in the first tier , another downlink transmission carrying other encoded data in a second tier is transmitted also using the same resources in the one resource partition; <EOS>