A method for virtualized group-wise communications between a wireless network and a plurality of user equipments, UEs, comprising at least one target UE, TUE, (102; 302) and at least one cooperating UE, CUE, (103; 303) the method comprising: receiving , at a CUE (103;303), downlink information from the wireless network, wherein the downlink information is destined for a TUE (102; 302) and associated with a group identifier, ID, the group ID indicating a virtual multi-point, ViMP, node (110; 310) that includes the TUE (102; 302) and the CUE (103; 303), and sending , by the CUE (103; 303), the downlink information to the TUE (102; 302), characterized in that : the ViMP node (110; 310) is UE-centric to the TUE (102; 302), and the plurality of UEs in the ViMP node (110; 310) use the group ID to be perceived as a single distributed virtual transceiver by the wireless network and for joint reception of the downlink information, and receiving the downlink information comprises receiving data information for the TUE (102; 302), detecting the data information using the group ID, and decoding the data information using the group ID; and wherein a CUE (103; 303) estimates a channel between the CUE (103; 303) and the network and forwards the estimated channel to a corresponding TUE (102; 302), and the TUE (102; 302) also estimates a channel between the TUE (102; 302) and the network, and then combines the channels to obtain a combined channel for joint reception/transmission. receiving , at a CUE (103;303), downlink information from the wireless network, wherein the downlink information is destined for a TUE (102; 302) and associated with a group identifier, ID, the group ID indicating a virtual multi-point, ViMP, node (110; 310) that includes the TUE (102; 302) and the CUE (103; 303), and sending , by the CUE (103; 303), the downlink information to the TUE (102; 302), characterized in that : the ViMP node (110; 310) is UE-centric to the TUE (102; 302), and the plurality of UEs in the ViMP node (110; 310) use the group ID to be perceived as a single distributed virtual transceiver by the wireless network and for joint reception of the downlink information, and receiving the downlink information comprises receiving data information for the TUE (102; 302), detecting the data information using the group ID, and decoding the data information using the group ID; and wherein a CUE (103; 303) estimates a channel between the CUE (103; 303) and the network and forwards the estimated channel to a corresponding TUE (102; 302), and the TUE (102; 302) also estimates a channel between the TUE (102; 302) and the network, and then combines the channels to obtain a combined channel for joint reception/transmission. the ViMP node (110; 310) is UE-centric to the TUE (102; 302), and the plurality of UEs in the ViMP node (110; 310) use the group ID to be perceived as a single distributed virtual transceiver by the wireless network and for joint reception of the downlink information, and receiving the downlink information comprises receiving data information for the TUE (102; 302), detecting the data information using the group ID, and decoding the data information using the group ID; and wherein a CUE (103; 303) estimates a channel between the CUE (103; 303) and the network and forwards the estimated channel to a corresponding TUE (102; 302), and the TUE (102; 302) also estimates a channel between the TUE (102; 302) and the network, and then combines the channels to obtain a combined channel for joint reception/transmission. <EOS>