Patent ID: 7912014

Claim:
A method executed in a multiple-input-multiple-output (MIMO) system having a plurality of basestations each being associated with one or more mobile stations, where each of the base stations has its own plurality of antennas, and each of the mobile stations has its own plurality of antennas, comprising: a first of said basestation (BS-A) receiving a plurality of signals from its associated one or more mobile stations (BS-A mobile signals), each of the BS-A mobile signals being burdened by interfering signals from others of said one or more mobile stations that are associated with BS-A and mobile stations that are associated with a second of said basestations (BS-B); BS-B, which is geographically removed from BS-A, receiving a plurality of signals from its associated one or more mobile stations (BS-B mobile signals), each of the BS-B mobile signals being burdened by interfering signals from others of said one or more mobile stations that are associated with BS-B and mobile stations that are associated with (BS-A); gathering said BS-A mobile signals and the BS-B mobile signals at a processing unit; and in said processing unit, executing on the gathered signals joint detection that reduces said burden of interfering signals on each of said BS-A mobile signals and said BS-B mobile signals.