Patent ID: 8811974

Claim:
An apparatus for coordinated multipoint wireless communication, the apparatus comprising: a first antenna to emanate radiation from a first location located in an inwardly direction for a cell; a second antenna to emanate radiation from a second location in an inwardly direction for the cell; a third antenna to emanate radiation from a third location in an inwardly direction for the cell; and a controller to coordinate emanation of the radiation via the first antenna, the second antenna, and the third antenna so as to reduce intra-cell interference for remote terminals located within the cell, wherein the first antenna, the second antenna, and the third antenna comprise beamforming antennas; and wherein the cell is associated with a cell border; and wherein the first location is at a first position along the cell border, the second location is at a second position along the cell border, and the third location is at a third position along the cell border.