Patent ID: 8750860

Claim:
A method of providing wireless transmissions in a wireless network wherein a first base station and a second base station are in wireless communication with each other and with each of a first terminal and a second terminal operating in the wireless network, the method comprising the steps of: using the first base station, providing a terminal-specific wireless transmission to each of the first and the second terminals over a communication channel established in the wireless network; and using only the second base station: receiving the terminal-specific wireless transmissions transmitted to each of the first and the second terminals from the first base station; receiving respective terminal-specific channel status-related information from at least one of the first and the second terminals in response to at least one corresponding terminal-specific wireless transmission from the first base station; and transmitting a signal to the at least one terminal from which the channel status-related information was received, wherein the transmitted signal from the second base station is based on the channel status-related information received by the second base station from the at least one terminal, and on the corresponding terminal-specific wireless transmission transmitted to the at least one terminal from the first base station, thereby enabling the at least one terminal to form a Virtual 2-antenna Receiver (V2RX).