Coordinated multipoint wireless communication

1. 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.

2. The apparatus as recited in claim 1 , wherein at least a portion of the cell border is behind the first antenna in relation to the inward direction for the cell at which the radiation is emanated via the first antenna.

3. The apparatus as recited in claim 1 , wherein the apparatus comprises a distributed apparatus; and wherein the first antenna, the second antenna, and the third antenna are connected to the controller over at least one backhaul.

4. The apparatus as recited in claim 1 , wherein the first antenna, the second antenna, and the third antenna comprise antenna arrays including beamforming antennas.

5. The apparatus as recited in claim 1 , further comprising:

a fourth antenna located on a cell border to emanate radiation from a fourth location in an inwardly direction for the cell;

wherein the controller is to coordinate emanation of the radiation via the first antenna, the second antenna, the third antenna, and the fourth antenna so as to reduce intra-cell interference for the remote terminals located within the cell.

6. The apparatus as recited in claim 1 , wherein the cell comprises a first sub-cell, a second sub-cell, and a third sub-cell; and wherein the first antenna is to emanate radiation from the first location in an inwardly direction for the first sub-cell, the second antenna is to emanate radiation from the second location in an inwardly direction for the second sub-cell, and the third antenna is to emanate radiation from the third location in an inwardly direction for the third sub-cell.

7. The apparatus as recited in claim 6 , wherein the first sub-cell comprises a first sector, the second sub-cell comprises a second sector, and the third sub-cell comprises a third sector.

8. The apparatus as recited in claim 7 , wherein the first sector comprises a substantially symmetrical sector having a center; and wherein the first antenna is to emanate radiation from the first location in an inwardly direction that is approximately towards the center of the substantially symmetrical sector.

9. The apparatus as recited in claim 1 , wherein the controller is to reduce the intra-cell interference for the remote terminals that are located within the cell by separating wireless communications spatially, in frequency, or with a coding mechanism.

10. The apparatus as recited in claim 1 , wherein:

the first antenna at the first location is to receive radiation with a focus on an inward direction of the cell;

the second antenna at the second location is to receive radiation with a focus on an inward direction of the cell;

the third antenna at the third location is to receive radiation with a focus on an inward direction of the cell; and

the controller is to coordinate reception of the radiation via the first antenna, the second antenna, and the third antenna so as to reduce intra-cell interference from the remote terminals located within the cell.

11. A method for coordinated multipoint wireless communication, the method comprising acts of:

emanating radiation from a first location on a first cell border via a first antenna in an inwardly direction for a cell wherein at least a portion of the cell border is behind the first antenna in relation to the inward direction for the cell at which the radiation is emanated via the first antenna;

emanating radiation from a second location on a second cell border via a second antenna in an inwardly direction for the cell;

emanating radiation from a third location on a third cell border via a third antenna in an inwardly direction for the cell; and

coordinating the emanating 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 antenna arrays including 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.

12. The method as recited in claim 11 , further comprising:

emanating radiation via a fourth antenna, a fifth antenna, a sixth antenna, a seventh antenna, an eighth antenna, and a ninth antenna in inwardly directions for the cell; and

coordinating the emanating of the radiation via the first, second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth, and ninth antennas so as to reduce intra-cell interference for remote terminals located within the cell.

13. The method as recited in claim 12 , wherein the fourth antenna shares the first location, and the fifth antenna shares the second location.

14. The method as recited in claim 11 , further comprising:

emanating radiation via n−3 antennas in inwardly directions for the cell, with n being a positive integer greater than three; and

coordinating the emanating of the radiation via the n−3 antennas so as to reduce intra-cell interference for remote terminals located within the cell.

15. The method as recited in claim 11 , further comprising:

receiving radiation at the first location via the first antenna with a focus on an inward direction of the cell;

receiving radiation at the second location via the second antenna with a focus on an inward direction of the cell;

receiving radiation at the third location via the third antenna with a focus on an inward direction of the cell; and

coordinating the receiving of the radiation via the first antenna, the second antenna, and the third antenna so as to reduce intra-cell interference from the remote terminals located within the cell.

16. The method as recited in claim 11 , wherein the act of coordinating comprises:

reducing the intra-cell interference for the remote terminals that are located within the cell by separating wireless communications spatially, in frequency, or with a coding mechanism.

17. A system for coordinated multipoint wireless communication, the system comprising:

a first communications apparatus including multiple antennas each located on a cell border to emanate radiation from multiple locations in an inwardly direction for a first cell, the first communications apparatus including a first controller to coordinate emanation of the radiation via the multiple antennas of the first communications apparatus so as to reduce intra-cell interference for remote terminals located within the first cell; and

a second communications apparatus including multiple antennas each located on a cell border to emanate radiation from multiple locations in an inwardly direction for a second cell, the second communications apparatus including a second controller to coordinate emanation of the radiation via the multiple antennas of the second communications apparatus so as to reduce intra-cell interference for remote terminals located within the second cell, wherein the multiple antennas of the first communications apparatus and the multipole antennas of the second communications apparatus comprise antenna arrays including 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.

18. The system as recited in claim 17 , wherein interference in the first cell by the radiation of the second cell is mitigated by the inward direction of the emanations from the multiple antennas of the second communications apparatus; and wherein interference in the second cell by the radiation of the first cell is mitigated by the inward direction of the emanations from the multiple antennas of the first communications apparatus.

19. The system as recited in claim 17 , wherein the first cell is associated with a first cell border, and the second cell is associated with a second cell border; wherein the multiple locations of the multiple antennas of the first communications apparatus are at multiple positions along the first cell border, and the multiple locations of the multiple antennas of the second communications apparatus are at multiple positions along the second cell border; wherein the first cell is adjacent to the second cell; and wherein at least one antenna of the multiple antennas of the first communications apparatus is co-located at a single position with at least one antenna of the multiple antennas of the second communications apparatus.

20. The system as recited in claim 17 , wherein the first cell includes multiple sub-cells; and wherein each respective antenna of the multiple antennas of the first communications apparatus emanates radiation in an inwardly direction for a respective sub-cell of the multiple sub-cells.