A wireless network includes a serving base station and a plurality of non-serving base stations which are capable of performing a coordinated multipoint communication with at least one subscriber station. A non-serving base station includes at least one antenna configured to overhear a data burst from the subscriber station to a serving base station. The non-serving base station can decode the data burst locally. If the data burst is successfully decoded, the controller forwards the decoded data burst to the serving base station. The serving base station can decode the data burst locally or jointly decode the data burst from the non-serving base station.