1. A wireless communications method implemented in a first transmission point supporting coordinated multi-point transmission and reception (CoMP) in a wireless communications system including the first transmission point and a second transmission point, the wireless communications method comprising:', 'transmitting to the second transmission point one or more CoMP hypothesis sets; and transmitting to the second transmission point a benefit metric corresponding to each CoMP hypothesis set, wherein the benefit metric indicates benefit when the benefit metric is a positive value and indicates cost when the benefit metric is a negative value, and the benefit metric is transmitted according to a table comprising:', 'IE/Group Name

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2. A wireless communications method implemented in a second transmission point supporting coordinated multi-point transmission and reception (CoMP) in a wireless communications system including a first transmission point and the second transmission point, the wireless communications method comprising:', 'receiving from the first transmission point one or more CoMP hypothesis sets; and receiving from the first transmission point a benefit metric corresponding to each CoMP hypothesis set, wherein the benefit metric indicates benefit when the benefit metric is a positive value and

3. The wireless communications method as in claim 1 or 2, wherein the benefit metric is calculated on a linear scale.

4. The wireless communications method as in claim 2, wherein there is a plurality of first transmission points, and the second transmission point adds up benefit or cost values that the second transmission point receives for a suggested action from the plurality of first transmission points.

5. The wireless communications method as in claim 4, wherein the second transmission point adds a benefit or cost value that the second transmission point obtains upon following said suggested action.

6. The wireless communications method as in claim 5, wherein maxnoofCoMPInformation is 4, 8, 16, or 256.

7. The wireless communications method as in claim 1 or 2, wherein the benefit metric indicates one of a first information indicating that the benefit is unknown and a second information indicating that resource allocation in a CoMP hypothesis is mandatory.

8. A first transmission point supporting coordinated multi-point transmission and reception (CoMP) and used in a wireless communications system, the first transmission point comprising:', 'a transmitter to transmit to a second transmission point one or more CoMP hypothesis sets and a benefit metric corresponding to each CoMP hypothesis set, wherein the benefit metric indicates benefit when the benefit metric is a positive value and indicates cost when the benefit metric is a negative value, and the benefit metric is transmitted according to a table comprising:

9. A second transmission point supporting coordinated multi-point transmission and reception (CoMP) and used in a wireless communications system, the second transmission point comprising:', 'a receiver to receive from a first transmission point one or more CoMP hypothesis sets and a benefit metric corresponding to each CoMP hypothesis set, wherein the benefit metric indicates benefit when the benefit metric is a positive value and indicates cost when the benefit metric is a negative value, and the benefit metric is transmitted according to a table comprising:

10. A wireless communications method implemented in a wireless communications system supporting coordinated multi-point transmission and reception (CoMP), the wireless communications method comprising:', 'transmitting from a first transmission point to a second transmission point one or more CoMP hypothesis sets; and transmitting from the first transmission point to the second transmission point a benefit metric corresponding to each CoMP hypothesis set, wherein the benefit metric indicates benefit when the benefit metric is a positive value and indicates cost when the benefit metric is a negative value, and the benefit metric is transmitted according to a table comprising:', 'IE/Group Name

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2018203448 31 Jul 201911. A wireless communications system supporting coordinated multi-point transmission and reception (CoMP), the wireless communications system comprising:', 'a first transmission point; and a second transmission point to receive form the first transmission point one or more CoMP hypothesis sets, wherein the first transmission point transmits to the second transmission point a benefit metric corresponding to each CoMP hypothesis set, wherein the benefit metric indicates benefit when the benefit metric is a positive value and indicates cost when the benefit metric is a negative value, and the benefit metric is transmitted according to a table comprising:', 'IE/Group Name

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