In a wireless communications system including a first base station and a second base station, a wireless communications method implemented in the first base station supporting coordinated multi-point transmission and reception (CoMP) is disclosed. The wireless communications method comprises, for a given user equipment (UE) identification (ID) and a given channel state information (CSI) process, receiving from the second base station a plurality of CSI reports each of which comprises a rank indication (RI) and a channel quality indicator (CQI), wherein the second base station receives from one or more user equipments (UEs) RI and CQI information. Other methods, systems, and apparatuses also are disclosed.