Systems and methods for broadcast /
multicast transmission in a distributed
cell-less massive multiple-input multiple-output (
MIMO) network are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method for
broadcasting / multicasting data to a
user equipment (UE) includes obtaining, at each of two or more access points (APs), long-term
channel state information (CSI) for the UE, and transmitting, to a central
processing system, the long-term CSI for the UE. The method further includes receiving, at the central
processing system, the long-term CSI for the UE from each of the APs, computing, based on the long-term CSI, a
precoding vector (w) for the UE over the APs, and transmitting, to the APs, the
precoding vector (w). The method further includes obtaining, at each of the APs, the
precoding vector (w) from the central
processing system, precoding, based on the precoding vector (w), data to be broadcast / multicasted to the UE, and
broadcasting / multicasting, to the UE, the precoded data.