A method and apparatus for neighbor assisted combining for localized
multicast services. User equipment is sent a signal indicating the
relationship between cells with respect to serving cells transmitting a
common multicast transmission. At least a portion of the common multicast
transmission is transmitted on the same resource on each serving cell. A
pilot signal is transmitted on each serving cell, the pilot signal
related to the at least a portion of the common multicast transmission on
each serving cell. An interfering signal and a related pilot are
transmitted on at least one different cell from the serving cells.