| CPC H04W 72/1273 (2013.01) [H04L 5/0051 (2013.01); H04W 24/10 (2013.01); H04W 56/001 (2013.01); H04W 72/1268 (2013.01)] | 17 Claims |

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1. A method comprising:
determining, by a wireless communication device, that at least one resource element is not available based on (i) the at least one resource element being that is scheduled for a defined communication of a non-serving cell associated with a first configuration index, and (ii) the at least one resource element being assigned for use for at least one signal of the non-serving cell associated with a second configuration index that is same as the first configuration index, wherein the first configuration index comprises a first physical cell identity (PCI) index and the second configuration index comprises a second PCI index; and
performing, by the wireless communication device, the defined communication using resource elements other than the determined at least one resource element, wherein the at least one resource element is not available for the defined communication.
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