A method for communicating in a wireless communications system, the method comprising: generating, by a device, a channel state information, CSI, process information element, IE, including a CSI process identifier, a non-zero power CSI-reference signal, CSI-RS, identifier, an interference measurement resource, IMR, identifier, and channel quality indicator, CQI, report configuration information, wherein the CQI report configuration information comprises one of: (a) a CQI report configuration identifier, wherein the CQI report configuration identifier is used to identify a report configuration from a list of possible CQI report configurations; and (b) a CQI report configuration IE, wherein the CQI report configuration IE is used to convey information regarding the CQI reporting configuration, wherein the information regarding the CQI reporting configuration includes at least one of following: CQI reporting period, CQI reporting frequency, CQI reporting event, and CQI reporting time; and transmitting, by the device, the CSI process IE to a receiving device. generating, by a device, a channel state information, CSI, process information element, IE, including a CSI process identifier, a non-zero power CSI-reference signal, CSI-RS, identifier, an interference measurement resource, IMR, identifier, and channel quality indicator, CQI, report configuration information, wherein the CQI report configuration information comprises one of: (a) a CQI report configuration identifier, wherein the CQI report configuration identifier is used to identify a report configuration from a list of possible CQI report configurations; and (b) a CQI report configuration IE, wherein the CQI report configuration IE is used to convey information regarding the CQI reporting configuration, wherein the information regarding the CQI reporting configuration includes at least one of following: CQI reporting period, CQI reporting frequency, CQI reporting event, and CQI reporting time; and a CSI process identifier, a non-zero power CSI-reference signal, CSI-RS, identifier, an interference measurement resource, IMR, identifier, and channel quality indicator, CQI, report configuration information, wherein the CQI report configuration information comprises one of: (a) a CQI report configuration identifier, wherein the CQI report configuration identifier is used to identify a report configuration from a list of possible CQI report configurations; and (b) a CQI report configuration IE, wherein the CQI report configuration IE is used to convey information regarding the CQI reporting configuration, wherein the information regarding the CQI reporting configuration includes at least one of following: CQI reporting period, CQI reporting frequency, CQI reporting event, and CQI reporting time; and (a) a CQI report configuration identifier, wherein the CQI report configuration identifier is used to identify a report configuration from a list of possible CQI report configurations; and (b) a CQI report configuration IE, wherein the CQI report configuration IE is used to convey information regarding the CQI reporting configuration, wherein the information regarding the CQI reporting configuration includes at least one of following: CQI reporting period, CQI reporting frequency, CQI reporting event, and CQI reporting time; and transmitting, by the device, the CSI process IE to a receiving device.