A method for communicating in a communications system using beamformed transmissions, the method characterized in: blanking, by a serving base station, SBS,, an interference antenna beam out of a plurality of available antenna beams that one of causes interference to and receives interference from at least one neighboring base station (607, 609) during a conflict time interval of a frame, wherein the blanking is in accordance with configuration information comprising frame configuration information received from the at least one neighboring base station and frame configuration information of the SBS, thereby producing a plurality of candidate antenna beams, wherein blanking the interference antenna beam out of a plurality of candidate antenna beams further comprises: determining the conflict time interval of the frame, wherein the conflict time interval comprises a portion of the frame wherein the SBS is transmitting in a downlink and the at least one neighboring base station is receiving in an uplink during a corresponding portion of its frame; or wherein the conflict time interval comprises a portion of the frame wherein the SBS is receiving in an uplink and the at least one neighboring base station is transmitting in a downlink during a corresponding portion of its frame; selecting an antenna beam out of the plurality of available antenna beams that is oriented towards the at least one neighboring base station during the conflict time interval; and blanking the selected antenna beam; scheduling, by the SBS, communications opportunities for user equipments, UEs, in the conflict time interval on the plurality of candidate antenna beams; and communicating, by the SBS, with scheduled UEs using the communications opportunities. blanking, by a serving base station, SBS,, an interference antenna beam out of a plurality of available antenna beams that one of causes interference to and receives interference from at least one neighboring base station (607, 609) during a conflict time interval of a frame, wherein the blanking is in accordance with configuration information comprising frame configuration information received from the at least one neighboring base station and frame configuration information of the SBS, thereby producing a plurality of candidate antenna beams, wherein blanking the interference antenna beam out of a plurality of candidate antenna beams further comprises: determining the conflict time interval of the frame, wherein the conflict time interval comprises a portion of the frame wherein the SBS is transmitting in a downlink and the at least one neighboring base station is receiving in an uplink during a corresponding portion of its frame; or wherein the conflict time interval comprises a portion of the frame wherein the SBS is receiving in an uplink and the at least one neighboring base station is transmitting in a downlink during a corresponding portion of its frame; selecting an antenna beam out of the plurality of available antenna beams that is oriented towards the at least one neighboring base station during the conflict time interval; and blanking the selected antenna beam; determining the conflict time interval of the frame, wherein the conflict time interval comprises a portion of the frame wherein the SBS is transmitting in a downlink and the at least one neighboring base station is receiving in an uplink during a corresponding portion of its frame; or wherein the conflict time interval comprises a portion of the frame wherein the SBS is receiving in an uplink and the at least one neighboring base station is transmitting in a downlink during a corresponding portion of its frame; selecting an antenna beam out of the plurality of available antenna beams that is oriented towards the at least one neighboring base station during the conflict time interval; and blanking the selected antenna beam; scheduling, by the SBS, communications opportunities for user equipments, UEs, in the conflict time interval on the plurality of candidate antenna beams; and communicating, by the SBS, with scheduled UEs using the communications opportunities.