A mobile station, comprising: processing logic configured to manage interference of a transmission, the processing logic configured to be used by the mobile station to dynamically perform capability assessment operations to generate capability data associated with interference management capabilities of the MS, wherein the capability data is configured to be provided to a serving access point and one or more neighboring APs for an assignment of radio resources according to the interference management capabilities of the MS, the serving AP, and the one or more neighboring interfering APs; wherein residual inter-AP interference is minimized at the MS during a downlink transmission by accounting for a combination of a set of: the interference management capabilities of the MS; a capability of the serving AP to direct the transmission to the MS to mitigate the interference; and a capability of the one or more neighboring interfering APs to direct the transmission to a second MS to mitigate interference at the MS, the second MS respectively served by the one or more neighboring interfering APs; wherein the processing logic is further configured to be used by the MS to make a DL radio resource selection recommendation to the AP, the radio resource selection recommendation comprising one of: applying DL multiple-input/multiple-output (MIMO) with all available receive antennas; and applying DL MIMO with less than all available receive antennas. processing logic configured to manage interference of a transmission, the processing logic configured to be used by the mobile station to dynamically perform capability assessment operations to generate capability data associated with interference management capabilities of the MS, wherein the capability data is configured to be provided to a serving access point and one or more neighboring APs for an assignment of radio resources according to the interference management capabilities of the MS, the serving AP, and the one or more neighboring interfering APs; wherein residual inter-AP interference is minimized at the MS during a downlink transmission by accounting for a combination of a set of: the interference management capabilities of the MS; a capability of the serving AP to direct the transmission to the MS to mitigate the interference; and a capability of the one or more neighboring interfering APs to direct the transmission to a second MS to mitigate interference at the MS, the second MS respectively served by the one or more neighboring interfering APs; wherein the processing logic is further configured to be used by the MS to make a DL radio resource selection recommendation to the AP, the radio resource selection recommendation comprising one of: applying DL multiple-input/multiple-output (MIMO) with all available receive antennas; and applying DL MIMO with less than all available receive antennas. the interference management capabilities of the MS; a capability of the serving AP to direct the transmission to the MS to mitigate the interference; and a capability of the one or more neighboring interfering APs to direct the transmission to a second MS to mitigate interference at the MS, the second MS respectively served by the one or more neighboring interfering APs; wherein the processing logic is further configured to be used by the MS to make a DL radio resource selection recommendation to the AP, the radio resource selection recommendation comprising one of: applying DL multiple-input/multiple-output (MIMO) with all available receive antennas; and applying DL MIMO with less than all available receive antennas. applying DL multiple-input/multiple-output (MIMO) with all available receive antennas; and applying DL MIMO with less than all available receive antennas.