A method comprising: receiving, by a first base station associated with a first coverage area and from a second base station associated with a second coverage area, a first message indicating: a second subframe allocation bitmap, associated with the second base station, indicating configuration of a second plurality of Almost Blank Subframes; transmitting, by the first base station , a second message indicating: a subframe allocation repetition period, wherein the subframe allocation repetition period is the same for the first base station and the second base station; a subframe allocation offset, wherein the subframe allocation offset is the same for the first base station and the second base station; and a first subframe allocation bitmap, associated with the first base station , that indicates configuration of a first plurality of Almost Blank Subframes, wherein the first plurality of Almost Blank Subframes is configured such that the first plurality of Almost Blank Subframes does not substantially overlap in time with the second plurality of Almost Blank Subframes; and transmitting, by the first base station and based on the configuration of the first plurality of Almost Blank Subframes, a first Almost Blank Subframe, wherein a transmission power associated with the first Almost Blank Subframe is lower than a transmission power associated with a non-Almost Blank Subframe. receiving, by a first base station associated with a first coverage area and from a second base station associated with a second coverage area, a first message indicating: a second subframe allocation bitmap, associated with the second base station, indicating configuration of a second plurality of Almost Blank Subframes; a second subframe allocation bitmap, associated with the second base station, indicating configuration of a second plurality of Almost Blank Subframes; transmitting, by the first base station , a second message indicating: a subframe allocation repetition period, wherein the subframe allocation repetition period is the same for the first base station and the second base station; a subframe allocation offset, wherein the subframe allocation offset is the same for the first base station and the second base station; and a first subframe allocation bitmap, associated with the first base station , that indicates configuration of a first plurality of Almost Blank Subframes, wherein the first plurality of Almost Blank Subframes is configured such that the first plurality of Almost Blank Subframes does not substantially overlap in time with the second plurality of Almost Blank Subframes; and a subframe allocation repetition period, wherein the subframe allocation repetition period is the same for the first base station and the second base station; a subframe allocation offset, wherein the subframe allocation offset is the same for the first base station and the second base station; and a first subframe allocation bitmap, associated with the first base station , that indicates configuration of a first plurality of Almost Blank Subframes, wherein the first plurality of Almost Blank Subframes is configured such that the first plurality of Almost Blank Subframes does not substantially overlap in time with the second plurality of Almost Blank Subframes; and transmitting, by the first base station and based on the configuration of the first plurality of Almost Blank Subframes, a first Almost Blank Subframe, wherein a transmission power associated with the first Almost Blank Subframe is lower than a transmission power associated with a non-Almost Blank Subframe. <EOS>