One method includes receiving at a user equipment (UE) information associated with two or more interference measurement resources (IMRs) for a channel state information (CSI) process, the information comprising an allocation of the two or more IMRs for the CSI process and a plurality of management configurations for use of the two or more IMRs; and using the two or more IMRs in accordance with the plurality of management configurations to perform one or both of channel measurement and CSI reporting. Another method includes transmitting information associated with two or more IMRs for a CSI process, the information comprising an allocation of the two or more IMRs for the CSI process and a plurality of management configurations for use of the two or more IMRs; and receiving at least one CSI report based on at least one of the two or more IMRs.