Techniques are described for wireless communication. A first method includes determining, at a user equipment (UE), that the UE is exposed to a bursty interference in a shared radio frequency spectrum band, and modifying, based at least in part on the bursty interference, a feedback message reporting by the UE to a base station. A second method includes determining, at a base station, that a UE is exposed to a bursty interference in a shared radio frequency spectrum band, and modifying, based at least in part on the bursty interference, one or more of: a link adaptation for the UE or a transmission schedule for the UE.