Systems and methods are described that facilitate evaluating conditions of nodes (e.g., access points, access points, access terminals, etc.) in a wireless communication environment having a plurality of carriers to determine a level of disadvantage for a given node relative to other nodes. The node may transmit a resource utilization message (RUM) that represents the level of disadvantage for the node and request other interference nodes to back off on one or more carriers. This would allow frequency reuse if nodes vary the power of transmission for particular carriers, in conjunction with neighboring nodes.