Aspects of the present disclosure relates generally to communication systems, and more particularly, to apparatus and techniques for handling, within resources of an assigned channel, different availability of interference. Aspects generally include determining different portions of resources for an assigned downlink channel that are subject to at least one of different levels or different types of interference, and selecting different techniques for processing the different portions of the resources, wherein each technique is selected based on the corresponding level or type of interference. In aspects, a fixed pattern or amount of interference for the resources may be selected based on the different levels or the different types of interference and a technique for processing the resources is selected, wherein the technique is selected based on the selected fixed pattern or amount of interference.