A method for interference management at a network element within a wireless telecommunications network, and the network element and user equipment, the method coordinating transmission of cell specific resource elements with at least one other network element; and transmitting the cell specific resource element to a user equipment concurrent to a resource element transmission from the at least one other network element. Also a method for interference avoidance at a network element operating within a wireless telecommunications network, and the user equipment and network element, the method receiving interference information from a user equipment; providing the interference information to at least one interfering network element; and precoding transmissions to the use equipment for interference cancellation.