In accordance with an example embodiment of the present invention, a method comprising: receiving, by a user equipment from a network node, an indication of configured channel resources for use by the user equipment in communication with the network node and at least one other network node of a communication network, wherein the configured channel resources are channel resources configured in coordination with the network node and the at least one other network node; and using, by the user equipment, the channel resources to at least avoid collisions during the communication with the network node and the at least one other network node.