Systems, methods, apparatus and computer program products for facilitating interference management on a downlink of a wireless communication system are provided. In some embodiments, the method can include determining, by a base station within a cell, a benefit to out-of-cell user equipment when a base station transmits with certain transmission attributes, wherein the transmission attributes are at least one of a transmit power, beamforming vector or multiple input multiple output transmission; determining, by the base station, a benefit to a user equipment within the cell when the base station transmits with certain transmission attributes; and determining, by the base station, the total benefit to the out-of-cell user equipment and to the user equipment within the cell.