Technologies are generally described for reducing spectral allocation conflicts in wireless networks. In some examples, two (or more) wireless devices with intersecting spectral allocation may be identified, followed by determination of one or more time-frequency vectors of the spectral allocation for one of the wireless devices that have a first overlap with one or more time-frequency vectors of the spectral allocation of the other wireless device. For each determined time-frequency vector, an alternate time-frequency vector may be determined such that a second overlap between the alternate time-frequency vector and the time-frequency vectors of the other wireless device is lower than the first overlap. The alternate time-frequency vector may be transmitted to the wireless device to enable that device shift its communication to the alternate time-frequency vector for enhanced communication performance.