In accordance with disclosed embodiments, a first wireless communication device operating in a first frequency band receives channel information from a second wireless communication device operating in a second frequency band adjacent to the first frequency band. The first wireless communication device generates a channel quality report indicating particular sub-band(s) in the first frequency band that cause interference in one or more channels in the second frequency band when used by the first wireless communication device for transmission. The channel quality report is sent by the first wireless communication device to a base station, which subsequently provides a sub-band assignment assigning one or more sub-bands within the first frequency band that avoid the one or more particular sub-bands indicated by the channel quality report. The first wireless communication device transmits the information using the one or more assigned sub-bands.