Techniques for compensating for self-induced interference in a small cell base station (115) are provided. The techniques include detecting control signals (145) from a neighboring base station (140) associated with a wireless communication network, the control signals (145) being transmitted by the neighboring base station at predetermined intervals, and compensating for self-induced interference caused by a transmitter of the small cell base station (115) transmitting during the predetermined intervals in which control signals are received from the neighboring base station(140), the transmitter of the small cell base station is transmitting data during the predetermined intervals.