A method is disclosed that is performed in an apparatus having a
receiver including a number of modules. The method includes receiving information in a reception
frequency band. Responsive to a notification from a
transmitter of a transmission in a predetermined transmission
frequency band, at least one
countermeasure is performed by at least one of modules. The at least one
countermeasure is predetermined to reduce an effect of interference caused by transmission on reception of the information in the reception
frequency band. Exemplary countermeasures include freezing an
automatic gain control loop, freezing a synchronization loop, discarding channel
estimation data, and blanking received information. Certain criteria, such as transmission power and transmission mode may also be used to determine whether and how many countermeasures are to be used. Additionally,
handover is improved by waiting until transmission is complete to determine
receiver signal strength of signals from potential transmitters for
handover.