Reduction of unnecessary downlink control channel reception and decoding

An apparatus comprising:

• at least one processor;
• and
• at least one memory including computer program code, the at least one memory and the computer program code configured, with the at least one processor, to cause the apparatus at least to:
• receive a message regarding at least one downlink subframe;
• determine, based at least in part on the received message, whether the at least one downlink subframe is a valid channel quality indicator reference resource;
• and
• in response to determining that the at least one downlink subframe is not a valid channel quality indicator reference resource, inhibit reporting measurements of a downlink channel measured during the at least one downlink subframe,
• wherein the message comprises SystemInformationBlockType2.

A non-transitory computer readable medium tangibly encoded with a computer program executable by a processor to perform actions comprising:

• receiving a message regarding at least one downlink subframe;
• determining, based at least in part on the received message, whether the at least one downlink subframe is a valid channel quality indicator reference resource;
• and
• in response to determining that the at least one downlink subframe is not a valid channel quality indicator reference resource, inhibiting reporting measurements of a downlink channel measured during the at least one downlink subframe,
• wherein the message comprises SystemInformationBlockType2.