Inter-band interference avoidance and mitigation schemes

A method of wireless communication at a user equipment (UE), comprising:

• receiving, from a network node, a first allocation of uplink (UL) resources spanning a first range of frequencies within a first frequency band;
• receiving a second allocation of downlink (DL) resources spanning a second range of frequencies within a second frequency band that includes a harmonic frequency of the first frequency band;
• and
• adjusting, based on the DL resources including at least one harmonic frequency resource that is harmonic to the UL resources, one or more of an UL transmission in the UL resources or a reception of a DL transmission in the DL resources, wherein the adjusting is associated with one or more of:
• receiving the DL transmission based on a DL rate matching around the at least one harmonic frequency resource,
• receiving the DL transmission based on an increased DL transmission power of the DL transmission in the at least one harmonic frequency resource,
• transmitting the UL transmission based on a reduced UL transmission power for the UL transmission in the UL resources associated with the at least one harmonic frequency resource, or
• receiving the DL transmission based on a lower order modulation and coding scheme (MCS) for the DL transmission in the at least one harmonic frequency resource.

A computer-readable medium storing computer executable code at a user equipment (UE), the code when executed by at least one processor causes the at least one processor to:

• receive, from a network node, a first allocation of uplink (UL) resources spanning a first range of frequencies within a first frequency band;
• receive a second allocation of downlink (DL) resources spanning a second range of frequencies within a second frequency band that includes a harmonic frequency of the first frequency band;
• and
• adjust, based on the DL resources including at least one harmonic frequency resource that is harmonic to the UL resources, one or more of an UL transmission in the UL resources or a reception of a DL transmission in the DL resources, wherein to adjust the one or more of the UL transmission or the reception of the DL transmission, the code when executed by the at least one processor causes the at least one processor to one or more of:
• receive the DL transmission based on a DL rate matching around the at least one harmonic frequency resource,
• receive the DL transmission based on an increased DL transmission power of the DL transmission in the at least one harmonic frequency resource,
• transmit the UL transmission based on a reduced UL transmission power for the UL transmission in the UL resources associated with the at least one harmonic frequency resource, or
• receive the DL transmission based on a lower order modulation and coding scheme (MCS) for the DL transmission in the at least one harmonic frequency resource.