The present disclosure presents a method and an apparatus for planning interference measurement resources (IMRs). For example, the example method may include assigning a transmission group identifier to a cell in a wireless network, mapping the transmission group identifier assigned to the cell to a corresponding transmission pattern of a combination of zero power (ZP) and non-ZP (NZP) channel state information-reference signals (CSI-RSs) transmitted from the cell and neighbors of the cell, and receiving, at the cell, a CSI report from a user equipment (UE) in communication with the cell, wherein the CSI report is received from the UE based at least on an interference measured by an IMR at the UE corresponding to the transmission pattern. As such, IMR planning may be achieved.