What is Logical Antenna Port (vs Physical Port)?

Antenna ports do not correspond to physical antennas, but rather are logical entities distinguished by their reference signal sequences.

Multiple antenna port signals can be transmitted on a single transmit antenna (C-RS port 0 and UE-RS port 5, for example).

Correspondingly, a single antenna port can be spread across multiple transmit antennas (UE-RS port 5, for example).

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