Method and apparatus for antenna port switching in near field LoS MIMO

A method comprising:

• determining, based on a wireless communication medium, one or more parameters of a transmit base station or a receive base station;
• determining, based on the one or more parameters, a first distance between at least two antenna ports of the transmit base station and a second distance between at least two antenna ports of the receive base station;
• and
• selecting, based on the first distance and the second distance, a second number of antenna ports to perform a communication with the receive base station.

A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising a plurality of instructions that, when executed by at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to:

• communicate in a wireless communication medium;
• determine, based on the wireless communication medium, one or more parameters of a transmit base station or a receive base station;
• determine, based on the one or more parameters, a first distance between at least two antenna ports of the transmit base station and a second distance between at least two antenna ports of the receive base station;
• and
• select, based on the first distance and the second distance, a second number of antenna ports to perform a communication with the receive base station.