Active Antenna System And Method With Full Antenna Ports Dimension

An Active Antenna System (AAS) is used to generate a logical port by performing beam forming operations to process a reference signal applied to its input. The beam forming operations are based on AAS configuration information received by the AAS. The beam forming operations map different operations to different components of the AAS where said operations are performed during the processing of the reference signal resulting in a beam that may be directed at a particular location with a certain amount of power. The AAS configuration information is received by a processor coupled to all of the components of the AAS and said processor converts the received AAS configuration information to control signals causing said components to perform the beam forming operations.