A user equipment (UE) configured to establish a connection to a fifth generation (5G) new radio (NR) network, wherein the connection is configured to utilize cyclic prefix (CP)—orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) waveform and demodulation reference signal (DMRS) type 1, receive a DMRS port indication configured to indicate one or more DMRS ports assigned to the UE, wherein single symbol DMRS type 1 is configured to support up to 8 DMRS ports and two symbol DMRS type 1 is configured to support up to 16 DMRS ports and perform a transmission operation or a reception operation using the one or more DMRS ports assigned to the UE.