Aspects of the present disclosure include methods, apparatuses, and computer readable media for receiving, via a plurality of input ports, one or more input signals carrying information via one or more input ports of the plurality of input ports, transforming, via a mapping module each of the one or more input signals into two or more output signals carrying the information, amplifying the two or more output signals, and transmitting, coherently, the amplified two or more output signals in a multiple-in multiple-out (MIMO) network.

Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, receiving, via an antenna, a communication signal generated by a communication device, and detecting interference in the communication signal, wherein the interference is generated by one or more interference sources, wherein the interference is detected by monitoring a near field region of the antenna, an intermediate field region of the antenna, a far field region of the antenna, or any combinations thereof, wherein the monitoring excludes monitoring only the far field region of the antenna. Other embodiments are disclosed.

Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, obtaining data regarding passive intermodulation (PIM) detected in a received communication signal, and performing polarization adjusting for a communications system such that an impact of the PIM on the communications system is minimized. Other embodiments are disclosed.

Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, performing, by an adjusting mechanism associated with a communications system, polarization adjusting for an uplink of the communications system, and performing, by the adjusting mechanism, polarization adjusting for a downlink of the communications system, wherein a first polarization of the uplink and a second polarization of the downlink are different. Other embodiments are disclosed.