What is Rank Indicator in MIMO?

In MIMO transmission we have CSI (Channel Status Indicator). CSI have 3 main indicators:
1. CQI (Chennel Quality Indicator),
2. PMI (Pre-coding Metrix Indicator),
3. RI (Rank Indicator).
RI have two values RI 1 means ue face bad radio condition, RI 2 means ue have good radio condition,
behalf of RI1 & RI2 enodeB decide which transmission mode should apply to transmitt a signal in ue
direction.

What is PCI? How to calculate PCI in LTE? Total PCI present in LTE?

PCI is the physical cell ID of a sectors on site or we can say pci is the name of a sector on a tower. LTE
networks provide a unique value for identifying eNb’s. The PCI value is generated from two signals –
PSS and SSS.
The PSS, Primary Synchronization Signal, has the value 0, 1, and 2.
The SSS, Secondary Synchronization Signal, can have a value between [0--167].
The PCI value is [(3x SSS)+(PSS)], resulting in a value between 0 and 503. Total 504 PCI values.

Why not mod 3 Mod 6 Mod 30

The PCI is also used to indicate the location of RS along the frequency axis.
Consider that the PCI=X will have the RS located at the first sub-carrier then the PCI=X+1 will move
the RS downwards by one sub-carrier and PCI=X+2 will move it down by another sub-carrier. The
point to note is that there are 2 RS per RB per antenna port in the 1st OFDM symbol. But there are
another 2 RS for the second antenna port on the same symbol. These 2 RS are zero-powered (also
known as DTX – discontinuous transmission) on the first antenna port. So, when the PCI is changed to
X+3, then the RS for antenna port0 moves to the same position as RS for antenna port1 of the PCI=X.
This means that for every PCI=X, any other PCI