A method for wireless communication, comprising: receiving (2005; 2105; 2205) a communication configuration for reception of a first portion of a non-coherent joint transmission, NCJT, from a first transmission point, TP, or a second TP, and a second portion of the NCJT from the first TP or the second TP, wherein the communication configuration is received in a single downlink control information, DCI, transmission; and receiving (2010; 2110; 2210), based at least in part on the communication configuration, the first portion as a first codeword of a single-user multiple-input multiple-output, SU-MIMO, transmission and the second portion as a second codeword of the SU-MIMO transmission, wherein the DCI transmission comprises a field to indicate antenna ports, a scrambling ID, and a number of layers for each of the first codeword and the second codeword, wherein the said field: provides a same structure as a legacy SU-MIMO DCI transmission when only the first TP or the second TP is a serving cell; and provides support for any available number of spatial layers for the first codeword and the second codeword when both the first TP and the second TP are serving cells, and wherein the antenna ports, scrambling ID, and number of layers field uses a same format as a same field in a legacy SU-MIMO configuration, and a number of spatial layers of a combination of the first codeword and the second codeword are the same as provided in the legacy SU-MIMO configuration, and wherein the antenna ports, scrambling ID, and number of layers field further includes a swapping bit that indicates that the first codeword and second codeword in the antenna ports, scrambling ID, and number of layers field are for the second TP and first TP, respectively, instead of for the first TP and second TP, respectively. receiving (2005; 2105; 2205) a communication configuration for reception of a first portion of a non-coherent joint transmission, NCJT, from a first transmission point, TP, or a second TP, and a second portion of the NCJT from the first TP or the second TP, wherein the communication configuration is received in a single downlink control information, DCI, transmission; and receiving (2010; 2110; 2210), based at least in part on the communication configuration, the first portion as a first codeword of a single-user multiple-input multiple-output, SU-MIMO, transmission and the second portion as a second codeword of the SU-MIMO transmission, wherein the DCI transmission comprises a field to indicate antenna ports, a scrambling ID, and a number of layers for each of the first codeword and the second codeword, wherein the said field: provides a same structure as a legacy SU-MIMO DCI transmission when only the first TP or the second TP is a serving cell; and provides support for any available number of spatial layers for the first codeword and the second codeword when both the first TP and the second TP are serving cells, and provides a same structure as a legacy SU-MIMO DCI transmission when only the first TP or the second TP is a serving cell; and provides support for any available number of spatial layers for the first codeword and the second codeword when both the first TP and the second TP are serving cells, and wherein the antenna ports, scrambling ID, and number of layers field uses a same format as a same field in a legacy SU-MIMO configuration, and a number of spatial layers of a combination of the first codeword and the second codeword are the same as provided in the legacy SU-MIMO configuration, and wherein the antenna ports, scrambling ID, and number of layers field further includes a swapping bit that indicates that the first codeword and second codeword in the antenna ports, scrambling ID, and number of layers field are for the second TP and first TP, respectively, instead of for the first TP and second TP, respectively.