diff --git a/applications/lofar2/libraries/sdp/src/vhdl/node_sdp_beamformer.vhd b/applications/lofar2/libraries/sdp/src/vhdl/node_sdp_beamformer.vhd
index fa2c8dbc440ffbb42d7ed729b06c19e2cfc93c97..6069c939c613dc99627e4e71f76643b52b5ae4b5 100644
--- a/applications/lofar2/libraries/sdp/src/vhdl/node_sdp_beamformer.vhd
+++ b/applications/lofar2/libraries/sdp/src/vhdl/node_sdp_beamformer.vhd
@@ -129,11 +129,11 @@ ARCHITECTURE str OF node_sdp_beamformer IS
   SIGNAL scope_bf_out_sosi_arr   : t_dp_sosi_integer_arr(c_sdp_N_pol_bf-1 DOWNTO 0);
   SIGNAL beamlet_scale           : STD_LOGIC_VECTOR(c_sdp_W_beamlet_scale-1 DOWNTO 0);
   
-  SIGNAL node_index              : NATURAL RANGE 0 TO c_sdp_N_pn_max-1 := 0;
+  SIGNAL rn_index              : NATURAL RANGE 0 TO c_sdp_N_pn_max-1 := 0;
 
 BEGIN
 
-  node_index <= TO_UINT(gn_id);
+  rn_index <= TO_UINT(gn_id);
 
   ---------------------------------------------------------------
   -- Beamlet Subband Select 
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ BEGIN
     mm_rst             => mm_rst, 
     mm_clk             => mm_clk, 
     
-    node_index         => node_index,
+    rn_index           => rn_index,
     local_bf_sosi      => local_bf_sosi, 
     from_ri_sosi       => from_ri_sosi, 
     to_ri_sosi         => to_ri_sosi, 
diff --git a/applications/lofar2/libraries/sdp/src/vhdl/sdp_beamformer_remote.vhd b/applications/lofar2/libraries/sdp/src/vhdl/sdp_beamformer_remote.vhd
index abb11bce5443ed475fbe23e8d78ed7042ed16e22..7d0ef9619c8e17c15c703d1b2428a6c982266ed2 100644
--- a/applications/lofar2/libraries/sdp/src/vhdl/sdp_beamformer_remote.vhd
+++ b/applications/lofar2/libraries/sdp/src/vhdl/sdp_beamformer_remote.vhd
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ ENTITY sdp_beamformer_remote IS
     dp_clk      : IN  STD_LOGIC;
     dp_rst      : IN  STD_LOGIC;
 
-    node_index    : IN  NATURAL RANGE 0 TO c_sdp_N_pn_max-1 := 0;  
+    rn_index    : IN  NATURAL RANGE 0 TO c_sdp_N_pn_max-1 := 0;  
 
     local_bf_sosi : IN  t_dp_sosi;
     from_ri_sosi  : IN  t_dp_sosi;
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ BEGIN
     dp_rst     => dp_rst,             
     dp_clk     => dp_clk,             
 
-    node_index => node_index,
+    node_index => rn_index,
 
     -- Streaming input
     in_sosi_arr  => dispatch_sosi_arr,