What is the reason for Analog Beam Forming in > 6 Ghz?

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Hello Experts,
What is the reason for Analog Beam Forming in > 6 Ghz?
Why not Digital BF?
What are the limitations?

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It is difficult in mmwave to implement a high number of tx/rx chains for analog beamforming.
This is why in mmwave mimo is mostly 2x2.

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Thanks @RFSpecialist, it’s logical. :wink: