Why Does CBAND (n77) Outperform mmWave (n257) Despite Same 100MHz Bandwidth?

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Hello Experts

Same bandwidth (100MHz), but CBAND (n77) has higher throughput and superior than mmWave (n257)!

What you suspect the reason?

Why Does CBAND (n77) Outperform mmWave (n257) Despite Same 100MHz Bandwidth
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mmWave modulation is mostly 64QAM.

While n77 is using 256QAM.

Also mmWave in Nokia at least max 2x2 MIMO per carrier.

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