--- title: Hybrid Beamforming for Massive MIMO Phased Array Systems description: This white paper illustrates a process to design hybrid beamforming in massive MIMO antenna arrays for 5G, using features available with MATLAB® and Simulink®. --- [![logo.png](https://event.techsource-asia.com/hs-fs/hubfs/output-onlinepngtools%20(5)-1.png?width=825&height=131&name=output-onlinepngtools%20(5)-1.png "logo.png")](https://www.techsource-asia.com) [![Free Demo](https://hubspot-no-cache-na2-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/cta/default/6377406/bbe43d32-6d34-4d7f-b8bd-4459a4c9fc10.png)](https://hubspot-cta-redirect-na2-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/cta/redirect/6377406/bbe43d32-6d34-4d7f-b8bd-4459a4c9fc10) ## Hybrid Beamforming for Massive MIMO Phased Array Systems This white paper illustrates a process to design hybrid beamforming in massive MIMO antenna arrays for 5G, using features available with MATLAB® and Simulink®. Taking a 64 x 64 element, 66 GHz millimeter wave (mmWave) design as an example,  we show a strategy to model antenna arrays and partition beamforming operations between the digital and RF domains, including: Specifying an array and visualizing the geometry, 2D and 3D directivity, and grating lobes Importing antenna patterns to increase model fidelity Mitigating the effects of array element imperfections, element and subarray failures, and mutual coupling Designing array architectures and generating RF phase shifts and digital complex weights Measuring performance of link-level designs using high-fidelity, RF/digital multidomain simulations Modeling multi-user beamforming scenarios Assessing tradeoffs between performance, power dissipation, and implementation complexity [![Download Whitepaper](https://hubspot-no-cache-na2-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/cta/default/6377406/6019c48f-bb0e-42d3-a848-3a4749d7135f.png)](https://hubspot-cta-redirect-na2-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/cta/redirect/6377406/6019c48f-bb0e-42d3-a848-3a4749d7135f) This white paper illustrates a process to design hybrid beamforming in massive MIMO antenna arrays for 5G, using features available with MATLAB® and Simulink®.​ [![Free Demo](https://hubspot-no-cache-na2-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/cta/default/6377406/bbe43d32-6d34-4d7f-b8bd-4459a4c9fc10.png)](https://hubspot-cta-redirect-na2-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/cta/redirect/6377406/bbe43d32-6d34-4d7f-b8bd-4459a4c9fc10) ![5g phased array](https://event.techsource-asia.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Wireless/5g%20phased%20array.jpg?width=961&name=5g%20phased%20array.jpg "5g phased array") [![White Paper Bridging Wireless Communications Design and Testing with MATLAB](https://event.techsource-asia.com/hs-fs/hubfs/White%20Paper%20Bridging%20Wireless%20Communications%20Design%20and%20Testing%20with%20MATLAB.png?width=1200&height=627&name=White%20Paper%20Bridging%20Wireless%20Communications%20Design%20and%20Testing%20with%20MATLAB.png "White Paper Bridging Wireless Communications Design and Testing with MATLAB")](https://event.techsource-asia.com/whitepaper-bridging-wireless-communications-design-and-testing-with-matlab?hsLang=en) ## 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