Apparatuses and methods for facilitating a use of mu-mimo in respect of frequency bands, including the fr2 frequency bands

A non-transitory machine-readable medium, comprising executable instructions that, when executed by a processing system including a processor, facilitate performance of operations, the operations comprising:

• identifying a first communication device as a candidate for a multi-user multiple-input multiple-output (MU-MIMO) topology in respect of a first carrier, resulting in a first identification, wherein the first carrier supports frequencies within frequency range 2 (FR2);
• identifying a second communication device as a candidate for the MU-MIMO topology in respect of the first carrier, resulting in a second identification;
• pairing the first communication device and the second communication device as part of the MU-MIMO topology in respect of the first carrier based on the first identification and the second identification;
• identifying that the first communication device, the second communication device, or a combination thereof, is not to be paired with at least one other communication device as part of a MU-MIMO topology in respect of a second carrier, resulting in a third identification;
• and
• subjecting the first communication device, the second communication device, or the combination thereof, to a single-user multiple-input multiple-output (SU-MIMO) topology in respect of the second carrier in accordance with the third identification.

A method, comprising:

• pairing, by a processing system including a processor, a first user equipment (UE) with at least a second UE and a third UE as part of a multi-user multiple-input multiple-output (MU-MIMO) topology via a utilization of a first carrier;
• and
• associating, by the processing system, the first UE with a first beam, the second UE with a second beam, and the third UE with a third beam, wherein the third beam is different from the second beam, the third beam is different from the first beam, and the second beam is different from the first beam;
• subsequent to the pairing of the first UE as part of the MU-MIMO topology in respect of the first carrier, performing, by the processing system, an analysis in respect of a second carrier;
• determining, by the processing system and based on the performing of the analysis, that the first UE is not to be paired with at least one other UE as part of a MU-MIMO topology in respect of the second carrier, resulting in a determination;
• and
• subjecting, by the processing system, the first UE to a single-user multiple-input multiple-output (SU-MIMO) topology in respect of the second carrier in accordance with the determination.