Embodiments provide a system, an apparatus, or a method for communicating in a wireless network with a plurality of transmitter radio frequency (RF) chains and a plurality of receiver RF chains. The method includes identifying a set of measurements of a channel for a plurality of transmit and receive beams from the plurality of transmitter and receiver RF chains. The method also includes separating the plurality of transmitter and receiver RF chains into a first subset and a second subset. The method also includes initializing at least one beam to all transmitter RF chains and at least one beam to all receiver RF chains in the first subset. The method also includes identifying at least one selected beam of the plurality of transmit beams to all transmitter RF chains and at least one beam of the plurality of receive beams to all receiver RF chains in the second subset.