A method for determining beamforming vectors for a transmitting station in a wireless communication system and beamforming vectors for a receiving station in the wireless communication system, wherein the transmitting station or the receiving station comprise a hybrid MIMO beamforming configuration including a plurality of MIMO branches (511 1, 511 2, 521 1, 521 2), each MIMO branch (511 1, 511 2, 521 1, 521 2) comprising a plurality of antennas (516 1 -516 4, 532 1 -532 4), the method comprising: splitting the hybrid MIMO beamforming system into a plurality of subsystems, each subsystem comprising at least one MIMO transmit branch (511 1, 511 2) on the transmitting side and at least one MIMO receive branch (521 1, 521 2) on the receiving side, and wherein the hybrid MIMO beamforming system is a hybrid SIMO (single-input multiple-output) or a hybrid MISO (multiple-input single-output) beamforming system, wherein Q denotes the number of MIMO receive branches (521 1, 521 2), and P denotes the number of MIMO transmit branches (511 1, 511 2), wherein for a hybrid SIMO beamforming system, i.e., P=1, first the M × ∑ q = 1 Q N q beamforming system is considered and a suitable transmitting beamforming vector is determined, and then the hybrid SIMO beamforming overall system is split into Q M x N q subsystems, and for every subsystem, a suitable receiving beamforming vector is determined, wherein during determining the receiving beamforming vectors, the previously determined transmitting beamforming vector is considered, wherein M = the number of transmit beamforming branches (512 1, 512 2), and N q = the number of receive beamforming branches (528 1, 528 2) of the q-th MIMO receive branch (521 1, 521 2), and wherein for a hybrid MISO beamforming system, i.e., Q=1, first the ∑ p = 1 P M p × N beamforming system is considered and a suitable receiving beamforming vector is determined without considering transmitting beamforming vectors, and then the hybrid MISO beamforming overall system is divided into P M p x N subsystems, and for every beamforming subsystem, a suitable transmitting beamforming vector is determined, wherein during determining the transmitting beamforming vectors, the previously determined receiving beamforming vector is considered, wherein N = the number of receive beamforming branches (528 1, 528 2), and M p = the number of transmit beamforming branches (512 1, 512 2) of the p-th MIMO transmit branch (511 1, 511 2). splitting the hybrid MIMO beamforming system into a plurality of subsystems, each subsystem comprising at least one MIMO transmit branch (511 1, 511 2) on the transmitting side and at least one MIMO receive branch (521 1, 521 2) on the receiving side, and wherein the hybrid MIMO beamforming system is a hybrid SIMO (single-input multiple-output) or a hybrid MISO (multiple-input single-output) beamforming system, wherein Q denotes the number of MIMO receive branches (521 1, 521 2), and P denotes the number of MIMO transmit branches (511 1, 511 2), wherein for a hybrid SIMO beamforming system, i.e., P=1, first the M × ∑ q = 1 Q N q beamforming system is considered and a suitable transmitting beamforming vector is determined, and then the hybrid SIMO beamforming overall system is split into Q M x N q subsystems, and for every subsystem, a suitable receiving beamforming vector is determined, wherein during determining the receiving beamforming vectors, the previously determined transmitting beamforming vector is considered, wherein M = the number of transmit beamforming branches (512 1, 512 2), and N q = the number of receive beamforming branches (528 1, 528 2) of the q-th MIMO receive branch (521 1, 521 2), and wherein for a hybrid MISO beamforming system, i.e., Q=1, first the ∑ p = 1 P M p × N beamforming system is considered and a suitable receiving beamforming vector is determined without considering transmitting beamforming vectors, and then the hybrid MISO beamforming overall system is divided into P M p x N subsystems, and for every beamforming subsystem, a suitable transmitting beamforming vector is determined, wherein during determining the transmitting beamforming vectors, the previously determined receiving beamforming vector is considered, wherein N = the number of receive beamforming branches (528 1, 528 2), and M p = the number of transmit beamforming branches (512 1, 512 2) of the p-th MIMO transmit branch (511 1, 511 2).