An apparatus comprising: an antenna array including a plurality of antenna elements; a Multi-Input-Multi-Output, MIMO, and beamforming processor to control the plurality of antenna elements to form a plurality of directional beams and to process communications via beamformed links over the plurality of directional beams according to a Multi-User, MU, MIMO processing scheme, wherein said beamformed links comprise links over a millimeter-wave 'mmWave' band, wherein said beamformed links include one or more access links and one or more backhaul links, wherein the one or more access links include wireless communication links between a wireless communication node and one or more mobile devices, wherein the one or more backhaul links include wireless communication links between said wireless communication node and one or more other wireless communication nodes; wherein the MIMO and beamforming processor is further configured to control one or more first sub-arrays of said antenna array to form one or more first beams to communicate communications of said one or more access links, and to control one or more second sub arrays of said antenna array to form one or more second beams to communicate communications of said one or more backhaul links; wherein the apparatus further comprises: an access processor configured to process the communications of said one or more access links and a first plurality of baseband processors configured to perform baseband processing between said access processor and said MIMO and beamforming processor; and a backhaul processor configured to process the communications of said one or more backhaul links and a second plurality of baseband processors configured to perform baseband processing between said backhaul processor and said MIMO and beamforming processor. an antenna array including a plurality of antenna elements; a Multi-Input-Multi-Output, MIMO, and beamforming processor to control the plurality of antenna elements to form a plurality of directional beams and to process communications via beamformed links over the plurality of directional beams according to a Multi-User, MU, MIMO processing scheme, wherein said beamformed links comprise links over a millimeter-wave 'mmWave' band, wherein said beamformed links include one or more access links and one or more backhaul links, wherein the one or more access links include wireless communication links between a wireless communication node and one or more mobile devices, wherein the one or more backhaul links include wireless communication links between said wireless communication node and one or more other wireless communication nodes; wherein the MIMO and beamforming processor is further configured to control one or more first sub-arrays of said antenna array to form one or more first beams to communicate communications of said one or more access links, and to control one or more second sub arrays of said antenna array to form one or more second beams to communicate communications of said one or more backhaul links; wherein the apparatus further comprises: an access processor configured to process the communications of said one or more access links and a first plurality of baseband processors configured to perform baseband processing between said access processor and said MIMO and beamforming processor; and a backhaul processor configured to process the communications of said one or more backhaul links and a second plurality of baseband processors configured to perform baseband processing between said backhaul processor and said MIMO and beamforming processor. an access processor configured to process the communications of said one or more access links and a first plurality of baseband processors configured to perform baseband processing between said access processor and said MIMO and beamforming processor; and a backhaul processor configured to process the communications of said one or more backhaul links and a second plurality of baseband processors configured to perform baseband processing between said backhaul processor and said MIMO and beamforming processor.