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Aiming to solve these problems, this paper proposed a low-complexity hybrid precoding algorithm based on Initial value Acceleration-based Alternating Minimization (IAAM). Leveraging the special structure of analog precoder in sub-connected scheme, we design the analog precoder through low-complexity quadratic programming and use the least square method to obtain the digital precoder. Moreover, we design a heuristic algorithm with the objective function of maximizing the effective channel gain to calculate the initial analog precoder as the starting point for alternating minimization. The simulation results show that the spectral efficiency of this algorithm is at least 17.5% higher than the existing two traditional sub-connected algorithms. Additionally, it increases energy efficiency by at least 12.8% compa with the Orthogonal Matching Pursuit (OMP) algorithm. 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