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arxiv: 2604.08908 · v1 · submitted 2026-04-10 · 💻 cs.IT · math.IT

Continuous Wavefront Design via Virtual Point Sources: A Holographic Paradigm for Near-Field XL-MIMO

Xiyuan Liu , Qingqing Wu , Rui Wang , Qiaoyan Peng , Jun Wu This is my paper

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keywords XL-MIMOholographic beamformingvirtual point sourcenear-field propagationcontinuous wavefrontgeometric-optical analysisIRS-assisted systems
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The optimal virtual point source can be located geometrically without iteration to approximate the continuous wavefront in near-field XL-MIMO.

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This paper proposes a holographic paradigm that treats beamforming as designing a continuous electromagnetic wave over the entire array aperture rather than optimizing discrete antenna signals. For the difficult dual near-field case where transmitter and receiver are both in near-field of each other, it approximates the desired wave using a spherical wave emitted from a single virtual point source. A geometric-optical analysis then finds the best location for that source in closed form without any iteration. This decouples the originally coupled optimization problem and yields performance close to traditional iterative methods but with far lower complexity.

Core claim

The optimal location of the virtual point source can be determined in a fully non-iterative manner through rigorous geometric-optical analysis, which decouples the coupled dual near-field beamforming problem in XL-MIMO systems by approximating the ideal continuous wave function with a single analytically tractable spherical wave.

What carries the argument

The Virtual Point Source (VPS), defined as the origin of a spherical wave that approximates the target continuous wavefront over the array aperture; it enables non-iterative location calculation via geometric optics to replace coupled iterative optimization.

Load-bearing premise

The desired continuous wave function over the array aperture is accurately approximated by the spherical wave originating from a single virtual point source whose optimal position is correctly identified by the geometric-optical analysis.

What would settle it

A numerical experiment that optimizes the beamforming directly without the VPS approximation and shows that the resulting performance gain over the geometrically located VPS is large, or that the geometrically predicted location deviates substantially from the numerically optimal location for the spherical-wave parameters.

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Figures reproduced from arXiv: 2604.08908 by Jun Wu, Qiaoyan Peng, Qingqing Wu, Rui Wang, Xiyuan Liu.

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Figure 1. Figure 1: Principle of diffraction degradation on XL-MIMO and [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p005_1.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 2. Figure 2: Illustration of (a) SNF and (b)-(d) DNF scenarios. [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p006_2.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 3. Figure 3: Difference in technical routes for beamforming desi [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p007_3.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 4. Figure 4: Decoupling beamforming performance analysis by con [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p008_4.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 5. Figure 5: Constructing the virtual point source using the oppo [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p009_5.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 6. Figure 6: Convergence performance comparison of the AO algori [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p009_6.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 7. Figure 7: Normalized received power versus frequency with fixe [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p010_7.png] view at source ↗
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Beamforming design for extremely large-scale multiple-input multiple-output (XL-MIMO) systems is challenging due to prohibitive computational complexity and complex near-field propagation effects. To address this, this paper introduces a holographic beamforming paradigm that reformulates the design from optimizing variables at spatially discrete antenna locations to shaping a continuous electromagnetic wave function over the array aperture, effectively mitigating the growth of algorithmic complexity as the array scale increases. We apply this paradigm to the challenging dual near-field (DNF) scenario, where strong transceiver coupling severely degrades conventional iterative algorithms. In this case, we propose a novel Virtual Point Source (VPS) method, which approximates the ideal wave function with a single and analytically tractable spherical-wave. A rigorous geometric-optical analysis is provided to show that the optimal VPS location can be determined in a fully non-iterative manner, thus decoupling the coupled DNF problem. The proposed method is demonstrated in an intelligent reflecting surfaces (IRS)-assisted system, where simulation results show that our non-iterative approach achieves performance comparable to converged alternating-optimization (AO) algorithms, while incurring significantly lower complexity and avoiding convergence uncertainty. This work offers a new theoretical framework for holographic beamforming design in XL-MIMO systems.

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Referee Report

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Summary. The paper introduces a holographic beamforming paradigm for XL-MIMO that shifts design from discrete antenna variables to shaping a continuous wavefront over the aperture. For the dual near-field (DNF) case, it approximates the ideal wave function by a single spherical wave from a virtual point source (VPS) whose location is found non-iteratively via geometric-optical analysis, thereby decoupling the coupled problem. Simulations in an IRS-assisted system indicate that this non-iterative VPS method achieves performance comparable to converged alternating optimization (AO) while reducing complexity and avoiding convergence issues.

Significance. If the geometric-optical analysis is shown to identify the VPS location that truly minimizes wavefront approximation error, the work would supply a scalable, non-iterative framework for near-field XL-MIMO beamforming that sidesteps the complexity growth of discrete optimization. The explicit non-iterative derivation and the reported parity with AO constitute concrete strengths that could influence practical holographic designs, provided the approximation's accuracy is rigorously established.

major comments (1)
  1. [VPS method and geometric-optical analysis] Geometric-optical analysis for VPS location (central to the DNF decoupling claim): the manuscript asserts that this analysis rigorously locates the optimal VPS without iteration or data fitting. However, geometric optics relies on ray or stationary-phase approximations that are typically asymptotic and may omit evanescent components or fail to guarantee the global L2-optimal spherical-wave fit to the ideal continuous aperture function. A direct verification—e.g., by comparing the derived location against the minimizer of the actual wavefront error metric or by bounding the approximation error—is required to confirm that the non-iterative solution is optimal rather than merely stationary under the geometric model.
minor comments (2)
  1. [Simulation results] Simulation results section: the abstract and results claim performance comparable to AO but supply no quantitative metrics (e.g., achievable rate values, gap to AO), error bars, number of Monte-Carlo trials, or specific parameter settings, which weakens the empirical support for the non-iterative claim.
  2. [VPS derivation] The paper would benefit from an explicit statement of the wavefront error metric (L2 norm or similar) used to define optimality of the VPS location, together with a brief comparison to the location obtained by numerical minimization of that metric.

Simulated Author's Rebuttal

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We thank the referee for the constructive and insightful review of our manuscript. We have carefully considered the major comment and provide a point-by-point response below. We propose revisions that directly address the concern while preserving the core contributions of the work.

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  1. Referee: Geometric-optical analysis for VPS location (central to the DNF decoupling claim): the manuscript asserts that this analysis rigorously locates the optimal VPS without iteration or data fitting. However, geometric optics relies on ray or stationary-phase approximations that are typically asymptotic and may omit evanescent components or fail to guarantee the global L2-optimal spherical-wave fit to the ideal continuous aperture function. A direct verification—e.g., by comparing the derived location against the minimizer of the actual wavefront error metric or by bounding the approximation error—is required to confirm that the non-iterative solution is optimal rather than merely stationary under the geometric model.

    Authors: We appreciate the referee's precise identification of this subtlety. Our geometric-optical analysis derives the VPS location via stationary-phase and ray-path phase-matching conditions, which is a standard rigorous approach within the radiating near-field regime and yields a closed-form non-iterative solution. We acknowledge, however, that this does not automatically constitute a proof of global L2 optimality over all possible spherical-wave fits, nor does it explicitly bound the contribution of evanescent components. To strengthen the claim, we will revise the manuscript by adding a new subsection (and corresponding appendix) that numerically compares the analytically derived VPS coordinates against the location obtained by direct minimization of the L2 wavefront error metric (via dense grid search over candidate source positions). We will also include a brief discussion of the validity range of the ray-optics approximation and the negligible impact of evanescent waves for the aperture sizes and distances considered. These additions will clarify that the solution is optimal under the geometric model and empirically near-optimal in the L2 sense. revision: yes

Circularity Check

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No significant circularity; geometric-optical derivation is independent of fitted inputs or self-citation chains.

full rationale

The central claim rests on a geometric-optical analysis that derives the VPS location non-iteratively from ray-phase or stationary-phase principles applied to the continuous aperture wave function. This step is presented as an original derivation rather than a fit to data, a renaming of known results, or a load-bearing self-citation. The ideal spherical-wave approximation is stated explicitly as an ansatz, and performance is checked externally via simulation against AO baselines. No equation reduces by construction to its own inputs, and the decoupling of the DNF problem follows from the analysis rather than being presupposed. The derivation chain remains self-contained against external benchmarks.

Axiom & Free-Parameter Ledger

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The central claim rests on the validity of the spherical-wave approximation and the geometric-optical derivation of VPS location; no explicit free parameters are fitted to data, but the modeling choice of a single VPS is an ad-hoc simplification.

axioms (1)
  • domain assumption Geometric-optical analysis assumptions hold for determining optimal VPS location in dual near-field propagation
    Invoked to enable fully non-iterative determination of VPS position and decoupling of the DNF problem.
invented entities (1)
  • Virtual Point Source (VPS) no independent evidence
    purpose: Approximate the ideal continuous electromagnetic wave function over the array aperture with a single spherical wave
    Introduced to simplify the coupled dual near-field design into an analytically tractable form; no independent falsifiable evidence provided beyond simulation comparison.

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