arxiv: 2605.08662 · v1 · submitted 2026-05-09 · 📡 eess.SP

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Wideband Precoding for U6G XL-MIMO Systems: Beam Squint Boundaries and Channel Slicing

Zhizheng Lu , Yu Han , Xiaojie Li , Shi Jin , Michail Matthaiou

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Beam squint remains significant in U6G XL-MIMO systems while near-field effects appear first with growing array size and bandwidth.

A machine-rendered reading of the paper's core claim, the machinery that carries it, and where it could break.

This paper shows that the combination of very large antenna arrays and wide bandwidths in upper-6 GHz XL-MIMO creates noticeable beam squint, where beams at different subcarriers point to different directions and lower spectral efficiency under hybrid precoding. It first derives exact boundaries that mark when beam squint becomes important, one set in the antenna domain from a near-field viewpoint and another in the frequency domain from a far-field viewpoint. A channel slicing method then breaks the overall channel into smaller blocks, either by grouping antennas or by grouping subcarriers, so that each path or user can be handled with less squint mismatch. Simulations confirm both that beam squint stays relevant and that the slicing approach raises spectral efficiency. If the boundaries and slicing hold, designers gain concrete rules for when and how to adjust wideband precoding instead of accepting the losses.

Core claim

Precise antenna-domain and frequency-domain wideband boundaries are derived from the near-field and far-field perspectives. A channel slicing scheme segments U6G XL-MIMO channels into multiple blocks to mitigate the beam squint effect for each path, using antenna-domain slicing for multipath scenarios and frequency-domain slicing for multiuser scenarios. The beam squint effect remains a significant issue for U6G XL-MIMO systems, the near-field effect invariably precedes the beam squint effect as the array size and the bandwidth increase, and the proposed scheme greatly improves spectral efficiency.

What carries the argument

The derived antenna-domain and frequency-domain boundaries for beam squint, together with the channel slicing scheme that segments the XL-MIMO channel into blocks to reduce squint per path.

If this is right

The derived boundaries can directly inform the design of wideband precoding for future U6G XL-MIMO deployments.
Antenna-domain slicing applies to multipath channels to mitigate squint on each path separately.
Frequency-domain slicing applies to multiuser channels to keep beams aligned across users.
The slicing approach raises overall spectral efficiency under limited RF chains.
Beam squint stays pronounced while near-field effects dominate first when arrays and bandwidth grow.

Where Pith is reading between the lines

These are editorial extensions of the paper, not claims the author makes directly.

Designers could consult the boundaries to choose between near-field modeling and explicit squint compensation without running full simulations for every configuration.
If the slicing preserves multiuser gains, the same block-wise approach might extend to other wideband large-array systems outside the U6G band.
Hardware experiments that sweep array size and bandwidth while logging actual spectral efficiency would test whether the analytical boundaries match real propagation.
Combining the slicing with existing low-complexity beamforming algorithms could further lower the number of required RF chains.

Load-bearing premise

That splitting the channels into blocks by antenna-domain or frequency-domain slicing can reduce beam squint for each path without adding too much overhead or losing multiuser performance gains.

What would settle it

A measurement or simulation in which the proposed slicing scheme produces no meaningful spectral efficiency gain over standard hybrid precoding, or in which the near-field effect does not appear before beam squint as array size and bandwidth are increased.

Figures

Figures reproduced from arXiv: 2605.08662 by Michail Matthaiou, Shi Jin, Xiaojie Li, Yu Han, Zhizheng Lu.

**Figure 2.** Figure 2: Normalized array gain ηwn (m, θ, d) as (36) against θ and d (fc = 7 GHz, B = 300 MHz, M = 1024, N = 512, θ = 0.1, and d = r = 20 m). than a threshold κaπ, the near-field spherical wave steering vector of this path can be simplified to be a far-field planar wave steering vector, for l = 1, . . . , L. The antenna-domain steering vector of the l-th far-field path, a (θl) ∈ C N×1 , can be given by a (θl) = h e… view at source ↗

**Figure 3.** Figure 3: SE against the bandwidth for U6G XL-MIMO systems. [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p007_3.png] view at source ↗

**Figure 5.** Figure 5: Antenna-domain channel slicing for wideband precod [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p009_5.png] view at source ↗

**Figure 7.** Figure 7: Sub-band slicing for multiple-UE resource allocati [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p010_7.png] view at source ↗

**Figure 9.** Figure 9: SE against the index of the subcarriers (antenna-dom [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p011_9.png] view at source ↗

**Figure 10.** Figure 10: SE against the number of near-field paths (antenna-d [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p011_10.png] view at source ↗

**Figure 11.** Figure 11: SE against the SNR (frequency-domain slicing). [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p012_11.png] view at source ↗

**Figure 14.** Figure 14: SE against the number of subarrays (frequency-doma [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p012_14.png] view at source ↗

read the original abstract

The unconventionally large aperture of extremely large-scale multiple-input multiple-output (XL-MIMO) arrays, in conjunction with the wider bandwidths in the upper-6 GHz (U6G) frequency bands, will very likely lead to non-negligible beam squint effects. In the context of a limited number of radio frequency (RF) chains, and by adopting hybrid precoding, the beams at different subcarriers may point to different positions and compromise the spectral efficiency (SE). Moreover, the existence of \textit{multiple paths} in U6G XL-MIMO channels also entails practical challenges for wideband precoding. It is therefore essential to ascertain whether the beam squint effect is pronounced for U6G XL-MIMO systems and design efficient wideband precoding schemes. To address these challenges, precise antenna-domain and frequency-domain wideband boundaries are derived from the near-field and far-field perspectives, respectively. These boundaries can inform the design of wideband precoding in future system settings. Subsequently, a channel slicing scheme is proposed for wideband precoding. The process involves the segmentation of U6G XL-MIMO channels into multiple blocks, with the objective of mitigating the beam squint effect for each path. The antenna-domain and frequency-domain slicing methods are developed for multipath and multiuser scenarios, respectively. The simulation results prove that the beam squint effect remains a significant issue for U6G XL-MIMO systems, while the near-field effect invariably precedes the beam squint effect as the array size and the bandwidth increase. In addition, the proposed scheme can greatly improve the SE.

Editorial analysis

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Desk editor's note, referee report, simulated authors' rebuttal, and a circularity audit. Tearing a paper down is the easy half of reading it; the pith above is the substance, this is the friction.

Desk Editor's Note private letter to a colleague

The paper derives usable antenna- and frequency-domain boundaries plus a channel-slicing method for wideband hybrid precoding in U6G XL-MIMO, but the claim that near-field effects invariably precede beam squint rests on simulation points rather than a general ordering proof.

read the letter

The main takeaway is that this work calculates explicit boundaries for when near-field spherical-wave effects and beam squint become significant in large arrays at upper-6 GHz, then introduces antenna-domain and frequency-domain slicing to break the channel into blocks that reduce squint per path under hybrid precoding. The derivations start from standard Fresnel and first-order Taylor approximations, which keeps them straightforward to follow. The slicing approach is applied separately to multipath and multiuser settings, and the simulations report spectral-efficiency gains from the scheme. That part supplies concrete design numbers that system engineers could plug into link budgets or array sizing rules. The boundary formulas themselves are the clearest new element beyond earlier beam-squint papers. The soft spot is the headline assertion that near-field effects always appear before beam squint as array size and bandwidth grow. Because the two boundaries are obtained independently, their relative ordering is an empirical result from the chosen carrier frequencies, apertures, and path distances; nothing in the math forces the same sequence for every realistic U6G parameter set. If the ordering reverses at 7–10 GHz with 256–1024 antennas and 400 MHz bandwidth, the motivation for prioritizing near-field-aware slicing weakens. Simulation details such as exact baselines, array sizes tested, and error bars are also needed to judge how large the reported gains actually are. This paper is aimed at researchers working on 6G XL-MIMO hardware and wideband precoder algorithms. A reader who needs quick rules of thumb for when to switch from far-field to near-field models or how to segment channels would find the boundary expressions and slicing logic worth examining. I would send it for peer review. The derivations are grounded enough and the slicing idea is practical, even if the precedence claim and simulation evidence need tightening.

Referee Report

3 major / 2 minor

Summary. The paper derives precise antenna-domain near-field boundaries (using Fresnel approximation) and frequency-domain beam-squint boundaries (using first-order Taylor expansion of the array response) for U6G XL-MIMO systems. It proposes antenna-domain slicing for multipath channels and frequency-domain slicing for multiuser scenarios to segment channels into blocks that mitigate beam squint per path under hybrid precoding with limited RF chains. Simulations are claimed to confirm that beam squint remains significant, that near-field effects invariably precede beam squint with increasing array size and bandwidth, and that the slicing scheme greatly improves spectral efficiency.

Significance. If the boundary derivations hold and the slicing preserves multiuser gains without prohibitive overhead, the work supplies concrete design guidelines for wideband precoding in U6G XL-MIMO, distinguishing regimes where near-field spherical-wave modeling must be prioritized over far-field beam-squint compensation. The explicit separation of antenna- and frequency-domain boundaries from standard channel models is a methodological strength.

major comments (3)

[Abstract, §III] Abstract and §III: The headline claim that 'the near-field effect invariably precedes the beam squint effect as the array size and the bandwidth increase' is load-bearing for the motivation to prioritize near-field-aware slicing. The boundaries are obtained independently (§III-A Fresnel vs. §III-B first-order Taylor), so the ordering is an empirical observation from the chosen simulation points rather than a general proof. The manuscript should either prove the ordering for all U6G-relevant parameters (carrier 7–10 GHz, bandwidth ~400 MHz, apertures 256–1024) or qualify the claim as holding within the simulated regimes.
[§IV] §IV (simulation results): The abstract asserts that 'simulations prove' both the precedence and that the scheme 'greatly improve[s] the SE,' yet the text provides no visible details on channel model parameters (number of paths, path-loss exponents, exact array apertures), baseline comparisons (e.g., narrowband hybrid precoding or frequency-flat precoding), or error bars. Without these, the quantitative support for the SE gains and the ordering cannot be verified.
[§III-C, §IV] §III-C and §IV: The channel-slicing scheme segments paths into blocks to mitigate per-path beam squint. The manuscript should quantify the resulting overhead (additional RF-chain usage or feedback) and demonstrate that multiuser gains are retained after slicing; the current claim that segmentation 'can mitigate beam squint for each path without introducing prohibitive overhead' is asserted but not load-bearingly supported by the presented results.

minor comments (2)

[§II, §III-A] Notation for the array response vector and the Fresnel approximation distance should be unified between §II and §III-A to avoid reader confusion.
[Figures in §III] Figure captions for the boundary plots should explicitly state the carrier frequency, bandwidth, and array size used, rather than leaving them implicit.

Simulated Author's Rebuttal

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We thank the referee for the constructive and detailed comments. We address each major comment below and indicate the revisions planned for the next version of the manuscript.

read point-by-point responses

Referee: [Abstract, §III] The headline claim that 'the near-field effect invariably precedes the beam squint effect as the array size and the bandwidth increase' is load-bearing for the motivation to prioritize near-field-aware slicing. The boundaries are obtained independently (§III-A Fresnel vs. §III-B first-order Taylor), so the ordering is an empirical observation from the chosen simulation points rather than a general proof. The manuscript should either prove the ordering for all U6G-relevant parameters (carrier 7–10 GHz, bandwidth ~400 MHz, apertures 256–1024) or qualify the claim as holding within the simulated regimes.

Authors: We agree that the precedence is an observation obtained by comparing the independently derived antenna-domain (Fresnel) and frequency-domain (first-order Taylor) boundaries at the simulated points, rather than a general analytical proof. In the revised manuscript we will remove the word 'invariably' from the abstract and Section III, and explicitly qualify the statement to hold 'within the U6G parameter regimes examined (carrier frequencies 7–10 GHz, bandwidths up to 400 MHz, and array sizes 256–1024)'. We will also add a short paragraph after the boundary derivations explaining the conditions under which the near-field boundary is reached before the beam-squint boundary for the considered ranges. revision: yes
Referee: [§IV] §IV (simulation results): The abstract asserts that 'simulations prove' both the precedence and that the scheme 'greatly improve[s] the SE,' yet the text provides no visible details on channel model parameters (number of paths, path-loss exponents, exact array apertures), baseline comparisons (e.g., narrowband hybrid precoding or frequency-flat precoding), or error bars. Without these, the quantitative support for the SE gains and the ordering cannot be verified.

Authors: We acknowledge that the simulation section would benefit from greater explicitness. In the revision we will expand Section IV with (i) a table listing all channel parameters (number of paths L=4, path-loss exponents, exact array apertures 256/512/1024, carrier and bandwidth values), (ii) explicit description of the two baselines (narrowband hybrid precoding and frequency-flat precoding), and (iii) error bars obtained from 100 independent channel realizations on all SE curves. These additions will make the quantitative claims directly verifiable. revision: yes
Referee: [§III-C, §IV] §III-C and §IV: The channel-slicing scheme segments paths into blocks to mitigate per-path beam squint. The manuscript should quantify the resulting overhead (additional RF-chain usage or feedback) and demonstrate that multiuser gains are retained after slicing; the current claim that segmentation 'can mitigate beam squint for each path without introducing prohibitive overhead' is asserted but not load-bearingly supported by the presented results.

Authors: We accept that the overhead and multiuser-gain retention require explicit quantification. In the revised Section III-C we will add an analytical overhead expression (additional RF chains and feedback bits as functions of the number of slices) and a short complexity comparison. In Section IV we will include new multiuser simulations that compare the proposed frequency-domain slicing against the unsliced hybrid precoder, demonstrating that the sum-rate gains from multiuser precoding are largely preserved while beam-squint mitigation is achieved. These results will directly support the 'non-prohibitive overhead' statement. revision: yes

Circularity Check

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No significant circularity; boundaries derived from independent standard approximations and validated externally.

full rationale

The antenna-domain near-field boundaries (Section III-A) and frequency-domain beam-squint boundaries (Section III-B) are obtained from the Fresnel approximation and first-order Taylor expansion of the array response vector, respectively—standard, externally established techniques that do not reference the target ordering or the proposed slicing scheme. The headline assertion that near-field effects precede beam squint is presented as an empirical observation from the simulation campaign rather than a mathematical consequence of the derivations. The channel-slicing precoder is constructed from these boundaries and its SE gains are checked against Monte-Carlo simulations that constitute an independent external benchmark. No self-citation chain, fitted-input renaming, or self-definitional reduction appears in the load-bearing steps.

Axiom & Free-Parameter Ledger

0 free parameters · 2 axioms · 0 invented entities

The work rests on standard far-field and near-field MIMO channel models plus the hybrid precoding architecture with limited RF chains; no new entities or fitted constants are introduced in the abstract.

axioms (2)

domain assumption Standard far-field and near-field channel models apply to U6G XL-MIMO
Invoked to derive the antenna-domain and frequency-domain boundaries.
domain assumption Hybrid precoding with limited RF chains is the operating architecture
Provides the context in which beam squint compromises spectral efficiency.

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