FAEDKV: Infinite-Window Fourier Transform for Unbiased KV Cache Compression
On the map: Efficient LLM inference and serving → KV cache optimization
Abstract (arXiv)
The efficacy of Large Language Models (LLMs) in long-context tasks is often hampered by the substantial memory footprint and computational demands of the Key-Value (KV) cache. Current compression strategies, including token eviction and learned projections, frequently lead to biased representations -- either by overemphasizing recent/high-attention tokens or by repeatedly degrading information from earlier context -- and may require costly model retraining. We present FAEDKV (Frequency-Adaptive Infinite-Window for KV cache), a novel, training-free KV cache compression framework that ensures unbiased information retention. FAEDKV operates by transforming the KV cache into the frequency domain using a proposed Infinite-Window Fourier Transform (IWDFT). This approach allows for the equalized contribution of all tokens to the compressed representation, effectively preserving both early and recent contextual information. A preliminary frequency ablation study identifies critical spectral components for layer-wise, targeted compression. Experiments on LongBench benchmark demonstrate FAEDKV's superiority over existing methods by up to 22%. In addition, our method shows superior, position-agnostic retrieval accuracy on the Needle-In-A-Haystack task compared to compression based approaches.
Key facts. Cited by 11 papers in the map (data through 14 Oct 2026). Placed in KV cache optimization, one of 12 directions in Efficient LLM inference and serving. Builds on 17 of its 27 references that are in the map. First posted on arXiv 26 Jul 2025.
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17 of 27 references.
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- 2025FreqKV: Key-Value Compression in Frequency Domain for Context Window Extension1 May
- 2025InfiniteHiP: Extending Language Model Context Up to 3 Million Tokens on a Single GPU13 Feb
- 2024LoCoCo: Dropping In Convolutions for Long Context Compression8 Jun
- 2024PyramidKV: Dynamic KV Cache Compression based on Pyramidal Information Funneling4 Jun
- 2024SnapKV: LLM Knows What You are Looking for Before Generation22 Apr
- 2023Model Tells You What to Discard: Adaptive KV Cache Compression for LLMs3 Oct
- 2023Scissorhands: Exploiting the Persistence of Importance Hypothesis for LLM KV Cache Compression at Test Time26 May
Other references · 10
- 2021RoFormer: Enhanced Transformer with Rotary Position Embeddingcited by 4,703
- 2023Lost in the Middle: How Language Models Use Long Contextscited by 3,455
- 2016Pointer Sentinel Mixture Modelscited by 3,096
- 2023LongBench: A Bilingual, Multitask Benchmark for Long Context Understandingcited by 1,417
- 2023GQA: Training Generalized Multi-Query Transformer Models from Multi-Head Checkpointscited by 1,346
- 2019Compressive Transformers for Long-Range Sequence Modellingcited by 726
- 2021FNet: Mixing Tokens with Fourier Transformscited by 347
- 2024Long Context Compression with Activation Beaconcited by 104
- 2024NeedleBench: Evaluating LLM Retrieval and Reasoning Across Varying Information Densitiescited by 32
- 2023Fourier Transformer: Fast Long Range Modeling by Removing Sequence Redundancy with FFT Operatorcited by 20
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Citing papers per year: 2025: 5; 2026: 6.
11 papers.
- 2026SCRIBE: Structured Mid-Level Supervision for Tool-Using Language Modelscited by 21
- 2025When Truthful Representations Flip Under Deceptive Instructions?cited by 10
- 2025Quantized but Deceptive? A Multi-Dimensional Truthfulness Evaluation of Quantized LLMscited by 9
- 2025Demystifying Hybrid Thinking: Can LLMs Truly Switch Between Think and No-Think?cited by 9
- 2026Path-Lock Expert: Separating Reasoning Mode in Hybrid Thinking via Architecture-Level Separationcited by 3
- 2025Pruning Weights but Not Truth: Safeguarding Truthfulness While Pruning LLMscited by 2
- 2026Blurry Window Attentioncited by 1
- 2025VisuoAlign: Safety Alignment of LVLMs with Multimodal Tree Searchcited by 0
- 2026FreqDepthKV: Frequency-Guided Depth Sharing for Robust KV Cache Compression in Long-Context LLM Inferencecited by 0
- 2026Codec-Gauge: Learning Compression-Friendly Gauges for Transformer KV Cachescited by 0
- 2026What Matters for Aggressive Decoding-Time KV Eviction? Temporal Aggregation and Ranking Preservationcited by 0
- 2026What Matters for Aggressive Decoding-Time KV Eviction? Temporal Aggregation and Ranking Preservation3 Sep 2026
- 2026Codec-Gauge: Learning Compression-Friendly Gauges for Transformer KV Caches10 Jul 2026
- 2026FreqDepthKV: Frequency-Guided Depth Sharing for Robust KV Cache Compression in Long-Context LLM Inference7 Jul 2026
- 2026Blurry Window Attention31 May 2026
- 2026Path-Lock Expert: Separating Reasoning Mode in Hybrid Thinking via Architecture-Level Separation29 Apr 2026
- 2026SCRIBE: Structured Mid-Level Supervision for Tool-Using Language Models7 Jan 2026
- 2025Demystifying Hybrid Thinking: Can LLMs Truly Switch Between Think and No-Think?14 Oct 2025
- 2025VisuoAlign: Safety Alignment of LVLMs with Multimodal Tree Search10 Oct 2025
- 2025Pruning Weights but Not Truth: Safeguarding Truthfulness While Pruning LLMs27 Aug 2025
- 2025Quantized but Deceptive? A Multi-Dimensional Truthfulness Evaluation of Quantized LLMs26 Aug 2025
- 2025When Truthful Representations Flip Under Deceptive Instructions?29 Jul 2025
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- 2026EchoKV: Efficient KV Cache Compression via Similarity-Based Reconstruction
- 2025Beyond Homogeneous Attention: Memory-Efficient LLMs via Fourier-Approximated KV Cache
- 2025KeepKV: Achieving Periodic Lossless KV Cache Compression for Efficient LLM Inference
- 2025KVCompose: Efficient Structured KV Cache Compression with Composite Tokens
- 2025PackKV: Reducing KV Cache Memory Footprint through LLM-Aware Lossy Compression
- 2026Training Transformers for KV Cache Compressibility
- 2026PuzzleKV: Page-Wise Low-Rank Decomposition for KV Cache Compression
- 2026DynaCalKV: Key-Value Cache Compression via Head Grouping and Adaptive Rank Allocation