I implemented the reed-solomon coding scheme in gr-atsc onto benchmark_tx.py and benchmark_rx.py. Following describes the results I got:
1, The transmitter can transmit reed-solomon coded stream with no problem. The receiver just keeps on waiting for the packets. There is no response at the receiver.
2, To fit the needs of USRP and the format of atsc data segment, the entire packet before the reed-solomon coding is packed in this way: MPEG_SYNC_BYTE+transport error byte+preamble+access code+header+ some padding (pad it into 256 bytes)+payload+ some padding+...+crc+..., the length of packet size is 1098, so after packing process, there are 6 data segments sent out in each packet.
3, I uncommented the assert(in[i].pli.regular_seg_p()) in atsc_rs_decoder.cc and
atsc_derandomizer.cc because without uncommenting them, the corresponding error message will pop out the moment I run the benchmark_rx.py -f 2400M..... command at the receiver side.
4, I simulated this system in my laptop without connecting to any USRPs, and the result showed that the reed-solomon performance is apparently much better than that without reed-solomon.
Based on my limited knowledge, there might be two reasons: one is because of erasing the assert(in[i].pli.regular_seg_p()) phrase, but I don't think it is the culprit since the similer simulation did not indicate anying wrong with that method; the second one is MPEG_SYNC_BYTE+transport error byte ruined the correlating process of access code because it seemed that there were 3 preamble out there, but I am not sure about my conclusion.
I don't know what makes my receiving process down. Is that because of the MPEG_SYNC_BYTE in front of the preamble code? I really hope
someone could give me some help on this problem! Thanks a lot!!! :)
Bill