I would like to explore the system performance from 10 to 100 Msps at an interval of 10 MHz. I know that 20 Msps is probably sufficient. But it would be good to survey the performance at different rates.
Since my interest is not the entire band but multiple signal at discrete frequencies, one possibility is that one sample at say up to 100 MHz internal to the USRP, but then pass the signal through a set of filter banks, and then digital down convert so that signals can be much lower frequencies. Then decimation is truly an option without losing SNR. The end product is a lower rate data set which is OK for Ethernet transport. Is this a good approach? Is there anything wrong in this thinking? Or is this too difficult for the USRP? Is there a better approach? Suggestions are appreciated.
That's a great idea. It's also what the N210 is doing internally. The ADC samples at a fixed 100Msps, and a digital downconverter followed by a decimator (including filtering) selects a portion of that spectrum for transport over the Ethernet bus. When you ask the N210 for a sample rate, it decimates and filters appropriately for that sample rate. When using LFRX, the frequency you pick in UHD is the digital downconverter frequency.
N210 has two independent DSP chains, so if you like, you can get two parallel streams from LFRX, operating at different sample rates and different DDC frequencies.
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LD
On Tue, Oct 2, 2012 at 4:10 PM, Nick Foster
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How fast do you need to sample? How many samples do you need?
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On Tue, Oct 2, 2012 at 4:00 PM, LD Zhang
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Is there a way to get around this limit? I suppose you have to have on-board memory to hold data temporarily. Unfortunately the N210 isn't like the E100 which has the memory?
LDOn Tue, Oct 2, 2012 at 3:50 PM, Nick Foster
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The N210 samples at a fixed rate of 100Msps. However, the gigabit Ethernet transport limits the instantaneous bandwidth over the transport to 25Msps in 16 bit sampling mode, or 50Msps in 8 bit sampling mode.