On Wed, Jul 23, 2008 at 10:43 PM, Jason Uher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Hey all,
>
> What is the best way to measure the channel for use in space-time
> coding schemes using an RFX2400 board?
>
> As far as I know you can only get the I and Q streams out of the USRP,
> and I'm not sure how you would get a set of channel coefficients.



Are you trying to measure the impulse response of the channel?  If so, then
one technique would be  to transmit a known pseudo-random bit sequence (an
m-sequence) using BPSK modulation at the carrier frequency of interest.  The
chip rate of the sequence determines the measurement system bandwidth, while
the sequence length determines the 'dynamic range' of the measurement.

At the receiver set the LO to the same carrier frequency as that at the
transmitter.   Here you need to cross-correlate the equivalent low-pass
received signal with the known m-sequence to give the (complex) impulse
response of the channel.  Any 'peaks' that exceed  your definition of a
threshold noise level would be your channel coefficients in the time domain.

Nikhil




>
>
> I am planning on using the conjugate of the measured channel to
> 'reverse' the damage done by transmission.
>
> Sorry if I am missing something fundamental here, I've only done
> channel coding in theory and am trying to get a practical
> implementation going on.
>
>
> Jason
>
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