My question is:

How Is it possible to get a good estimation of the BER without a costas
loop?




2017-07-04 11:39 GMT+02:00 Marcus Müller <marcus.muel...@ettus.com>:

> You're still not explaining what your question is – I really don't know
> what to answer.
>
> What is wrong?
>
> On 07/04/2017 11:31 AM, Rafik ZITOUNI wrote:
>
> Sorry I missed to add the flow graph.
> Here is attached.
>
> 2017-07-04 11:29 GMT+02:00 Rafik ZITOUNI <rzito...@gmail.com>:
>
>> Marcus,
>>
>> You find attached my flow graph with  Tx and Rx. I know that it is not
>> recommended to have TX and RX in the same flow graph but i did it just to
>> obtain one view for my Tx and Rx.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> 2017-07-04 11:23 GMT+02:00 Marcus Müller <marcus.muel...@ettus.com>:
>>
>>> Dear Rafik,
>>>
>>> I think we're approaching this from the wrong side: I don't think that I
>>> should be explaining why you get a good BER and SNR estimate, it is you who
>>> should explain why you're expecting something different, and then we can
>>> discuss! I'm not quite sure what I could be explaining at this point :)
>>>
>>> Best regards,
>>>
>>> Marcus
>>>
>>> On 07/04/2017 11:20 AM, Rafik ZITOUNI wrote:
>>>
>>> Thank you Marcus for your answer !
>>>
>>> My BER and SNR are calculated and obtained using MPSK SNR Estimator
>>> Probe and Error Rate blocks. I obtained  two points, which rotate in the qt
>>> gui constellation sink despite the BER and SNR have been obtained as
>>> expected. Could you give me an explanation how it was possible to obtain a
>>> good snr and ber with a wrong constellation with  good SNR and BER?
>>>
>>> I found the  presentation of Tom Rondeau useful, since he explained the
>>> function of the costas loop block.  https://static.squares
>>> pace.com/static/543ae9afe4b0c3b808d72acd/543aee1fe4b09162d08
>>> 633fc/543aee1fe4b09162d0863402/1392309732018/mpsk.pdf
>>>
>>>
>>> This morning I add a Costas loop after a Polyphase Clock Syncronisation
>>> block, and it s going well. You find attached a screenshot of my
>>> constellation for a DBPSK of my receiver/transmitter. I propose to add
>>> a grc to gnuradio/gr-digital for MPSK since grc is more easy to understand
>>> than python source code.
>>>
>>>
>>> Now I am trying to send and receive data files such as videos or images
>>> (bmp). Do you have an example with a file exchange implemented in .py or
>>> grc?
>>>
>>> Best,
>>>
>>>
>>> 2017-07-04 9:44 GMT+02:00 Marcus Müller <marcus.muel...@ettus.com>:
>>>
>>>> Hi Rafik!
>>>>
>>>> So, what's wrong with the BER and the SNR estimate?
>>>>
>>>> Best regards,
>>>>
>>>> Marcus
>>>>
>>>> On 07/03/2017 11:29 PM, Rafik ZITOUNI wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Dear all,
>>>>
>>>> I translate the /gr-digital/examples/narrowband/digital_bert_tx.py and
>>>> the /gr-digital/examples/narrowband/digital_bert_rx.py python source
>>>> codes to GRC flow graphs. The objective is to get more graphical
>>>> possibilities with a GRC.  My flow graph gives a fine result of BER and SNR
>>>> for DBPSK modulation.
>>>> The problem is with the rotating points of my constellation. I think
>>>> that the rotation of my view comes from a lack of frequency
>>>> synchronization, but why I obtained a correct BER and SNR?
>>>>
>>>> You find attached to this message a constellation view obtained by my
>>>> flow graph.
>>>>
>>>> Please could you explain me this  result or give an advice to improve
>>>> the obtained result?
>>>>
>>>> Regards,
>>>>
>>>>
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>>>>
>>>>
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