No. A real-sampled signal would
Need to be sampled at twice the notional bandwidth. So the data rate is the 
same. 

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> On Apr 12, 2021, at 11:59 PM, 王璀 WANG Cui <iucg...@msn.com> wrote:
> 
> 
> That make sense, I guess I would modify it to accept more format.
> However, for the hardware side, it accept only Complex OTW format, which 
> means it need double bandwidth from host (I am using B210, USB3). When 
> transmit high sample rate signal, it is very easy to underflow. If we can 
> upgrade firmware to handle format conversion on hardware level, it will ease 
> a lot on host computing resource and USB/NIC bandwidth and performance.
> Thanks!
>  
> From: Marcus D Leech <patchvonbr...@gmail.com> 
> Sent: Tuesday, April 13, 2021 11:45 AM
> To: 王璀 WANG Cui <iucg...@msn.com>
> Cc: USRP-users@lists.ettus.com
> Subject: Re: [USRP-users] How to tx s16 file with tx_samples_from_file
>  
> The tx_samples_from_file application is just an example application. You are 
> free to modify it to meet your needs, including converting real-samples data 
> to complex baseband data  
>  
> The hardware, however, supports complex baseband data, In either sc16 or sc8 
> format “over the wire”.   The host software (whether that’s the 
> tx_samples_from_file example code or your own) is free to accept and convert 
> files into the baseband format accepted by the radio hardware.  
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
> 
> On Apr 12, 2021, at 10:08 PM, 王璀 WANG Cui <iucg...@msn.com> wrote:
> 
> 
> Thanks for reply.
> However for RF signal, IQ Complex signal double the file size, which is quite 
> inconvenient, it will be best that USRP can natively support such format. 
> (Even sometimes RF signal is in 4-bit, 1 bit format, and convert to I/Q will 
> be more than 10 times larger...)
>  
> From: Marcus D Leech <patchvonbr...@gmail.com> 
> Sent: Tuesday, April 13, 2021 09:44 AM
> To: ?? WANG Cui <iucg...@msn.com>
> Cc: USRP-users@lists.ettus.com
> Subject: Re: [USRP-users] How to tx s16 file with tx_samples_from_file
>  
> Complex baseband is the natural format for this stuff. If you have 
> real-sampled data you’ll have to convert it into complex baseband first. 
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
> 
> 
> On Apr 12, 2021, at 9:32 PM, ?? WANG Cui <iucg...@msn.com> wrote:
> 
> 
> Hi,
> When I try tx_samples_from_file example, looks like it only take Complex data 
> format.
> However I have signal file in RF direct sample format (each data element 
> represent a sample value), say it is “s8” or “s16” format as defined in UHD 
> term.
> I wonder how can I transmit such file? Or must I convert it into Interleaved 
> I/Q (Complex) format?
> Thanks in advance,
>  
> iucganw
>  
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