Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] DBSRX tune delay

[Matt Ettus]

You will need to measure the tune time of the DBSRX synthesizer for your 
application to see if it can hop fast enough.

For GSM channel hopping within about 50 MHz, you can do it without 
retuning the DBSRX, just by changing the DDC frequency.  You will need 
to create your own code to do the tuning, however, since the standard 
code always moves the DBSRX even if it doesn't need to.

Matt


On 12/08/2009 12:24 PM, Sylvain Munaut wrote:
> Vadim Uvin wrote:
> > Thanks for the suggestion, Sylvian. But it is not the case, since the
> > GSM does not use inband signalling.
>
>
> ? I'm taking about inband signalling for the USRP where the USRP marks
> each sample received with a timestamp.
>
>
> > Buying the second DBSRX is not very
> > convenient since I in the future I want to try to implement channel
> > hopping. That is why I'm wondering is it feasible at all to change USRP
> > frequency fast enough to keep up with the GSM. By the way, the delay
> > should be comparable to about 1 ms.
> >
> > Also, the downlink and uplink channel separation is at least 45 MHz, so
> > I cannot cover it with USRP's 8 MHz.
> >
> > 2009/12/8 Sylvain Munaut<address@hidden<mailto:address@hidden>>
> >
> >      Vadim Uvin wrote:
> >      >  I have USRP+DBSRX. I'm trying to listen to uplink channel (MS->BTS) of
> >      >  GSM. To do that, I first need to be synced with the BS (i.e. listen to
> >      >  synchronization channel of BTS). Then I have to change the center
> >      >  frequency to uplink channel, but I need to know how long it takes
> >      before
> >      >  USRP gets stable or I can lost the synchronization. Unfortunately, I
> >      >  can't find what the tune delay of DBSRX is. Maybe someone knows?
> >
> >      You should use inband signalling, this way you have a 'sample' counter
> >      and you know precisely 'where' you are in time.
> >
> >      Or you use two dbsrx, following both up&  downlink ....
> >
> >        Sylvain
>
>
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