[Discuss-gnuradio] PC requirements for DVB-S2 processing at a high bandwidth

[Maria Jesus Cañavate Sanchez]

Hi there!

My name is Maria and I would like to make a question regarding the kind 
of PC characteristics which would be required to be able to process the 
signal in real-time (on the PC) when using the maximum bandwidth 
available on the USRP X-series.

The scenario would be the following one: we would like to use GNU radio 
to send and receive DVB-S2 signals. Hence, the PC will do all the 
processing to check the BER, constellation, EVM, etc. Do you think it is 
possible to use a PC (with SSD drive and some suggested requirements) 
which could do the processing in real time or the only way to achieve 
that bandwidth in real time would be using the FPGA of the USRP? If the 
second case, then I guess we will do the processing off-line =)

Thank you very much in advance!

Best regards,

Maria Jesus