Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Question about OpenBTS BM 2009 RF chains

[David Burgess]

Hanwen -

The -60 dBm refers to the signal level at the output of the USRP, not the final ouput of the BTS.

The leakage signal is amplified by the PA, but in the full BTS design you reference it is subject to an additional 70 dB attenuation in the duplexer.  So the actual output level at the antenna is 30 dBm - 80 dB - 70 dB = -114 dBm.  This is still high enough to limit uplink receiver performance and will be reduced further in future revisions of the hardware.

-- David

On Sep 8, 2009, at 6:22 AM, hanwen wrote:

Hi,
 
I read the following article describing the RF chain of OpenBTS will be used in BM'09.
http://sourceforge.net/apps/trac/openbts/wiki/OpenBTS/BM2009RF
In the "RX/TX isolation" part, it says that "The USRP outputs noise in the receive band about 80 dB below the transmit signal level, or around -60 dBm.". Does the USRP outputs noise in the receive band mean the out-band leakage of transmitted signal? And why it is around 20dBm - 80dB = -60dBm, but not 36dBm - 80dB = -44dBm. In my opinion, the leakage signal is also amplified by PA.
 
Bests,
Hanwen Cao

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David A. Burgess

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