Yes Patrick, I agree with your explanation. That was succinct and easy to
understand. Thanks.

On Tue, May 31, 2011 at 4:55 PM, Patrick Sisterhen <[email protected]
> wrote:

> John,
>
> Typo in my equations, should have been:
>
> y_q = (x_i * sin(phi)) - (x_q * cos(phi))
>
> Patrick Sisterhen
> National Instruments
>
>
>
> From:        John Andrews <[email protected]>
> To:        Patrick Sisterhen <[email protected]>
> Cc:        [email protected]
> Date:        05/31/2011 02:08 PM
> Subject:        Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Signal coming from the USRP to the
> computer
> ------------------------------
>
>
>
> Thanks Patrick. I was concerned with the received signal path. Suppose, I
> have the receiver tuned to, let's say, GPS signal. What will the received
> signal look like. Considering the GPS message signal is m(t), then what
> would equation would best describe the received signal.
>
> If 'f_c' is the carrier frequency then the signal coming over the USB bus
> on to the computer for baseband processing will be,
> inphase(t) = m(t) cos(phi)
> quadrature(t) = m(t)sin(phi)
>
> where, 'phi' is the instantaneous offset. Remember, phi here is a broad
> term which includes all kinds of offsets(frequency, phase etc).
>
> On Tue, May 31, 2011 at 11:47 AM, Patrick Sisterhen <*
> [email protected]* <[email protected]>> wrote:
> I think a little more detailed precise answer to John's question might
> help:
>
> John Andrews wrote:
>
> > each complex sample that enters the
> > USB bus is the following,
> >
> > x[i] = (inphase_component) + j (quadrature_component), and
> > x[i] = m(t)cos( 2*pi*FREQ_OFFSET*t + PHI ) + jm(t)sin( 2*pi*FREQ_OFFSET*t
> +
> > PHI ), where m(t), is the actual message signal, FREQ_OFFSET is the
> > frequency offset, and PHI is the phase.
> >
> > Is that correct?
>
> I think you're confusing the baseband and passband signals a little, and
> the equations aren't quite right.
>
> The complex-baseband signal (your message) is the data that is transferred
> across the USB channel.
> x[i] = (in-phase) + j*(quadrature)
>        = (x_i) + j*(x_q)
>
> These are samples of your message signal, after modulation (mapping to a
> complex QAM-constellation, for example), coding, pulse-shaping, etc.
>
> The signal is up/down converted on the USRP device such that the
> transmitted RF signal is
>
> r(t) = x_i*cos(2*pi*f_c) - (x_q)*sin(2*pi*f_c)
>
> (where f_c is your RF carrier frequency, and I'm ignoring phase offsets and
> noise)
>
> Notice the subtraction there (which comes from the trig identities) and
> that all the terms are real (it's a real passband signal).
>
> Hope that helps a little.
>
> Patrick Sisterhen
> National Instruments
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