Dear all, 

 

We’re working on a project where a receiver tracks the LO phase and
frequency offset of a transmitter by using periodic messages sent by the
transmitter. We have a small problem we need some help with: 

 

The transmitters creates a packet (with the packet encoder), modulates it
with a GMSK modulator and sends it to the USRP. Then it stop sending samples
to the USRP, so an underflow occurs. After a certain time interval (+/-50
ms), a new packet is transmitted in the same way. At the receiver, the
packets are received and decoded correctly. However, when we try to measure
the absolute LO phase offset, we get inconsistent results. 

 

Our guess is that when we stop sending samples to the transmitting USRP
(when the underflow occurs), the transmitter (or parts thereof) is turned
off. When the next packet arrives, the transmitter is turned on again, but
the absolute phase of the carrier is lost. 

 

Is this something to be expected? Is there a way to keep the transmitter on
during an underflow? 

 

Thanks for your help! 

 

François Quitin, Ph.D.

 

BAEF Post-doctoral research fellow

Electrical & Computer Engineering Dept. 

University of California

Santa Barbara, CA 93106-9560

Phone: +1-805-883-8599

Email: [email protected]

Home: www.ece.ucsb.edu/~fquitin 

 

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