You're probably just seeing the group delay of the interpolation filters
on the N210, which for a given configuration,
 should be of a fixed and predictable duration. 

On 2015-11-13 11:18, Will Thompson wrote: 

> Hi 
> 
> I have question about the latency of transmissions in the N210 USPR. 
> 
> A bit of back ground in my system: 
> 
> I have three nodes. 
> 
> One (Node1) that periodically transmits a signal. 
> 
> The one of the other nodes (Node2) tries to synchronise its transmission with 
> that of Node 1. 
> 
> Node3 is simply used to record the transmissions and check that they align. 
> 
> When Node2 starts up, it saves the rx_time of the initial stream item Tag 
> from the USRP source. 
> 
> It then listens for the periodic transmission from Node1. Node2 then 
> estimates the timing offset of Node1's transmission and starts to transmits 
> its signal that should be synchronised with Node1's. 
> 
> It adds a tx_time tag to its burst which is based on the rx_time tag of its 
> first arriving sample and a multiple of the sample time and then number of 
> sample bins needed to align with Node1's transmissions. 
> 
> (the system is working with a sample rate of 1Ms, centre frequency of 
> 2.48GHz, and using N210 with XCVR2450) 
> 
> The issue I'm having is that the actual transmission of Node2 is about 26us 
> behind that of Node1, and I'm wondering why this might be… is this a 
> predictable delay, or might it change with other systems? 
> 
> Possible issues might be that it is the delay between the Tx burst being 
> released from the buffers and actually being transmitted, but I feel that 
> 26us is quite a long time really. 
> 
> Or it might be from the original rx_time tag somehow. 
> 
> Any advice or insight into this would be greatly appreciated. 
> 
> Thanks. 
> 
> Will 
> 
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