How is a particular polarity picked for the pilot tones in each symbol with
52 subcarriers in GNU Radio? I can see the list in the OFDM Carrier
Allocator block but where is this exactly happening in the code?



On Mon, Mar 20, 2017 at 3:37 PM, Bastian Bloessl <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> On 03/20/2017 09:17 PM, Qurat-Ul-Ann Akbar wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > Thank you. I got it! I have another question. In the OFDM Carrier
> > Allocator block, there are 127 values for pilot symbols each of them
> > either (1,1,1,-1) or (-1,-1,-1,1). The pilot frequencies are
> > (-27,-7,7,21) according to IEEE 802.11 standard. But I do not understand
> > why are there 127 symbol values. Can you kindly explain that ?
>
> The four values indicate the four pilot symbols (on subcarriers -21, -7,
> 7, 21). With 802.11, the pilots change polarity based on a predefined
> sequence (of length 127). It is in this exact format also in the
> standard (Section 18.3.5.10 of the 2012 version).
>
> Best,
> Bastian
>
>
>
> >
> > On Mon, Mar 20, 2017 at 12:09 PM, Bastian Bloessl <[email protected]
> > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
> >
> >     Hi,
> >
> >
> >     > On 20 Mar 2017, at 17:50, Qurat-Ul-Ann Akbar <
> [email protected]
> >     <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
> >     >
> >     > If I want to make changes in the PHY hierarchical block, can I
> just make changes in the grc file available in the examples folder and then
> recompile ? Because I cant file a .cc file in the lib folder in IEEE_802.11
> module and the source code for most blocks is in there.
> >     >
> >
> >     I’m afraid I don’t get the question, but if you don’t see any .cc
> >     files in the lib folder, you might want to clone the repository
> >     again, because actually there are some
> >
> >     https://github.com/bastibl/gr-ieee802-11/tree/next/lib
> >     <https://github.com/bastibl/gr-ieee802-11/tree/next/lib>
> >
> >     If you only change the flow graph in GRC, you don’t have to
> >     recompile the module (i.e., recompile c++ code). Just click on the
> >     “generate” button (or press F5) this will rebuild the PHY. Then the
> >     other flow graphs will automatically use the new version of the PHY.
> >
> >     Best,
> >     Bastian
> >
> >
>
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