Thank you M&M !
(M&M = Marcus-and-Marcus; in my dictionary 😉)

On Sun, Feb 28, 2021 at 12:57 AM Marcus D Leech via USRP-users <
[email protected]> wrote:

> Two X310 plus 4 UBX delivers 4x4 MIMO with an external 1PPS and 10Mhz
> clock—octoclock or something else.
>
> The X310 does have a ref clock output, but I think it is not recommended
> for use in coherent applications just because of unknown clock skew.
>
>
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> > On Feb 27, 2021, at 2:50 PM, Marcus Müller via USRP-users <
> [email protected]> wrote:
> >
> > You're right. The whole point of the TwinRX boards is to give you
> coherent channels, and
> > you can build a coherent 4-channel *receiver*.
> >
> > However, TwinRX can't transmit, so for 4×4 MIMO, you'll need something
> else. Since there's
> > no dual-transmit-channel daughterboards, you'll need to coordinate the
> phases of four
> > different TX-capable daughterboards. Therefore, you'll need a clock
> distributor like the
> > octoclock.
> >
> > Haven't tried it in a while, but the clk and pps out of the X3x0 series
> should solve that
> > issue, however: you could link two USRP X3x0 that are equipped with e.g.
> two UBX-160 each
> > through that to get 4 coherent TX channels, and use a single USRP X3x0
> with two TwinRX as
> > receiver with 4 coherent RX channels.
> >
> > Best regards,
> > Marcus
> >
> >
> >> On 27.02.21 15:50, Ali G. Dezfuli via USRP-users wrote:
> >> Hi all,
> >> When USRP X3x0 is used with TwinRX daughterboards, we can have up to 4
> rx channels.
> >> (ref:AN-244, Direction Finding with the USRPâ„¢ X-Series and TwinRXâ„¢)
> >> But in AN-881 (Selecting a USRP Device) in Table 4, it says that USRP
> X3x0 needs
> >> OctoClock for 4x4 MIMO !!!
> >> I wonder when X3x0 can receive 4 channels with TwinRX, why it can NOT
> be used in 4x4
> >> MIMO w/o OctoClock.
> >>
> >> regards,
> >> AGD
> >>
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