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Multi Channel Sample Processing & Visualization
In this example we'll boxplot the received signal strength from several USRP channels on the MIMO rack.
Hardware / software resources utilized
1) upto 16 USRPs on the grid's MIMO rack
2) controller node (ie. node21-1) imaged with ubuntu-14-04-64bit-uhd-003.010.001.001.ndz
3) OML - Orbit Measurement Library to record measurements into database
4) rf_hw_intf - this a multi-channel uhd streaming application to configure a set of USRPs for receiving samples at a specified frequency, samples rate, gain, etc…
5) sigproc_avg_bw_pwr - application for processing received samples and writing in OML database
Details on the streaming applications can be found on this page.
Receive multi channel signal for processing and plotting
1) From the grid console, image the controller node then turn on all the USRPs (on the MIMO rack) and the controller node.
nilanjan@.grid:~$ omf load -i nilanjan@.grid:~$ -t node21-1 nilanjan@.grid:~$ omf tell -a on -t [[21,1],[23,1..8]]
2) Set up tunneling via ssh from your local port 5100 to the grid.orbit-lab.org:5100
my_laptop> ssh -L 5100:grid.orbit-lab.org:5100 username@grid.orbit-lab.org
3) Verify that Webproxy is running (this is required for remote web based streaming)
nilanjan@.grid:~$ run-websock 5100 localhost:5101 --daemon WebSocket server settings: - Listen on :5100 - Flash security policy server - No SSL/TLS support (no cert file) - Backgrounding (daemon)
4) Open a ssh session into the controller node and run the hardware interface application to start streaming the receiver. The list of USRP devices, frequency, rate, gain, etc.. are all described in the XML file.
root@node21-1:> ./rf_hw_intf --conf "mimo1.xml,/devices/mimo_rx" --rx-only --cmd-port 5111 linux; GNU C++ version 4.8.4; Boost_105400; UHD_003.010.001.000-0-unknown INFO 10:31:34.189 (rf_hw_intf.cpp:820) - Starting command server at 5111 Creating the usrp device: addr0=10.10.23.1,addr1=10.10.23.2,addr2=10.10.23.3,addr3=10.10.23.4,addr4=10.10.23.5,addr5=10.10.23.6,addr6=10.10.23.7,addr7=10.10.23.8, -- X300 initialization sequence... -- Determining maximum frame size... 7972 bytes. -- Setup basic communication... -- Loading values from EEPROM... -- Setup RF frontend clocking... -- Radio 1x clock:200 : : : ........ INFO 10:30:18.921 (rf_hw_intf.cpp:640) - rxchan all INFO 10:30:18.921 (rf_hw_intf.cpp:713) - rxchan 0 4000000000 4000000 20 INFO 10:30:18.922 (rf_hw_intf.cpp:713) - rxchan 1 4000000000 4000000 20 INFO 10:30:18.922 (rf_hw_intf.cpp:713) - rxchan 2 4000000000 4000000 20
5) Open another ssh session into the controller node and run the sample processing application. This application measures the average bandwidth power of the received samples and writes the measurements into the OML database.
root@node21-1> ./sigproc_avg_bw_pwr --time 100 : : TCP connection to localhost:5111 ready! Feb 14 10:18:52 INFO OML Client V2.10.1rc [Protocol V4] Copyright 2007-2013, NICTA [15.8042] 64k fft, mag, norm, sum-----total time 0.00127201 ch: 0 --- avg pwr = -112.993 INFO OmlNetOutStream: attempting to connect to server at tcp://oml:3003 64k fft, mag, norm, sum-----total time 0.00111798 ch: 1 --- avg pwr = -112.681 64k fft, mag, norm, sum-----total time 0.00106562 ch: 2 --- avg pwr = -112.759 64k fft, mag, norm, sum-----total time 0.00106355 : : INFO tcp:oml:3003: Waiting for buffered queue thread to drain... Done!
6) Run the box plotting server on the console. This server will query measurements from the OML database and forward to webpage display.
nilanjan@.grid:~$ box-plot-server --port 5101 --file /var/lib/oml2/measured_avg_bw_pwr.sq3 INFO 11:39:00.355 (main.cpp:240) - Starting the server at INFO 11:39:00.356 (main.cpp:179) - Starting command server at 5101
7) Finally if everything is working correctly, the measured power across different channels can be view from a Chrome browser - click me :)
Multi-channel Uhd STreamer
Description
A high-level application to stream real-time samples from multiple IP addressable USRP devices.
How it works (without going into the source-code 
Application is split into two run-time objects:
1) hardware interface application - talks to radio and manages sample streaming
2) signal handler application - a customized application to process streams samples.
The hardware interface application controls and initializes the USRP devices with configuration parameters, enables a remote-commander for run-time query and limited parameter updates and configures a circular queue of shared memory buffers (similar to IPC) for continuous real-time sample streaming to/from the device. At the moment this can run in one mode: receive OR transmit streaming. This object uses an XML file containing a list of devices with configuration parameters to set up all the devices. Once all the devices are configured, this starts a continuous receive / transmit streaming thread for the signal handler application.
The second object attaches to the already created shared memory buffer and allows customized processing of the streaming samples in the receive direction or construction of samples in the transmit direction.
Source code & compilation
Download the source code from here.
Install the required libraries using the package manager and then use make to generate the executable.
> apt-get update > apt-get install libboost-all-dev libpugixml-dev libpugixml1 liblog4cxx10 liblog4cxx10-dev > make
Upon successful compilation the following apps will be generated:
1) rf_hw_intf - the hardware interface application
2) sigproc_avg_bw_pwr - example signal handler application for processing received samples
3) sigtran - example transmit side signal handler application for transmitting
Hardware interface application
The rf_hw_intf must be specified with an an xml file for device configuration and direction for sample processing. For a list of arguments use —help:
linux; GNU C++ version 4.8.4; Boost_105400; UHD_003.010.001.000-0-unknown
Multi-channel Uhd STreamer v000.001.000
Allowed options:
--help help message
--conf arg specify xml device configuration file and path
"devices.xml,/devices/active"
--print-conf print device conf
--rx-only enable receive direction only
--tx-only enable transmit direction only
--cmd-port arg (=5180) command server port
XML file
The XML file template is described below. A description of the xml nodes and attributes are in the table.
<devices>
<_grp_rx_ sync="now" rx_freq="1900e6" rx_rate="5e6" rx_gain="10">
<device type="n210" ip="192.168.101.102">
<ch rx_bw="25e6" rx_ant="RX2"
tx_gain="20" tx_bw="25e6" tx_ant="TX/RX" />
</device>
<device type="x310" ip="10.10.23.2">
<ch rx_bw="25e6" rx_ant="RX2"
tx_gain="20" tx_bw="25e6" tx_ant="TX/RX" />
</device>
</_grp_rx_>
<devices>
Group (parent) nodes / attributes Description _grp_rx specify a group name for a cluster of devices sync clock/time source options
now - use internal clock,
pps - use external clock and external time source
Device (child) nodes / attributes Description device specifies a unique radio type device category
b200 - this USB based devices. ie. no IP address
n210 - IP addressable, must specify sttribute: ip
x310 - IP addressable, must specify sttribute: ipip address of device
Group / channel attributes,
channel attribute takes precedenceDescription ch specifies a unique radio within device rx_freq receiver carrier frequency rx_gain receiver gain rx_rate receiver rate rx_bw receiver bandwidth rx_ant receiver antenna options:
TX/RX
RX2tx_freq transmit carrier frequency tx_gain transmit gain tx_rate transmit rate tx_bw transmit bandwidth tx_ant transmit antenna options:
TX/RX
Command server
The command server can be used to communicate with the application and issue a limited set of control and query commands. This a way to remotely control the device settings during runtime.
RC commands Description rxfreq all get rx carrier frequency for all channels rxgain all get rx gain for all channels rxrate all get rx rate for all channels rxfreq all <freq> set rx carrier frequency for all channels rxgain all <gain> set rx gain for all channels —— set rx rate is not supported during runtime
txfreq all get tx carrier frequency for all channels txgain all get tx gain for all channels txrate all get tx rate for all channels txfreq all <freq> set tx carrier frequency for all channels txgain all <gain> set tx gain for all channels —— set tx rate is not supported during runtime
Usage Example
To stream samples in the receive direction from the device group in /devices/mimo_rx with a command server listening on port 5111.
node21-1> ./rf_hw_intf --conf "mimo1.xml,/devices/mimo_rx" --rx-only --cmd-port 5111
Stream samples in the transmit direction:
node1-1> ./rf_hw_intf --conf "devices.xml,/devices/grid_tx" --tx-only --cmd-port 5112
Use the python script to run commands via the hardware interface's command port:
console> python rc.py node21-1 5111 "rxfreq all" console> python rc.py node21-1 5111 "rxfreq all 2800e6"
Signal handler applications
The signal handler application attaches the shared memory buffer allocated by the hardware interface app. Both receive and transmit direction have separate shared memory buffers. The signal handler applications are meant to be run for several iterations without stopping the hardware interface.
An example of a receive direction signal handler is provided. Running is app will attach to the receive side shared memory buffer and perform some processing on the received samples. This app (or some variation of it with a different signal handler) can be run for several iterations without stopping the hardware interface application.
node21-1> ./sigproc_avg_bw_pwr --time 15
Likewise a signal handler for the transmit direction is provided as an example. This attaches to the transmit direction shared memory buffer and populates with predefined samples passed in as an argument.
node1-1> samps="octave -qf awgn256.m" node1-1> ./sigtran --sig "`$samps`" --intv 500
Tutorials
- Multi Channel Sample Processing & Visualization
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