Hi all,

 

I'm playing with qam modulation and demodulation blocks using GRC.

To begin with, I built a flow graph in one computer as follows:

File source---->packet encoder---->qam mod----->qam demod----> packet
decoder----->file sink

It worked well. The file sink can get what is in the file source.

 

Then, I separated the flow graph in two computers connected to a USRP N210
each to test real environment performance:

Computer1: File source---->packet encoder---->qam mod----->usrp sink

Computer2:usrp source----> qam demod----> packet decoder----->file sink

However, the file sink cannot get  anything.(both with/without differential
encoding )

 

To find out why, I pinted out the transmitted symbols in qam mod block in
gnuradio/gnuradio-core/src/gengen/chunks_to_symbol_bc.cc in a txt file, and
received symbols in qam demod block in
gnuradio/gr-digital/lib/digital_constellation_recever_cb.cc in another txt
file. Next, I demodulate those symbols based on closet Euclidean distance
criterion by MATLAB, however,bit error rate turned to be around 0.5 (some
shift is made to find the minimum ber ) which implies that received symbols
and transmitted symbols are independent. AM I RIGHT ABOUT WHERE TO PRINTING
OUT THE SYMBOLS?

 

One thing to notice, when I changed qam blocks to OFDM blocks, the file sink
can get what is transmitted properly even in the case of  two computers.

 

Therefore, I'm wondering if there is any problem with the qam blocks, like
synchronization or channel equalization etc. that result in transmission
failure. How can I solve it? MY PURPOSE IS TO GET correct symbols to demap
to bits by myself. 

 

Sorry for sending such a long mail. Thank you very much for your help.

 

Best,

Jia

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