Two buffers, inner and outer, are used in the transceiver
implementation. The outer buffer interfaces with the device receive
interface to guarantee timestamp aligned and contiguously allocated
sample buffers. The inner buffer absorbs vector size differences between
GSM bursts (156 or 157 samples) and the resampler interface (typically
fixed multiples of 65).
Reimplement the inner buffer with a ring buffer that allows fixed size
segments on the outer (resampler) portion and variable lengths (GSM
side) on the inner side. Compared to the previous stack-like version,
this implementation removes unnecessary copying of buffer contents.
Signed-off-by: Tom Tsou <tom.tsou@ettus.com>
This patch add support for dual channel diversity on the receive
path. This allows two antennas two shared antennas to be used for
each ARFCN handling channel in the receiver. This configuration
may improvde performance in multi-path fading environments,
however, noise andpotential interference levels are increased due
to the higher bandwidth used.
The receive path is oversampled by a factor of four for a rate
of 1.083333 Msps. If the receive paths are tuned within a
maximum channel spacing (currently set at 600 kHz), then both
ARFCN frequencies are processed by each channel of the receiver.
Otherwise, the frequency shifted diversity path is disabled and
standard non-diversity operation takes place.
Diversity processing is handled by selecting the path with the
higheset energy level and discarding the burst on the second
path. Selection occurs on a burst-by-burst basis.
Signed-off-by: Thomas Tsou <tom@tsou.cc>
Tom Tsou