mmWave Channel Sounding on SandBox1

Description

Prerequisites

In order to access the test bed, create a reservation and have it approved by the reservation service. Access to the resources is granted after the reservation is confirmed. Please follow the process shown on the COSMOS work flow page to get started.

Resources required

4 servers srv1-lg1 to srv4-lg1, 2 USRP X310s rfdev3-1, rfdev3-2 and both the Sivers platforms rfdev3-5, rfdev3-6 on COSMOS SB1.

Prepare host nodes

• The image sivers_ORCA.ndz has aforementioned RFNoC 802.11ad preamble processing blocks installed. Load sivers_ORCA.ndz on srv1,srv2

  prasanthi@console:~$ omf load -i sivers_ORCA.ndz -t srv1-lg1,srv2-lg1
  

• The image sivers_sb1_cosmos.ndz has UHD and Sivers control software installed. Load sivers_sb1_cosmos.ndz on srv3,srv4

  prasanthi@console:~$ omf load -i sivers_sb1_cosmos.ndz -t srv3-lg1,srv4-lg1
  

• Turn the servers on

  prasanthi@console:~$ omf tell -a on -t srv1-lg1,srv2-lg1,srv3-lg1,srv4-lg1