# GSoC'14 draft proposal - MIMO Transceiver

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/gsoc14-draft-proposal-mimo-transceiver/239770>\
**Category:** GNU Radio\
**Created:** [March 13, 2014, 8:19pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/gsoc14-draft-proposal-mimo-transceiver/239770 "2014-03-13T20:19:46Z")\
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**Author:** ![Detlef\_R](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/58f4c7/32.png) [@Detlef\_R](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Detlef_R)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2014, 8:19pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/gsoc14-draft-proposal-mimo-transceiver/239770/1 "2014-03-13T20:19:46Z")

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Hello,

Here’s the link for my proposal for the project “MIMO Transceiver”  
[https://github.com/kunal2904/GSoC-14](https://github.com/kunal2904/GSoC-14)

Please let me know your feedback on this.

Thanks and regards,  
Kunal Sankhe  
IIIT Hyderabad, India

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**Author:** ![kunal\_sankhe](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@kunal\_sankhe](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/kunal_sankhe)\
**Post date:** [March 14, 2014, 12:59pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/gsoc14-draft-proposal-mimo-transceiver/239770/2 "2014-03-14T12:59:15Z")

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On 13.03.2014 20:18, kunal sankhe wrote:

> Here’s the link for my proposal for the project “MIMO Transceiver”  
> [https://github.com/kunal2904/GSoC-14](https://github.com/kunal2904/GSoC-14)
> 
> Please let me know your feedback on this.

Hi Kunal,

right now, your proposal is too generic. Have a look at some of the  
other proposals. Make sure you specify the milestones. Also, show us  
some previous code examples you’ve produced.

Martin

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**Author:** ![kunal\_sankhe](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@kunal\_sankhe](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/kunal_sankhe)\
**Post date:** [March 14, 2014, 2:33pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/gsoc14-draft-proposal-mimo-transceiver/239770/3 "2014-03-14T14:33:55Z")

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Hi Kunal - Following up from Martin’s comments:

- You’ll want to address some of the items listed on the GR GSoC Student  
wiki page \<  
[http://gnuradio.org/redmine/projects/gnuradio/wiki/GSoCStudentInfo](http://gnuradio.org/redmine/projects/gnuradio/wiki/GSoCStudentInfo) \> –  
for example:

- Will GSoC be your only job, or will you have other things you -must-  
be doing (classes? paid work? serious hobbies?)?

- Are you on the GR discussion list (yes!)? How long have you been on  
it? How active have you been on it?

- Are there periods you will know right now that you will not be  
available for working on GSoC? If so, list them.

- Are you planning to stay a contributing member of GR after the summer  
of code?

- I think your proposal has -most- (not all) of the basic content, but  
it is not organized in the way most other proposals are & hence you’re  
selling yourself short in that regard. You would be well off looking at  
a few other former winning proposals and modeling the organization of  
yours after one of those more than what you have right now.

- While you do not list milestones specifically, you do list a timetable  
with goals – again, mostly organizational differences.

- Your grammar, spelling, formatting, and related stuff are fine – this  
proposal is easy to follow and not painful to read.

- The technical side is mostly regurgitating facts about different MIMO  
techniques without equations or anything further. It would be good to  
see a -brief- discussion of the algorithms, their complexity, and  
challenges/risks involved in implementing them.

- A link to some of your previous GR and/or other SDR oriented work is a  
must.

I encourage you to make the above changes, then get your proposal posted  
on Melange. You can make changes to your proposal after you’ve posted  
it – as Martin says (elsewhere): Just post a link in Melange to your  
proposal & then you have only 1 place to do the update.