Question about Pre-cog Heart Beat

GNU Radio
1

Hello
I am trying to send low rate data through pre-cog simple trx
example. I have difficulty understanding the function of the heart beat
block. If I decrease the rate (period) of the heart beat block, I will
be
able to send more messages. Which means more data.

Does any one know how much should be the size of a single message?

Regards

2

The message size is limited by the packet framer and deframer, which is
modified from the packet framer/deframer found in GNU Radio. I believe
that the limit is 4096 bytes. However, the laws of practical wireless
comms may limit the system to smaller packet sizes. The more bits you
have, the more likely you’ll see a bit error in the frame, causing the
deframer to detect a bad CRC and discard. Smaller packets = smaller
target?

The heartbeat block simply generates a message with the specified
key/value
at the specified period. In the case of pre-cog, this block just
produces
a strobe to make the work function run via the mostly useless “ctrl_in”
port. Or, you may use it to generate a periodic broadcast message if
you
connect it to the application input port. The scheduler will not run
the
work function unless a message arrives at an input port. The work
function
must run periodically to support the stop-and-wait ARQ functionality.

-John