john boon wrote:
MIMO without really breaking down my head over writing hardware related
configurations program. Forget about C++, i dont think any python
reference code exists for MIMO. having so many standards like wimax and
LTE which have MIMO implementations, i think gnuradio forum people
should seriously think about MIMO implementations. Anyway…no way…out i
have started writing code…but i still stand on the word…“this is not
the way you support for open source hardware ----> this is to hardware
manufacturers”
thanks
john
John,
Normally I wouldn’t respond to a post/flame like this, but in this case
I’ll make an exception.
On response, or lack thereof, to your original email – there are a
number of reasons that I did not respond to it. First, your email was
sent about 2 days before, and sometimes when you are busy it just takes
longer than that to get to it. Second, in addition to the mailing list,
you sent copies of it to 10 people, at least 8 of whom are also on the
GNU Radio mailing list. You then sent it to the mailing list again
only 5 hours later, resulting in 3 copies of it for all of us.
I can’t and don’t speak, however, for the other “big” people, but I do
know they are busy as well. We all do tend to be more likely to answer
questions when it looks like the author has followed these guidelines:
http://gnuradio.org/trac/wiki/ReportingErrors
On the subject of there being no MIMO reference implementation – you
need to understand that GNU Radio is a library on which to build your
applications. We do have examples in the code which show how to receive
multiple signals simultaneously, and how to transmit multiple signals
simultaneously.
We cannot possibly have reference implementations of everything people
would like to do with GNU Radio. That is a little like saying that the
glibc C library should have a reference implementation of a word
processor. Also, LTE, WiMAX, and other systems like that are very
complex, and a reference implementation could take many person-years to
complete. Us “big people” only have so many hours in a day.
I can tell you that many people have successfully built MIMO systems
around GNU Radio and the USRP, so it is possible to do with the tools
which we have provided. Some of these implementations were done as part
of Master’s or PhD theses, and some have been done in the commercial
sphere. It would be nice if these implementations were contributed back
to GNU Radio or to CGRAN (or even hosted elsewhere), but we cannot force
anyone to do this.
As for a slow pace to the work, I would say that this is a volunteer
project, and people work on what they are interested in. None of the
core people are working on a MIMO reference implementation. Instead, we
are working on the core itself, so that we can provide the best
possible platform for you to build your application.
As for hardware support, the first thing to understand is that Eric
Blossom and Johnathan C. do not supply hardware. They receive no
direct benefit from your purchase. They have their own companies,
(Blossom Research and Corgan Enterprises respectively), and do
consulting and training around GNU Radio in order to earn a living.
If you do feel that the hardware support has been lacking, then I am
sorry. However, I do not promise to include MIMO reference
implementations or immediate answers to every question about GNU Radio
with your purchase. This is a part of the reason why we can provide the
hardware at the price we do.
Matt