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Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] BBN 802.11 bbn_80211b_rx.py


From: Brian Padalino
Subject: Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] BBN 802.11 bbn_80211b_rx.py
Date: Mon, 28 Jul 2008 13:13:49 -0400

On Mon, Jul 28, 2008 at 12:28 PM, yyzhuang <address@hidden> wrote:
>
> What does "combination of the LO in the front end and the digital
> downconverter" mean please?

For general radio architecture, please see:

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superheterodyne

Generally, the LO/synthesizer has some discrete step size (12.5kHz,
250kHz, etc).  To get down to baseband, the resultant signal is then
shifted in frequency down using the digital downconverter:

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Down_Converter

Brian




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