Raw channel metrics from Ettus N210 USRP for common randomness generation

Citation Author(s):
Prashanth K.
H. Sheshagiri
Technische Universität Dresden
Martin
Reisslein
Arizona State University
Juan
Alberto Cabrera
Technische Universität Dresden
Frank H.
P. Fitzek
Technische Universität Dresden
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Prashanth Kumar...
Last updated:
Thu, 12/19/2024 - 10:53
DOI:
10.21227/tn1p-p947
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Abstract 

Common Randomness (CR) can be considered as a resource in our future communication systems that will assist in various operations, such as cryptographic encryption in wireless communication, improving identification capacity for identification codes. In wireless communication, CR can be conveniently generated by reading the reciprocal channel properties between two wireless terminals, and by sending pilot signals to each other using the time division duplexing (TDD)-based half-duplexing method. In the channel probing stage, reciprocal channel characteristics are measured. In the next stage, a random but correlated channel metric is extracted, which can be termed as random-parameter extraction stage. In this dataset, we present the raw channel metrics that are extracted using a pilot signal-based channel probing technique, that can be used in generating CR between two terminals. This dataset contains channel probing using TDD and random parameter extraction implemented on Ettus N210 software-defined radio (SDR). Four-channel metrics are stored in 8 different .txt files: signal received signal strength indicator in dB, carrier frequency offset in Hz, received signal amplitude in volts, and phase offset in degrees. The channel metrics are measured for static and fading scenarios. The text files containing "...SDR1.txt" belong to one of the SDR terminals and "...SDR2.txt" belongs to the second SDR terminal.

Instructions: 

Use the Python script in the database to extract each of the channel metrics.

For static channel: 

For file Logs SMA 40dB gain: The attenuator is set at 40dB between the Terminals. A gain of 20dB for Tx antenna and Rx antenna is provided, achieving a total gain of 40dB. The file begins with "AMP" denotes amplitude observations, "CFO" is carrier frequency offsets, "PO" is phase offsets, and "RSSI" is received signal power. Files that end with "...SDR1.txt" belong to observations in terminal A and "...SDR2.txt" belong to observations in terminal B.

 For file Logs static: The attenuator is set at 40dB between the Terminals. The file begins with "AMP" denotes amplitude observations, "CFO" is carrier frequency offsets, "PO" is phase offsets, and "RSSI" is received signal power. Files that end with "...SDR1.txt" belong to observations in terminal A and "...SDR2.txt" belong to observations in terminal B.

For fading channel: Logs combined contain combined observations of all the three folders in the fading folder.

Funding Agency: 
6G-life, CeTi
Grant Number: 
16KISK001K, 390696704

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SDR channel metrics

Submitted by Prashanth Kumar... on Fri, 11/15/2024 - 12:07