The communication range of wireless networks can be greatly improved by using distributed beamforming from a set of independent radio nodes. One of the key challenges in establishing a beamformed communication link from separate radios is achieving carrier frequency and sample timing synchronization. This paper describes an implementation that addresses both carrier frequency and sample timing synchronization simultaneously using RF signaling between designated master and slave nodes. By using a pilot signal transmitted by the master node, each slave estimates and tracks the frequency and timing offset and digitally compensates for them. A realtime implementation of the proposed system was developed in GNU Radio and tested with Ettus USRP N210 software defined radios. The measurements show that the distributed array can reach residual frequency error less than 5 Hz for 70 percent of the time and a residual timing offset less than 1/16 the sample duration all the time. This performance enables distributed beamforming for range extension applications.
Software Defined Radio Implementation of Carrier and Timing Synchronization for Distributed Arrays
2019-03-01
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