802.11 Reference Design: TX/RX Log Capture Example

This example of the Experiments Framework uses two WARP v3 nodes, one configured as an AP, the other as a STA. The two_node_dual_flow_capture.py will capture a log file of LTG traffic flows between the AP and STA and write the data to an HDF5 log file for later processing. This example demonstrates how to:

• Control two WARP v3 nodes from one wlan_exp script
• Use the wlan_exp framework Local Traffic Generator (LTG) to create traffic
• Capture an HDF5 log file from the data logged by each node

The flow of the two_node_dual_flow_capture.py script is:

1. Initialize two WARP v3 nodes
2. Ensure nodes are configured as one AP, one STA and that the STA is associated with AP
3. Start a fully-backlogged locally generated traffic (LTG) flow from AP -> STA
4. Wait 30 seconds
5. Start a fully-backlogged locally generated traffic (LTG) flow from STA -> AP
6. Wait 30 seconds
7. Stop the locally generated traffic (LTG) flow from STA -> AP
8. Wait 30 seconds
9. Stop the locally generated traffic (LTG) flow from AP -> AP
10. Read the log data from each node and write an HDF5 log file

To run this example:

• Setup wlan_exp (see Getting Started for details)
• Configure two WARP v3 nodes with the 802.11 Reference Design bitstream- one AP, one STA
• Open the file in a text editor and change the NODE_SERIAL_LIST to match your serial numbers
• Open a Python shell
• CD to the Python_Reference/Examples directory from the expanded 802.11 Reference design archive
• Run python two_node_dual_flow_capture.py

The script will run for 2 minutes, then display its results:

TBD

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Source: the script is included in the 802.11 Reference Design archive at Python_Reference/examples/txrx_log/two_node_dual_flow_capture.py.