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diff --git a/usrp/doc/inband-signaling-gigethernet b/usrp/doc/inband-signaling-gigethernet deleted file mode 100644 index 4ca7542d20..0000000000 --- a/usrp/doc/inband-signaling-gigethernet +++ /dev/null @@ -1,34 +0,0 @@ -Gigabit Ethernet Interconnect for the USRP2 - -At this point, this is a place to summarize design requirements, -possible solutions, point-counterpoint, etc. - - -Requirements: - -(R1) High throughput and low latency between USRP h/w and user-space. -One of the primary reasons for switching from USB to gigabit ethernet -is to increase throughput. Many users want to be be able to build -WLAN type systems, and are thwarted by the relatively low throughput -available over the USB. Eric thinks we should shoot for at least -100MB/s full-duplex into user space, using packets with payloads on -the order of 256 to 512 bytes. The small packet size is to reduce the -latency. This is important for many MACs that people want to build on -the host side. - -(R2) Non-priviledged user programs should be able to access the USRP. -This could be implemented by a priviledged daemon that actually handles the -low level communication with the USRP2. This daemon may be desirable -for other reasons, including central point of control for -arbitrating/muxing/demuxing between multiple concurrent users (e.g., -Tx, Rx, requests, replies, various logical channels). - -(R3) Some way to flow control the host to USRP2 stream. This is -required in case the user connects an unthrottled signal generator to -the USRP. (This is not uncommon.) The USRP2 to host direction -shouldn't be a problem, since the USRP2 throughput is controlled by -its configuration. It is an error to configure the USRP2 to transmit -data at a higher rate than the transport or host can consume. - -One solution to this requirement could be having the USRP2 emit GigE -"pause" frames. We'll need to confirm that this works. |