3. Supported Hardware

In this page, we briefly compare the capabilities of the PicoScenes-supported CSI hardware. The following Wi-Fi NIC models are available in our PicoScenes Taobao Shop ^_^.

CSI-extractable hardware supported by PicoScenes

Hardware Model	AX210/AX200/AX211	USRP-based SDR (X310 as example)	HackRF One	QCA9300	IWL5300
Type	Wi-Fi NIC	SDR via USB3.0 or 10GbE	SDR via USB2.0	Wi-Fi NIC	Wi-Fi NIC
Form Factor	M.2 2230, M.2 2230 w/ CNVi (AX211)	External USRP device	External SDR device	Mini PCI-E 1x	Mini PCI-E 1x
Supported Protocols for CSI measurement	802.11a/g/n/ac/ax	802.11a/g/n/ac/ax	802.11a/g/n/ac/ax	802.11n	802.11n
Support Manual Rx Gain	No	YES	YES	YES	No
Available Carrier Frequency Range (MHz)	AX200: 2.4/5 GHz Bands, 470 MHz in total; AX210: 2.4/5/6 GHz bands, [5955, 7115] MHz continuous spectrum!	Arbitrary tunable in [10, 6000] MHz	Arbitrary tunable in [10, 7250] MHz	Arbitrary tunable in [2.2-2.9] and [4.4-6.1] GHz	2.4/5 GHz Bands, 470 MHz in total
Available Bandwidths (MHz)	20/40/80/160	Arbitrary tunable in [1, 200]	Arbitrary tunable in [1, 20]	Arbitrary tunable in [2.5, 80]	20/40
Maximal MIMO Streams	2	4	1	3	3
Maximal CSI dimension	1992x2x2	1992x4x4	242x1x1	114x3x3	30x3x3
Number of CSI per packet	1	Multiple: CSI from L-LTF and HT/VHT/HE-LTF, and the Pilot CSI per Data symbol	Multiple: CSI from L-LTF and HT/VHT/HE-LTF, and the Pilot CSI per Data symbol	2, by HT-rate Extra Spatial Sounding (ESS)	2, by HT-rate Extra Spatial Sounding (ESS)
CSI Measurement for the Overheard Frames in Monitor Mode	YES	YES	YES	No, only for 11n sounding frames	No, only for the special 12:34:56 address
Arbitrary Packet Injection	Yes, all-format (a/g/n/ac/ax), all-bandwidth (20/40/80/160 MHz), all-coding (LDPC/BCC) and all-band (2.4/5/6 GHz)	Yes, all-format (a/g/n/ac/ax), all-bandwidth (20/40/80/160 MHz), all-coding(LDPC/BCC), arbitrary frequency (10-6000 MHz)	Yes, all-format (a/g/n/ac/ax), all-coding(LDPC/BCC), arbitrary frequency (10-7250 MHz), 20 MHz bandwidth	Yes, a/g/n	Yes, a/g/n