3. Supported Hardware#
Revised on Nov. 29, 2023
In this page, we briefly compare the capabilities of the PicoScenes-supported CSI hardware.
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Hardware Model |
USRP-based SDR (X410 as example) |
HackRF One |
AX210/AX200 |
QCA9300 |
IWL5300 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Type |
SDR |
SDR |
Wi-Fi NIC |
Wi-Fi NIC |
Wi-Fi NIC |
Connection |
USB 3.0 or 1/10/100 GbE |
USB 2.0 |
M.2 2230 |
Mini PCI-E 1x |
Mini PCI-E 1x |
Supported Formats for CSI Measurement |
802.11a/g/n/ac/ax/be |
802.11a/g/n/ac/ax/be |
802.11a/g/n/ac/ax |
802.11n |
802.11n |
Rx AGC |
No, automatic by USRP B210 |
No |
Yes, only automatic |
Yes, has manual mode |
Yes, only automatic |
Available Carrier Frequency Range (MHz) |
Arbitrary tunable in [1, 7200] MHz |
Arbitrary tunable in [10, 7250] MHz |
AX200: 2.4/5 GHz Bands, 470 MHz in total; AX210: 2.4/5/6 GHz bands ([5955, 7115] MHz in 6GB) |
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) |
tunable in [1, 400], scalable to 1600 [1] |
Arbitrary tunable in [1, 20] |
20/40/80/160 |
Arbitrary tunable in [2.5, 80] |
20/40 |
Maximal MIMO Streams |
4 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
3 |
Maximal CSI dimension |
1992x1x1, Scalable to 1992x4x4 streams |
242x1x1 |
1992x2x2 |
114x3x3 |
30x3x3 |
Number of CSI per packet |
Up to 39 [2] |
Up to 39 [2] |
1 |
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, all-format (a/g/n/ac/ax/be), all-CBW (20/40/80/160/320 MHz), all-coding(LDPC/BCC) |
YES, all-format (a/g/n/ac/ax/be), 20 MHz CBW, all-coding(LDPC/BCC) |
YES |
No, only for 11n sounding frames |
No, only for the special 12:34:56 address |
Packet Injection Support |
Yes, all-format (a/g/n/ac/ax/be), all-CBW (20/40/80/160/320 MHz), all-coding(LDPC/BCC) |
Yes, all-format (a/g/n/ac/ax/be), , all-CBW (20/40/80/160/320 MHz), all-coding(LDPC/BCC) |
Yes, all-format (a/g/n/ac/ax), sub-320 CBW (20/40/80/160 MHz), all-coding (LDPC/BCC) |
Yes, a/g/n |
Yes, a/g/n |