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 ^_^.
Hardware Model |
AX210/AX200/AX211 |
USRP-based SDR (X310 as example) |
HackRF One |
QCA9300 |
IWL5300 |
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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 |