Wireless Testbench Applications on NI USRP Radios

Prebuilt Hardware Images

Wireless Testbench™ provides prebuilt hardware images that enable you to explore wireless applications for NI™ USRP™ radios by using MATLAB^® objects. This diagram is a high-level overview of how Wireless Testbench objects integrate SDR capabilities of supported radios.

Using a Wireless Testbench object, you can configure the prebuilt hardware image to transmit, capture, or detect wireless signals and write your application code for experimenting and testing.

Wireless Testbench Object	Description
basebandReceiver	Configure NI USRP radio as baseband receiver
basebandTransceiver	Configure NI USRP radio as baseband transceiver
basebandTransmitter	Configure NI USRP radio as baseband transmitter
preambleDetector	Configure NI USRP radio as preamble detector
energyDetector	Configure NI USRP radio as energy detector

Standalone Peripheral Applications for Live Data I/O

Wireless Testbench enables the use of a supported NI USRP radio as a standalone peripheral for live data I/O using MATLAB System objects and Simulink^® blocks. This functionality utilises the default hardware image provided by the hardware vendor. This diagram is a high-level overview of how Wireless Testbench System objects and blocks integrate SDR capabilities of supported radios.

Using a Wireless Testbench System object™ or block, you can configure supported radios as a standalone peripheral to transmit and receive wireless signals and write your application code for experimenting and testing.

System Object	Simulink Block	Description
comm.SDRuReceiver	SDRu Receiver	Receive IQ data from the air for live processing with an NI USRP radio
comm.SDRuTransmitter	SDRu Transmitter	Transmit IQ data to the air with live processing with an NI USRP radio

Related Topics

• Supported Radio Devices