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authorNicholas Corgan <nick.corgan@ettus.com>2012-03-29 14:47:54 -0700
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@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ UHD - Device streaming
.. contents:: Table of Contents
------------------------------------------------------------------------
-Introduction to streaming
+Introduction to Streaming
------------------------------------------------------------------------
The concept of streaming refers to the transportation of samples between host and device.
A stream is an object that facilitates streaming between host application and device.
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ A RX stream allows the user to receive samples from the device.
A TX stream allows the user to transmit samples to the device.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
-Link layer encapsulation
+Link Layer Encapsulation
------------------------------------------------------------------------
The VITA49 standard provides encapsulation for sample data across a link layer.
On all generation2 hardware, samples are encapsulated into VRT IF data packets.
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ The length of an IF data packet can be limited by several factors:
* Buffering on the device - size of BRAM FIFOs
------------------------------------------------------------------------
-Data types
+Data Types
------------------------------------------------------------------------
There are two important data types to consider when streaming:
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ The link-layer data type
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
The link-layer or "over-the-wire" data type refers to the format of the samples sent through the link.
Typically, this data type is complex-int16.
-However, To increase throughput over the link-layer,
+However, to increase throughput over the link-layer,
at the expense of precision, complex-int8 may be used.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
@@ -54,6 +54,6 @@ Conversion
The user may request arbitrary combinations of host and link data types;
however, not all combinations are supported.
The user may register custom data type formats and conversion routines.
-See uhd/convert.hpp for futher documentation.
+See **uhd/convert.hpp** for futher documentation.
-TODO provide example of convert API
+TODO: provide example of convert API