6 files changed, 877 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/host/lib/transport/CMakeLists.txt b/host/lib/transport/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a36f0fc03
--- /dev/null
+++ b/host/lib/transport/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+#
+# Copyright 2010 Ettus Research LLC
+#
+# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+#
+
+#This file will be included by cmake, use absolute paths!
+
+########################################################################
+# Setup defines for interface address discovery
+########################################################################
+MESSAGE(STATUS "Configuring interface address discovery...")
+
+INCLUDE(CheckIncludeFileCXX)
+CHECK_INCLUDE_FILE_CXX(ifaddrs.h HAVE_IFADDRS_H)
+CHECK_INCLUDE_FILE_CXX(winsock2.h HAVE_WINSOCK2_H)
+
+IF(HAVE_IFADDRS_H)
+    MESSAGE(STATUS "  Interface address discovery supported through getifaddrs.")
+    ADD_DEFINITIONS(-DHAVE_IFADDRS_H)
+ELSEIF(HAVE_WINSOCK2_H)
+    MESSAGE(STATUS "  Interface address discovery supported through SIO_GET_INTERFACE_LIST.")
+    ADD_DEFINITIONS(-DHAVE_WINSOCK2_H)
+ELSE(HAVE_IFADDRS_H)
+    MESSAGE(STATUS "  Interface address discovery not supported.")
+ENDIF(HAVE_IFADDRS_H)
+
+########################################################################
+# Append to the list of sources for lib uhd
+########################################################################
+LIBUHD_PYTHON_GEN_SOURCE(
+    ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/lib/transport/gen_vrt.py
+    ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/lib/transport/vrt.cpp
+)
+
+LIBUHD_APPEND_SOURCES(
+    ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/lib/transport/convert_types.cpp
+    ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/lib/transport/if_addrs.cpp
+    ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/lib/transport/udp_simple.cpp
+    ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/lib/transport/udp_zero_copy_asio.cpp
+)
diff --git a/host/lib/transport/convert_types.cpp b/host/lib/transport/convert_types.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8c3d6b17a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/host/lib/transport/convert_types.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,145 @@
+//
+// Copyright 2010 Ettus Research LLC
+//
+// This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+// it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+// the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+// (at your option) any later version.
+//
+// This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+// GNU General Public License for more details.
+//
+// You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+// along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+//
+
+#include <uhd/transport/convert_types.hpp>
+#include <uhd/utils/assert.hpp>
+#include <boost/asio.hpp> //endianness conversion
+#include <boost/cstdint.hpp>
+#include <complex>
+
+using namespace uhd;
+
+/***********************************************************************
+ * Constants
+ **********************************************************************/
+typedef std::complex<float>          fc32_t;
+
+static const float shorts_per_float = float(1 << 15);
+static const float floats_per_short = float(1.0/shorts_per_float);
+
+#define unrolled_loop(__inst, __len){ \
+    size_t __i = 0; \
+    for(; __i < (__len & ~0x3); __i+= 4){ \
+        __inst(__i+0); __inst(__i+1); \
+        __inst(__i+2); __inst(__i+3); \
+    } \
+    for(; __i < __len; __i++){ \
+        __inst(__i); \
+    } \
+}
+
+// set a boolean flag that indicates the endianess
+#ifdef HAVE_BIG_ENDIAN
+static const bool is_big_endian = true;
+#else
+static const bool is_big_endian = false;
+#endif
+
+static inline void host_floats_to_usrp2_items(
+    boost::uint32_t *usrp2_items,
+    const fc32_t *host_floats,
+    size_t num_samps
+){
+    #define host_floats_to_usrp2_items_i(i){ \
+        boost::uint16_t real = boost::int16_t(host_floats[i].real()*shorts_per_float); \
+        boost::uint16_t imag = boost::int16_t(host_floats[i].imag()*shorts_per_float); \
+        usrp2_items[i] = htonl((real << 16) | (imag << 0)); \
+    }
+    unrolled_loop(host_floats_to_usrp2_items_i, num_samps);
+}
+
+static inline void usrp2_items_to_host_floats(
+    fc32_t *host_floats,
+    const boost::uint32_t *usrp2_items,
+    size_t num_samps
+){
+    #define usrp2_items_to_host_floats_i(i){ \
+        boost::uint32_t item = ntohl(usrp2_items[i]); \
+        boost::int16_t real = boost::uint16_t(item >> 16); \
+        boost::int16_t imag = boost::uint16_t(item >> 0); \
+        host_floats[i] = fc32_t(float(real*floats_per_short), float(imag*floats_per_short)); \
+    }
+    unrolled_loop(usrp2_items_to_host_floats_i, num_samps);
+}
+
+static inline void host_items_to_usrp2_items(
+    boost::uint32_t *usrp2_items,
+    const boost::uint32_t *host_items,
+    size_t num_samps
+){
+    #define host_items_to_usrp2_items_i(i) usrp2_items[i] = htonl(host_items[i])
+    if (is_big_endian){
+        std::memcpy(usrp2_items, host_items, num_samps*sizeof(boost::uint32_t));
+    }
+    else{
+        unrolled_loop(host_items_to_usrp2_items_i, num_samps);
+    }
+}
+
+static inline void usrp2_items_to_host_items(
+    boost::uint32_t *host_items,
+    const boost::uint32_t *usrp2_items,
+    size_t num_samps
+){
+    #define usrp2_items_to_host_items_i(i) host_items[i] = ntohl(usrp2_items[i])
+    if (is_big_endian){
+        std::memcpy(host_items, usrp2_items, num_samps*sizeof(boost::uint32_t));
+    }
+    else{
+        unrolled_loop(usrp2_items_to_host_items_i, num_samps);
+    }
+}
+
+void transport::convert_io_type_to_otw_type(
+    const void *io_buff, const io_type_t &io_type,
+    void *otw_buff, const otw_type_t &otw_type,
+    size_t num_samps
+){
+    //all we handle for now:
+    UHD_ASSERT_THROW(otw_type.width == 16 and otw_type.byteorder == otw_type_t::BO_BIG_ENDIAN);
+
+    switch(io_type.tid){
+    case io_type_t::COMPLEX_FLOAT32:
+        host_floats_to_usrp2_items((boost::uint32_t *)otw_buff, (const fc32_t*)io_buff, num_samps);
+        break;
+    case io_type_t::COMPLEX_INT16:
+        host_items_to_usrp2_items((boost::uint32_t *)otw_buff, (const boost::uint32_t*)io_buff, num_samps);
+        break;
+    default:
+        throw std::runtime_error(str(boost::format("convert_types: cannot handle type \"%c\"") % io_type.tid));
+    }
+}
+
+void transport::convert_otw_type_to_io_type(
+    const void *otw_buff, const otw_type_t &otw_type,
+    void *io_buff, const io_type_t &io_type,
+    size_t num_samps
+){
+    //all we handle for now:
+    UHD_ASSERT_THROW(otw_type.width == 16 and otw_type.byteorder == otw_type_t::BO_BIG_ENDIAN);
+
+    switch(io_type.tid){
+    case io_type_t::COMPLEX_FLOAT32:
+        usrp2_items_to_host_floats((fc32_t*)io_buff, (const boost::uint32_t *)otw_buff, num_samps);
+        break;
+    case io_type_t::COMPLEX_INT16:
+        usrp2_items_to_host_items((boost::uint32_t*)io_buff, (const boost::uint32_t *)otw_buff, num_samps);
+        break;
+    default:
+        throw std::runtime_error(str(boost::format("convert_types: cannot handle type \"%c\"") % io_type.tid));
+    }
+}
diff --git a/host/lib/transport/gen_vrt.py b/host/lib/transport/gen_vrt.py
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..9a57c83c3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/host/lib/transport/gen_vrt.py
@@ -0,0 +1,210 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+#
+# Copyright 2010 Ettus Research LLC
+#
+# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+#
+
+"""
+The vrt packer/unpacker code generator:
+
+This script will generate the pack and unpack routines that convert
+metatdata into vrt headers and vrt headers into metadata.
+
+The generated code infers jump tables to speed-up the parsing time.
+"""
+
+TMPL_TEXT = """
+#import time
+
+########################################################################
+## setup predicates
+########################################################################
+#set $sid_p = 0b00001
+#set $cid_p = 0b00010
+#set $tsi_p = 0b00100
+#set $tsf_p = 0b01000
+#set $tlr_p = 0b10000
+
+/***********************************************************************
+ * This file was generated by $file on $time.strftime("%c")
+ **********************************************************************/
+
+\#include <uhd/transport/vrt.hpp>
+\#include <boost/asio.hpp> //endianness conversion
+\#include <stdexcept>
+
+using namespace uhd;
+using namespace uhd::transport;
+
+void vrt::pack(
+    const tx_metadata_t &metadata, //input
+    boost::uint32_t *header_buff,  //output
+    size_t &num_header_words32,    //output
+    size_t num_payload_words32,    //input
+    size_t &num_packet_words32,    //output
+    size_t packet_count,           //input
+    double tick_rate               //input
+){
+    boost::uint32_t vrt_hdr_flags;
+
+    boost::uint8_t pred = 0;
+    if (metadata.has_stream_id) pred |= $hex($sid_p);
+    if (metadata.has_time_spec) pred |= $hex($tsi_p | $tsf_p);
+
+    switch(pred){
+    #for $pred in range(2**5)
+    case $pred:
+        #set $num_header_words = 1
+        #set $flags = 0
+        ########## Stream ID ##########
+        #if $pred & $sid_p
+            header_buff[$num_header_words] = htonl(metadata.stream_id);
+            #set $num_header_words += 1
+            #set $flags |= (0x1 << 28);
+        #end if
+        ########## Class ID ##########
+        #if $pred & $cid_p
+            header_buff[$num_header_words] = htonl(0);
+            #set $num_header_words += 1
+            header_buff[$num_header_words] = htonl(0);
+            #set $num_header_words += 1
+            #set $flags |= (0x1 << 27);
+        #end if
+        ########## Integer Time ##########
+        #if $pred & $tsi_p
+            header_buff[$num_header_words] = htonl(metadata.time_spec.secs);
+            #set $num_header_words += 1
+            #set $flags |= (0x3 << 22);
+        #end if
+        ########## Fractional Time ##########
+        #if $pred & $tsf_p
+            header_buff[$num_header_words] = htonl(0);
+            #set $num_header_words += 1
+            header_buff[$num_header_words] = htonl(metadata.time_spec.get_ticks(tick_rate));
+            #set $num_header_words += 1
+            #set $flags |= (0x1 << 20);
+        #end if
+        ########## Trailer ##########
+        #if $pred & $tlr_p
+            #set $flags |= (0x1 << 26);
+            #set $num_trailer_words = 1;
+        #else
+            #set $num_trailer_words = 0;
+        #end if
+        ########## Variables ##########
+            num_header_words32 = $num_header_words;
+            num_packet_words32 = $($num_header_words + $num_trailer_words) + num_payload_words32;
+            vrt_hdr_flags = $hex($flags);
+        break;
+    #end for
+    }
+
+    //set the burst flags
+    if (metadata.start_of_burst) vrt_hdr_flags |= $hex(0x1 << 25);
+    if (metadata.end_of_burst)   vrt_hdr_flags |= $hex(0x1 << 24);
+
+    //fill in complete header word
+    header_buff[0] = htonl(vrt_hdr_flags |
+        ((packet_count & 0xf) << 16) |
+        (num_packet_words32 & 0xffff)
+    );
+}
+
+void vrt::unpack(
+    rx_metadata_t &metadata,            //output
+    const boost::uint32_t *header_buff, //input
+    size_t &num_header_words32,         //output
+    size_t &num_payload_words32,        //output
+    size_t num_packet_words32,          //input
+    size_t &packet_count,               //output
+    double tick_rate                    //input
+){
+    //clear the metadata
+    metadata = rx_metadata_t();
+
+    //extract vrt header
+    boost::uint32_t vrt_hdr_word = ntohl(header_buff[0]);
+    size_t packet_words32 = vrt_hdr_word & 0xffff;
+    packet_count = (vrt_hdr_word >> 16) & 0xf;
+
+    //failure cases
+    if (packet_words32 == 0 or num_packet_words32 < packet_words32)
+        throw std::runtime_error("bad vrt header or packet fragment");
+    if (vrt_hdr_word & (0x7 << 29))
+        throw std::runtime_error("unsupported vrt packet type");
+
+    boost::uint8_t pred = 0;
+    if(vrt_hdr_word & $hex(0x1 << 28)) pred |= $hex($sid_p);
+    if(vrt_hdr_word & $hex(0x1 << 27)) pred |= $hex($cid_p);
+    if(vrt_hdr_word & $hex(0x3 << 22)) pred |= $hex($tsi_p);
+    if(vrt_hdr_word & $hex(0x3 << 20)) pred |= $hex($tsf_p);
+    if(vrt_hdr_word & $hex(0x1 << 26)) pred |= $hex($tlr_p);
+
+    switch(pred){
+    #for $pred in range(2**5)
+    case $pred:
+        #set $set_has_time_spec = False
+        #set $num_header_words = 1
+        ########## Stream ID ##########
+        #if $pred & $sid_p
+            metadata.has_stream_id = true;
+            metadata.stream_id = ntohl(header_buff[$num_header_words]);
+            #set $num_header_words += 1
+        #end if
+        ########## Class ID ##########
+        #if $pred & $cid_p
+            #set $num_header_words += 1
+            #set $num_header_words += 1
+        #end if
+        ########## Integer Time ##########
+        #if $pred & $tsi_p
+            metadata.has_time_spec = true;
+            #set $set_has_time_spec = True
+            metadata.time_spec.secs = ntohl(header_buff[$num_header_words]);
+            #set $num_header_words += 1
+        #end if
+        ########## Fractional Time ##########
+        #if $pred & $tsf_p
+            #if not $set_has_time_spec
+            metadata.has_time_spec = true;
+                #set $set_has_time_spec = True
+            #end if
+            #set $num_header_words += 1
+            metadata.time_spec.set_ticks(ntohl(header_buff[$num_header_words]), tick_rate);
+            #set $num_header_words += 1
+        #end if
+        ########## Trailer ##########
+        #if $pred & $tlr_p
+            #set $num_trailer_words = 1;
+        #else
+            #set $num_trailer_words = 0;
+        #end if
+        ########## Variables ##########
+            num_header_words32 = $num_header_words;
+            num_payload_words32 = packet_words32 - $($num_header_words + $num_trailer_words);
+        break;
+    #end for
+    }
+}
+"""
+
+import sys
+
+from Cheetah.Template import Template
+def parse_tmpl(_tmpl_text, **kwargs):
+    return str(Template(_tmpl_text, kwargs))
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    open(sys.argv[1], 'w').write(parse_tmpl(TMPL_TEXT, file=__file__))
diff --git a/host/lib/transport/if_addrs.cpp b/host/lib/transport/if_addrs.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5c8c8a176
--- /dev/null
+++ b/host/lib/transport/if_addrs.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,109 @@
+//
+// Copyright 2010 Ettus Research LLC
+//
+// This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+// it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+// the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+// (at your option) any later version.
+//
+// This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+// GNU General Public License for more details.
+//
+// You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+// along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+//
+
+#include <uhd/transport/if_addrs.hpp>
+#include <boost/asio/ip/address_v4.hpp>
+#include <boost/cstdint.hpp>
+#include <iostream>
+
+uhd::transport::if_addrs_t::if_addrs_t(void){
+    /* NOP */
+}
+
+/***********************************************************************
+ * Interface address discovery through ifaddrs api
+ **********************************************************************/
+#ifdef HAVE_IFADDRS_H
+#include <ifaddrs.h>
+
+static boost::asio::ip::address_v4 sockaddr_to_ip_addr(sockaddr *addr){
+    return boost::asio::ip::address_v4(ntohl(
+        reinterpret_cast<sockaddr_in*>(addr)->sin_addr.s_addr
+    ));
+}
+
+std::vector<uhd::transport::if_addrs_t> uhd::transport::get_if_addrs(void){
+    std::vector<if_addrs_t> if_addrs;
+    struct ifaddrs *ifap;
+    if (getifaddrs(&ifap) == 0){
+        for (struct ifaddrs *iter = ifap; iter != NULL; iter = iter->ifa_next){
+            //ensure that the entries are valid
+            if (iter->ifa_addr->sa_family != AF_INET) continue;
+            if (iter->ifa_netmask->sa_family != AF_INET) continue;
+            if (iter->ifa_broadaddr->sa_family != AF_INET) continue;
+
+            //append a new set of interface addresses
+            if_addrs_t if_addr;
+            if_addr.inet = sockaddr_to_ip_addr(iter->ifa_addr).to_string();
+            if_addr.mask = sockaddr_to_ip_addr(iter->ifa_netmask).to_string();
+            if_addr.bcast = sockaddr_to_ip_addr(iter->ifa_broadaddr).to_string();
+            if_addrs.push_back(if_addr);
+        }
+        freeifaddrs(ifap);
+    }
+    return if_addrs;
+}
+
+/***********************************************************************
+ * Interface address discovery through windows api (TODO)
+ **********************************************************************/
+#elif HAVE_WINSOCK2_H
+#include <winsock2.h>
+
+std::vector<uhd::transport::if_addrs_t> uhd::transport::get_if_addrs(void){
+    std::vector<if_addrs_t> if_addrs;
+    SOCKET sd = WSASocket(AF_INET, SOCK_DGRAM, 0, 0, 0, 0);
+    if (sd == SOCKET_ERROR) {
+        std::cerr << "Failed to get a socket. Error " << WSAGetLastError() <<
+            std::endl; return if_addrs;
+    }
+
+    INTERFACE_INFO InterfaceList[20];
+    unsigned long nBytesReturned;
+    if (WSAIoctl(sd, SIO_GET_INTERFACE_LIST, 0, 0, &InterfaceList,
+			sizeof(InterfaceList), &nBytesReturned, 0, 0) == SOCKET_ERROR) {
+        std::cerr << "Failed calling WSAIoctl: error " << WSAGetLastError() <<
+				std::endl;
+		return if_addrs;
+    }
+
+    int nNumInterfaces = nBytesReturned / sizeof(INTERFACE_INFO);
+    for (int i = 0; i < nNumInterfaces; ++i) {
+        boost::uint32_t iiAddress = ntohl(reinterpret_cast<sockaddr_in&>(InterfaceList[i].iiAddress).sin_addr.s_addr);
+        boost::uint32_t iiNetmask = ntohl(reinterpret_cast<sockaddr_in&>(InterfaceList[i].iiNetmask).sin_addr.s_addr);
+        boost::uint32_t iiBroadcastAddress = (iiAddress & iiNetmask) | ~iiNetmask;
+
+        if_addrs_t if_addr;
+        if_addr.inet = boost::asio::ip::address_v4(iiAddress).to_string();
+        if_addr.mask = boost::asio::ip::address_v4(iiNetmask).to_string();
+        if_addr.bcast = boost::asio::ip::address_v4(iiBroadcastAddress).to_string();
+        if_addrs.push_back(if_addr);
+    }
+
+    return if_addrs;
+}
+
+/***********************************************************************
+ * Interface address discovery not included
+ **********************************************************************/
+#else /* HAVE_IFADDRS_H */
+
+std::vector<uhd::transport::if_addrs_t> uhd::transport::get_if_addrs(void){
+    return std::vector<if_addrs_t>();
+}
+
+#endif /* HAVE_IFADDRS_H */
diff --git a/host/lib/transport/udp_simple.cpp b/host/lib/transport/udp_simple.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f339127ad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/host/lib/transport/udp_simple.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,159 @@
+//
+// Copyright 2010 Ettus Research LLC
+//
+// This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+// it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+// the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+// (at your option) any later version.
+//
+// This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+// GNU General Public License for more details.
+//
+// You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+// along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+//
+
+#include <uhd/transport/udp_simple.hpp>
+#include <boost/asio.hpp>
+#include <boost/thread.hpp>
+#include <boost/format.hpp>
+#include <iostream>
+
+using namespace uhd::transport;
+
+/***********************************************************************
+ * Helper Functions
+ **********************************************************************/
+/*!
+ * A receive timeout for a socket:
+ *
+ * It seems that asio cannot have timeouts with synchronous io.
+ * However, we can implement a polling loop that will timeout.
+ * This is okay bacause this is the slow-path implementation.
+ *
+ * \param socket the asio socket
+ */
+static void reasonable_recv_timeout(
+    boost::asio::ip::udp::socket &socket
+){
+    boost::asio::deadline_timer timer(socket.get_io_service());
+    timer.expires_from_now(boost::posix_time::milliseconds(100));
+    while (not (socket.available() or timer.expires_from_now().is_negative())){
+        boost::this_thread::sleep(boost::posix_time::milliseconds(1));
+    }
+}
+
+/***********************************************************************
+ * UDP connected implementation class
+ **********************************************************************/
+class udp_connected_impl : public udp_simple{
+public:
+    //structors
+    udp_connected_impl(const std::string &addr, const std::string &port);
+    ~udp_connected_impl(void);
+
+    //send/recv
+    size_t send(const boost::asio::const_buffer &buff);
+    size_t recv(const boost::asio::mutable_buffer &buff);
+
+private:
+    boost::asio::ip::udp::socket   *_socket;
+    boost::asio::io_service        _io_service;
+};
+
+udp_connected_impl::udp_connected_impl(const std::string &addr, const std::string &port){
+    //std::cout << boost::format("Creating udp transport for %s %s") % addr % port << std::endl;
+
+    // resolve the address
+    boost::asio::ip::udp::resolver resolver(_io_service);
+    boost::asio::ip::udp::resolver::query query(boost::asio::ip::udp::v4(), addr, port);
+    boost::asio::ip::udp::endpoint receiver_endpoint = *resolver.resolve(query);
+
+    // Create, open, and connect the socket
+    _socket = new boost::asio::ip::udp::socket(_io_service);
+    _socket->open(boost::asio::ip::udp::v4());
+    _socket->connect(receiver_endpoint);
+}
+
+udp_connected_impl::~udp_connected_impl(void){
+    delete _socket;
+}
+
+size_t udp_connected_impl::send(const boost::asio::const_buffer &buff){
+    return _socket->send(boost::asio::buffer(buff));
+}
+
+size_t udp_connected_impl::recv(const boost::asio::mutable_buffer &buff){
+    reasonable_recv_timeout(*_socket);
+    if (not _socket->available()) return 0;
+    return _socket->receive(boost::asio::buffer(buff));
+}
+
+/***********************************************************************
+ * UDP broadcast implementation class
+ **********************************************************************/
+class udp_broadcast_impl : public udp_simple{
+public:
+    //structors
+    udp_broadcast_impl(const std::string &addr, const std::string &port);
+    ~udp_broadcast_impl(void);
+
+    //send/recv
+    size_t send(const boost::asio::const_buffer &buff);
+    size_t recv(const boost::asio::mutable_buffer &buff);
+
+private:
+    boost::asio::ip::udp::socket   *_socket;
+    boost::asio::ip::udp::endpoint _receiver_endpoint;
+    boost::asio::io_service        _io_service;
+};
+
+udp_broadcast_impl::udp_broadcast_impl(const std::string &addr, const std::string &port){
+    //std::cout << boost::format("Creating udp transport for %s %s") % addr % port << std::endl;
+
+    // resolve the address
+    boost::asio::ip::udp::resolver resolver(_io_service);
+    boost::asio::ip::udp::resolver::query query(boost::asio::ip::udp::v4(), addr, port);
+    _receiver_endpoint = *resolver.resolve(query);
+
+    // Create and open the socket
+    _socket = new boost::asio::ip::udp::socket(_io_service);
+    _socket->open(boost::asio::ip::udp::v4());
+
+    // Allow broadcasting
+    boost::asio::socket_base::broadcast option(true);
+    _socket->set_option(option);
+
+}
+
+udp_broadcast_impl::~udp_broadcast_impl(void){
+    delete _socket;
+}
+
+size_t udp_broadcast_impl::send(const boost::asio::const_buffer &buff){
+    return _socket->send_to(boost::asio::buffer(buff), _receiver_endpoint);
+}
+
+size_t udp_broadcast_impl::recv(const boost::asio::mutable_buffer &buff){
+    reasonable_recv_timeout(*_socket);
+    if (not _socket->available()) return 0;
+    boost::asio::ip::udp::endpoint sender_endpoint;
+    return _socket->receive_from(boost::asio::buffer(buff), sender_endpoint);
+}
+
+/***********************************************************************
+ * UDP public make functions
+ **********************************************************************/
+udp_simple::sptr udp_simple::make_connected(
+    const std::string &addr, const std::string &port
+){
+    return sptr(new udp_connected_impl(addr, port));
+}
+
+udp_simple::sptr udp_simple::make_broadcast(
+    const std::string &addr, const std::string &port
+){
+    return sptr(new udp_broadcast_impl(addr, port));
+}
diff --git a/host/lib/transport/udp_zero_copy_asio.cpp b/host/lib/transport/udp_zero_copy_asio.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ee44803f4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/host/lib/transport/udp_zero_copy_asio.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,202 @@
+//
+// Copyright 2010 Ettus Research LLC
+//
+// This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+// it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+// the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+// (at your option) any later version.
+//
+// This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+// GNU General Public License for more details.
+//
+// You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+// along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+//
+
+#include <uhd/transport/udp_zero_copy.hpp>
+#include <boost/cstdint.hpp>
+#include <boost/asio.hpp>
+#include <boost/thread.hpp>
+#include <boost/format.hpp>
+#include <iostream>
+
+using namespace uhd::transport;
+
+/***********************************************************************
+ * Managed receive buffer implementation for udp zero-copy asio:
+ *   Frees the memory held by the const buffer on done.
+ **********************************************************************/
+class managed_recv_buffer_impl : public managed_recv_buffer{
+public:
+    managed_recv_buffer_impl(const boost::asio::const_buffer &buff) : _buff(buff){
+        _done = false;
+    }
+
+    ~managed_recv_buffer_impl(void){
+        if (not _done) this->done();
+    }
+
+    void done(void){
+        _done = true;
+        delete [] boost::asio::buffer_cast<const boost::uint32_t *>(_buff);
+    }
+
+private:
+    const boost::asio::const_buffer &get(void){
+        return _buff;
+    }
+
+    const boost::asio::const_buffer _buff;
+    bool _done;
+};
+
+/***********************************************************************
+ * Managed send buffer implementation for udp zero-copy asio:
+ *   Sends and frees the memory held by the mutable buffer on done.
+ **********************************************************************/
+class managed_send_buffer_impl : public managed_send_buffer{
+public:
+    managed_send_buffer_impl(
+        const boost::asio::mutable_buffer &buff,
+        boost::asio::ip::udp::socket *socket
+    ) : _buff(buff){
+        _done = false;
+        _socket = socket;
+    }
+
+    ~managed_send_buffer_impl(void){
+        if (not _done) this->done(0);
+    }
+
+    void done(size_t num_bytes){
+        _done = true;
+        boost::uint32_t *mem = boost::asio::buffer_cast<boost::uint32_t *>(_buff);
+        _socket->send(boost::asio::buffer(mem, num_bytes));
+        delete [] mem;
+    }
+
+private:
+    const boost::asio::mutable_buffer &get(void){
+        return _buff;
+    }
+
+    const boost::asio::mutable_buffer _buff;
+    boost::asio::ip::udp::socket      *_socket;
+    bool _done;
+};
+
+/***********************************************************************
+ * Zero Copy UDP implementation with ASIO:
+ *   This is the portable zero copy implementation for systems
+ *   where a faster, platform specific solution is not available.
+ *   However, it is not a true zero copy implementation as each
+ *   send and recv requires a copy operation to/from userspace.
+ **********************************************************************/
+class udp_zero_copy_impl : public udp_zero_copy{
+public:
+    //structors
+    udp_zero_copy_impl(const std::string &addr, const std::string &port);
+    ~udp_zero_copy_impl(void);
+
+    //send/recv
+    managed_recv_buffer::sptr get_recv_buff(void);
+    managed_send_buffer::sptr get_send_buff(void);
+
+    //resize
+    size_t resize_recv_buff(size_t num_bytes){
+        boost::asio::socket_base::receive_buffer_size option(num_bytes);
+        _socket->set_option(option);
+        _socket->get_option(option);
+        return option.value();
+    }
+    size_t resize_send_buff(size_t num_bytes){
+        boost::asio::socket_base::send_buffer_size option(num_bytes);
+        _socket->set_option(option);
+        _socket->get_option(option);
+        return option.value();
+    }
+
+private:
+    boost::asio::ip::udp::socket   *_socket;
+    boost::asio::io_service        _io_service;
+};
+
+udp_zero_copy_impl::udp_zero_copy_impl(const std::string &addr, const std::string &port){
+    //std::cout << boost::format("Creating udp transport for %s %s") % addr % port << std::endl;
+
+    // resolve the address
+    boost::asio::ip::udp::resolver resolver(_io_service);
+    boost::asio::ip::udp::resolver::query query(boost::asio::ip::udp::v4(), addr, port);
+    boost::asio::ip::udp::endpoint receiver_endpoint = *resolver.resolve(query);
+
+    // Create, open, and connect the socket
+    _socket = new boost::asio::ip::udp::socket(_io_service);
+    _socket->open(boost::asio::ip::udp::v4());
+    _socket->connect(receiver_endpoint);
+}
+
+udp_zero_copy_impl::~udp_zero_copy_impl(void){
+    delete _socket;
+}
+
+managed_recv_buffer::sptr udp_zero_copy_impl::get_recv_buff(void){
+    //implement timeout through polling and sleeping
+    size_t available = 0;
+    boost::asio::deadline_timer timer(_socket->get_io_service());
+    timer.expires_from_now(boost::posix_time::milliseconds(100));
+    while (not ((available = _socket->available()) or timer.expires_from_now().is_negative())){
+        boost::this_thread::sleep(boost::posix_time::milliseconds(1));
+    }
+
+    //receive only if data is available
+    boost::uint32_t *buff_mem = new boost::uint32_t[available/sizeof(boost::uint32_t)];
+    if (available){
+        available = _socket->receive(boost::asio::buffer(buff_mem, available));
+    }
+
+    //create a new managed buffer to house the data
+    return managed_recv_buffer::sptr(
+        new managed_recv_buffer_impl(boost::asio::buffer(buff_mem, available))
+    );
+}
+
+managed_send_buffer::sptr udp_zero_copy_impl::get_send_buff(void){
+    boost::uint32_t *buff_mem = new boost::uint32_t[2000/sizeof(boost::uint32_t)];
+    return managed_send_buffer::sptr(
+        new managed_send_buffer_impl(boost::asio::buffer(buff_mem, 2000), _socket)
+    );
+}
+
+/***********************************************************************
+ * UDP zero copy make function
+ **********************************************************************/
+udp_zero_copy::sptr udp_zero_copy::make(
+    const std::string &addr,
+    const std::string &port,
+    size_t recv_buff_size,
+    size_t send_buff_size
+){
+    boost::shared_ptr<udp_zero_copy_impl> udp_trans(new udp_zero_copy_impl(addr, port));
+
+    //resize the recv buffer if size was provided
+    if (recv_buff_size > 0){
+        size_t actual_bytes = udp_trans->resize_recv_buff(recv_buff_size);
+        if (recv_buff_size != actual_bytes) std::cout << boost::format(
+            "Target recv buffer size: %d\n"
+            "Actual recv byffer size: %d"
+        ) % recv_buff_size % actual_bytes << std::endl;
+    }
+
+    //resize the send buffer if size was provided
+    if (send_buff_size > 0){
+        size_t actual_bytes = udp_trans->resize_send_buff(send_buff_size);
+        if (send_buff_size != actual_bytes) std::cout << boost::format(
+            "Target send buffer size: %d\n"
+            "Actual send byffer size: %d"
+        ) % send_buff_size % actual_bytes << std::endl;
+    }
+
+    return udp_trans;
+}