Streams and Vectors

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This tutorial will describe the difference between a Stream and a Vector. You can find the previous tutorial here: Converting Data Types

Streams

Streams in GNU Radio are what convey the information between blocks and are represented by the arrows connecting blocks in a flowgraph. A stream must have a data type, such as Float 32 or Byte. A stream carries 1 sample for each time instance and are used to represent and process serial data.

The Signal Source block produces a Complex Float 32 stream. The output of the block at each time instance contains 1 complex sample:

SignalSourceStreamExample.png


Vectors

Vectors carry multiple samples per time instance, representing data in parallel. By analogy, a stream represents a scalar at each time instance, whereas a vector represents an array at each time instance.

GRC uses darker colors to represent vector outputs:

StreamVectorDarkerColors.png

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