Root Raised Cosine Filter

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The Root Raised Cosine Filter blocks acts as a matched filter. Its primarily purpose is extracting a known digital signal out of noise; it does this more effectively than a low-pass filter, squelch, or other blocks.

Root Raised Cosine Filter implements match filtering to pull square pulses out of an channel containing artificial Gaussian white noise.

This filter is a convenience wrapper for a FIR filter and a firdes taps generating function.

Parameters

(R): Run-time adjustable

FIR Type
options: [Complex->Complex (Decimating), Complex->Complex (Interpolating), Float->Float (Decimating), Float->Float (Interpolating)]
Decimation or Interpolation
decimation or interpolation factor (depending on which type is chosen above).
Gain (R)
Overall gain of filter (default 1.0)
Sample Rate (R)
Sample rate in samples per second.
Symbol Rate (R)
Symbol rate, must be a factor of sample rate. Typically ((samples/second) / (samples/symbol)).
Alpha (R)
Excess bandwidth factor, also known as alpha. (default: 0.35)
Num Taps (R)
Number of taps (default: 11*samp_rate)

Example Flowgraph

Frequency-Shift Keying

If you have demodulated Frequency-Shift Keying signal using a Quadrature Demod block, and you know the baud rate of the signal, and thus the duration of each symbol, the RRCS is useful for pulling these symbols out of the noise. In the process, the RRCS generates sinusoidal waves in place of the original square-wave symbols, rising from and falling to 0 and peaking at the center of each symbol. This result is extremely advantageous for clock recovery, as blocks like Symbol Sync need to lock onto the center of each symbol in order to reliably extract bits. The RRCS accomplishes both steps at once.

Waveform Shaping

This flowgraph can be found at [1]. Two Root Raised Cosine Filters in series produce a Raised Cosine Filter which is used for keying waveform shaping, thereby reducing key clicks.

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Source Files

C++ files
[2]
Header files
TODO
Public header files
Taps creation
Filter definition
Block definition
[3]