VITA 49

The VITA Radio Transport standards encapsulate RF data. It emphasizes precise timestamps and rich signal information, and seeks to be a common means of moving custom analog IC logic into COTS digital networks--a kind of virtual SDR

Types

• Context packet -- describes properties of the radio components and antenna
  • DDC: tuning, bandwidth
  • ADC: sample rate, triggering
  • RF tuner: bandwidth, gain, phase lock
  • Antenna: azimuth, angle, polarization, location, altitude, speed, heading
• Signal packet -- IF data, ID, timestamp, supplied by the DDC
• VRT information stream combines Context and Signal packets
• Configuration remains ad hoc