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e-VLBI “down-under”
Tasso Tzioumis
ATNF, CSIRO
July 2005
““Towards e-VLBI”Towards e-VLBI”
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Outline
• Brief Overview - details in other presentations• The LBA• Current systems/developments
– Tapes– Disks– Correlators
• Plans– Networks– Correlators
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LBA
x NTD
x New Norcia
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Long baseline Array (LBA)
• Telescopes in Australia– ATNF, U.Tasmania, NASA– “core” Oz VLBI network
• + South Africa• + Telescopes in Asia Pacific region
– Japan, China, Hawaii, VLBA(west),…
Asia Pacific Telescope (APT)
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LBA - S2 system• Canadian S2 VCR-based recorder
– 8 VCR recorders 128 Mbps max data rates
• 7-station LBA correlator at ATNF Sydney– XF architecture (ATCA correlator design)– Max 16 MHz channels (2-bit)– Spectral line system (2k+ channels)– Very configurable– (visits can be arranged during workshop)
• Remains the main production-VLBI system– No plans to upgrade correlator– S2 maintenance issues (no external support)
Phase-out within ~3-4 years?
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LBA - DAS• DAS: Based on Digital Filters
– 2 input IFs @ 64 MHz BW (2 pols or 2 frequencies)– Sampling (10 bits) + Digital filters (ideal passbands)– Bands: 64MHz 125 KHz– S2 mode: 2 x 16 MHz ( 128 Mbps to match S2)– Huygens mode: 4 x 16 MHz (256 Mbps)– Maximum: 2 x 64 MHz (512 Mbps)– Multibit mode: 2 x 16 MHz x 8(10) bits 512 Mbps
• Interference excision?
• ATNF stations: 2 DAS units– 512 Mbps for Huygens– 1 Gbps with 64 MHz channels (under development)
• Remains the main DAS for LBA systems (tapes or disks)
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LBA - Operations
• Open network EVN model of operation• Limited support - 1 correlator operator• Schedules via VLBA SCHED
• Information on systems and proposals: – http://www.atnf.csiro.au/observers/– http://www.atnf.csiro.au/vlbi
• New: Array sensitivity calculator
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LBA - Disk recorders• (See C. Phillips talk for details)
• PCEVN-Metsahovi VSI interface system– VSIC (ECL-LVDS) & VSIB(computer)– Connects to LBA DAS– All LBA antennas equipped
• COTS server-class computers– Dell 1600SC servers (test systems)– New dual CPU machines ordered– X-RAID hardware RAID systems– IDE disks & software-RAID - PATA disks
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Software correlators
• See talks by S. Tingay & A. Deller
• Swinburne Supercomputer– > 100 Dell computers in cluster– Much slower than real time?
• Cray XD-1 supercomputer in WA– Under development– Approach real-time operation?
• XF & FX software versions
• Only Oz correlators for disk systems
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New LBA National Facility capability
• Limited National Facility observing offered in 2005OCTS with:– disk-based systems + software correlation
• Limits:– Disk availability– Software correlator time
• Technical details at:– http://www.atnf.csiro.au/vlbi/documentation/
VLBI_National_Facility_upgrade.html
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LBA support for Huygens • See C. Phillips talk
• Spacecraft tracking of Huygens probe descent onto Titan (14 January 2005)
• LBA 512 Mbps disk system development• Software correlation underway at JIVE• Huge publicity for VLBI• Limited e-VLBI - delayed network transmission
ATNFJIVE• Demonstrated need for global e-VLBI connectivity
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“Real-time” fringe testing• Disk-system runs parallel to S2 VCRs
– S2 C2 output port
• ~0.1 sec data acquired• Transfer to Swinburne - (slow) ftp• Correlate and post on web
– Within a few minutes– Record fringe in ~30secs
• Semi-automatic operation• Routine for all LBA observations
– Monitor fringes for all calibrators
Increased LBA reliability and robustness
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The Future?
• e-VLBI– CABB Hardware Correlator
– Network Connectivity
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CABB Correlator• See talk by w. Wilson
• Broadband upgrade of ATCA– VLBI capability added
• 4 Gsamples x (8) bits 32 Gbps streams– 4 IFs per antenna– 8 antennas
• Digital Polyphase filters
• ATCA operation in 2007 - VLBI?
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2GHz
4k channels
4k channels
Multiple Zoom (>2 possible)
Multiple Zoom (>2 possible)
2GHz
4k channels
4k channels
Compound ZoomCompound Zoom
2GHz
4k channels
Simple Zoom
Simple Zoom
2GHz
4k channels
Basic Configuration
Basic Configuration
FFT
FFT
FIR
FIR
FilterbankFringe
Rotators CorrelatorsDMUX
A 2GHz bandwidth polyphase digital filterbank with 4096 channels ... ... will fit into four XC2V6000 FPGAs
FPGA hardware may be completely reprogrammed to
produce many different filterbank configurations, as
different observations may
require.
RF, IF and Baseband Signal Path
Filterbank Architecture
A Wideband Upgrade for the Australia Telescope Compact Array
Luneburg Lens Phased Array Luneburg Lens Phased Array6 * 22m antenna AT Compact Array
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Network connectivity• See talks by K. Burston & G. McLaughlin
• AARNet3 Regional Network• Fibre tails to ATNF antennas in 2005
– $2M project, awaits final CSIRO approval
• 1 Gbps connectivity at start• 10 Gbps (x multiple wavelengths) backbone
Multiple 10 Gbps streams to CABB correlator
• Good international connectivity
• Future: -switching?
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AARNet’s Regional Network
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Summary
• Current work “towards e-VLBI”:– Disk-based developments – Software correlators– “real-time” fringe testing
• Future e-VLBI– Networks at 1 Gbps (2005)– 10 Gbps backbone– CABB correlator
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