Isochronous Broadcaster Benchmark
The ISO Broadcast Benchmark sample measures and report packet loss and sync loss of an ISO broadcaster against one or more ISO broadcast receivers.
Overview
The sample transmits data from the broadcaster to the receiver (multiple receivers may be used with no effect on the test) and measures the quality of the sync.
The application is used as both a broadcaster and a receiver, and the mode can easily be changed.
Requirements
BlueZ running on the host, or
A board with Bluetooth Low Energy 5.2 support
A Bluetooth Controller and board that supports setting CONFIG_BT_CTLR_ADV_ISO=y
A remote board running the same sample as the reversed role that supports setting CONFIG_BT_CTLR_SYNC_ISO
Building and running
This sample can be found under samples/bluetooth/iso_broadcast_benchmark in the Zephyr tree.
See Bluetooth samples for details.
Testing
After programming the sample to both boards, test it by performing the following steps:
Connect to both boards with a terminal emulator (for example, PuTTY or minicom).
Reset both boards.
In one of the terminal emulators, type “r” to start the application on the connected board in the receiver role.
In the other terminal emulator, type “b” to start the application in the broadcaster role.
Optionally modify the broadcasting settings.
Observe that the receiver synchronizes to the broadcaster.
Observe the receive statistics on the receiver(s).
Sample output
The receiver will output statistics for overall (since boot), current sync (since the BIG was synced) and latest 1000 received packets:
*** Booting Zephyr OS build zephyr-v2.5.0-3768-g42f09317bfbe ***
[00:00:00.447,845] <inf> iso_broadcast_main: Starting Bluetooth Throughput
Choose device role - type r (receiver role) or b (broadcaster role), or q to quit: r
Receiver role
[00:00:05.784,698] <inf> iso_broadcast_receiver: Scan started
[00:00:05.784,698] <inf> iso_broadcast_receiver: Waiting for periodic advertiser
[00:00:05.793,304] <inf> iso_broadcast_receiver: Found broadcaster with address 28:3B:AD:F5:EE:0C (random) (RSSI -33)
[00:00:05.793,334] <inf> iso_broadcast_receiver: Periodic advertiser found
[00:00:05.793,701] <inf> iso_broadcast_receiver: Scan stopped
[00:00:05.793,701] <inf> iso_broadcast_receiver: Creating Periodic Advertising Sync
[00:00:05.796,081] <inf> iso_broadcast_receiver: Waiting for periodic sync
[00:00:06.453,460] <err> bt_scan: Unknown handle 0x0000 for periodic advertising report
[00:00:06.453,979] <inf> iso_broadcast_receiver: Periodic advertisement synced
[00:00:06.454,010] <inf> iso_broadcast_receiver: Periodic sync established
[00:00:06.454,040] <inf> iso_broadcast_receiver: Waiting for BIG info
[00:00:08.853,485] <inf> iso_broadcast_receiver: BIGinfo received: num_bis 2, nse 1, interval 7 ms, bn 1, pto 0, irc 1, max_pdu 251, sdu_interval 7500 us, max_sdu 251, phy LE 2M, without framing, not encrypted
[00:00:08.853,515] <inf> iso_broadcast_receiver: Syncing to BIG
[00:00:08.853,973] <inf> iso_broadcast_receiver: Waiting for BIG sync
[00:00:11.254,211] <inf> iso_broadcast_receiver: ISO Channel 0x2000124c connected
[00:00:11.254,333] <inf> iso_broadcast_receiver: BIG sync established
[00:00:11.254,486] <inf> iso_broadcast_receiver: ISO Channel 0x20001260 connected
[00:00:11.639,343] <inf> iso_broadcast_receiver: Overall : Received 99/100 (99.00%) - Total packets lost 1
[00:00:11.639,343] <inf> iso_broadcast_receiver: Current Sync: Received 99/100 (99.00%) - Total packets lost 1
[00:00:11.639,373] <inf> iso_broadcast_receiver: Latest 1000 : Received 99/100 (99.00%) - Total packets lost 1
[00:00:12.029,388] <inf> iso_broadcast_receiver: Overall : Received 199/200 (99.50%) - Total packets lost 1
[00:00:12.029,388] <inf> iso_broadcast_receiver: Current Sync: Received 199/200 (99.50%) - Total packets lost 1
[00:00:12.029,388] <inf> iso_broadcast_receiver: Latest 1000 : Received 199/200 (99.50%) - Total packets lost 1
The broadcaster will ask if any changes to the current settings are wanted. If y/Y is chosen, then it will create a prompt to enter changes to the settings, otherwise continue with the current settings. The broadcaster will then start the BIG and output the current counter (since the BIG was created):
*** Booting Zephyr OS build zephyr-v2.5.0-3768-g06d4327cc601 ***
[00:00:00.447,845] <inf> iso_broadcast_main: Starting Bluetooth Throughput
Choose device role - type r (receiver role) or b (broadcaster role), or q to quit: b
Broadcaster role
Change settings (y/N)? (Current settings: rtn=2, interval=7500, latency=10, phy=2, sdu=251, packing=0, framing=0, bis_count=2)
[00:00:08.802,185] <inf> iso_broadcast_broadcaster: Creating Extended Advertising set
[00:00:08.804,260] <inf> iso_broadcast_broadcaster: Setting Extended Advertising parameters
[00:00:08.804,504] <inf> iso_broadcast_broadcaster: Starting Periodic Advertising
[00:00:08.804,870] <inf> iso_broadcast_broadcaster: Starting Extended Advertising set
[00:00:08.807,159] <inf> iso_broadcast_broadcaster: Creating BIG
[00:00:08.807,617] <inf> iso_broadcast_broadcaster: Waiting for BIG complete
[00:00:08.813,049] <inf> iso_broadcast_broadcaster: ISO Channel 0x20001218 connected
[00:00:08.813,171] <inf> iso_broadcast_broadcaster: BIG created
[00:00:08.813,507] <inf> iso_broadcast_broadcaster: ISO Channel 0x2000122c connected
[00:00:09.196,472] <inf> iso_broadcast_broadcaster: Sending value 100
[00:00:09.587,036] <inf> iso_broadcast_broadcaster: Sending value 200
[00:00:09.977,722] <inf> iso_broadcast_broadcaster: Sending value 300
[00:00:10.368,347] <inf> iso_broadcast_broadcaster: Sending value 400
[00:00:10.758,972] <inf> iso_broadcast_broadcaster: Sending value 500
[00:00:11.149,597] <inf> iso_broadcast_broadcaster: Sending value 600
[00:00:11.540,222] <inf> iso_broadcast_broadcaster: Sending value 700