For decades, the biggest bottleneck in Software Defined Radio (SDR) wasn't the software—it was the data. Traditional analog interfaces created "stovepipes" where proprietary hardware locked you into specific vendors.
Context PacketsMetadata is what makes VITA 49.2 powerful. Context packets describe the state of the radio at the exact moment the signal was captured. This includes information such as: Center frequency and bandwidth Gain settings and filter states Antenna orientation and GPS location Precise time of arrival (down to the picosecond) vita 49.2