Best Source Selector performances and implementation in a test range

Following of last ICORT paper on BSS [3] which highlighted the benefits of using a Best Source Selector (BSS) in a flight test range, explored the difficulties in its implementation (Time alignment, Signal Quality retrieval and support of different formats) and presented a validation method based on the playback of 4 analog baseband signals synthetized using Matlab and an IF recorder, this paper presents another test setup using an RF simulator to highlight the performance of a BSS when Data Quality Metric (DQM) is enabled, as well as to compare the performance when the data are provided through a physical link from the receivers or through Ethernet.