"""Read Channels4World channel archives with only NumPy and the standard library. Usage: python read_archives.py RELEASE_DIR [--band 3.5ghz] [--scenes ID ...] [--limit N] RELEASE_DIR is the folder you downloaded the release into (it contains payload/). The script finds every archive under RELEASE_DIR/payload, pairs each channel archive with its group's positions archive, joins UE IDs to UE positions, and prints the first retained link of each record it shows. It works with any folder layout, because archive file names are unique. """ import argparse import io import tarfile from collections import defaultdict from pathlib import Path import numpy as np def find_archives(release_dir): """Map archive file name -> path for every .tar under RELEASE_DIR/payload.""" payload = Path(release_dir) / "payload" if not payload.is_dir(): raise SystemExit(f"{payload} not found: pass the folder you downloaded the release into") found = defaultdict(list) for path in payload.rglob("*.tar"): found[path.name].append(path) duplicates = {name: paths for name, paths in found.items() if len(paths) > 1} if duplicates: lines = [f" {name}: {', '.join(str(p) for p in paths)}" for name, paths in sorted(duplicates.items())] raise SystemExit("The same archive appears more than once (mixed downloads or layouts?):\n" + "\n".join(lines)) return {name: paths[0] for name, paths in found.items()} def scene_of(member_path): """'records/scene=/...' -> ''""" return member_path.split("/")[1].removeprefix("scene=") def npz_members(tar_path, scenes=None): """Yield (member_path, arrays) for NPZ members, optionally only for the given scenes.""" with tarfile.open(tar_path) as tar: for member in tar: if not (member.isfile() and member.name.endswith(".npz")): continue if scenes is not None and scene_of(member.name) not in scenes: continue # skip without reading the member's bytes with np.load(io.BytesIO(tar.extractfile(member).read())) as npz: yield member.name, {k: npz[k] for k in npz.files if k != "__meta__"} def main(): ap = argparse.ArgumentParser(description=__doc__, formatter_class=argparse.RawDescriptionHelpFormatter) ap.add_argument("release_dir") ap.add_argument("--band", default="3.5ghz", help="3.5ghz or 7ghz (default: 3.5ghz)") ap.add_argument("--scenes", nargs="*", help="only these scene IDs (their archives must be downloaded)") ap.add_argument("--limit", type=int, default=5, help="stop after printing this many records (default: 5; 0 reads every record)") args = ap.parse_args() scenes = set(args.scenes) if args.scenes else None archives = find_archives(args.release_dir) suffix = f"-{args.band}-core.tar" core_archives = sorted(name for name in archives if name.endswith(suffix)) groups = [name.removesuffix(suffix) for name in core_archives] missing = [f"{g}-positions.tar" for g in groups if f"{g}-positions.tar" not in archives] if missing: print(f"Skipping {len(missing)} group(s) whose positions archive is not downloaded:") print("\n".join(f" {name}" for name in missing)) if not core_archives: raise SystemExit(f"No *{suffix} archives under {args.release_dir}/payload") printed = seen = 0 for group in groups: if f"{group}-positions.tar" in missing: continue if args.limit and printed >= args.limit: break # stop reading once enough is printed positions = {scene_of(m): a for m, a in npz_members(archives[f"{group}-positions.tar"], scenes)} records = npz_members(archives[f"{group}{suffix}"], scenes) for member, core in records: seen += 1 scene = scene_of(member) bs_id = int(member.rsplit("/bs", 1)[1].removesuffix(".npz")) pos = positions[scene] ue_ids = core["link_ue_index"] # retained UE IDs (rows of ue_positions) offsets = core["link_path_offsets"] # link i owns paths offsets[i]:offsets[i+1] if ue_ids.size == 0: continue i = 0 # first retained link start, stop = offsets[i], offsets[i + 1] gain = core["a_real"][start:stop] + 1j * core["a_imag"][start:stop] distance = np.linalg.norm(pos["ue_positions"][ue_ids[i]] - pos["bs_positions"][bs_id]) print(f"{scene} BS {bs_id}: {ue_ids.size} links, {offsets[-1]} paths; " f"UE {ue_ids[i]} at {distance:.1f} m has {stop - start} paths, " f"first delay {core['tau'][start]:.3e} s, |gain| {abs(gain[0]):.3e}") printed += 1 if args.limit and printed >= args.limit: records.close() # closes the archive break note = f" (stopped at --limit {args.limit})" if args.limit and printed >= args.limit else "" print(f"Read {seen} channel records{note}.") if __name__ == "__main__": main()