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Multiple ADALM PLUTO SDR's Synchronization

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The user is working on a project with two ADALM-PLUTO SDR AD9363 Rev C devices in 2R2T mode for direction of arrival estimation and digital beamforming. The devices have their own 40 MHz crystal oscillators, causing frequency and time offsets. The final answer indicates that the discussion is ongoing in another thread and suggests closing this one, without providing a direct solution for phase coherence. The user notes a 7000 kHz frequency offset, which might be causing frame drops, possibly due to USB issues.
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I am going to work on my project that is including two adalm pluto sdr ad9363 rev C with enabled 2r2t mode. The aim of the project is using 4 antennas direction of arrival estimation and digital beamforming systems. Each device use its own 40 MHz crystal oscillator it causes frequency and time offset. If i know right, clock synchronization is not allowed for this model. There may be different approach to compensate that phase difference between two devices using pilot based software synchronization. I need to synchronize the receiver side this approach is useful but not enough to do doa and beamforming calculation since carrier frequency offset has never been reached 0 value. Is there any different way to make this two device phase coherence without changing the sdr model to any other model like fmcomms5 ?

I also reach out approximately 7000 kHz frequency offset between two device. Maybe the reason that cause frame drop is occuring due to the usb.