How can I calculate the average power of a signal within a certain bandwidth and store that value in a variable that I can reference for later?
For example, I have a low pass filter 15kHz wide, I want to know if there's a tool in GNU Radio Companion that will allow me to calculate the average power over a certain time to see if the power level passes a threshold.
The power of a digital signal is simply
. Thus in order to do the following:
calculate the average power
over a certain time
see if the power level passes a threshold
Have you read the tutorials? http://tutorials.gnuradio.org