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Digital Communication Exam 2018

This document contains the questions for a digital communications end semester examination. It includes questions on various topics: 1) Deriving the output SNR of a matched filter receiver, computing the Huffman code for a discrete memoryless source, and finding orthonormal basis functions. 2) Explaining practical aspects of sampling and signal recovery, determining if two sampled sequences are identical, and determining the output of a correlator receiver. 3) Deriving a probability of error expression, explaining the bandwidth-SNR tradeoff and Shannon's bound, and discussing quantizer output. 4) Determining power spectral densities of RZ formats and analyzing a PCM system's bandwidth and output SNR. 5)

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Digital Communication Exam 2018

This document contains the questions for a digital communications end semester examination. It includes questions on various topics: 1) Deriving the output SNR of a matched filter receiver, computing the Huffman code for a discrete memoryless source, and finding orthonormal basis functions. 2) Explaining practical aspects of sampling and signal recovery, determining if two sampled sequences are identical, and determining the output of a correlator receiver. 3) Deriving a probability of error expression, explaining the bandwidth-SNR tradeoff and Shannon's bound, and discussing quantizer output. 4) Determining power spectral densities of RZ formats and analyzing a PCM system's bandwidth and output SNR. 5)

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Reg. No.

SIXTH SEMESTER [Link]. (E & C) DEGREE END SEMESTER EXAMINATION


APRIL 2018
SUBJECT: DIGITAL COMMUNICATION (ECE - 3201)

TIME: 3 HOURS MAX. MARKS: 50


Instructions to candidates
 Answer ALL questions.
 Missing data may be suitably assumed.

1A. Derive an expression for the output Signal-to-Noise ratio (SNR) of a matched filter receiver and
show that the maximum SNR equals , assuming AWGN channel.
1B. A discrete memoryless source has an alphabet of symbols with probabilities for its output, as
described in the table below:
Symbol S0 S1 S2 S3 S4 S5
Probability 0.25 0.25 0.125 0.125 0.125 0.125
Compute the Huffman code for this source. Find code efficiency and code redundancy.
1C. For the signals shown in FIG1C, find the orthonormal basis functions.
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2A. Explain the practical aspects of sampling and recovery of the original signal from its samples.
Evaluate the effects of practical deviations from the ideal condition.
2B. The signals and are both sampled at times
where, n = 0, ±1, ±2, ….,, and samples/sec. Are the two sequences of samples
thus obtained identical? Justify your answer. What is this phenomenon called?
2C. In a certain binary communication system, the signal space representation for symbol 1 and symbol
0 is and respectively. Suppose (t) is received without noise at

the input of a correlator receiver, determine the output of the correlators and hence find the
estimated output. Draw the correlator receiver diagram.
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3A. Starting from fundamentals, obtain the probability of error expression for channel noise when
symbol 1 is sent.
3B. Explain the tradeoff between bandwidth and S/N for a Gaussian channel. Obtain the expression for
Shannon’s bound.
3C. What will be the output of the quantizers when the input is zero? Discuss it briefly.
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4A. Consider a random binary sequence where bits are statistically independent and equally likely.
Determine the power spectral density of (i) RZ unipolar format (ii) RZ polar format.
4B. A PCM system uses a uniform quantizer followed by a 7 bit binary encoder. The bit rate of the
system is 50*10 6 bits/second.
a) What is the maximum message signal bandwidth for which the system operates
satisfactorily?
b) Calculate the output signal to quantization noise ratio when a full-load sinusoidal
modulating wave of 2 MHz frequency is applied at the input.
4C. What is an eye pattern? Sketch the general structure of an eye pattern and explain related
parameters.
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5A. Derive the expression for average probability of error for the binary frequency shift keying
modulation scheme. Draw the signal constellation diagram, transmitter and receiver blocks.
5B. For a pseudo-sequence generator shown in FIG 5B, find the output sequence of the shift register, if
the initial state of the shift register is 1000. Demonstrate the balance and run property of the PN
sequence. Also calculate and plot the autocorrelation function of the generated PN sequence.
5C. Give the neat block diagram for transmitter and receiver of differential phase shift keying system.
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FIG 1C

FIG 5B

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