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Karunya University
(Karunya Institute of Technology and Sciences)
(Declared as Deemed to be University under Sec.3 of the UGC Act, 1956)

End Semester Examination April/May 2011

Subject Title: Subject Code: DIGITAL COMMUNICATION EC249 Time: 3 hours Maximum Marks: 100

Answer ALL questions PART A (10 x 1 = 10 MARKS)

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. The critical sampling rate for the given signal x(t) = cos (400t) is _________. Give the time domain Nyquist criterion to get Zero ISI. Draw the BPSK waveform for the given sequence 011001. The deviation ratio of MSK is _________. White noise has mean value as _________. Give any two examples for Non-coherent digital modulation schemes. State the capacity theorem for band limited, power limited Gaussian Channels. Write down the two fundamental properties of cyclic code. State balance property of a PN sequence. The processing gain of a spread spectrum is_________.

PART B (5 x 3 = 15 MARKS)
11. A message has zero mean value and a peak value of 12.7V, it is to be quantised using a step size of 0.1 V with one level coinciding to 0 V. Find the number of bits required for encoding the quantized signal. 12. Distinguish between M-ary PSK and M-ary FSK. 13. Write down the six design goals of digital modulation scheme. 14. Give the generator matrix and the corresponding parity check matrix for the (7, 4) Hamming code. 15. State and prove the run property for the given PN sequence 0011101.

PART C (5 x 15 = 75 MARKS)
16. a. Draw the block diagram of differential pulse code modulation (DPCM) scheme and explain the principle in detail. (10) b. Obtain the expression for the processing gain of a DPCM system. (5) (OR) 17. Derive the power spectra of Discrete PAM signals for the following two formats a. NRZ uni-polar format and b. NRZ polar format. 18. a. b. 19. a. b. Draw the block diagram of QPSK transmitter-receiver scheme and explain its working principle. (10) Compare any five aspects of binary PSK and binary FSK. (5) (OR) Discuss about the frequency response and impulse response of the duo-binary signaling scheme. (10) 6 Binary data are transmitted over a microwave link at the rate of 10 bps and the power spectial density of the noise at the receiver input is 10 -10 w/Hz. Find the average carrier power required to maintain average probability of error Pe 10-4 for coherent binary PSK. (5) [P.T.O]

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Draw the block diagram and explain the working principle of correlation receiver. (7) State and prove the four properties of matched filter. (8) (OR) Distinguish between Coherent and Non-coherent detection techniques. (4) Explain the working principle of DPSK transmitter and receiver with the help of block diagram. (11) (8) (7)

State the four properties of mutual information. Discuss in detail the capacity of a Gaussian channel. (OR) 23. Convolution code is described by the following generator sequences: g(1) = (111), g(2) = (1 0 1) a. Draw the encoder to this. b. Draw the State diagram, c. If the message sequence is 10011 determine the encoded code word.

24. Draw the block diagram of DS/BPSK spread spectrum system and explain the operation of each block. Also derive the processing gain. (OR) 25. Draw the block diagram of Fast frequency hopped spread spectrum system and explain its operation with any one example.