DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRONICS AND COMMUNICATION ENGINEERING

EC 4011Fundamentals of !"eless Commun!#at!ons

Problem sheet #1 26.08.2014

1. If the received power at a reference distance d0 = 1 km is 1 microwatt find the received power at
distance d = 10 km for !i" free space model and !ii" model with path loss e#ponent $.
2. %onsider the two ra& 'ro(nd reflected model for path loss calc(lation. It was shown that the
received power at a distance d from the transmitter has lo'normal distrib(tion (nder lar'e scale
fadin'. )ind the probabilit& that the received power at a distance d will e#ceed a certain minim(m
val(e. *lso find the o(ta'e probabilit&.
$. )ind the critical distance (nder the two path model for a lar'e macro cell in a s(b(rban area with
base station mo(nted on a tower or b(ildin' with hT=20 meters+ hR=$ meters+ f=2,-..
4. %onsider the combined path loss/shadowin' model. * transmitter provides 10 1atts to an antenna
havin' 'ain 12d2. 3he receiver antenna has a 'ain of $d2 and the receiver bandwidth is $0 k-..
4etermine the ma#im(m separation between transmitter and receiver that will ens(re a minim(m
received power of /101 d2m for 506 of the time !*ss(me7 Path loss e#ponent = 4+ %arrier
fre8(enc& = 1800 9-.+ :tandard deviation of lo' normal shadowin' = 8d2+ and
0
d = 1 km".
0. %onsider a cell(lar s&stem where the received power is distrib(ted accordin' to a lo'/normal
probabilit& distrib(tion with mean d2 and standard deviation d2. *ss(me that the received
power m(st be above 10d2m for acceptable performance. )or 4dBm = what val(e of is
re8(ired s(ch that the o(ta'e probabilit& is less than 16.
6. Prove for X and independent .ero/mean ,a(ssian random variables with varianceo
0
2
that the
distrib(tion of R = X
2
+
2
is ;a&lei'h and that the probabilit& distrib(tion of Z = R
2
is
e#ponential. If X has non .ero mean find the probabilit& distrib(tion of R.
<. )ind the probabilit& distrib(tion of the received si'nal envelope (nder the narrow band fadin'
model when there is a dominant =>: component in addition to the faded m(ltipath components.
:tate the ass(mptions clearl&.
8. *ss(me normali.ed si'nal envelope follows a ;a&lei'h fadin' distrib(tion with the avera'e si'nal
power 20 d2 what is the power o(ta'e probabilit& relative to threshold P0 = 0 d2.If the application
re8(ires a power o(ta'e probabilit& of 0.01 for the threshold P0 = 10 d2 what val(e of avera'e
si'nal power
2
2 is re8(ired. *ss(me that the received si'nal has a =>: component how will
&o( find the o(ta'e probabilit& 'iven that the =>: component has avera'e power
2
S .
5. *n application re8(ires a power o(ta'e probabilit& of 0.01 for the threshold
0
80 P dBm = .
*ss(min' ;a&lei'h fadin' determine the avera'e si'nal power re8(ired to meet this criterion
!ne'lect lar'e scale fadin' effects".
10. 3he power dela& profile of a wireless channel is 'iven b& 0 , ) (
0
f

= e P P . 4etermine the
avera'e dela& and dela& spread for this channel.
11. 3he power dela& profile for a wideband channel is 'iven as 0 ;
1
) (
/
=



mW e
T
A
m
T
m
c
where
mSec T
m
1 = . 1hat are the val(es for mean
m
T
and rms
m
T
dela& spread. 1hat is the coherence
bandwidth?
12. * m(lti/path fadin' channel has a dela& spread of 1 seconds and a 4oppler spread of 0.01-.. 3he
total channel bandwidth at band pass available for transmission is 0 -.. Inp(t si'nal p(lse d(ration
is 10seconds. )ind the coherence time and coherence bandwidth. Is the channel fre8(enc&
selective? Is the channel fadin' slowl& or rapidl&?
1$. %onsider a channel with imp(lse response7
( , ) ( ) 0.5 ( 10 sec) 0.5 ( 40 sec) c t = + + .
i. Is the channel time var&in' or time invariant? @#plain.
ii. )or what data rates does a 2P:A si'nal sent over this channel e#perience I:I?
14. =et
dB
be normal with mean and variance
2
!all 8(antities in d2". 4efine = 1u
+
dB
10
.
)ind the P4) mean and variance of .