Assignment 3
Assignment 3
1. Consider an ASK signal with symbol constellation {0, A}, pulse p(t) with energy Ep
N
transmitted over an additive white Gaussian noise channel with PSD 0 . The resulting
2
BER at the receiver is
2 A2 E
a. Q p
N0
A2 E
b. Q p
2N 0
A2 E p
c. Q
2N
0
A2 E
d. Q p
N0
Ans b
2. Consider an ASK signal with symbol constellation {0, A}, pulse p(t) with pulse energy Ep
N
transmitted over an additive white Gaussian noise channel with PSD 0 . The optimum
2
detection threshold at the output of the matched filter receiver is
a. 0
b. AE p
AE p
c.
2
A2 E p
d.
2N 0
Ans c
3. Consider an ASK signal with SNR Eb/N0 = 12 dB and pulse energy Ep equal to unity. The
resulting BER at the receiver is approximately
a. 3.43 105
b. 2.62 107
c. 4.27 106
d. 5.85 103
Ans a
4. For the same BER over an additive white Gaussian noise (AWGN) channel, the per bit
energy required by BPSK is
a. equal to that of ASK
b. 3 dB lower than that of ASK
c. 6 dB higher than that of ASK
d. 1.5 dB lower than that of ASK
Ans b
5. Consider the pulse p(t) = sin(2t) for 0 t , 0 otherwise. Consider pulses given below.
i. cos(2t) for 0 t , and 0 otherwise
ii. 1 for 0 t , and 0 otherwise
iii. 1 for 0 t /2, -1 for /2 0 and 0 otherwise
iv. cos(2t) for 0 t , and 0 otherwise
a. only i
b. only i and ii
c. only i and iv
d. only ii and iv
Ans d
6. Consider a frequency shift keying system with sine pulses. What is the minimum
frequency spacing required?
a. Twice the bit rate
b. Equal to the bit rate
c. Two thirds the bit rate
d. Half the bit rate
Ans d
7. Consider a frequency shift keying signal, with unit pulse energies, energy per bit Eb
N
transmitted over an AWGN channel with noise power spectral density 0 . The resulting
2
bit error rate is
Eb
a. Q
N0
Eb
b. Q
2N 0
2 Eb
c. Q
N0
E
d. Q b
N0
Ans a
8. Consider a frequency shift keying signal, with unit pulse energies, and SNR Eb/N0 = 15
dB. The resulting bit error rate is approximately
a. 8.24 106
b. 5.81 107
c. 9.36 109
d. 7.23 108
Ans c
9. In QPSK (Quadrature Phase Shift Keying), the phase difference between the different
constellation waveforms is
a.
b. /2
c. /4
d. 2/3
Ans b
10. In QPSK (Quadrature Phase Shift Keying), the complex baseband constellation symbols
can be represented as,
a. A
b. {0, A}
j n
c. 2 Ae 2 4
, n 0,1,2,3
jn
d. Ae 4 , n 1,2,3,4
Ans c