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This document provides instructions for Assignment #2 for the course DCN. It outlines 10 questions to be answered related to digital communication techniques. The questions cover topics such as: [1] comparing and contrasting PCM and DM; [2] differences between parallel and serial transmission; [3] techniques for serial transmission; [4] calculating transmitted bits for synchronous and asynchronous transmission; [5] maximum bit rates for different modulation techniques; [6] number of communication channels by FCC; [7] constellation diagrams for different modulation techniques; [8] calculating bit rates; [9] bits per baud for modulation techniques; and [10] drawing additional constellation diagrams. The document specifies the assignment should be submitted in detail

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Assignment # 2

This document provides instructions for Assignment #2 for the course DCN. It outlines 10 questions to be answered related to digital communication techniques. The questions cover topics such as: [1] comparing and contrasting PCM and DM; [2] differences between parallel and serial transmission; [3] techniques for serial transmission; [4] calculating transmitted bits for synchronous and asynchronous transmission; [5] maximum bit rates for different modulation techniques; [6] number of communication channels by FCC; [7] constellation diagrams for different modulation techniques; [8] calculating bit rates; [9] bits per baud for modulation techniques; and [10] drawing additional constellation diagrams. The document specifies the assignment should be submitted in detail

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Assignment # 2

Course DCN

Submitted Date: 6th March 2013

Note:
1. All answer should be in detailed.
2. Writing should neat and clean and draw neat diagram wherever it required.
3. Photocopy and Printouts are not accepted.
4. Assignment should be submitted only on or before submission date.

1. Compare and contrast PCM and DM.


2. What are the differences between parallel and serial transmission?
3. List three different techniques in serial transmission and explain the differences.
4. We want to transmit 1000 characters with each character encoded as 8 bits.
a. Find the number of transmitted bits for synchronous transmission.
b. Find the number of transmitted bits for asynchronous transmission.
c. Find the redundancy percent in each case.
5. The telephone line has 4 KHz bandwidth. What is the maximum number of bits we can send
using each of the following techniques? Let d = 0.
a. ASK
b. QPSK
c. 16-QAM
d. 64-QAM
6. Find the total number of channels in the corresponding band allocated by FCC.
a. AM
b. FM
7. Draw the constellation diagram for the following cases. Find the peak amplitude value for each
case and define the type of modulation (ASK, FSK, PSK, or QAM). The numbers in parentheses
define the values of i and Q respectively.
a. Two points at (2, 0) and (3, 0).
b. Two points at (3, 0) and (-3, 0).
c. Four points at (2, 2), (-2, 2), (-2, -2), and (2, -2).
d. Two points at (0,2) and (0, -2).

8. Calculate the bit rate for the given baud rate and type of modulation.
a. 1000 baud, FSK
b. 1000 baud, ASK
c. 1000 baud, BPSK
d. 1000 baud, 16-QAM

9. What is the number of bits per baud for the following techniques?
a. ASK with four different amplitudes
b. FSK with 8 different frequencies
c. PSK with four different phases
d. QAM with a constellation of 128 points.

10. Draw the constellation diagram for the following:


a. ASK, with peak amplitude values of 1 and 3
b. BPSK, with a peak amplitude value of 2
c. QPSK, with a peak amplitude value of 3
d. 8-QAM with two different peak amplitude values, 1 and 3, and four different phases.

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