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This document contains the homework assignment for EE 244: Wireless Communications given on March 22, 2011. It includes 5 problems related to wireless communication systems performance measures like power outage probability, signal autocorrelation, envelope statistics, and channel delay spread. The homework is due on April 10, 2011 and requires reading chapters from two referenced textbooks.

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This document contains the homework assignment for EE 244: Wireless Communications given on March 22, 2011. It includes 5 problems related to wireless communication systems performance measures like power outage probability, signal autocorrelation, envelope statistics, and channel delay spread. The homework is due on April 10, 2011 and requires reading chapters from two referenced textbooks.

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Electrical Engineering Program

KAUST
EE 244: Wireless Communications, Spring 2011

Homework # 3
Date Assigned: Tue. March 22, 2011.
Date Due: Sunday April 10 , 2011.
Reading: Chapter 2 of Stuber reference book and/or Chapters 4 of the Rappaport reference book.

Problem 1
Many wireless communication systems use the power outage probability as a performance measure, where
the power outage probability is defined as the probability that the received power falls below some power
threshold Tp . Typically, the bit error rate for received power below Tp is unacceptable for the desired
application.

(a) Assume you received signal has a Rayleigh fading amplitude with an average fading power Ω.
(a-1) Derive the probability density function (PDF) of the fading power and deduce the power outage
probability in terms of Ω and Tp ?
(a-2) Evaluate this outage probability for Ω= 20 dB and Tp = 5 dB.
(a-3) If your application requires a power outage probability of 10−2 for the threshold Tp = 10dB, what
value of Ω is required ?

(b) Assume now that your received signal has a LOS component, so its amplitude has a Rician distribution
with an average fading power Ω and a Rician factor K.
(b-1) Derive the PDF of the fading power then deduce the outage probability in terms of the Marcum
Q-function1 , Ω, K, and Tp .
(b-2) Check that your answer reduces to the Rayleigh case (as given by (a-1)) for K = 0.
(b-3) What happens if K tends to infinity ?
(b-4) Plot the power outage probability as function of Tp /Ω (from -10 dB to 20 dB) for K = 0, K = 5 dB,
and K = 10 dB. Use a dB scale on the x-axis and a log scale on the Y-axis. Comment on these curves.

(c) Assume now that your received signal follows a Nakagami distribution with an average fading power
Ω and a fading parameter m.
(c-1) Derive the PDF of the fading power then deduce the outage probability in terms of the complementary
incomplete gamma function2 , Ω, m, and Tp . Show that you answer can be written in terms of a finite sum
for the particular case when m is restricted to integer values.
(c-2) Check that your answer reduces to the Rayleigh case (as given by (a-1)) for m = 1.
(c-3) Plot the power outage probability as function of Tp /Ω (from -10 dB to 20 dB) for m = 1, m = 2 ,
and m = 4. Use a dB scale on the x-axis and a log scale on the Y-axis. Comment on these curves.

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1
x exp − x +a
R∞
The Marcum Q-function is traditionally defined by Q(a, b) = b 2
I0 (ax) dx.
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The complementary incomplete gamma function is traditionally defined as Γ(α, x) = x e−t tα−1 dt.
R∞

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Problem 2
Suppose r(t) is a stationary band-pass random process

r(t) = rI (t) cos(2πfc t) − rQ (t) sin(2πfc t)

Show that the autocorrelation of r(t) is

E[r(t)r(t + τ )] = φrI ,rI (τ ) cos(2πfc t) − φrQ ,rI (τ ) sin(2πfc t)

Problem 3
Consider a wide-sense stationary zero-mean complex Gaussian random process r(t) having autocorrelation
function φr,r (τ ) = φrI ,rI (τ ) + jφrI ,rQ (τ ). Show that the autocorrelation and autocovariance functions of
the squarred-envelop α2 (t) = |r(t)|2 are given by

φα2 α2 (τ ) = 4φ2rI rI (0) + 4|φrr (τ )|2

µα2 α2 (τ ) = 4|φrr (τ )|2

Problem 4
A vehicle experiences 2-D isotropic scattering and receives a Rayleigh faded 900 MHz signal while travelling
at a constant velocity for 10 s. The average duration of fades 10 dB below the rms envelope level is 1
ms. How far does the vehicle travel during the 10 s interval. How many fades is the envelop expected to
undergo that are 10 dB below the rms envelope level during the 10 s interval? Assume that the local mean
remains constant during travel.

Problem 5
Consider the COST-207 typical urban (TU) and bad urban (BU) power delay profiles shown in Fig 2.39
with the delays and fractional powers given in Table 2.1 3
(a) Calculate the average delay, µτ .
(b) Calculate the rms delay spread στ
(c) Calculate the approximate value of W50 .
(d) If the channel is to be used with a modulation that requires an equalizer whenever the symbol dura-
tion T < 10στ , determine the maximum symbol rate that can be supported without requiring and equalizer.

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Stuber textbook (2nd edition)

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