Problem Set 1
Problem Set 1
a.
b. For practice f(t) = sin(2πst)
− a|t | e − at for t 0
x(t ) = e = at
e for t 0
Problem 3: Assume that the input power of a signal is 10 mW. If the signal travels
through a cable that is 5 km long with an average loss of 0.3 dB/km, calculate the output
power.
Problem 5: Consider a channel with a Bandwidth of 10 KHz. How many signal levels
are required if we need to send the data at a rate of 512 kbps?
Problem 6: Suppose a computer monitor has a screen resolution of 1200 x 800 pixels.
How many bits are required if each pixel uses 256 colors? 65,536 colors?
Problem 10: Suppose that a lowpass communications system has a 1 MHz bandwidth. What bit
rate is attainable using 8-level pulses? What is the Shannon capacity of this channel if the SNR is
20 dB? 40 dB?
Problem 11: Find the Fourier Transform of the following signal (Hint: use Fourier
Transform properties)
x(t)
1
τ
τ
τ
τ
-τ τ
τ
-1
x(t)
A
-T T t
Problem 13: Find the inverse Fourier transform of X(w) as shown below.
Problem 14: Find the FT of
Problem 15: Express the signals shown in the following figure in terms of unit step
functions.
Problem 16: The impulse response h[n] of a discrete-time LTI system and a function
x[n] are sketched below. Determine and sketch the output y[n] of this system to the input
x[n].
a-
b-