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R. V. COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING
Autonomous Institution affiliated to VTU
V Semester B. E. ExaminationsNov / Dec -18(Make up)
Telecommunication Engineering
TELECOM SWITCHING SYSTEMS
Time: 03 Hours Maximum Marks: 100
Instructions to candidates:
1. Answer all questions from Part A. Part A questions should be answered
in first three pages of the answer book only.
2. Answer FIVE full questions from Part B.In Part B question number 2, 7
and 8 are compulsory. Answer any one full question from 3 and 4 & one
full question from 5 and 6

PART-A

1 1.1 In an auto-exchange, there are 8000 calls in the busy hour and
average holding time is 2.75 . Calculate the traffic carried. 01
1.2 A group of 10 trunks provides a GoS of 0.02 when offered 10 of
traffic. How much is the GoS improved if one extra trunk is added to
the group. 02
1.3 List any four features of manual systems. 02
1.4 What is the significance of ‘marker’ in crossbar system? 02
1.5 Find the GoS when total of 40 is offered to a 2-stage switching
network and the traffic is evenly distributed over 20 outgoing routes. 02
1.6 For a three stage network, where the primary switch has ‘ ’ inlets and
tertiary switch has outlets, the minimum number of secondary
switches required is __________. 01
1.7 What do you mean by call packing? 02
1.8 List any two comparisons between time switch and space switch. 02
1.9 Differentiate between link and channel. 02
1.10 What are the two choices of handling in terms of read and write in a
time switch? 02
1.11 Four connections 1kbps each are multiplexed together calculate
duration of a frame. 01
1.12 Define . 01

PART-B

2 a Explain the operation of distribution frames with a neat diagram. 08

b List and explain the features of electronic switching. 08

3 a Explain the salient features of non-blocking networks with respect to

time-division and space-division switches. 08
b Compare the features of (Time-Space-Time) switch and
(Space-Time-Space) switches. 08

OR
4 a Illustrate the working and implementation of a space switch for five
input trunks and four output trunks. Each trunk has four time slots. 08
b With a neat block diagram explain the working of
(Space-Time-Space) switch. 08

5 a Derive an expression for optimum number of cross points for a

three-stage network with incoming and outgoing trunks with a
neat diagram. 08
b Design a two-stage switching network for connecting 200 incoming
trunks to 200 outgoing trunks. 08

OR

6 a Design a three-stage network for 100 incoming trunks and 400

outgoing trunks ( ). 08
b i) Estimate the traffic capacity for a 30 outgoing trunks to
switches of availability of 10, if GoS is
x) 0.001 ( 3.1 )
y) 0.01( 4.5 )
ii) If the gradings are each offered 12 of traffic evenly
distributed over the graded groups, how much traffic is
carried by the first choice trunks and the second choice
trunks? 08

7 a Starting from the Markov chain model show that the number of calls
in progress follows Poisson distribution. 10
b A group of 5 trunks is offered 2 of traffic find:
i) The grade of service.
ii) Probability that only one trunk is busy.
iii) Probability that only one trunk is free. 06

8 a Explain the concept of:

i) Inband ( ) signalling and
ii) Outband signalling
with relevant diagrams 10
b Illustrate the working of signalling system no.7 with a block
diagram. 06