Total No. of Questions : 8] SEAT No.

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PA-1484 [Total No. of Pages : 2
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T.E. (E & TC)
DIGITAL COMMUNICATION
(2019 Pattern) (Semester - I) (304181)

Time : 2½ Hours] [Max. Marks : 70

Instructions to the candidates:
1) Answer any one Question out of Q. No. 1 or 2, Q.3 or 4, Q5 or Q6 and Q7 or Q8.
2) Neat diagrams must be drawn wherever necessary.
3) Figures to the right indicate full marks.
4) Assume suitable data; if necessary.

Q1) a) With neat schematic describe QAM transmitter and Receiver. [8]
b) Compare M-ary PSK and M-ary QAM. [9]
OR
Q2) a) With the help of block diagram, frequency spectrum and signal space
diagram explain M-ary FSK. [8]
b) What is need of continuous PSK? With neat schematic and waveforms
describe Minimum Shift Keying (MSK). [9]

Q3) a) With neat block schematic and waveforms explain DSSS generation and
detection. [8]
b) Define: [2]
i) Processing Gain
ii) Jamming Margin
c) A coherent BPSK - DSSS is used to transmit data at 250 bps with
probability of error of 5 × 10–5. Determine minimum chipping rate, if the
jamming signal is 300 times stronger than the received signal. [8]
OR
Q4) Write short note on (6 M each) : [18]
a) PN sequence properties.
b) FHSS.
c) Ranging using DS spread spectrum.
P.T.O.
Q5) a) Apply Shannon-Fano coding procedure for the following message
ensemble to find maximum coding efficiency with M = 2. [8]
[X] = [x1 x2 x3 x4 x5 x6 x7 x8]
[P] = [1/4 1/8 1/16 1/16 1/16 1/4 1/16 1/8].
b) Find mutual information and channel capacity for a given channel with
 0.8 0.2 
 P ( Y / X )  =   and p(x1) = 0.6 and p(x2) = 0.4. [9]
 0.3 0.7 
OR
Q6) a) Apply Huffman coding procedure for the following message ensemble
to find maximum coding efficiency with M = 2. [8]
[X] = [x1 x2 x3 x4 x5 x6 x7]
[P] = [0.4 0.2 0.12 0.08 0.08 0.08 0.04]
b) Define and also write mathematical expression for the following terms,[9]
i) Entropy ii) Information rate
iii) Mutual Information iv) Shannon Hartley theorem

Q7) a) The generator matrix for (6, 3) linear block code is given below. Find all
code vector. Calculate syndrome for C4: [9]
i) without error
ii) if 4th bit is having error

1 0 0 : 1 1 0 
G = 0 1 0 : 0 1 1 
 
0 0 1 : 1 1 1 
b) Explain Turbo Encoder and Decoder with neat schematic and state need
of interleaver in turbo codes. [9]
OR
Q8) a) Define and Explain following terms, [10]
i) Hamming distance ii) Hamming weight
iii) Code rate iv) Constraint length
v) Generator polynomial
b) Write short note on, (4 M each) [8]
i) Cyclic codes ii) LDPC Codes

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Total No. of Questions : 8] SEAT No. :

PA-574 [Total No. of Pages : 3

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T.E. (E & TC)
DIGITAL COMMUNICATION
(2015 Pattern) (Semester - I) (304181)

Time : 2½ Hours] [Max. Marks : 70

Instructions to the candidates:
1) All questions are compulsory.
2) Neat diagrams must be drawn wherever necessary.
3) Figures to the right side indicate full marks.
4) Assume suitable data, if necessary.
5) Use of calculators is allowed.

Q1) a) Explain the generation of Delta modulated signal with a neat block
diagram. Also explain the limitations of Delta modulation. [8]
b) With a neat block schematic explain AT&T multiplexing hierarchy.
A random process X(t) = A cos (ct + ), where A &c are constant
while  is a random variable with uniform Pdf. [6]
c) f() = 1/2, -  <  < Find mean, auto correlation function and PSD
of X(t). [6]
OR
Q2) a) The information in an analog signal voltage waveform is to be
transmitted over a PCM system with an accuracy of  0.1% full scale
accuracy. The analog voltage waveform has a bandwidth of 100 Hz and
an amplitude range of –10 to 10 volts. [8]
i) Determine the minimum sampling required.
ii) Determine the no. of bits in each PCM word.
iii) Determine the minimum bit rate required in PCM system.
iv) Determine minimum absolute channel bandwidth required for the
transmission of PCM signal.
b) Explain desirable properties of line code? [6]
c) Explain Gaussian process with its properties in detail. [6]

P.T.O.
Q3) a) Derive the expression for error probability of a matched filter in the
presence of white noise. [8]
b) A received signal is either + 2V or –2V held for a time T. The signal is
corrupted by WG noise of PSD 10–6 volts2/Hz. If the signal is processed
by an Integrate & dump receiver, what is the minimum time T during
which a signal must be sustained if the probability of error is not to be
exceed 10–4. erf(0.9998) = 2.5 [8]
OR
Q4) a) Derive expression for signal to Noise ratio of integrator and Dump
receiver. [8]
b) Explain principle of maximum likelihood receiver. [4]
c) Explain any two properties of Matched filter. [4]

Q5) a) Explain generation and reception of coherent BFSK. [6]

b) If the digital message input data rate is 24kbps and average energy/bit
is 0.05 units. Find bandwidth, Euclidean for [8]
i) BPSK
ii) 8-PSK
iii) MSK
iv) 16 QAM
c) Compare BPSK and DPSK. [4]
OR
Q6) a) Explain M-ary PSK transmitter and receiver. [8]
b) With mathematical expression and the block diagram explain operation
of offset QPSK. [6]
c) Compare the performance of BFSK and BPSK. [4]

Q7) a) Explain DS-SS system with coherent BPSK? [8]

b) State and explain properties of PN sequence. [4]
c) Explain need and classification of Spread Spectrum technique. [4]

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Q8) a) Explain Frequency Hop Spread Spectrum system. How is FHSS

advantages over DSSS? [8]

b) A slow FH/MFSK system transmits two symbols per frequency hop.

And has a PN sequence generator with 3 out puts. Calculate PG. Draw
the spectrum if input message is [00 10 11 11 01 10 11 00]. Let PN
sequence be 0011101. 00111 [8]

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