508 Assignment 2024
508 Assignment 2024
FACULTY OF ENGINEERING
ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC ENGINEERING
SECOND SEMESTER ASSIGMENT FOR GROUPS A,B,C,D
EEE508: MOBILE AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION
(a) i. Differentiate between empirical and deterministic models as applied in path loss
Predictions.
ii. List and Explain briefly any FIVE (5) prediction models under Empirical model
(b) Discuss the following diversity techniques.
i. Polarization
ii. Frequency
iii. Space
iv. Angle
(c) In a mobile wireless environment, the maximum delay spread obtained is 20 µs.
i. Determine the corresponding coherence bandwidth when the correlation
factor is 0.85
ii. Which type of channel occurs when the bandwidth is 200 Hz? Justify.
QUESTION 6; EVERY COMMUNICATION STUDENT
(a) i. Define inter-symbol interference (ISI)
ii. List SIX (6) and explain briefly THREE (3) performance metrics used to evaluate
mobile wireless systems
(b) i. Discuss briefly any five fading distributions as applied in multipath fading.
ii. Which of the distribution listed in 6(b)I is the most appropriate for modelling a satellite
communication? Justify
(c) i. Differentiate between fading and attenuation.
ii. Assuming a vehicle in cellular system travels at 100km/hr. Find how frequently hand off
will occur if the cell radius is
(A) 5 km
(B) 500 m