Reg. No.

Question Paper Code : X10370

B.E/B.Tech. DEGREE EXAMINATIONS APRIL / MAY 2021

Sixth semester

Electronics and Communication Engineering

EC8652- WIRELESS COMMUNICATION

Common to: (Computer and Communication Engineering / Electronics and
Telecommunication Engineering )

(Regulations 2017)
Time: 3 Hours Answer ALL Questions Max. Marks 100
PART- A (10 x 2 = 20 Marks)

1. State the condition for the occurrence of Flat and Frequency Selective Fading
2. Define Coherence Time and Coherence Bandwidth
3. Write down the procedure involved in the determination of Co-Channel Cell
4. Define frequency reuse
5. Why GMSK is used in Cellular communication
6. How OFDM differ from FDM
7. List out the factors that influence the performance of adaptive equalization algorithms
8. Assume 5 branch diversity is used, where each branch receives an independent Rayleigh fading
signal . If the average SNR is 20 dB, determine the probability that the SNR will drop below 10
dB.
9. Compute the capacity of the chancel with SNR 10 dB
10. What is the purpose of usage of Beam forming in MIMO system

PART- B (5 x 13 = 65 Marks)

11. a) (i) Derive the received power in dBm for a free space Propagation model (10)
(ii) Determine the Fraunhofer distance for an antenna with maximum dimension of 1 m
and operating frequency of 900 MHz. If the antennas have unity gain calculate the path
loss (03)

OR
b) Discuss the impact of time dispersion parameter, Coherence Bandwidth , Doppler
Spread and Coherence time on small scale fading (13)

12. a) (i) Discuss your understanding on various multiple access techniques namely FDMA,
TDMA and CDMA (06)
(ii) Highlight their advantage, disadvantage and uses in cellular communication (07)
OR
 b) (i) Explain with neat sketch, Handoff mechanism adopted in cellular communication
detailing the condition for proper handoff (07)
(ii) ) Highlight the significance of prioritizing Handoffs and Practical Handoff
consideration (06)

13. a) (i) “OFDM is more popularly used in advanced wireless communication” – Justify with
proper explanation detailing the working Principle, cyclic prefix, implementation
structure (07)
(ii) State the significance of windowing and PAPR (06)
OR
b) (i) Explain the working mechanism of transmitter and receiver block of MSK modulation
technique (10)
(ii) State the salient features observed in the power spectral density of MSK when
compared with QPSK and OQPSK (03)

14. a) (i) Write short notes on zero forcing and LMS algorithm (10)
(ii) Draw the Block diagram of simplified communication system using an adaptive
equalizer at the receiver (03)
OR
b) (i) Discuss about any two receiver diversity technique (10)
(ii) Draw the structure of Rake Receiver (03)

15. a) (i) Discuss a 2 x 2 MIMO system and provide your understanding on Alamouti Code (10)
(ii)Write short notes on spatial multiplexing (03)
OR
b) (i)Mention the importance of channel state information (07)
(ii) How MIMO creates performance gains in a fading channel (06)

PART- C (1 x 15 = 15 Marks)

16. a) With neat sketch explain and derive the received power for a two ray ground
reflection model
OR
b) Analyze the impact of both co-channel and adjacent chancel interference on system
capacity in a cellular system
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Question Paper Code : X 60463

B.E./B.Tech. DEGrEE EXAMINATIONS, NOVEMBEr/DECEMBEr 2020
Seventh Semester
Electronics and Communication Engineering
EC 2401/EC 71/10144 EC 701 – WIrELESS COMMUNICATION
(regulations 2008/2010)
(Common to PTEC 2401 – Wireless Communication for B.E. (Part-Time) Sixth
Semester – ECE – regulations 2009)

Time : Three Hours Maximum : 100 Marks

Answer ALL questions

PArT – A (10×2=20 Marks)

1. Mention the operating frequency ranges for AMPS and ETACS systems.

2. Define mean excess delay and rms delay spread.

3. State the differences between small-scale and large-scale fading.

4. Define : Snells law.

5. Find the 3-dB bandwidth for a Gaussian low pass filter used to produce
0.25 GMSK with a channel data rate of rb = 270 KbPS. What is the 90%
power bandwidth in the rF channel ?

6. What is slotted frequency hopping ?

7. What is Diversity ?

8. What is Equalization ?

9. Characterize the effects of multipath propagation on Code Division Multiple

Access.

10. What are the basic channels available in GSM ?

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PArT – B (5×16=80 Marks)

11. a) i) Explain the methods for increasing the capacity of wireless cellular
networks. (10)

ii) Brief about the principle of Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA). (6)

(Or)

b) i) Describe in detail about the effects of multipath propagation in wireless

environment. (10)

ii) A Communication system has the following parameters :

P1 = 5W, Gt (dB) = 13dB, Gr (dB) = 17dB, d = 80 km, f = 3GHz.

Determine the value of the received power. (6)

12. a) i) How the received signal strength is predicted using the free space
propagation model ? Explain. (10)

ii) Find the far-field distance for an antenna with maximum dimension of
1 m and operating frequency of 900 MHz. (6)

(Or)

b) i) With system theoretic description, explain the characteristics of Time-

Dispersive channels. (8)

ii) Explain the three basic propagation mechanisms in a mobile

communication system. (8)

13. a) Derive the expression for MSK signal as a special type of continuous phase
FSK signal. (16)

(Or)

b) Explain in detail about the Gaussian Minimum Shift Keying (GMSK)

Transmission and reception with necessary diagrams. (16)
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14. a) Explain in detail about :
i) Linear Equalizers. (8)
ii) Non Linear Equalizers. (8)
(Or)

b) i) With block diagram, explain the operation of a rAKE receiver. (8)

ii) Briefly explain the frequency domain coding of speech signals. (8)

15. a) Examine about the effects of multipath propagation on CDMA. (16)

(Or)
b) i) Illustrate the block diagram of IS-95 transmitter. (8)
ii) Give a detailed description of OFDM transceiver. (8)
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