Model Questions
Model Questions
2. A mobile is located 5 km away from a base station and uses a vertical λ/4 monopole antenna
with a gain of 2.55 dB to receive cellular radio signals. The E-field at 1 km from the transmitter is
measured to be 10-3 V/m. The carrier frequency used for this system is 900 MHz. Find, a) The
length and the effective aperture of the receiving antenna. b) The received power at the mobile
using the two-ray ground reflection model assuming the height of the transmitting antenna is 50
m and the receiving antenna is 1.5 m above ground.
3. Explain FH-SS (Frequency Hopping Spread Spectrum) with the aid of block diagram.
4. Consider a transmitter which radiates a sinusoidal carrier frequency of 1850MHz. For a vehicle
moving 60mph, compute the received carrier frequency if the mobile is moving i) directly
towards the transmitter, ii) directly away from the transmitter, and iii) in a direction which is
perpendicular to the direction of arrival of the transmitted signal.
5. Assume a receiver is located 10 km from a 50 W transmitter. The carrier frequency is 900 MHz,
free space propagation is assumed, G1 = 1, andGr = 2, find (a) the power at the receiver, (b) the
magnitude of the E-field at the receiver antenna (c) the rins voltage applied to the receiver input
assumingthat the receiver antenna has a purely real impedance of 50 U and is matchedto the
receiver.
6.
i) Explain Lee’s microcell Zone concept with the neat figure.
ii) Compare the two channel assignment strategies.
7. A certain city has an area of 1,300 square miles and is covered by a cellular system using a 7-cell
reuse pattern. Each cell has a radius of 4 miles and the city is allocated 40 MHz of spectrum with
a full duplex channe] bandwidth of 60 kHz. Assume a GOS of 2% for an Erlang B system is
specified. If the offered traffic per user is 0.03 Erlangs, compute (a) the number of cells in the
service area, (b) the number of channels per cell, (c) traffic intensity of each cell, (d) the
maximum carried traffic; (e) the total number of users that can be served for 2% GOS, (f') the
number of mobiles per channel, and (g) the theoretical maximum number of users that could be
served at one time by the system.
8. Define M-ary Frequency Shift Keying (MFSK) and OFDM. Explain MFSK modulation with
related equations.
9. Describe the Okumura and Hata model with the aid of equation and its features.
10. Analyze the handoff scenarios (Proper and improper handoff situation) with the aid of
schematic diagram.