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Digital Communication (ECC306)

Assignment 1
Winter 2024-25
** No copying! if caught, you’ll be penalized!
** All the answers must be brief and to-the-point

Q1. (a) The lowpass signal x(t) with a bandwidth of W is sampled at the Nyquist rate, and the
signal generated is
∞
X
x1 (t) = (−1)n x(nTs )δ(t − nTs ).
n=∞

i. Find the Fourier transform of x1 (t). [5]


ii. How can you reconstruct x(t) from x1 (t)? [5]

Q2. Consider a random variable X with range [a, b] with pdf f . Let a uniform quantizer be used
with the following output:

∆
Q(x) = ai + , x ∈ [ai , ai + ∆],
2

where ai = a + (i − 1)∆, i = 1, · · · , N + 1 and b = aN +1 .

(a) Obtain the pdf of the quantization error X̂ = X − Q(X). [7]


(b) Can you find a simplified expression of the pdf when N is very large, or equivalently,
when ∆ is very small? You may use the following Riemann summation formula: [3]
n   Z b
b−aX k(b − a)
lim f a+ = f (x)dx.
n→∞ n k=1 n a

Q3. The thermal noise n(t) is known to be a white process. Quantum mechanical analysis shows
that its power spectral density is given by:

ℏ |f |
Sn (f ) =  ℏ|f | ,
2 e kT − 1

where ℏ is the Planck’s constant (= 6.6.26 × 10−34 Js) and k is the Boltzman’s constant
(= 1.38 × 10−23 JK −1 ). T denotes the absolute temperature in Kelvin.

(a) Find the autorcorrelation function Rn (τ ) of n(t). [10]


(b) Find the half-power bandwidth of n(t) at room temperature T = 300K, i.e., find the
frequency where the PSD is just half its maximum value. [5]
(c) Find the total power of n(t). [5]

Q4. An information source generates the ternary sequence {In }∞ n=−∞ . Each In ∈ {−2, 0, 2}
with probabilities, 0.25, 0.5, 0.25,(respectively. The source outputs are assumed to be inde-
2, t ∈ [0, T /2),
pendent. Assume a pulse g(t) = 1, t ∈ [T /2, T ),
0, otherwise.
P∞
(a) Determine the PSD of v(t) = n=∞ In g(t − nT ). [5]
(b) Determine the PSD of w(t) = ∞
P
n=∞ Jn g(t − nT ),where Jn = In−1 + In + In+1 . [5]

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