Course CEG3185 Midterm exam Prof .

Sawsan Abdul-Majid
Time 90 min Date: Feb 15th 2018

 The space allocated to the answers is restricted, be brief and clear.

 There are (2) types of questions in this midterm exam.
 Answer Part 1 in this questionnaire and Part 2 in the examination booklet provided.

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Part 1 - Multiple-Choice and Short-Answer Questions
(2 Marks each)

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1. If the spectrum of an analog signal with a bandwidth of 800 Hz and a minimum frequency of
200 Hz, what will be the sampling rate according to Nyquist's theorem?

a) 2000 samples per second b) 600 samples per second

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c) 1600 samples per second d) 1200 samples per second

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2. Encoding: which of the following statement is True?

a) There is a transition in the middle of each bit period in the Manchester encoding.
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b) In the Differential Manchester, a transition at the beginning of the bit period represents zero.
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c) In NRZI, a transition represents bit 0.

d) In Bipolar-AMI, zero is represented by a lack of signal.

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3. The signal below was generated with Manchester encoding.

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Which of the following bit strings is not found in the signal?

a) 1111 b) 1110 c) 1101 d) 1100

4. What topology does a central controller or hub require?

a) Mesh b) Bus
c) Star d) Ring

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 5. A __________ connection provides a dedicated link between two hosts.

a) Point-to-point b) Simplex

c) Multipoint d) Half Duplex

6. The 9600 V.32 Modem uses 16-QAM and supports a 9600 bps bit rate. What is the signal
rate (baud rate)?
a) 800 b) 1600
c) 2400 d) 9600

7. Which of the following is not a responsibility of the data link layer of the TCP / IP model
(Layer 2)?
a) Encapsulation of packets in frames b) Synchronization of frames
c) Ensure delivery process to process (port to port) d) Detection and correction of lost frames

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8. The figure below describes the attenuation in the three types of guided media: the twisted-

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pair, the coaxial cable, and the optical fiber. Of the three curves, which represents the coaxial

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a) The curve on the left b) The middle curve
c) The curve on the right
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9. Name the five layers of the TCP/IP model?

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Application, Transport , Internet, Data link, Physical

10. What is QAM? Briefly describe the basics of it

QAM is Quadrature Amplitude modulation , it takes advantage of the fact

that it is possible to send two different signals simultaneously on the same
carrier frequency, by using two copies of the carrier frequency, one shifted
by 90° with respect to the other. For QAM, each carrier is ASK modulated.

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 11. Give a very common application of the twisted pair and one of the main limitations.

One of the following:

Telephone network
–Between house and local exchange

Within buildings
–To private branch exchange (PBX)

For local area networks (LAN)

Limitaions :

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Twisted pair wire is subject to interference, limited in distance,

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bandwidth, and data rate.

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12. In the optical fiber, what is the main function of the cladding?

The core is surrounded by a cladding, which is a glass or plastic coating

that has optical properties different from those of the core and a diameter of
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125 mm. The interface between the core and cladding acts as a reflector to confine
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light that would otherwise escape the core.

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13. A digital signaling system is required to operate at 4800 bps.

If a signal element encodes a 8-bit word, what is the minimum required bandwidth
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of the channel?
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3.16 A digital signaling system is required to operate at 9600 bps.

a. If a signal element encodes a 4-bit word, what is the minimum required bandwidth
of the channel?
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b. Repeat part (a) for the case of 8-bit words.

3.16 Using Nyquist's equation: C = 2B log2M
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We have C = 9600 bps

a. log2M = 4, because a signal element encodes a 4-bit word
Therefore, C = 9600 = 2B 4, and B = 1200 Hz
b. 9600 = 2B 8, and B = 600 Hz

4800= 2B.8 and B= 4800/16 = 400 Hz

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 Part 2 - Questions for development
1. [5 marks] consider an audio signal with spectral components in the range 300 to 3000 Hz.
Assume that a sampling rate of 7000 samples per second will be used to generate a
PCM signal.

a. For SNR = 30 dB, what is the number of uniform quantization levels needed?
b. What data rate is required?

2. [5 points] Derive / draw the HDB3 encoding that represents the following bit sequence:
11000000001110000010 knowing that the first impulse is positive.

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3. [5 marks] Find the bit rate and baud rate for a physical link that includes two modems and has

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• 30000 Hz bandwidth
• SNRdB = 40 dB
• Modems use 32-QAM
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• The maximum capacity of the physical link cannot exceed 80% of its theoretical capacity
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4. [5 pts] Using the Fourier series formulas, determine Bn for the sawtooth periodic wave given
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 CEG3185 / SEG3555 - Mid-Term Examination Annex
Winter 2018
Fourier Series Fourier Transform

a0  x(t )   X ( f )e j 2 ft dt
x(t )    (an cos(2 nf 0t )  bn sin(2 nf 0t )) 
j  1
2 n 1

2 T X ( f )   x(t )e j 2 ft dt j  1
T 0
a0  x(t )dt 

2 T
an   x(t ) cos(2 nf 0t )dt
T 0
2 T
bn   x(t ) sin(2 nf 0t )dt
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Decibels and power Thermal noise

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 Pout  N0  kT W / Hz 
Gain and decibel : GdB  10log10  

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Capacité de canal: Decible -milliwatt

Nyquist formula: C  2B log 2 M PdBm  10log10  PmW /1 mW

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Shannon capacity : C  B log 2 (1  SNR)

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Signal to noise ratio

(SNR, signal to noise ratio):
SNRdB  10log10 (SNR)
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Gain of the satellite dish Loss of transmission of micro- oven

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4 f Ae2
GdB  10log10  4 d 
2

c2 L  10log10 
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 dB
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speed of light = 3 x 108 m/s

Ae  0.56 A
for the satellite dish (A is the area of the antenna facade).

PCM – quantification error

SNRdB  20log 2n  1.76  6.02n  1.76 [dB]

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