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B.TECH/ECE/5TH SEM/ECEN 3105/2018 (viii) The spectral density of a real valued random process has
DIGITAL COMMUNICATION (a) an even symmetry
(ECEN 3105) (b) an odd symmetry
(c) a conjugate symmetry
Time Allotted : 3 hrs Full Marks : 70 (d) no symmetry.
(ix) In eye pattern, as eye closes,
Figures out of the right margin indicate full marks.
(a) ISI increases (b) ISI decreases
Candidates are required to answer Group A and (c) timing jitter increases (d) timing jitter decrease
any 5 (five) from Group B to E, taking at least one from each group.
(x) In QPSK, the transmission bandwidth required is
Candidates are required to give answer in their own words as far as (a) fb (b) 2 fb (c) fb/2 (d) 4 fb
practicable. where fb = Bit frequency
Group – A
Group – B
(Multiple Choice Type Questions)
2. (a) Describe flat-top sampling. What is aperture effect?
1. Choose the correct alternative for the following: 10 × 1 = 10
(b) Define quantization noise.
(i) In digital transmission, the modulation technique that usually requires
The amplitude of a sinusoid signal is 5V. If the SNR required in uniform
minimum bandwidth is
quantization of the signal is 43.5 dB, find the step size.
(a) Delta modulation (b) PCM (c) DPCM (d)PAM.
(ii) Use of non - uniform quantization leads to (c) 12 telephone channels, each band limited to 4 KHz, are to be time division
(a) reduction in transmission bandwidth multiplexed by using PCM. Calculate the bandwidth of the PCM system for 128
(b) increase in maximum SNR quantization level and an 8 KHz sampling frequency.
(c) increase in SNR for low level signals (2 + 1) + (2 + 4) + 3 = 12
(d) simplification in quantization process. 3. (a) Discuss the advantage of DPCM over PCM.
(iii) Which of the following digital modulation techniques is used for GSM (b) Explain the limitations of DM. How such limitations can be overcome in ADM?
mobile system?
(c) A DM system is designed to operate at 8 times the Nyquist rate for a signal with
(a) PSK (b)O-QPSK (c)MSK (d)GMSK. 4 KHz bandwidth and Δ = 200 mV.
(iv) PCM generation requires an LPF at the beginning to (i) Determine the maximum amplitude of 1 KHz input sinusoid for which the
(a) eliminate quantization noise (b) eliminate aliasing effect DM system does not show slope overload.
(c) eliminate decoding noise (d) none of these. (ii) Determine the output signal to quantization noise ratio.
(v) If the number of bits per sample in a PCM system is increased from 5 to 7, 2 + (3 + 2) + (3 + 2) = 12
the increase in signal to quantization noise ratio will be
(a)8 (b) 16 (c) 32 (d) 64. Group – C
4. (a) Why pulse shaping is required in digital communication?
(vi) A rectangular pulse of duration T is applied to a matched filter. The output
of the filter is (b) Explain Nyquist criterion for zero ISI.
(a) rectangular pulse of duration T
(c) A message signal of 2 KHz bandwidth is transmitted using PCM. Quantization
(b) rectangular pulse of duration 2T
error is 1% of mp. Roll of factor =0.2, sampling rate is 25% above Nyquist rate.
(c) triangular pulse
Determine the transmission bandwidth.
(d) sine function.
(d) Draw the block diagram of the zero forcing equalizer.
(vii) The width of the main lobe of the PSD gives the bandwidth of MSK signal 3+ 3 + 3 + 3 = 12
and is given by _________ times the baseband frequency (fb)
(a) 0.5 (b) 0.25 (c) 0.75 (d) 2.0.

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5. (a) What is line coding? Write down the desirable properties of a line code.
(b) To transmit a bit sequence of 11001, draw the resulting waveform using
following line code format (i) Polar-RZ(ii) AMI (iii) Manchester Coding.
(c) Explain the operation of Regenerative Repeater in baseband data transmission.
(1 + 3) + 3 + 5 = 12
Group – D
6. (a) “In Integrate & Dump type filter, the integrator enhances the signal relative to
the noise and this enhancement’ increases with bit duration (T)” :- justify the
statement.
(b) Find the transfer function of an optimum filter.
4 + 8 = 12
7. (a) What is the significance of the term ‘matched’ in matched-filter ?
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(b) Starting from ηm ax =
N0  -α
|G (f) |2 df show that maximum SNR of a matched

filter is independent of signal shape but depends only on the signal energy.
Symbols have their usual meaning.
(c) For the given signals, sketch the impulse responses of the filter matched to these
signals.

s1(t) s2(t)
T
t T
t
(d) Describe the operation of an Integrate & Dump filter.
2 + 5 + 2 + 3 = 12
Group – E
8. (a) The bit rate for the digital system is 34 Mbps. For QPSK modulation scheme,
what is the baud rate?
(b) For a bit sequence of 100110, draw the resulting waveform for QPSK modulation
scheme.
(c) With suitable diagram, explain the working principle of QPSK transmitter. Draw
its signal space diagram.
(d) What are the advantages of OQPSK over QPSK.

1 + 2 + (5 + 1) +3 = 12
9. (a) With a suitable block diagram, explain the principle of BFSK modulator and
demodulator.
(b) A binary data stream 0010010011 is to be transmitted using DPSK. Show the
encoding & decoding sequences.
7 + 5 = 12
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