B.E/B.Tech.

DEGREEEXAMINATION,MAY/JUNE2009 EighthSemester ElectronicsandCommunicationEngineering EC1013WIRELESSNETWORKS

(Regulation2004) Time:Threehours AnswerALLquestions PARTA(10x2=20Marks) 1. WhataretheadvantagesofUWBpulsetransmission? 2. WriteshortnotesonOOKmodulation. 3. Whatismeantbyoverlaidcellconceptincellsplitting? 4. Mentionthecircumstancesthatprefertemporarychannelborrowingincellular networks. 5. IsCDMAanaccessmethodoranairinterface?Justifyyouranswer. 6. Whatismeantby'capacityondemand'principleinGPRSnetworks? 7. HowdoesIEEE802.11aPHYlayerdifferfromthatofIEEE802.11PHYlayer? 8. StatetherelationshipbetweenHYPERLAN2andWATM. 9. MentiontheroleplayedbyL2CAPinBluetoothnetworks. 10.WhatisthedifferencebetweenTDOAandTOAinGPS? Maximum:100Marks

PARTB(5x16=80Marks) 11.(a)(i) Explainthemulticarrier,multisymbol,multirateOFDMModulation followedinbroadbandmodemsforhigherspeeds. (8) (ii) IllustrateFrequencyHoppingSpreadSpectrumandDirectSequence Spreadspectrumwithsuitableexamples. (8) OR (b)(i) Discussthemodulationschemesfollowedinhighspeedmodemsfor spreadspectrumtechnology. (8) (ii) ExplainthetimediversitytechniqueofDSSSandtheRAKEreceiver. (8) 12.(a) AssumethatwewantedtodeployananalogFMAMPSsystemwithhalf bandof15kHzratherthantheexisting30kHz.Alsoassumethatin analogFM,the carriertointerferenceratio(C/I)requirementis inverselyproportionaltothesquareofthebandwidth(4timeincrease inC/Ifordividingthebandintotwo). (i) (ii) (iii) WhatistherequiredC/IindBforthe15MHzchannelifthe requiredC/Iforthe30kHzsystemsis18dB? (4) DeterminethefrequencyreusefactorNneededforthe implementationofthis15kHzperuseranalogcellularsystem. (4) Ifaserviceproviderhada12.5MHzbandineachdirection(up linkanddownlink)anditwouldinstall30antennasitestoprovide itsservice,whatwouldbethemaximumnumberofsimultaneous users(capacity)thatthesystemcouldsupportinallcells?Neglect thechannelsthatareusedforcontrolsignalling. (4) Ifweusethesameantennasitesbutwitha30kHzperchannel systemwithN=7(insteadofthe15kHz)whatwouldbethe capacityofthenewsystem? (4) OR (b) Wehaveinstalledcellularsystemwith100sites,afrequencyreusefactor ofN=7,and500overalltwowaychannels: (i) Givethenumberofchannelspercell,totalnumberofchannels availabletotheserviceprovider,andtheminimumcarrierto interferenceratio(C/I)ofthesystemindB. (4)

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Toexpandthenetwork,wedecidetocreateanunderlayoverlay systemwherethenewsystemusesafrequencyreusefactorof K=3.Givethenumberofcellsassignedtoinnerandoutercellsto keepauniformtrafficdensityovertheentrecoveragearea. (4) (8)

AnswertheabovetwoquestionswithN=12

13.(a)(i) ExplaintheGSMservicesandthereferencearchitectureofGSMcellular networks. (10) (ii) Explaintheregistrationmechanismtosupportamobileenvironment.(6) OR (b)(i) ExplaintheIS95CDMAforwardchannelindetail. (ii) ExplaintheIS95CDMAreversechannelindetail. (6) (10)

14.(a)(i) ExplaintheMACmanagementsublayerintermsofhandoffandpower management. (8) (ii) ExplainthereferencemodelandprotocolentitiesofWATM. OR (b)(i) DiscusstheHIPERLAN1PHYandMAClayersindetail. (ii) DiscusstheDLClayerofHIPERLAN2indetail. 15.(a)(i) ExplaintheframeformatfollowedinBluetoothtechnology. (8) (8) (8) (8)

(ii) DiscusstheconnectionmanagementfollowedinBluetoothtechnology. (8) OR (b)(i) (ii) Explainthewirelessgeolocationsystemarchitecture. DiscusstheperformancemeasuresforGeolocationSystems. (8) (8)