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TECH DEGREE EXAMINATION- 2013 MODEL QUESTION

Sixth Semester

Branch: Electronics and Communication Engineering EC010 601- DIGITAL COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUES
(Regular) Time: Three Hours PART A Answer all questions briefly. Each question carries 3 marks. 1. A Random variable X is Gaussian distributed with mean (mX ) = 5 and variance
2 variance ( ) = 64. What is the probability of the event 3 13 ?

Maximum: 100 Marks

2. Define error function and complementary error function ? 3. Briefly expalin PAM, PWM and PPM with neat diagrams ? 4. What is Inter Symbol Interference ? 5. What is differentially coherent PSK ? . (5x3=15 marks) PART B Answer all questions. Each question carries 5 marks. 6. Differentiate Strict Sense Stationary and Wide Sense Stationary Random Processes? 7. Explain the conceptualized model of a digital communication system ? 8. State Sampling Theorem ? What is Nyquist rate ? 9. Write notes on eye pattern ? 10. Differentiate coherent binary systems and non-coherent binary systems (5x5=25 marks) PART C Answer any one question from each module. Each question carries 12 marks. 11. Explain the Gram- Schmidth orthogonolization procedure with example ?

(OR) 12. (a) Define mean ( mX ), auto correlation () and auto covariance function () of a stationary random process ? (b) Prove that () = () (mX )2 13. Explain Matched Filter Receiver ? Derive the expression for output signal to noise ratio ? (OR) 14. Explain Maximum Likelihood Estimation ? Derive the likelihood equation ? 15. Explain in detail PCM generation and reconstruction with block diagrams ? (OR) 16. What is delta modulation ? Explain transmitter and receiver in detail ? Which type of quantization error occur in this systems ? 17. Explain the practical solution of Nyquist criterion for distortion less base band binary transmission ? (OR) 18. Discuss the synchronization techniques in detail? 19. Expalin the following M-ary systems (a) M-ary PSK (b) M-ary QAM (OR) 20. Explain coherent binary PSK modulation system with transmitter and receiver block block diagrams ? Represent the system using signal space diagram ? (5x12=60 marks)