Digital Communication Theory

Consider the signal that is band limited to 50 khz and sample it every
10us. Show graphically that these samples uniquely characterize the
waveform.(Use sinusoidal/cosinosoidal waveform).if samples are taken
30us apart instead of 10us ,is it possible to reconstruct the original
signal ? Graphically demonstrate that effect using MATLAB.
Solution:
Matlab code
clc;
clear all;
close all;
t=0:.0001/10000:.0001;
x=cos(2*pi*50000*t);
subplot(3,2,1);
plot(t,x);
axis([0 0.0001 -1 1]);
xlabel('Time');
ylabel('Amplitude');
title('Cosinusoidal Signal');
%sampling every 10u seconds
n1=0:0.000001:.0001;
x1=cos(2*pi*50000*n1);
subplot(3,2,2);
stem(n1,x1,'.');
axis([0 0.0001 -1 1]);
xlabel('Time');
ylabel('Amplitude');
title('Signal sampled at 10u seconds');
%sampling every 30u seconds
T2=0.00003;
n2=0:0.00003:.0001;
x2=cos(2*pi*50000*n2);
subplot(3,2,3);
stem(n2,x2,'.');
axis([0 0.0001 -1 1]);
xlabel('Time');
ylabel('Amplitude');
title('Signal sampled at 30u seconds');
%resonstruction of signal sampling every
subplot(3,2,4);
plot(n1,x1);
axis([0 0.0001 -1 1]);
xlabel('Time');
ylabel('Amplitude');
title('Reconstructed Signal when sampled
%resonstruction of signal sampling every
subplot(3,2,5);
plot(n2,x2);
axis([0 0.0001 -1 1]);
xlabel('Time');
ylabel('Amplitude');
title('Reconstructed Signal when sampled

10u seconds

at 10u seconds');
30u seconds

at 30u seconds');

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Output:

Inference:
From the Nyquist Criteria a signal can be reconstructed only when the sampling
frequency is greater than twice the message frequency. Signal can be
reconstructed only when samples are taken at 10us apart. Reconstruction is not
possible when samples are taken at 30us apart.

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