Assignment 3 - Radio Wave Propagation 1. What is the difference between diffraction and scattering 2.

Name and briefly define three diversity techniques 3. If the received signal level for a particular digital system is -151 dBW and the receiver system effective noise tempeterature is 1500K, what is Eb/No for a link transmitting 2400bps. 4. Assume that two antennas are half-wave dipoles and each has a directive gain of 3dB. If the transmitted power is 1W and the two antennas are separated by a distance of 10km, what is the received power?, Assume that the antennas are aligned so that the directive gain numbers are correct and the frequency used is 100MHz. 5. Suppose a transmitter produces 50W of power. a. Express the transmit power in units of dBm and dBW. b. If the transmitters power is applied to a unity gain antenna with a 900-MHz carrier frequency, what is the received power in dBm at a free space distance of 100m, 10km? 6. Show that doubling the transmission frequency or doubling the distance between transmitting antenna and receiving antenna attenuates the power received by 6dB. 7. Determine the height of an antenna for a TV station that must be able to reach customers up to 80km away. 8. What is the thermal noise level of a channel with a bandwidth of 10kHz carrying 1000 watts of power operating at 50 oC ? Compare the noise level to the operating power. 9. Radio propagation models are very important tools for radio system designers and planners. Derive the pathloss for the free space model and two-ray model, respectively, and then compare them in terms of the variation against the frequency and distance. 10. If a plane wave at 1 GHz propagates normally to a ground plane having constants: relative permittivity r = 9, conductivity = 0 and relative permeability r= 1, find intrinsic impedance of the medium. 11. Aright-hand circularly polarized plane wave is reflected by a good conductor. What is the polarization of the reflected wave? If this wave is reflected by a concrete ground plane, comment on the polarization of the reflected wave again and justify your comments. 12. Explain the concept of scattering. Why is the sky red at sunrise (and blue at noon)?