Tutorial Questions (Noise and SNR)

Example
The transmitted signal is s(t) = ACcos(2fCt+)
where the phase is unknown at the receiver. The signal is received in the
presence of additive noise as shown in figure below. The noise is white and
Gaussian with power spectral density N0/2.

Answer
SNR=

E [S 2 ( t ) ]
E[n2 ( t ) ]

(9.6)

Tutorial Questions (Noise and SNR)

Q. 1
A sine wave is to be used for two different modulation schemes:
(i)
PSK;
(ii)
QPSK.
The duration of a signal element is 10-5 second. If the received signal is of the
following form:

s (t ) 0.005 sin( 2 106 t ) volts

and if the measured noise power at the receiver is 2.510 -8 W, determine the Eb/No
(in dB) for each case.
Q. 2
We have sampled a low-pass signal with a bandwidth of 100 kHz using 1024 levels
of quantisation.
(i)
Calculate the bit rate of the digitised signal.
(ii)
Calculate the SNRdB for this signal.
(iii)
Calculate the PCM bandwidth of this signal.

Q. 3
Given the bit pattern 01100, encode this data using ASK, BFSK and BPSK.

0
ASK

Q. 4

BFSK

Which of the four digital to analogue conversion techniques (ASK, FSK, PSK or
QAM) is the most susceptible to noise?

Q. 5
Assume that a telephone line is equalised to allow bandpass data transmission over a
frequency range of 600 to 3000 Hz. The available bandwidth is 2400 Hz. Evaluate the
required bandwidth for 2400 bps QPSK and 4800 bps, eight-level signalling (d = 1). Is the
bandwidth adequate?