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(DI WiMAX is standardized by IETF as « member ofthe 36 family (1 IEEE is responsible for the design of CDMA2000 cellular systems (C1 The upcoming 4G mobile communication standand, IMT-A (Intemational Mobile “Telecommunications-Advanced), is standardized by 3GPP 1L6 Basie concepts about QoS (Quality of Service) in UMTS (2%) Which staement(:) below ilar eorect with respect to the QoS definition in UMTS? D The classification of four Qo traffic classes depends on the delay tolerance of each specitie type o applications (Z Email isa typical example belonging to the interactive trafic class CINo packet lssis allowed in voice traf (conversational class) 1.7 Mobile networks from operators’ perspective 3%) ‘Which statement) below isfare correct with respect to realife mobile networks? ita motile user is covered by a BS, helshe is always reachable 1 Directional antennas may be used in cellular network to extend the coverage of cell 5A mobile network canbe either coverage-limited or capacity-limited 1.8. GPRS (General Packet Radio Service) radio access and architecture (3%) Which statements) below ilar corect with respect to the basic principles of GPRS? 1D GPRS radio access schemes allow a mabile phone 1 use up to 4 oF S GSM time slots 0 thatthe data rate of 115 Kbps i always achieved under all channel conditions 2 The real innovation of GPRS is the introduction of the PS domain in cellular networks 1 The numbers of SGSNs (Serving GPRS Support Nodes) and GGSNs (Gateway GPRS ‘Support Nodes) are basicaly the same in a GPRS network 1.9 IP services in ellular networks (3%) ‘Which statements) below isare correct fr providing IP services in cellular networks? 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What is the relationship berween SF and user bitrate? Furthermore if one user is enjoying nediasevces with higher bitrate, how wil be the number of users covered by the same cell affected? Are the CDMA codes generated by a high bitrate user and alow bit rate user sill otiogonal and ifyes how? (796) Radio frame Aare 520 |Ptbe | re : 12 | 13 | 14 6667 Data ‘Traffic burst “ 1104chips | GP: guardperiod +————"2580chips ——* “96 chips 2.2.2 Extend the diseussion on macro-cell and micro-elln Question 2.1.3 to UMTS. What is pico-ell? Why i it necessary to introduce pico-cel in 3G networks? Do we use the ‘concept of SDNA in micro-pico-ells and why? Ferto-ell is yet another type of ‘small-scale cell deployed in 3G networks quite recently. What is femto-cell? What isthe ‘motivation of iwradueing femto-cells? Do we use the concept of SDMA in femto-els| and why’? 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(4%) uu ‘Ura a ) PS Domair Domait us. te uTRAI Season sonolsgpalna Ie / SOP] Meda( RTF RealTie esta conmet IGP, ny) Gay ROHR Question 4: Mobile Networks from Operators’ Perspective (7%) 4.1 Understanding Erlang loss formula (5%) ‘The Erlang B formula as shown below is widely used to caleulate the blocking probability for ‘incoming eas in a wired or wireless network, where Pb isthe blocking probability, c isthe ‘number of trunks inthe network and ais the offered traffic loa. VE el oe a ae 4.1.1 The unit used fr traf loadin the above formula is Erlang, What does | ang mean na communication metork? 4.1.2 Given, 3 Eeang and e=4, what isthe obsined blocking probability? 4.13 Given fixed c, will Pb increase or decrease as inreases and why’? lability in communication systems (2%) ‘Asan end-user, are you more intrested in reliability or availability of the network you ‘subscribe to and wh?