Rajiv Gandhi University of Knowledge Technologies

(Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering)

MID – 1 (A.Y.2020-21)
Year/Sem: E3-SEM1 Date: 24-07-2021
Subject: Advance Digital Communications Time: 2 Hours
Subject Code: EC 3121 Max. Marks: 40 Marks

Answer any 4 of the following questions. Each question carries ten marks. (4 X 10 = 40 M)

1. Let 𝑓(𝑥) = for 𝑥 ≥ 1 and 0 otherwise.

a. What bound does Chebyshev’s inequality give for the probability 𝑃 (𝑋 ≥ 2.5)?
b. For what value of 𝛼 we can say 𝑃(𝑋 ≥ 𝛼) ≤ 15%
2.
a. Define and derive Markov’s inequality.
b. If 𝑋 is a random variable following binomial (100, 0.5) distribution. Find
𝑃(𝑋 ≥ 4 ∗ 𝐸[𝑥])
3.
a. If 𝑌 is a discrete random variable with PMF 𝑃 (𝑘), then find the MGF of 𝑌.
b. MGF of a random variable Y is given by 𝑀 (𝑠) = for 𝑆 𝜖 (−2, 2). Find the
value of 𝐸[𝑌 ]
4. Let 𝑌 be a random variable with 𝑢𝑛𝑖𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑚(−4,4) density function and 𝑋 = 𝑌 . Find the
a. CDF of 𝑋
b. PDF of 𝑋
c. 𝐸[𝑋]
5. Prove that Symbol error rate(SER) is 𝑒𝑟𝑓𝑐 − 𝑒𝑟𝑓𝑐 for a coherent QPSK
signal.
6. Express a 8-PAM signal mathematically,
a. Find the relation between amplitude 𝐴 and symbol energy 𝐸 .
b. Find the symbol error rate for 8-PAM signal.
7. For a 16-PSK signal
a. Draw the Constellation Diagram
b. Find the relation between bit energy and symbol energy
c. Find the symbol error rate
8. Define and describe
a. Outage Probability
b. Amount of Fading
c. Outage Duration