COM02 (Modulation and Coding)

Midterm November 10, 2021

1. a) Draw the block diagram of an 8-QAM transmitter.

b) Referring to (a), plot the phasor diagram (label completely). Make a final truth table
showing the output phases and amplitudes. Use the initial truth table below:

2. Describe the relationship between:

a) P(e) and C/N
b) Eb/No and C/N
c) M and baud rate
d) Bit rate and baud rate
e) Minimum bandwidth and M
f) Information Capacity and Noise
g) Bandwidth efficiency and error performance
h) Bandwidth efficiency and M
i) Error performance and M
j) Information capacity and time

3. For a QPSK system and the given parameters, determine

a. Carrier power in dBm.

b. Noise power in dBm.
c. Noise power density in dBm.
d. Energy per bit in dBJ.
e. Carrier-to-noise power ratio.
f. Eb/N0 ratio.
C = 10-11W       fb = 35 kbps
N= 0.06-13W        B = 60 kHz