DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRONICS AND COMMUNICATION ENGINEERING

MODEL TEST (SET-II)

SUBJECT CODE/NAME : CEC355 – SOFTWARE DEFINED RADIO DATE :
BRANCH / SEMESTER : V ECE / III TIME :
ACADEMIC YEAR : 2023-24 MARK : 100
CO1: Demonstrate an understanding in the evolving paradigm of SDR and technologies for its
implementation.
CO2: Analyse Radio Frequency implementation issues
CO3: Implement Smart Antenna techniques for SDR
CO4: Compare Various Digital synthetic procedures.
CO5: Comprehend various hardware and software requirements for SDR

BLOOM'S TAXONOMY
Remembering Applying Evaluating
Understanding Analyzing Creating

PART A (10 x 2 = 20 marks)

CO1 A 1. Draw the model of Software Radio? 2
CO1 R 2. List out the various steps for design principles of a software radio? 2
CO2 R 3. Define Dynamic range? 2
CO2 U 4. What is superheterodyne receiver? 2
CO3 U 5. What is the main cause of spurious signal? 2
CO3 U 6 What are the two approaches to DDS? 2
CO4 A 7 Draw the block diagram of Digital Beamforming receiver? 2
CO4 U 8 What are the components in the SDR based smart antenna system? 2
C05 R 9 List out the architectures in DSP? 2
CO5 U 10 What is the working principle of JRTS? 2
PART B (5 x 13 = 65 marks)
CO1 U a) Describe in detail about the Need for Software Radio?
(or)
(13)
CO1 R 11 b) Define Software Define Radio? & Design the Principles of Software radio?

CO2 U a) Describe the different topologies in RF Front end receiver? (or)

CO2 E 12 b) Summarize the importance of the components to overall performance in (13)

RF chain?
CO3 E a) Comparison of DDS with analog signal synthesis?
(or)
CO3 U b) Explain the purpose of analysis & components of Spurious signals? (13)
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CO4 U 14 a) Explain in detail the structure of beamforming systems? (or)

CO4 U b) Explain in detail about the Smart Antenna algorithm, which is shown
(13)
below
(i)Method of steepest descent
 (ii)Method of Least Square
(iii)Eigen-based algorithm.
CO5 U a) Explain the concepts of FPGA architecture in detail?
(or)
CO5 R 15 b)Define the concepts and structure of (13)
(i)SDR 3000
(ii)GNU Radio – USRP
PART C (1x 15 = 15 marks)
CO4 U
a)Describe the Hardware implementation of smart Antenna?
(or)
CO5 U b) Explain the architecture and its numerical representation in DSP? (15)
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