KARPAGA VINAYAGA

COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY

(Approved by AICTE, New Delhi, Affiliated to Anna University, Chennai and Accredited by NAAC)
GST Road, Chinna kolambakkam, Madhuranthagam Taluk, Chengalpattu District – 603 308, Tamil Nadu

Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering

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Question Bank

Course Code/Course Name: EC8652/ Wireless Communication

UNIT-1- WIRELESS CHANNELS

Large scale path loss – Path loss models: Free Space and Two-Ray models -Link Budget design – Small
scale fading- Parameters of mobile multipath channels – Time dispersion parameters-Coherence
bandwidth – Doppler spread & Coherence time, fading due to Multipath time delay spread – flat fading –
frequency selective fading – Fading due to Doppler spread – fast fading – slow fading.

PART-A (2 Marks)

Q.No. Questions BT Level COs

1. Define Power delay profile. L-2

CO1
2. Define Brewster Angle L-1 CO1
3. CO1
State Huygen’s principle of diffraction. L-1
4. What are the three effects of small scale multipath propagation? L-1 CO1
5. Explain path loss? L-1 CO1
6. List the Propagation mechanisms in mobile radio. L-1 CO1
7. Classify Path loss estimation techniques. L-2 CO1
8. Define Large scale propagation model. L-1 CO1
9. Analyse the types of propagation model. L-3 CO1
10. Illustrate Two ray ground reflection model L-1 CO1
11. Assess the effects of Doppler Shift L-1 CO1
12. Examine the need of Link Budget calculation. L-3 CO1
13. Compare Small scale fading based on multi path time delay and Doppler L-1 CO1
spread
14. How is Fraunhofer distance measured? L-1
CO1
15. Summarize the parameters of mobile multipath channels. L- 1 CO1
16. Discuss the factors to be considered for link budget design. L-3 CO1
17. Identify the Fraunhofer distance for an antenna with maximum L-3 CO1
dimension of 1m and operating frequency of 900 MHz. If antenna has
unity gain, calculate the path loss.
 KARPAGA VINAYAGA
COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY
(Approved by AICTE, New Delhi, Affiliated to Anna University, Chennai and Accredited by NAAC)
GST Road, Chinna kolambakkam, Madhuranthagam Taluk, Chengalpattu District – 603 308, Tamil Nadu

Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering

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PART-B (13 Marks)

Q.No BT
Questions Marks Cos
Level

1 How to relate the signal propagation against free space attenuation 13 L-2
and reflection and describe in detail about two ray propagation CO1
mechanisms.

2 (i) Explain in brief about the three propagation mechanisms. 13 L-2 CO1
(ii) Write the impact on propagation in a mobile environment
(i) Identify the advantages and disadvantages of the
3 two-ray ground reflection model in the analysis of 13 L-2
path loss. CO1
(ii) Examine the following cases and solve whether the
two-ray model could be applied or not:
Case (i) h1 = 35m , hr = 3m, d = 250m
Case (ii) h1 = 30m , hr= 1.5m , d = 450m
(i) Classify the various parameters involved in mobile 13 L-2
4
multipath channels.
(ii) Explain in detail about the parameters in mobile multipath CO1
channels.
Analyze the process to achieve a balanced link budget within a
5 given cell size and Enumerate the characteristics of coherence 13 L-2
CO1
bandwidth and compare with signal bandwidth in wireless channel.

6 (i) Categorize what are the factors that influence small-scale 13 L-2
fading. CO1

(ii) Consider a transmitter which radiates a sinusoidal carrier

frequency of 1850 MHz. For a vehicle moving 60 mph,
compute the received carrier Frequency if the mobile is
moving directly toward the transmitter.
(iii) Given that the coherence bandwidth is approximated by
equation . Demonstrate that a flat fading channel occurs
when Ts≥10στ.
 KARPAGA VINAYAGA
COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY
(Approved by AICTE, New Delhi, Affiliated to Anna University, Chennai and Accredited by NAAC)
GST Road, Chinna kolambakkam, Madhuranthagam Taluk, Chengalpattu District – 603 308, Tamil Nadu

Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering

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PART-C (15 Marks)

BT
S.No Questions Marks Cos
Level
Illustrate the types of fading experienced by the signal as a function
of symbol period (Ts ) and baseband signal bandwidth (Bs)
1 15 L-2
CO6
2 Evaluate the method to assess why large-scale and small-scale fading 15 L-2
occur in wireless systems. Justify the statement “In practice fast CO6
fading only occurs for very low data rate communication”.
(i) Consider two different wireless systems a and b. For a, the
signal bandwidth of the system is much smaller than the
3 coherence bandwidth of the channel. Conversely, b employs 15 L-2
CO6
a signal bandwidth that is much larger than the coherence
bandwidth of the channel. Which system (a or b) is best
suited for employing frequency diversity techniques?
(ii) Derive the path loss considering a Two-Ray Model for the
propagation mechanism in a wireless channel. Is considering
just two rays alone sufficient? why?
 KARPAGA VINAYAGA
COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY
(Approved by AICTE, New Delhi, Affiliated to Anna University, Chennai and Accredited by NAAC)
GST Road, Chinna kolambakkam, Madhuranthagam Taluk, Chengalpattu District – 603 308, Tamil Nadu

Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering

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UNIT II - CELLULAR ARCHITECTURE

Multiple Access techniques - FDMA, TDMA, CDMA – Capacity calculations–Cellular concept- Frequency
reuse - channel assignment- hand off- interference & system capacitytrunking & grade of service –
Coverage and capacity improvement.

PART-A (2 Marks)

Q.No. Questions BT Level Cos

1.
Write the advantages of CDMA. L-1 CO2
2. List out the effects of multipath propagation on CDMA? L-1 CO2
3. Define Multiple Access technique. L-1 CO2
4. What are the non-linear effects in FDMA? L-1 CO2
5. Identify the need for calculating capacity in cellular systems. L-1 CO2
6. Compare Narrow band Wide bans systems. L-2
CO2
7. Analyse the difference between FDMA, CDMA and TDMA L-3 CO2
8. Discuss the techniques used to improve the coverage and capacity of L-2 CO2
cellular systems.
9. Compile the important features of Microcell zone concept. L-1 CO2
10. Estimate signal-interference ratio. L-3 CO2
11. Examine the effects of blocked call delay systems L-3 CO2

PART-B (13 Marks)

BT
Q.No Questions Marks Cos
Level
1 Define multiple access techniques and Compare various multiple access 13 L-2 CO2
techniques with each other.

2 Explain in detail about the following 13 L-2 CO2

(i) Cellular network architecture.
(ii) How frequency is efficiently allocated in a cellular radio
systems.
3 (i) Identify the advantage of capacity calculation 13 L-2
(ii) Explain the channel capacity of TDMA in cell system in detail.
CO2
 KARPAGA VINAYAGA
COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY
(Approved by AICTE, New Delhi, Affiliated to Anna University, Chennai and Accredited by NAAC)
GST Road, Chinna kolambakkam, Madhuranthagam Taluk, Chengalpattu District – 603 308, Tamil Nadu

Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering

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4 How would you explain the importance of capacity calculation in 13 L-2

cellular system and narrate the methods to achieve it. CO2

5 (i) Write about frequency reuse concept. 13 L-2 CO2

(ii) Explain in detail about channel assignment strategies.
6 (i) Discuss a cellular service provider that decides to use a digital 13 L-2
TDMA scheme which can tolerate a signal –to-interference ratio of CO2
15dB in the worst case. Find the optimal value of N for (1) Omni
directional antennas (2) 120° sectoring (3) 60° sectoring (4) Should
sectoring be used? If so, which case (120°or 60°) should be used?
(Assume a path loss exponent of n=4 and consider trunking efficiency?
(ii) If signal-to-interference ratio of 15dB is required for satisfactory
forward channel performance of a cellular system, what is the frequency
reuse factor and cluster size that should be used for maximum capacity
if the path loss exponent is (1) n=4 (2) n=3?
Write short notes on (i) Trunking. (ii) Grade of service of cell system

7 13 L-2
CO2
 KARPAGA VINAYAGA
COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY
(Approved by AICTE, New Delhi, Affiliated to Anna University, Chennai and Accredited by NAAC)
GST Road, Chinna kolambakkam, Madhuranthagam Taluk, Chengalpattu District – 603 308, Tamil Nadu

Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering

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PART-C (15 Marks)

Marks BT
S.No Questions Cos
Level
(i) Elaborate spread spectrum multiple access techniques. (ii) Consider
Global System for Mobile, which is a TDMA/FDD system that uses 25 MHz
for the forward link, which is broken into radio channels of 200 MHz. If 8
speech signals are supported on a single radio channel and if no guard band is
assumed find the number of simultaneous users that can be accommodated in CO6
GSM.

1 15 L-3
An urban area has a population of two million residents. Three competing
trunked mobile networks (systems A,B and C) provide cellular service in this CO6
2 15 L-3
area. System A has 394 cells with 19 channels each, system B has 98 cells
with 57 channels each, and system C has 49 cells, each with 100 channels.
Find the number of users that can be supported at 2% blocking if each user
averages two calls per hour at an average call duration of three minutes.
Assuming that all three trunked systems are operated at maximum capacity,
compute the percentage market penetration of each cellular provider
(i) Discuss about Grade of service of cell system.
(ii) Estimate that how many users can be supported for 0.5%
blocking probability for the following number of trunked
channels in a blocked calls cleared system? (a) 1, (b) 5,(c) 10,(d)
20,(e) 100. Assume each user generates 0.1 Erlangs of traffic CO6

3 15 L-3

4 15 L-3
CO6
 KARPAGA VINAYAGA
COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY
(Approved by AICTE, New Delhi, Affiliated to Anna University, Chennai and Accredited by NAAC)
GST Road, Chinna kolambakkam, Madhuranthagam Taluk, Chengalpattu District – 603 308, Tamil Nadu

Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering

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5 15 L-3
CO6

UNIT- III- DIGITAL SIGNALING FOR FADING CHANNELS

Structure of a wireless communication link, Principles of Offset-QPSK, p/4-DQPSK, Minimum Shift

Keying, Gaussian Minimum Shift Keying, Error performance in fading channels, OFDM principle –
Cyclic prefix, Windowing, PAPR.

PART-A (2 Marks)
Q.No. Questions BT Level Cos
1. L-2
CO3
2.
L-2 CO3
3. L-2
CO3

4.
L-1
CO3

5. L-1
CO3
6. L-2
CO3
7.
L-2
CO3

8. L-2
CO3
9. L-2
CO3
10. L-2
CO3

11. L-2
CO3
 KARPAGA VINAYAGA
COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY
(Approved by AICTE, New Delhi, Affiliated to Anna University, Chennai and Accredited by NAAC)
GST Road, Chinna kolambakkam, Madhuranthagam Taluk, Chengalpattu District – 603 308, Tamil Nadu

Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering

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12. L-2
CO3
13. L-2
CO3
14. L-3
CO3

PART-B (13 Marks)

Q.No Questions Marks BT Level Cos
1 L-2
13
CO3

2
13 L-2
CO3
3
13 L-2 CO3

4
13 L-2
CO3
 KARPAGA VINAYAGA
COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY
(Approved by AICTE, New Delhi, Affiliated to Anna University, Chennai and Accredited by NAAC)
GST Road, Chinna kolambakkam, Madhuranthagam Taluk, Chengalpattu District – 603 308, Tamil Nadu

Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering

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PART-C (15 Marks)

S.No Questions Marks BT Level Cos

1 15 L-3

CO6

2 15 L-3

CO6
 KARPAGA VINAYAGA
COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY
(Approved by AICTE, New Delhi, Affiliated to Anna University, Chennai and Accredited by NAAC)
GST Road, Chinna kolambakkam, Madhuranthagam Taluk, Chengalpattu District – 603 308, Tamil Nadu

Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering

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UNIT- IV - MULTIPATH MITIGATION TECHNIQUES

Equalisation – Adaptive equalization, Linear and Non-Linear equalization, Zero forcing and LMS
Algorithms. Diversity – Micro and Macro diversity, Diversity combining techniques, Error probability in
fading channels with diversity reception, Rake receiver.

PART-A (2 Marks)
Q.No. Questions BT Level Cos
1. L-2 CO4

2. L-2
CO4
3. L-2
CO4
4. L-2
CO4
5. L-2
CO4
6. L-1
CO4
7. L-2
CO4
8. L-1
CO4
9. L-1
CO4
10. L-2
CO4
11.
L-2
CO4
12. L-2
CO4
13. L-1
CO4
14. L-2
CO4
15. L-1
CO4
 KARPAGA VINAYAGA
COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY
(Approved by AICTE, New Delhi, Affiliated to Anna University, Chennai and Accredited by NAAC)
GST Road, Chinna kolambakkam, Madhuranthagam Taluk, Chengalpattu District – 603 308, Tamil Nadu

Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering

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PART-B (13 Marks)

Q.No Questions Marks BT Level Cos

1 13 BT-2 CO4

2 13 L-2 CO4

3 13 L-2
CO4

4 13 L-2 CO4

5 13 L-2 CO4

6 13 L-2
CO4

7 13 L-2 CO4

PART-C (15 Marks)

S.No Questions Marks BT Cos

Level

CO4

1
15 L-3

CO4

2 15 L-3
3 15 L-3 CO4
 KARPAGA VINAYAGA
COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY
(Approved by AICTE, New Delhi, Affiliated to Anna University, Chennai and Accredited by NAAC)
GST Road, Chinna kolambakkam, Madhuranthagam Taluk, Chengalpattu District – 603 308, Tamil Nadu

Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering

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4 15 L-3 CO4
UNIT- V

MIMO systems – spatial multiplexing -System model -Pre-coding - Beam forming - transmitter diversity,
receiver diversity- Channel state information-capacity in fading and non-fading channels.

PART-A (2 Marks)
Q.No. Questions BT Level Competence
1. L-1 CO5

2. L-1
CO5
3. L-1
CO5
4. L-2
CO5
5. L-2
CO5
6.
L-1
CO5

7. L-2
CO5
8. L-2
CO5
9.
L-1
CO5
10. L-2
CO5
11. L-2
CO5
12. L-2
CO5
13.
L-2
CO5
14. L-2
CO5
25. L-1
CO5

PART-B (13 Marks)

Q.No Questions Marks BT Level Competence
 KARPAGA VINAYAGA
COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY
(Approved by AICTE, New Delhi, Affiliated to Anna University, Chennai and Accredited by NAAC)
GST Road, Chinna kolambakkam, Madhuranthagam Taluk, Chengalpattu District – 603 308, Tamil Nadu

Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering

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1 13 L-1 CO5

2 13 L-2 CO5

3 13 L-2
CO5

4 13 L-2 CO5

5 13 L-1 CO5

6 13 L-2 CO5
 KARPAGA VINAYAGA
COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY
(Approved by AICTE, New Delhi, Affiliated to Anna University, Chennai and Accredited by NAAC)
GST Road, Chinna kolambakkam, Madhuranthagam Taluk, Chengalpattu District – 603 308, Tamil Nadu

Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering

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7 13 L-2 CO5

CO5
8 13 L-1
PART - C

S.No Questions BT Level Competence

15

CO6

1 L-2
CO6
2 15 L-2

3 15 L-2 CO6

CO6

4 15 L-1

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