NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, TIRUCHIRAPALLI-620 015
B.Tech. DEGREE, VII SEMESTER, FIRST CYCLE TEST, AUG-2018
Branch: ECE
Sub. Code: ECPC27 Wireless Communication Max. marks: 20
Date: 28.08.2018 Time: 3:30-4:30PM
ANSWER ALL THE QUESTIONS
1. Using a suitable diagram, list the steps involved in establishing a call to the mobile user by
a landline subscriber. [3]
2. Brief with a suitable diagram how sectoring can be used to achieve capacity improvement?
Compare this with cell splitting technique. [3]
3. In a dense urban area, with path loss component=4.5 and required SIR=13 dB, calculate
the reuse factor and cluster size used for maximum capacity. Assume there are six co-
channel cells in the first tier and all of them are at the same distance from mobile. [3]
2h h
4. Prove that in a two-ray ground reflection model,Path difference ≈ t r . Show when this
d
holds as a good approximation. [4]
5. With a suitable illustration brief the handoff scenario for a mobile unit located at the cell
boundary highlighting the improper handoff case. [3]
6. Compute the loss due to knife-edge geometry shown in the figure. Assume f=900 MHz [4]
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, TIRUCHIRAPALLI-620 015
B.Tech. DEGREE, VII SEMESTER, II CYCLE TEST, OCT-2018
Branch: ECE
Sub. Code: ECPC27 Wireless Communication Max. Marks: 20
Date: 12.08.2018 Time: 2:30-3:30PM
ANSWER ALL THE QUESTIONS
1. With suitable expressions, explain an Impulse response model of a multipath
propagation channel. [4]
2. Calculate the mean excess delay, RMS delay spread for the multipath profile given
in the figure below. Estimate the 50% coherence bandwidth of the channel. [3]
3. Why does frequency selective fading occur? How does it correspond to ISI? Brief. [3]
4. How is an effective antenna height measured and how should the antennas be placed
for better signal reception in hilly terrain configuration. Brief with suitable diagram. [4]
5. How is CCI reduced with tilting antenna configuration? [2]
6. Note on the features of TDMA system. The GSM TDMS system uses a 270.833 kbps
data rate to support eight users per frame, [2+2]
a. What is the raw data provided for each user?
b. If guard time, ramp-up, and synchronization bit occupancy 10.1 kbps,
determine the traffic efficiency for each user.
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