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Q. 1 - Q. 5 carry one mark each.

Q.1

The maximum rate of information (C) that we can transmit through Additive White
Gaussian noise channel with bandwidth W and signal to noise ratio b S l is given by
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C = W log 2 :1 + D
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If the bandwidth is infinite, then the maximum rate of information or channel capacity is
(N 0 is power spectral density of noise)
(A) 3
(B) 1.44 b S l
N0
(C) 0.5 c S m
N0

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(D) log e2 c S m
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Q.2

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A 48 channel PCM system samples voice at 8kHz and encodes the samples with 8-bit
words (characters), 2 bits are added (for framing) after the 48 channels are multiplexed.
What is the required absolute minimum bandwidth ?

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(C) 700 MHz

Q.3

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(B) 100 kHz

(A) 1.54 MHz

(D) 1.54 kHz

Consider the following statements :

(a) For any two events A and B ; P ^A + B h # P ^Ah # P ^A , B h # P ^Ah + P ^B h

(b) For binomial distribution, number of trials n should be infinite.

(c) If x ^ t h and y ^ t h are two random processes, Fxx ^t h and Fyy ^t h are auto-correlation
function then Fxy ^t h # Fxx ^0 h Fyy ^0 h
Which of the above statements is/are true ?
(A) b, c
(B) a, c
(C) Only c

(D) a, b, c

A source produces 4 messages with probabilities 1 , 1 , 1 , 1 . For this source, a practi

2 4 8 8
cal coding scheme has an average code word length of 2 bits/symbol. What is the efficiency
of the code ?
(A) 1
(B) 7/8

Q.4

(C) 1/2

(D) 1/4

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Consider the CDF of a random variable X shown in figure below.

What will be the PDF of the random variable ?

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Consider a message signal m ^ t h = e-at u ^ t h. The maximum frequency present in this

signal is decided up to the point at which magnitude becomes one-tenth of the maximum
value. This signal

Q.6

(A)
(C)

Q.7

(B)
(D)

Consider the block diagram and input signal s ^ t h shown in figure below.

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If slope overload noise is not present at output y ^ t h, then the granular noise associated
with y ^ t h will be
(A) 0.03 mW
(B) 0.3 mW

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(C) 0.003 mW
(D) 300 mW

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Q.8

A super heterodyne receiver is designed to receive the frequency band of 1 to 40 MHz

with IF frequency 10 MHz. An incoming signal with carrier frequency of 12 MHz is received at 12 MHz setting, but at the output of the receiver another station also heard due
to interference with some other carrier frequency. The carrier frequency of the interfering
signal is
(A) 32 MHz
(C) 24 MHz

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(B) 22 MHz

(D) 20 MHz

Q.9 In the given system, the message signal m ^ t h passes through Amplitude modulationsuppressed carrier modulation scheme and detected using envelope detector.

The output of envelope detector will be

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Q.10

Consider the two constellation diagram of 6 QAM shown below. Assume that all
the symbols are equiprobable. Distance between any two nearest constellation point is d.
Constellation (II) is generated from constellation (I) by shifting left and shifting downward
by d2 .

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The ratio of average energy of constellation (I) to constellation (II) is

(B) 6/5
(A) 5/6
(C) 7/6

Q.11

(D) 1

Consider the frequency modulated signal defined as

VFM ^ t h = 10 cos >wc t + pk.

# m^lhdlH,
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where wc = 2p # 107 rads-1 and the signal m ^ t h is a stochastic signal having pdf given by
f ^m h = K 2 for m # 1 and zero otherwise.
1+m
The values of rms and variance of frequency deviation are respectively
(A) 1.045Hz, 1.045
(B) 1.045rads-1 , 1.093
(C) 1.045Hz, 1.093

(D) 1.045rads-1 , 1.045

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Numerical Answer Questions

Q.12

In the communication system shown below, the block labeled ED is envelope detector and block labeled M is a hypothetical SSB modulator, whose output normalized
power is 0.5V.

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What will be the value of VC (in volt) such that 90% of the normalized power is recovered
at the output ? (Assume that the dc is suppressed at output)
Q.13

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The joint density function of two random variables X and Y is

fXY ^x, y h =

x ! ^2, 3h
18y2
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Common Data Questions

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Common Data for Questions 14 and 15:

A signal x ^ t h is sampled at 8 k samples/sec and each sample is quantized to 256 levels.

All levels are enclosed in such a way so that maximum entropy is achieved. This signal is
passed through additive white Gaussian Noise channel. The signal to Noise ratio in the
channel is 20 dB.
Q.14

What is the minimum bandwidth of the channel that can allow the error free transmission of the signal ?
(A) 1.6 kHz

(B) 3.2 kHz

(C) 6.4 kHz
(D) 9.6 kHz

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Q.15

For the given bandwidth, if the same signal is quantized to 512 equiprobable levels,
then minimum signal to noise ratio required to achieve the error free transmission in same
channel is
(A) 22.5 dB

(B) 77 dB

(C) 156 dB

(D) 312 dB

END OF THE QUESTION PAPER

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