POKHARA UNIVERSITY

EEMC

Level: Bachelor Semester Fall Year :

2014
Programme: BE Full Marks : 50
Pass Mark :
22.5
Course: Wireless Time :
Communication(Elective I) 1.5 hr
Candidates are required to give their answers in their
own words as far as practicable.

The figures in the margin indicate full marks.

Attempt all the questions.
Set D
1. What are different channel assignment strategies? Differentiate between fixed and
dynamic channel assignment strategies. 6

2. What is fading? Explain the term slow fading and fast fading. 6

3. What is the importance of multiple access in mobile communication? Compare between

FDMA and TDMA. 6

4. How a call is initiated and reached to destination explain using GMS architecture with its
interface. 6
5. An urban area has a population of two million residents. Two competing trunked mobile
networks (systems X and Y) provide cellular service in this area. System X has 304 cells
with 17 channels each, system Y has 88 cells with 55 channels each, 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 two minutes. Assuming that all three trunked systems are
operated at maximum capacity, compute the percentage market penetration of each
cellular provider.
7
6. A cellular service provider decides to use a digital TDMA scheme which can tolerate a
signal to- interference ratio of 15 dB in the worst case. Find the optimal value of N for
using omnidirectional antennas (Assume a path loss exponent of n = 4 and consider
trunking efficiency.) 7
7. Write short notes on 3X4
i) Frequency reuse concept
ii) Cell sectoring
 iii) GSM frame

POKHARA UNIVERSITY
EEMC

Level: Bachelor Semester Fall Year :

2014
Programme: BE Full Marks : 50
Pass Mark :
22.5
Course: Wireless Time :
Communication(Elective I) 1.5 hr
Candidates are required to give their answers in their
own words as far as practicable.

The figures in the margin indicate full marks.

Attempt all the questions.
Set-E
8. Why we need handoff in mobile communication? What are the different handoff
strategies? Explain briefly.

6
9. What are various radio wave propagation mode? Explain any two with necessary diagram
and mathematical derivations.

6
10. What is significant difference between FDMA, TDMA and CDMA? Explain the features
of CDMA.

6
11. What are the type of control channel? Differentiate between broadcast control channel
and dedicated control channel.

6
12. An urban area has a population of two million residents. Two competing trunked mobile
networks (systems P and Q) provide cellular service in this area. System P has 302 cells
with 19 channels each, system Q has 85 cells with 54 channels each, 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 3.5 minutes. Assuming that all three trunked systems are
operated at maximum capacity, compute the percentage market penetration of each
cellular provider.
7
13. A cellular service provider decides to use a digital TDMA scheme which can tolerate a
signal to- interference ratio of 15 dB in the worst case. Find the optimal value of N for
using 120 sectoring, (Assume a path loss exponent of n = 4 and consider trunking
efficiency.) 7
14. Write short notes on 3X4
i) Cellular concept
ii) Hata model
iii) HLR Vs. VLR
POKHARA UNIVERSITY
EEMC

Level: Bachelor Semester Fall Year :

2014
Programme: BE Full Marks : 50
Pass Mark :
22.5
Course: Wireless Time :
Communication(Elective I) 1.5 hr
Candidates are required to give their answers in their
own words as far as practicable.

The figures in the margin indicate full marks.

Attempt all the questions.

Set-F

15. What is importance of improving capacity in cellular system? How the cell splitting can
improve the capacity of cellular system. 6

16. Why the study of mobile radio propagation is necessary? Briefly explain the free space
propagation model? 6
17. What is FHMA? Briefly explain the SDMA technique? 6
18. What do you mean my network switching sub system? Explain the role of MSC is
superior then other. 6

19. An urban area has a population of two million residents. Two competing trunked mobile
networks (systems M and N) provide cellular service in this area. System M has 300 cells
with 16 channels each, system Y has 82 cells with 52 channels each, 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 1.5 minutes. Assuming that all three trunked systems are
operated at maximum capacity, compute the percentage market penetration of each
cellular provider.
7
20. A cellular service provider decides to use a digital TDMA scheme which can tolerate a
signal to- interference ratio of 15 dB in the worst case. Find the optimal value of N for
using 60 sectoring. (Assume a path loss exponent of n = 4 and consider trunking
efficiency.) 7
21. Write short notes on 3X4
i) Handoff strategies
ii) Control channel
iii) Features of TDMA

POKHARA UNIVERSITY
EEMC

Level: Bachelor Semester Fall Year :

2014
Programme: BE Full Marks : 50
Pass Mark :
22.5
Course: Wireless Time :
Communication(Elective I) 1.5 hr
Candidates are required to give their answers in their
own words as far as practicable.

The figures in the margin indicate full marks.

Attempt all the questions.

Set- G
22. What are the various types of capacity improving ways in cellular system? Explain in
brief? 6

23. What do you mean by small scale and large scale fading? Explain in brief? 6
24. On the perspective of designer TDMA or FDMA, which one system is easy and
advantageous? Explain the application area of TDMA and FDMA. 6

25. Draw the GSM architecture and explain its function in detail. 6
26. An urban area has a population of two million residents. Two competing trunked mobile
networks (systems Ntc and Nell) provide cellular service in this area. System Ntc has 301
cells with 20 channels each, system Nell has 81 cells with 56 channels each, 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 2.5 minutes. Assuming that all three trunked systems
are operated at maximum capacity, compute the percentage market penetration of each
cellular provider. 7
27. A cellular service provider decides to use a digital TDMA scheme which can tolerate a
signal to- interference ratio of 17 dB in the worst case. Find the optimal value of N for
using 120 sectoring, (Assume a path loss exponent of n = 4 and consider trunking
efficiency.) 7
28. Write short notes on 3X4
i) Channel assignment strategies
ii) GSM Traffic channel
iii) Grade off Services (GOS)