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TECH ECE 8th SEM EXAM

Advance Communication System
EC 802

Time – 3 hrs Full Marks – 70

Group-A Choose correct alternatives for the following. 1 × 10 =10

A) Reverse channel frequency required for GSM system is

(a) 890-915 MHz, (b) 935-960 MHz, (c) 800-825 MHz, (d) none of the above.

B) A single frame in GSM frame structure consists of

(a) 10 Time slots, (b) 8 Time slots, (c) 7 Time slots, (d) 4 Time slots.

C) IS-95 is specified for reverse link operation in

(a) 824-849 MHz, (b) 890-915 MHz, (c)935-960 MHz, (d)800-825 MHz

D) Carrier separation in IS-95 is

(a) 1.25 MHz, (b) 200 kHz, (c) 30kHz, (d) none of the above.

E) Voice channel per carrier in IS- 95 is

(a) 50, (b) 64, (c) 72, (d) 80.

F) Communication systems which allow simultaneous 2 ways communication is called

(a) Simplex system, (b) Half Duplex system, (c) Full duplex system.
G) Which of the following connects cellular base stations and the mobiles to the PSTN
(a) MSC, (b) BSC, (c) BTS.

H) The Multiple access Technique used in AMPS is

(a) FDMA, (b) CDMA, (c) TDMA, (d) FHMA.

I) Satellite system designed for kv band uses the band width

(a) 14/11 GHz, (b) 30/20 GHz, (c) 6/4 GHz, (d) none of the above.

J) The geostationary satellite located at an altitude of

(a) 35,786 km, (b) 3,578 km, (c) 357,860 km ,(d) 37,586 km

K) Satellites used for intercontinental communications are known as

(a) COMSAT, (b) MARISAT, (c) DOMSAT, (d) INTELSAT

L) A geostationary satellite
(a) Is motionless in space. (b) Appears to be stationary over earth’s magnetic pole.
(c) Orbits the earth with 24 hour duration (d) Is located at a height of 36000km to ensure global
coverage.

M) The material for making an efficient LED should be

(a) a metal, (b) a direct band gap semiconductor,
(c) an indirect band gap semiconductor, (d) an insulator

N) A step index fibre has a core with a refractive index of 1.5 and cladding with a refractive index of
1.46. Its numerical aperture is
(a) 0.156, (b) 0.244, (c) 0.344, (d) 0.486
O) The term’single mode’ and ‘multimode’ are best desired as
(a) the number of fibres placed into fibre optic cable
(b) the number of voice channels each fibre can support
(c) the number of wavelengths each fibre can support
(d) the index number

P) The large bandwidth available with optical fibre communication is primarily due to
(a) its low transmission loss (b) electrical isolation and immunity to interference
(c) high optical carrier frequency (d) good quality optical sources

Q) If the scattering centre size within glass dielectric is less than λ/10,where λ is the operating
wavelength, the scattering mechanism is called
(a) Rayleigh scattering (b) Mie scattering
(c) simulated Raman scattering (d) simulated Brillouin scattering

Group-B. Answer any three questions 3 × 5 = 15

1) What do you mean by handoff?

What is the difference between hard handoff and soft handoff?

2) What is co-channel interference? How it can be minimized?

3) Why Micro-Cell Zone concept is incorporated in Mobile Communication Technology?

4) Define Kepler’s three laws of planetary motion?

5) Define (i) Look angles and (ii) Sub satellite points?

6) What are the factors required to select a launch vehicle?

7) What are the various available communication satellite orbit and what are the ones most commonly
exploited? Give reasons in support of your answer.
8) Find out the formula for Numerical Aperture of a fibre. What happens to NA if light is launched from
water instead of air. 4+1=5

9) Define electrical and optical bandwidth for an optical fibre communication system. Estimate the 3dB
optical and 3dB electrical bandwidth. 2+3=5

Group-C. Answer any three questions. 3 ×15 = 45

7) a)What are the major limitations of Conventional mobile system?

b) How a call is made in cellular telephony?
c)Make a comparison in between (i) Paging system, (ii) Cordless system and (iii) Cellular telephone
System? [6+4+5=10]

8) a) Describe the GSM architecture?

b) What are the different types of channels are in use in GSM system?
c) Compare between GSM and CDMA digital cellular system?
[6+5+4=15]
9) a) How communication sub system works in satellite?
b) What do you mean by (i) Telemetry, (ii) Tracking, (iii) Command and (iv) Monitoring?
c) What are the different electrical power systems are in use in satellite?

[3+ (4*2) +4]

10) a) What do you mean by (i) Elevation angle and (ii) Azimuth angle?
b) How they can be calculated? [4*2=8]
c) Why visibility test is required for a satellite? [3]
d) Briefly describe GEO, LEO, MEO? [4]
[(2+2)+(2+2)+3+4]

11) a) Derive an expression to show that a satellite launched into a circular orbit at a height (H) metre
from the surface of earth will move with a velocity V given by
V=R√g(R+H)
Where g = acceleration due to gravity m\sec.
b) What are the types of satellite repeaters in use? Explain in brief the working of each.

12)a) Illustrate the mechanism of optical loss in an optical fibre.

b) Draw the graph of loss vs. wavelength and indicate the optical communication windows. Which
one is the chosen window for minimum loss?
c) What is the inter modal dispersion? Deduce the formula for calculating intermodal dispersion in a
step index fibre.
d) How one can get rid of inter modal dispersion?
[5+(3+1)+(1+3)+2]

13) What are the link power budget and rise time budget analysis? What are the non-linear effects
observed in optical fibre? Why do they become pounced at higher power level?
The following parameters are established for a long haul single mode optical fibre system operating at
wavelength of 1.3μm.
Mean power launched from the laser transmitter =- 3 dB
Cable loss = 0.4 dB/km
Splice loss =0.1 dB/km
Connector loss at the transmitter and receiver = 1 dB each
Mean power required at the APD receiver when operating at 400 Mbits/s = -44 dB
Required safety margin =7dB
Estimate :
a) The maximum possible link length without repeaters and assuming no dispersion equalization
penalty.
b) The reduction in the maximum possible link length without repeaters of (a) when there is
dispersion equalization penalty of 1.4 dB.
[5+5+5]

14)a) Draw and illustrate the working principle of a typical laser drive circuit.
b) What are shot noise and Johnson noise? Calculate the signal to noise ratio of p-i-n ptoto detector.
Draw its equivalent circuit.
c) Draw the injection current vs. emitted power curves of LED and LASER. Compare them.
[4+(2+3+2)+(3+1)]