SCHOOL OF ELECTRONICS AND COMMUNICATION ENGINEERING

BAHRA UNIVERSITY

Wireless Communications MCQ

Course Code: EC C402

Y Pavan K Sarma

References / Source: Wireless Communications, T L Singal

Tata McGraw Hill Publications
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Chapter 1

Evolution of Wireless Communication Systems

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1.1 Brief History of Wireless Communications

1.2 Advantages of Wireless Communications
1.3 Disadvantages of Wireless Communications
1.4 Wireless Network Generations
1.5 Comparison of Wireless Systems
1.6 Evolution to Next Generation Networks
1.7 Applications of Wireless Communications
1.8 Potential Market Areas
1.9 Challenges for Research
1.10 Outline of the Book
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Self-Test Quiz

S1.1 UHF 900 MHz frequency band is commonly used in cellular mobile

communications mainly due to

(a) regulations and standards.

(b) non-availability of band below 900 MHz.

(c) line-of-sight propagation available in operating area.

(d) line-of-sight and reflected signals ensure the reception at mobile.

S1.2 GSM cellular mobile communication service uses

(a) FDMA for multiple users.

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(b) FDMA for multiple channel access and TDMA for multiple users.

(c) TDMA for multiple channel access.

(d) different uplink and downlink modulation methods.

S1.3 WLAN services uses

(a) short distance communications at high data rate.

(b) short distance communications at low data rate.

(c) long distance communications at high data rate.

(d) long distance communications at low data rate.

S1.4 IEEE 802.11g WLAN devices can be as far as 100 meters apart and can send and

receive data at rates up to Mbps.

(a) 75

(b) 54

(c) 11

(d) 1

S1.5 Bluetooth devices provide

(a) short distance (1-100 meters) communications up to 1 Mbps data rate.

(b) short distance (1-100 meters) communications up to 1 Gbps data rate.

(c) short distance (1-100 meters) communications up to 2 Gbps data rate.

(d) short as well as long distance (1m - 1km) communications up to 1 Mbps.

S1.6 Bluetooth devices communicate using small radio transceivers called that
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are built onto microprocessor chips.

(a) transponders

(b) radio modules

(c) receivers

(d) transmitters

S1.7 Ultra Wide Band technology is used primarily for

(a) connecting wireless devices inside the home at very high speeds.

(b) displaying Web pages on a cellular phone.

(c) transmitting data at distances of up to 56 kilometers.

(d) finding the location of a vehicle within a small city.

S1.8 Security issues in a wireless device are encountered due to

(a) virus attacks and hacking of data.

(b) virus attacks, hacking of data, and eavesdropping.

(c) jamming of the received signals.

(d) virus attacks, hacking, eavesdropping, jamming, and forcefully exhausting

the energy resources.

S1.9 A wireless security mechanism should provide

(a) secure access of a mobile device to the service provider.

(b) authentication, integrity, and privacy of services.

(c) integrity and wired-equivalent privacy of services.

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(d) authentication, integrity, and confidentiality of services.

S1.10 GPRS is a

(a) circuit-switched-cum-packet-oriented service for mobile users.

(b) packet-oriented service for mobile users.

(c) asynchronous packet-oriented service for mobile users.

(d) synchronous packet-oriented service for mobile users.

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Answers to Self-Test Quiz (Chapter 1)

S1.1 (d)

S1.2 (b)

S1.3 (a)

S1.4 (a)

S1.5 (a)

S1.6 (b)

S1.7 (a)

S1.8 (d)

S1.9 (c)

S1.10 (b)
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Chapter 2

Mobile Communication Engineering

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2.1 Introduction
2.2 The Radio Paths
2.3 The Propagation Attenuation
2.4 Basic Propagation Mechanisms
2.5 Mobile Radio Channel
2.6 Simulation of Wireless Fading Channels

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Self-Test Quiz

S2.1 The wireless medium

(a) is quite reliable for voice and data communication

(b) is not quite reliable for voice and data communication

(c) offers very large bandwidth

(d) does not support mobility

S2.2 It is difficult to achieve accurate timing, synchronization and phase recovery at

the mobile receiver. It is attributed mainly to the effect of

(a) Doppler spread of the received signal

(b) multipath propagation reception

(c) scattering of the transmitted signal

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(d) non line-of-sight propagation

S2.3 The propagation path loss

(a) increases with frequency of transmission but decreases with the distance

(b) decreases with frequency of transmission as well as the distance

(c) increases with frequency of transmission as well as the distance

(d) is always constant, independent of frequency of transmission and distance

S2.4 The difference in free-space propagation path loss between two locations at 2 Km

and 8 Km from the transmitter is

(a) 6 dB

(b) 12 dB

(c) 20 dB

(d) 40 dB

S2.5 In mobile radio propagation environment, typical value of path loss exponent, γ is

(a) 2

(b) 3

(c) 4

(d) 5

S2.6 occurs when the radio path between transmitter and receiver

is obstructed by surface with sharp irregular edges.

(a) Scattering
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(b) Refraction

(c) Reflection

(d) Diffraction

S2.7 Two main reasons that contribute to the rapid fluctuations of the signal amplitude

in mobile communications are

(a) Multipath fading and Doppler effect

(b) Reflection and Refraction

(c) Diffraction and Scattering

(d) Blocking and Shadowing

S2.8 In a digital communication system, the delay spread alongwith fading causes

, thereby limiting the maximum symbol data rate.

(a) intersymbol interference

(b) multipath fading

(c) Doppler effect

(d) high bit error rates

S2.9 The average delay spread is typically about in an urban area.

(a) <0.1 µs

(b) 0.5 µs

(c) 3 µs

(d) 10 µs
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S2.10 Doppler frequency or Doppler shift is given by

(a) λc Vm cos θ

(b) (1/λc) Vm cos θ

(c) [1/(λc Vm )] cos θ

(d) (1/ Vm) λc cos θ

where λc is the wavelength of the carrier signal, Vm is the relative velocity of the

mobile, the angle θ is between the motion of the mobile and direction of arrival of

the scattered waves.

S2.11 A base station transmitter operates at 900 MHz carrier frequency. For a mobile

moving at a speed of 72 Km/h in a direction perpendicular to the direction of

arrival of the transmitted signal, the received carrier frequency is

(a) 899.99994 MHz

(b) 900.00006 MHz

(c) 900.00003 MHz

(d) 900 MHz

S2.12 A is the one which passes all spectral components with

approximately equal gain and linear phase and without any distortion.

(a) Rayleigh fading channel

(b) Rician fading channel

(c) frequency-selective channel

(d) flat channel

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S2.13 If the bandwidth of transmitted signal is larger than the channel coherence

bandwidth, then the signal could be severely influenced by

(a) frequency-selective fading

(b) flat fading

(c) fast fading

(d) slow fading

S2.14 channels are useful models of real-world phenomena in

wireless communications.

(a) Rayleigh and Rician fading

(b) Frequency-selective fading

(c) AWGN

(d) Fast fading

S2.15 As the Eb/No ratio increases, the bit error rate .

(a) increases

(b) decreases

(c) remains same

(d) approaches infinity

S2.16 refers to the phenomenon by which multiple copies of a transmitted

signal are received at the receiver, due to the presence of multiple radio paths.

(a) Rayleigh fading

(b) Rician fading

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(c) Multipath

(d) Reflection

S2.17 results from the presence of objects between the transmitter

and the receiver.

(a) Scattering

(b) Refraction

(c) Shadow fading

(d) Doppler effect

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Keys to Self-Test Quiz (Chapter 2)

S2.1 (b) S2.11 (d)

S2.2 (a) S2.12 (d)

S2.3 (c) S2.13 (a)

S2.4 (b) S2.14 (a)

S2.5 (c) S2.15 (b)

S2.6 (d) S2.16 (c)

S2.7 (a) S2.17 (c)

S2.8 (a)

S2.9 (c)

S2.10 (b)

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Chapter 3

The Propagation Models

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3.1 Propagation Criteria

3.2 Free Space Propagation Model
3.3 Mobile Point-to-Point Propagation Models
3.4 Outdoor Propagation Path-loss Models
3.5 Indoor Propagation Path-loss Models
3.6 Signal Attenuation due to Foliage
3.7 Long Distance Propagation

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Self-Test Quiz

S3.1 The received signal power Pr is proportional to the distance between transmitter

and receiver ‘r’, raised to an exponent γ, referred to as path-loss exponent or

distance-power gradient, as per the following expression:

(a) Pr = P0 r -γ

(b) Pr = P0 r γ

(c) Pr = P0 (1/r -γ )

(d) Pr = P0 r 2γ

where P0 is the received signal strength at a reference distance, usually taken as

one meter.

S3.2 In free space propagation, (Choose the most appropriate correct statement)
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(a) there is no loss of energy as radio wave propagates

(b) there is significant loss of energy as radio wave propagates

(c) there is attenuation due to the spreading of the electromagnetic waves

(d) there is no attenuation due to the spreading of the electromagnetic waves

S3.3 A wireless communication transmitter has RF power of 10 W and Tx antenna

gain of 3 dB. The EIRP is

(a) 30 W

(b) 3.33 W

(c) 10 W

(d) 20 W

S3.4 Free-space propagation path loss is

(a) inversely proportional to frequency of transmission

(b) directly proportional to frequency of transmission

(c) independent to frequency of transmission

(d) directly proportional to square of the frequency of transmission

S3.5 There is a dB per decade attenuation in signal strength as a function of

distance in free space propagation.

(a) 6

(b) 12

(c) 20
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(d) 40

S3.6 In a wireless communication system, the transmitter and receiver stations are

located at a distance of 10 kms. The transmission delay of the radio signal is

typically

(a) 33.3 microseconds

(b) 3.33 milliseconds

(c) 3.33 nanoseconds

(d) 33.3 milliseconds

S3.7 Using point-to-point propagation prediction model, the path-loss slope will have a

standard deviation of less than only.

(a) 1 dB

(b) 2-3 dB

(c) 6-8 dB

(d) 10-12 dB

S3.8 In most of the mobile communication systems, the maximum distance between

the cell-site and the mobile is at the most . (Assuming the earth

surface to be fairly flat.)

(a) few meters

(b) few kilometers

(c) few tens of kilometers

(d) few hundreds of kilimeters

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S3.9 Assuming system parameters constant, the three parameters on which the

propagation path loss in mobile point-to-point Lee model depend are

(a) frequency of transmission, Tx antenna height, and Rx antenna height

(b) frequency of transmission, distance between transmitter and receiver, and

Tx antenna height

(c) frequency of transmission, distance between transmitter and receiver, and

Rx antenna height

(d) distance between transmitter and receiver, Tx antenna height, and Rx

antenna height

S3.10 The propagation path loss in a mobile radio environment increases by 40 dB for

every increase in distance between cell-site and mobile subscriber by

times.

(a) 2

(b) 4

(c) 8

(d) 10

S3.11 If the cell-site antenna height is doubled, there will be

(a) an increase in propagation path loss by 6 dB

(b) reduction in path loss by 6 dB

(c) reduction in path loss by 12 dB

(d) no change in path loss

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S3.12 When an electromagnetic wave travels in free-space, it suffers from

(a) absorption

(b) attenuation

(c) refraction

(d) super-refraction

S3.13 Radio waves in the UHF range normally propagate by means of

(a) space waves

(b) sky waves

(c) ground waves

(d) surface waves

S3.14 Electromagnetic waves are refracted when they

(a) encounter a perfectly conducting surface

(b) pass through a small slot in a conducting plane

(c) pass into a medium of different dielectric constant

(d) are polarized at right angle to the direction of propagation

S3.15 When microwave signals follow the curvature of the earth, this phenomenon is

known as

(a) Troposcatter

(b) ducting

(c) ionospheric reflection

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(d) Faraday effect

S3.16 The main requirement for the duct formation is which is a

result of temperature inversion in the atmosphere with height.

(a) multipath propagation

(b) ionospheric reflection

(c) super refraction

(d) troposcatter

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Keys to Self-Test Quiz (Chapter 3)

S3.1 (a) S3.11 (b)

S3.2 (c) S3.12 (b)

S3.3 (d) S3.13 (a)

S3.4 (d) S3.14 (c)

S3.5 (c) S3.15 (b)

S3.6 (a) S3.16 (c)

S3.7 (b)

S3.8 (c)

S3.9 (d)

S3.10 (d)

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Chapter 4

Principles of Cellular Communication

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4.1 Cellular Terminology
4.2 Cell Structure and Cluster
4.3 Frequency Reuse Concept
4.4 Cluster Size and System Capacity
4.5 Method of Locating Co-channel Cells
4.6 Frequency Reuse Distance
4.7 Co-channel Interference and Signal Quality
4.8 Co-channel Interference Reduction Methods
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Self-Test Quiz

S4.1 A regular shaped cell is the closest approximation to a circle out

which has been used for cellular system design.

(a) circular

(b) triangular

(c) square

(d) hexagonal

S4.2 The propagation considerations recommend the as a cell shape for

defining the area covered by a particular cell site.

(a) circle

(b) triangle
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(c) square

(d) hexagon

S4.3 A can be repeated any number of times in a systematic manner in

order to cover the designated large geographical service area.

(a) channel

(b) cell

(c) cell-site

(d) cluster

S4.4 is the major concern in frequency reuse.

(a) System noise

(b) Co-channel interference

(c) Adjacent-channel interference

(d) Intermodulation

S4.5 A mobile communication system has allocated number of 1000 voice channels. If

the service area is divided into 20 cells with a frequency reuse factor of 4, the

system capacity is

(a) 1000

(b) 4000

(c) 5000

(d) 20000
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S4.6 A mobile communication system is designed with a cluster size of 7. If the area of

a cell is 5 km2, the area of the cluster is

(a) 5 km2

(b) 25 km2

(c) 35 km2

(d) 49 km2

S4.7 A cellular network is reconfigured with frequency reuse pattern of 7 instead of 4.

The increase in overall system capacity is approximately

(a) 1.7 times

(b) 4 times

(c) 7 times

(d) 28 times

S4.8 A service area is covered with 10 clusters having 7 cells in each cluster and 16

channels assigned in each cell. The number of channels per cluster are

(a) 16

(b) 70

(c) 112

(d) 1120

S4.9 If there are J number of channels per cell and K number of cells per cluster, then

the total number of channels available in a cluster is equal to

(a) J/K
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(b) JxK

(c) K/J

(d) J x K2

S4.10 In a regular hexagonal geometry pattern, the number of cells in a cluster formed

by i = 2 and j = 2 are

(a) 4

(b) 7

(c) 9

(d) 12

S4.11 For a given frequency reuse ratio of 8 and the cell radius of 0.8 km, the distance

between nearest cochannel cells is

(a) 6.4 km

(b) 0.8 km

(c) 0.1 km

(d) 8.8 km

S4.12 The distance between the centers of two adjacent hexagonal cells, each cell

having radius of 2 km, is

(a) 2 √3

(b) √3

(c) 3 √3

(d) √3 / 2
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S4.13 For a given frequency reuse ratio of 3, the cluster size is

(a) 3

(b) 4

(c) 7

(d) 12

S4.14 Assuming each cell site transmits the same power, then as the value of cluster size

K is increased, the co channel interference will

(a) remain same.

(b) increase marginally.

(c) increase drastically.

(d) decrease.

S4.15 The results in cochannel interference measurement test at the mobile unit show

that C/I is less than 18 dB and carrier-to-noise ratio C/N is greater than 18 dB in

some areas. The cellular system is said to

(a) be properly designed.

(b) have co-channel interference problem.

(c) have radio coverage problem.

(d) have co-channel interference as well as radio coverage problem.

S4.16 Cells using the same set of frequencies are called

(a) neighbouring cells.

(b) adjacent channel cells.

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(c) co-channel cells.

(d) clusters.

S4.17 As the separation between two cochannel cells increases, interfering signal power

from cochannel interfering cell

(a) increases marginally.

(b) increases significantly.

(c) decreases significantly.

(d) remains same.

S4.18 The use of directional antennas at the cell-site will result into

(a) reduction in cochannel interference and increase in system capacity.

(b) reduction in cochannel interference as well as system capacity.

(c) increase in cochannel interference as well as system capacity.

(d) increase in cochannel interference and increase in system capacity.

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Keys to Self-Test Quiz (Chapter 4)

S4.1 (d) S4.11 (a)

S4.2 (a) S4.12 (a)

S4.3 (d) S4.13 (a)

S4.4 (b) S4.14 (d)

S4.5 (c) S4.15 (b)

S4.6 (c) S4.16 (c)

S4.7 (a) S4.17 (c)

S4.8 (c) S4.18 (a)

S4.9 (b)

S4.10 (d)

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Chapter 5

Cellular Antenna System Design Considerations

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5.1 Antenna Characteristics

5.2 Antennas at Cell Site
5.3 Mobile Antennas
5.4 Design of Omni-directional Antenna Cellular System
5.5 Design of Directional Antenna Cellular Systems
5.6 Antenna Parameters and their Effects

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Self-Test Quiz

S5.1 A(n) antenna is defined as a hypothetical loss-less antenna having

equal radiation in all directions.

(a) monopole

(b) quarter-wave dipole

(c) half-wave dipole

(d) isotropic

S5.2 A(n) antenna is one which has the property of radiating or

receiving electromagnetic waves more effectively in some directions than in

others.

(a) omnidirectional

(b) directional

(c) isotropic
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(d) smart

S5.3 The effective radiated power (ERP) is greater than the effective isotropic radiated

power (EIRP) by approximately.

(a) 1 dB

(b) 2 dB

(c) 3 dB

(d) 6 dB

S5.4 The relationship between antenna gain, Gr and effective area or aperture, Aeff of a

receiving antenna in a given direction is

(a) Gr = (4π Aeff ) / λc2

(b) Gr = 4π Aeff λc2

(c) Gr = (4π λc2 ) / Aeff

(d) Gr = (4π ) / (λc2 Aeff )

S5.5 The radiation resistance of a half-wave dipole antenna situated in free-space and

fed at the center is approximately

(a) 50 Ω.

(b) 70 Ω.

(c) 300 Ω.

(d) 1 MΩ.

S5.6 Wireless communication systems usually use polarization

because this is more convenient for use with portable and mobile antennas.

(a) horizontal
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(b) vertical

(c) hybrid

(d) none of the above

S5.7 Cellular base-station receiving antennas are usually mounted in such a way so as

to obtain diversity.

(a) frequency

(b) polarization

(c) space

(d) horizontal

S5.8 The minimum separation between a transmitting antenna and a receiving antenna

is necessary to avoid problem.

(a) cochannel interference

(b) receiver desensitization

(c) intermodulation

(d) (b) and (c) both

S5.9 If the radius of a cell is 12 kms, the cell-site antenna can be located within a

radius.

(a) 0.5 km

(b) 1 km

(c) 2 km

(d) 3 km
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S5.10 In a mobile radio environment, the frequency reuse ratio, q and the carrier-to-

interference ratio, C/I are related with the following expression.

1
⎛ C⎞ 4
(a) q = ⎜6× ⎜
⎝ I ⎠

4
⎛ C⎞
(b) q = ⎜6× ⎜
⎝ I ⎠

1
⎛1 C⎞ 4
(c) q=⎜ × ⎜
⎝6 I ⎠

4
⎛1 C⎞
(d) q=⎜ × ⎜
⎝6 I ⎠

S5.11 For a cluster size of 7, the frequency reuse ratio is approximately equal to

(a) 3

(b) 7

(c) √21

(d) 21

S5.12 For a cluster size of 7, the carrier-to-interference ratio, C/I is approximately

(a) 73.5

(b) 147

(c) 1.5

(d) 7

S5.13 In an omnidirectional cellular system, the value of cluster size of would be a

correct choice to meet C/I requirement of at least 18 dB in worst-case scenario.

(a) 3
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(b) 4

(c) 7

(d) 9

S5.14 Separation between two transmitting antennas at the same cell-site should be

minimized to avoid .

(a) cochannel interference

(b) adjacent channel interference

(c) intermodulation

(d) receiver desensitization

S5.15 The minimum separation between a transmitting antenna and a receiving antenna

at the cell-site must be ensured in order to avoid .

(a) cochannel interference

(b) adjacent channel interference

(c) intermodulation

(d) receiver desensitization

S5.16 can reduce the interference to the neighbouring cells and

enhance the weak spots in the cell coverage.

(a) Antenna tilting

(b) 60 degree sectorized cells

(c) 120 degree sectorized cells

(d) reorienting the directional antenna patterns

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Keys to Self-Test Quiz

S5.1 (d) S5.11 (c)

S5.2 (b) S5.12 (a)

S5.3 (b) S5.13 (d)

S5.4 (a) S5.14 (c)

S5.5 (b) S5.15 (d)

S5.6 (b) S5.16 (a)

S5.7 (c)

S5.8 (d)

S5.9 (d)

S5.10 (a)

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Chapter 6

Frequency Management and Channel Assignment

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6.1 Frequency Management

6.2 Channel Assignment Strategies
6.3 Fixed Channel Assignment
6.4 Dynamic Channel Assignment
6.5 Hybrid Channel Assignment

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Self-Test Quiz

S6.1 In the 800 MHz band cellular system the duplex separation is specified as

(a) 20 MHz.

(b) 25 MHz.

(c) 45 MHz.

(d) 80 MHz.

S6.2 The original standard non-extended spectrum in US-AMPS analog cellular system

has allocated bandwidth on either side of duplex spectrum.

(a) 10 MHz.

(b) 20 MHz.
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(c) 25 MHz.

(d) 30 MHz.

S6.3 The channel spacing in standard US-AMPS analog cellular system is

(a) 10 KHz.

(b) 25 KHz.

(c) 30 KHz.

(d) 200 KHz.

S6.4 In extended spectrum US-AMPS cellular standard, the uplink frequency band

(Mobile Tx) is specified as

(a) 824 MHz – 849 MHz.

(b) 825 MHz – 845 MHz.

(c) 869 MHz – 894 MHz.

(d) 870 MHz – 890 MHz.

S6.5 The total number of channels available in extended spectrum US-AMPS cellular

standard are

(a) 312.

(b) 416.

(c) 666.
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(d) 832.

S6.6 There are total 84 voice channels available in a cellular system configured with a

7-cell omnidirectional cluster pattern. Assuming the uniform distribution of

channels, the number of voice channels in a cell is

(a) 7.

(b) 12.

(c) 84.

(d) 588.

S6.7 There are total 168 voice channels available in a cellular system configured with a

7-cell, 3-sector cluster pattern. Assuming the uniform distribution of channels in

each sector, the number of voice channels in a sector is

(a) 3.

(b) 7.

(c) 8.

(d) 12.

S6.8 There are total 120 voice channels available in a cellular system configured with a

4-cell, 6-sector cluster pattern. Assuming the uniform distribution of channels in

each sector, the number of voice channels in a sector is

(a) 5.
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(b) 20.

(c) 30.

(d) 120.

S6.9 In the GSM cellular system, a pair of 25 MHz band is allocated to the uplink and

downlink channel to provide full duplex transmission. Each radio carrier uses 200

KHz bandwidth. If the cluster size is four, the number of channels in each cell is

(a) 4.

(b) 8.

(c) 31.

(d) 124.

S6.10 The scheme is used primarily for slow-growing systems on

a long- term basis as an alternate to costly cell splitting.

(a) channel sharing

(b) channel-borrowing

(c) dynamic channel assignment

(d) overlapped cells-based channel assignment

S6.11 The solution to minimize interference in channel borrowing scheme is the use of

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(a) omnidirectional cells

(b) 3-sector cells

(c) 6-sector cells

(d) Either (b) or (c)

S6.12 In order to verify potential interference and possible prohibition of borrowed

channels from other cells, the system designer must check

(a) the reuse distance with other nearby clusters.

(b) the directions of sectors of all cells not satisfying the reuse distance.

(c) Either (a) or (b).

(d) Both (a) and (b).

S6.13 Cell sectorization serves the same purpose as the scheme.

(a) channel sharing

(b) channel-borrowing

(c) cell splitting

(d) hybrid channel assignment

S6.14 The distributed dynamic channel assignment schemes is primarily based on

(a) frequency reuse distance.

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(b) C/I ratio.

(c) signal-to-noise ratio.

(d) Either (a) or (b) or (c).

S6.15 The optimal ratio between the number of fixed and dynamic channels in hybrid

channel assignment mainly depends on

(a) traffic characteristics

(b) availability of channels

(c) blocking probability

(d) system overheads

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Keys to Self-Test Quiz (Chapter 6)

S6.1 (c) S6.11 (d)

S6.2 (b) S6.12 (d)

S6.3 (c) S6.13 (b)

S6.4 (b) S6.14 (d)

S6.5 (d) S6.15 (a)

S6.6 (b)

S6.7 (c)

S6.8 (a)

S6.9 (c)

S6.10 (b)

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Wireless Communications_T L Singal 7-1

Chapter 7

Cellular System Design Trade-offs

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7.1 System Parameters to Increase Cell Coverage

7.2 Coverage Hole Fillers and Leaky Feeders
7.3 System Parameters to Reduce Interference
7.4 Methods to Increase Traffic Capacity
7.5 Cell Splitting
7.6 Review of Modulation Techniques
7.7 Equalization
7.8 Diversity
7.9 Channel Coding
7.10 Interleaving
7.11 Speech Coding
7.12 Hand Off Mechanisms

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Self-Test Quiz

S7.1 The cell-site transmitter power increases by 3 dB. It means it is increased by

(a) two times.

(b) three times.

(c) four times.

(d) ten times.

S7.2 In a flat operating terrain, doubling the cell-site antenna height results into an

increase in gain by
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(a) 3 dB.

(b) 4 dB.

(c) 6 dB.

(d) 8 dB.

S7.3 Interference on voice channels usually causes

(a) missed calls.

(b) blocked calls.

(c) dropped calls.

(d) cross talk.

S7.4 Cell splitting allows a system to grow by replacing large cells with smaller cells.

The minimum co-channel reuse ratio between co-channel cells

(a) remains same.

(b) increases.

(c) decreases.

(d) becomes insignificant.

S7.5 Cell splitting involves the changes in cellular architecture with respect to

(a) frequency reuse plan.

(b) channel assignment.

(c) coverage area of a split cell.

(d) all of the above.

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S7.6 the radius of split cells is one half of the radius of the original cell. The coverage

area of a split cell is the coverage area of the original cell.

(a) equal to

(b) one half of

(c) one-fourth of

(d) one-tenth of

S7.7 The cell-site transmit power of split cell with one half of the radius of the original

cell must be reduced by than that of original cell.

(a) 3 dB

(b) 6 dB

(c) 9 dB

(d) 12 dB

S7.8 If the cell splitting is done twice with each split cell having radius one-half of its

previous cell, then the traffic load would increase by.

(a) 16 times

(b) 8 times

(c) 4 times

(d) 2 times

S7.9 type of digital modulation is used more in fixed than in mobile radio

communication because it requires high SNR value.

(a) QPSK
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(b) QAM

(c) GMSK

(d) BFSK

S7.10 A modem uses 4 different amplitudes and 16 different phase angles. To transmit

each symbol, number of bits are transmitted.

(a) 4

(b) 6

(c) 8

(d) 16

S7.11 The North American TDMA digital cellular standard transmits at 24.3 ksps using

DQPSK. The channel data rate is .

(a) 12.15 kbps

(b) 24.3 kbps

(c) 48.6 kbps

(d) 97.2 kbps

S7.12 The GSM cellular standard uses GMSK digital modulation scheme in a 200-KHz

channel, with a channel data rate of 270.833 kbps. The bandwidth efficiency is

(a) 1.35 kbps/Hz

(b) 1.35 bps/Hz

(c) 2.70 kbps/Hz

(d) 2.70 bps/Hz

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S7.13 is considered one of the main probable reasons of call drops.

(a) Cochannel interference

(b) External noise

(c) Handoff

(d) Channel assignment

S7.14 When the lower voice quality is acceptable, the radio capacity

(a) remains unaffected.

(b) decreases.

(c) increases

(d) approaches to zero.

S7.15 The spectral efficiency of GMSK (BT=0.3) digital modulation technique used in

GSM standard is bps/Hz.

(a) 1.62

(b) 1.35

(c) 0.72

(d) 0.67

S7.16 An advantage of the is that a call communication link uses only

one channel at any moment.

(a) hard handoff

(b) soft handoff

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(c) softer handoff

(d) Intra-cell handoff

S7.17 is a decentralized handoff protocol

and distributes the handoff decision process.

(a) Network-controlled handoff

(b) Mobile-assisted handoff

(c) Soft handoff

(d) Mobile-controlled handoff

S7.18 NCHO protocol is used in the cellular networks.

(a) AMPS

(b) ETACS

(c) USDC

(d) GSM

S7.19 The overall handoff delay in Mobile-assisted handoff algorithm is typically

(a) 5 -10 seconds.

(b) 2-3 seconds.

(c) 1 second.

(d) less than 1 second.

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Keys to Self-Test Quiz (Chapter 7)

S7.1 (a) S7.11 (c)

S7.2 (c) S7.12 (a)

S7.3 (d) S7.13 (c)

S7.4 (a) S7.14 (c)

S7.5 (d) S7.15 (b)

S7.6 (c) S7.16 (a)

S7.7 (d) S7.17 (b)

S7.8 (a) S7.18 (a)

S7.9 (b) S7.19 (c)

S7.10 (b)

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Wireless Communications_ T L Singal 8-1

Chapter 8

Multiple Access Techniques

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8.1 Introduction
8.2 Frequency Division Multiple Access
8.3 Time Division Multiple Access
8.4 Spread Spectrum Multiple Access
8.5 Space Division Multiple Access
8.6 Hybrid Multiple Access Techniques
8.7 Comparison of Multiple Access Techniques
8.8 Packet Radio Multiple Access Techniques
8.9 Carrier Sense Multiple Access Protocols
8.10 Multicarrier Multiple Access Schemes

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Self-Test Quiz

S8.1 The differentiation between the carrier frequencies of the forward channels and

reverse channels is an important design parameter related to technique.

(a) FDMA

(b) TDMA

(c) CDMA

(d) SDMA

S8.2 The difference between the received signal levels in an open area at two mobile
Wireless Communications_ T L Singal 8-2

subscribers located at 100 meters and 1 km away from a cell-site respectively

(other factors remaining constant) is

(a) 20 dB

(b) 40 dB

(c) 80 dB

(d) 100 dB

S8.3 The most critical feature of TDMA operation is

(a) dividing the carrier channel bandwidth into time slots.

(b) assignment of time-slots among multiple subscribers.

(c) time synchronization to the incoming TDMA frame.

(d) providing different access rates to subscribers.

S8.4 The guard time between the time slots in TDMA frame helps in minimizing the

interference due to along different radio paths in the wireless channel.

(a) propagation delays

(b) adjacent channel

(c) multipath fading

(d) timing inaccuracies

S8.5 To mitigate the inter-symbol interference problem in TDMA systems,

Wireless Communications_ T L Singal 8-3

technique has to be provided.

(a) source coding

(b) channel coding

(c) interleaving

(d) channel equalization

S8.6 technique allows multiple subscribers to simultaneously occupy the

same frequency spectrum at the same time.

(a) FDMA

(b) SSMA

(c) FHMA

(d) SDMA

S8.7 The use of a(n) at the cell site maximizes the antenna gain in the

desired direction.

(a) omnidirectional antenna

(b) high-gain directional antenna

(c) switched-beam antenna

(d) dish antenna

S8.8 The techniques are suitable for bursty type traffic in the form of
Wireless Communications_ T L Singal 8-4

packets.

(a) TDMA

(b) SSMA

(c) FHMA

(d) PRMA

S8.9 Throughput of a pure ALOHA system is given by

(a) λ e -2λT

(b) λ e -λT

(c) (1/λ) e -2λT

(d) (1/λ) e -2λT

where λ is the packet arrival rate, and T is the packet duration.

S8.10 With a slotted ALOHA random-access protocol, the maximum throughput is

of the full channel capacity.

(a) 18.4%

(b) 36.8%

(c) 50%

(d) 100%
Wireless Communications_ T L Singal 8-5

S8.11 Throughput of slotted ALOHA protocol is for wireless data

applications.

(a) very high

(b) high

(c) low

(d) very low

S8.12 For bursty long messages and small number of subscribers, the multiple access

technique used is

(a) Pure ALOHA

(b) Slotted ALOHA

(c) Reservation ALOHA

(d) PRMA

S8.13 The IEEE 802.11 standard for WLANs employs a version of protocol.

(a) ALOHA

(b) PRMA

(c) CSMA

(d) TDMA

S8.14 As the throughput approaches zero, the average delay per packet approaches
Wireless Communications_ T L Singal 8-6

with high traffic load.

(a) infinity

(b) unity

(c) zero

(d) 0.5
Wireless Communications_ T L Singal 8-7

Keys to Self-Test Quiz (Chapter 8)

S8.1 (a) S8.11 (d)

S8.2 (b) S8.12 (d)

S8.3 (c) S8.13 (c)

S8.4 (a) S8.14 (a)

S8.5 (d)

S8.6 (c)

S8.7 (c)

S8.8 (d)

S8.9 (a)

S8.10 (b)

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Wireless Communications_ T L Singal 9-1

Chapter 9

A Basic Cellular System

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9.1 Limitations of Conventional Mobile Telephone System

9.2 Consideration of the Components of a Cellular System
9.3 Operation of a Cellular System
9.4 Performance Criteria
9.5 Planning a Cellular System

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Self-Test Quiz

S9.1 In a cellular system, the air interface is between .

(a) Mobile Subscriber and Cell-Site

(b) Cell-Site and Mobile Telephone Switching Office

(c) two Mobile Telephone Switching Offices

(d) Mobile Telephone Switching Office and PSTN

S9.2 The cell-site equipment is usually located of a cell.

(a) at the center of coverage region

(b) at the edge of coverage region

(c) anywhere in the coverage region

Wireless Communications_ T L Singal 9-2

(d) either at the center or edge of coverage region

S9.3 The radio transmitting equipment at the cell-site operates at

RF power than do the mobile equipments.

(a) considerably higher

(b) considerably lower

(c) almost same

(d) either higher or lower

S9.4 Generally are used at each cell-site or each

sector of a cell in a cellular system.

(a) one Tx antenna and one Rx antenna

(b) one Tx antenna and two Rx antennas

(c) two Tx antennas and one Rx antenna

(d) two Tx antennas and two Rx antennas

S9.5 Two Rx antennas provide space diversity to counteract the effects of

(a) fading

(b) multipath interference

(c) cochannel interference

(d) adjacent channel interference

Wireless Communications_ T L Singal 9-3

S9.6 In a typical cellular system, the control channels use modulation

scheme.

(a) FM

(b) FSK

(c) PSK

(d) FSK or PSK

S9.7 A(n) is used to separate the transmit and receive signals at mobile

subscriber unit.

(a) antenna (b)

duplexer (c)

transceiver

(d) control unit

S9.8 When a mobile subscriber originates a call, a call initiation request is sent on the

(a) forward control channel.

(b) reverse control channel.

(c) forward voice channel.

(d) reverse voice channel.

S9.9 Usually the telephone voice quality is around

Wireless Communications_ T L Singal 9-4

(a) MOS = 5.

(b) MOS ≥ 4.

(c) MOS ≈ 3.

(d) MOS ≤ 3.

S9.10 The is a measure of the ability of a mobile subscriber to

access a cellular system during the busiest hour.

(a) circuit merit level

(b) mean opinion score

(c) grade of service

(d) service quality

S9.11 The GOS is typically specified as the probability that a call is

(a) blocked.

(b) dropped.

(c) delayed.

(d) completed.

S9.12 The traffic intensity offered by each mobile subscriber is equal to ,

where λ represents the call request rate, and H denotes the call holding time.

(a) λxH
Wireless Communications_ T L Singal 9-5

(b) λ/H

(c) H/λ

(d) λ+H

S9.13 If the calling rate averages 20 calls per minute and the average holding time is 3

minutes, then the offered traffic load in Erlang is

(a) 60.

(b) 6.66.

(c) 0.15

(d) 23.

S9.14 If each mobile subscriber averages two calls per hour at an average call duration

of three minutes, then the traffic intensity per mobile subscriber is

(a) 2 Erlangs.

(b) 3 Erlangs.

(c) 6 Erlangs.

(d) 0.1 Erlangs.

S9.15 Cell sectoring the trunking efficiency while improving the

signal-to-interference ratio for each user in the system.

(a) does not change at all

Wireless Communications_ T L Singal 9-6

(b) increases drastically

(c) decreases significantly

(d) improves marginally

S9.16 The overall spectral efficiency of a TDMA system is also a function of

in the system.

(a) frequency reuse factor

(b) digital modulation scheme used

(c) either (a) or (b)

(d) both (a) and (b)

S9.17 The overall spectral efficiency of a TDMA system is expressed in terms of

(a) bps/MHz/cluster

(b) bps/Hz/cell

(c) channels/MHz/km2

(d) Erlangs/MHz/km2

S9.18 Typically, the minimum required C/I is about for narrowband

digital cellular systems.

(a) 24 dB

(b) 18 dB
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(c) 12 dB

(d) 9 dB

S9.19 The cellular radio system usually tries to cover radio coverage of a

service area in flat terrain.

(a) 100%

(b) 90%

(c) 75%

(d) 50%

S9.20 Frequency plan is a part of

(a) Radio network planning.

(b) Transmission network planning.

(c) Signalling network planning.

(d) External connectivity network planning.

Wireless Communications_ T L Singal 9-8

Keys to Self-Test Quiz (Chapter 9)

S9.1 (a) S9.11 (a)

S9.2 (d) S9.12 (a)

S9.3 (a) S9.13 (a)

S9.4 (b) S9.14 (d)

S9.5 (a) S9.15 (c)

S9.6 (d) S9.16 (d)

S9.7 (b) S9.17 (b)

S9.8 (b) S9.18 (c)

S9.9 (b) S9.19 (b)

S9.10 (c) S9.20 (a)

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Wireless Communications_T L Singal 10-1

Chapter 10

Wireless Communication Systems

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10.1 Paging and Messaging Systems

10.2 Cordless Telephone Systems
10.3 Wireless Local Loop
10.4 LMDS
10.5 Cellular Telephone System
10.6 Advance Mobile Phone Service (AMPS)
10.7 Enhanced Total Access Communication System
10.8 US Digital Cellular Systems (IS-54/136)
10.9 Personal Digital Cellular (PDC)

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Self-Test Quiz

S10.1 In the paging system, paging messages require bandwidth.

(a) very small

(b) small

(c) large

(d) very large

S10.2 The pager receivers usually have

(a) extremely small size

(b) long battery life

Wireless Communications_T L Singal 10-2

(c) low cost

(d) all of the above

S10.3 The paging systems usually employ modulation technique.

(a) FM

(b) FSK

(c) BPSK

(d) QPSK

S10.4 The channel bandwidth of FLEX paging system is 15 KHz. The spectral

efficiency for data rate of 6400 bps is bps/Hz approximately.

(a) 2.34

(b) 1.17

(c) 0.43

(d) 0.215

S10.5 The channel bandwidth in USDC/IS-54 cellular standard is

(a) 10 KHz.

(b) 25 KHz.

(c) 30 KHz.

(d) 200 KHz.

S10.6 The analog AMPS system requires that the received signal strength be at least

above the co-channel interference to provide acceptable signal

quality.
Wireless Communications_T L Singal 10-3

(a) 9 dB

(b) 12 dB

(c) 18 dB

(d) 24 dB

S10.7 The major North American Cordless Systems Standard is

(a) PACS

(b) CT2

(c) DECT

(d) PHS

S10.8 The AMPS system uses about transmitters at cell-sites and about

4 Watts or less transmitters at the mobile subscribers.

(a) 4 Watts

(b) 20 Watts

(c) 40 Watts

(d) 100 Watts

S10.9 In AMPS standard, the Tx frequency of the base station for any channel is

the Rx frequency of the mobile subscriber unit.

(a) greater than

(b) lower than

(c) equal to
Wireless Communications_T L Singal 10-4

(d) exactly 45 MHz away from

S10.10 USDC system offers as much as times increase in the capacity of

AMPS.

(a) two

(b) three

(c) four

(d) six

S10.11 USDC voice channels use 4-ary π/4 DQPSK modulation with actual channel data

rate of

(a) 48.6 kbps

(b) 24.3 kbps

(c) 13 kbps

(d) 10 kbps

S10.12 The lowest transmit power level for dual-mode mobile subscriber units is

specified as

(a) -4 dBm ± 9 dB.

(b) 0 dBm ±6 dB

(c) 4 dBm ±3 dB

(d) None of the above

S10.13 In USDC IS-136 standard, is used in uplink transmission

only.
Wireless Communications_T L Singal 10-5

(a) Broadcast control channel (BCCH)

(b) Random access channel (RACH)

(c) SMS channel (SMSCH)

(d) Access response channel (ARCH)

S10.14 In USDC IS-136 digital voice channel, there are TDMA voice frames per

second.

(a) 6

(b) 8

(c) 20

(d) 25

S10.15 The digital verification color code (DVCC) used in USDC IS-136 is the

equivalent of the used in the AMPS system.

(a) supervisory audio tone (SAT)

(b) the signaling tone (ST)

(c) blank-and-burst signalling

(d) None of the above

S10.16 The VSELP coders used in USDC system has a bit rate of 7950 bps and produce a

speech frame every .

(a) 5 ms

(b) 10 ms

(c) 20 ms
Wireless Communications_T L Singal 10-6

(d) 40 ms

S10.17 The USDC system employ modulation technique.

(a) BPSK

(b) QPSK

(c) π/4-DQPSK

(d) GMSK
Wireless Communications_T L Singal 10-7

Keys to Self-Test Quiz (Chapter 10)

S10.1 (a) S10.11 (a)

S10.2 (d) S10.12 (a)

S10.3 (b) S10.13 (b)

S10.4 (c) S10.14 (d)

S10.5 (c) S10.15 (a)

S10.6 (c) S10.16 (c)

S10.7 (a) S10.17 (c)

S10.8 (d)

S10.9 (c)

S10.10 (d)

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Wireless Communications_ T L Singal 11-1

Chapter 11

Global System for Mobile (GSM)

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11.1 GSM Network Architecture

11.2 GSM Signaling Protocol Architecture
11.3 Identifiers Used in GSM System
11.4 GSM Channels
11.5 Frame Structure for GSM
11.6 GSM Speech Coding
11.7 Authentication and Security in GSM
11.8 GSM Call Procedures
11.9 GSM Handoff Procedures
11.10 GSM Services and Features

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Self-Test Quiz

S11.1 The SIM card used in GSM mobile phone has memory.

(a) 4KB

(b) 8KB

(c) 16 KB

(d) 64 KB

S11.2 The number of time-slots per RF channel bandwidth in GSM standard is

(a) 3
Wireless Communications_ T L Singal 11-2

(b) 6

(c) 8

(d) 16

S11.3 The frame period of one TDMA frame in GSM standard is

(a) 3.692 µs

(b) 577 µs

(c) 4.615 ms

(d) 40 ms

S11.4 The translates between the wireless interface and fixed wired

infrastructure protocols.

(a) MS

(b) BSS

(c) MSC

(d) OMC

S11.5 The standard interface that connects a BTS to a BSC is called the

interface. (a)

Um (b)

A-bis
Wireless Communications_ T L Singal 11-3

(c) A

(d) D

S11.6 The is the database at MSC that keeps the information about the identity

of mobile phone equipments.

(a) HLR

(b) VLR

(c) AuC

(d) EIR

S11.7 The standard interface allows a service provider to use base stations and

switching equipment made by different manufacturers.

(a) Um

(b) A-bis

(c) A

(d) D

S11.8 The layer in GSM signaling protocol architecture specifies the

modulation and coding techniques used in the system.

(a) Physical

(b) Data Link

Wireless Communications_ T L Singal 11-4

(c) Networking

(d) Messaging

S11.9 The gross data rate of each carrier channel in GSM is

(a) 270.833 kbps

(b) 33.854 kbps

(c) 24.7 kbps

(d) 13.4 kbps

S11.10 The is not a dedicated control channel but carries the same

information as SDCCH.

(a) AGCH

(b) SDCCH

(c) SACCH

(d) FACCH

S11.11 The PCM speech coder has a data rate of , which is considerably high

for use with wireless systems.

(a) 512 kbps

(b) 256 kbps

(c) 128 kbps

Wireless Communications_ T L Singal 11-5

(d) 64 kbps

S11.12 One time slot of a TDMA frame in GSM standard contains bits

encrypted data.

(a) 156.25

(b) 114

(c) 57

(d) 26

S11.13 A user occupying a single time slot has to wait for time duration of

between two successive transmissions.

(a) 577 µs

(b) 4.615 ms

(c) 120 ms

(d) 6.12 s

S11.14 The purpose of user traffic data is to improve the signal

quality by distributing the effects of fading.

(a) speech coding

(b) channel coding

(c) bit interleaving

Wireless Communications_ T L Singal 11-6

(d) equalization

S11.15 The modulation technique provides high spectrum efficiency and a

constant amplitude signal.

(a) FSK

(b) QPSK

(c) GMSK

(d) OFDM

S11.16 There are classes for the BTS radiated power ranging from +34 dBm

up to +55 dBm in 3-dB steps.

(a) three

(b) five

(c) eight

(d) ten

S11.17 The mobile subscriber is allowed to reduce its peak output power down to 20

mW in steps.

(a) 1 dB

(b) 2 dB

(c) 3 dB
Wireless Communications_ T L Singal 11-7

(d) 4 dB

S11.18 When is a problem, the GSM system allows for

frequency hopping.

(a) cochannel interference

(b) adjacent channel interference

(c) near-to-far interference

(d) multipath fading

S11.19 The frequency-hopping algorithm employed in GSM provides change in the

transmission frequency once every

(a) 6.12 s (b)

120 ms (c)

4.615 ms (d)

577 µs
Wireless Communications_ T L Singal 11-8

Keys to Self-Test Quiz (Chapter 11)

S11.1 (b) S11.11 (d)

S11.2 (c) S11.12 (b)

S11.3 (c) S11.13 (b)

S11.4 (b) S11.14 (c)

S11.5 (b) S11.15 (c)

S11.6 (d) S11.16 (c)

S11.7 (c) S11.17 (b)

S11.8 (a) S11.18 (d)

S11.9 (a) S11.19 (c)

S11.10 (d)

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Wireless Communications_T L Singal 12-1

Chapter 12

CDMA Digital Cellular Standards (IS 95)

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12.1 The Concept of Spread Spectrum

12.2 Architecture of CDMA System
12.3 CDMA Air Interface
12.4 The IS-95 CDMA Forward Channels
12.5 The IS-95 CDMA Reverse Channels
12.6 CDMA Call Processing
12.7 Power Control in CDMA System
12.8 Soft Handoffs
12.9 Rake Receiver Concept
12.10 CDMA Features
12.11 The Performance of CDMA System

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Self-Test Quiz

S12.1 The effect of spread spectrum modulation is that the bandwidth of the spreaded

signal .

(a) remains constant

(b) increases significantly

(c) increases marginally

(d) decreases

S12.2 CDMA is a multiple-access strategy for wireless communications based on

Wireless Communications_T L Singal 12-2

technique.

(a) DSSS

(b) slow FHSS

(c) fast FHSS

(d) THSS

S12.3 The minimum Eb/No value required for proper system operation depends on

(a) the performance of coding method used

(b) bit error rate

(c) tolerance of the digitized voice signals

(d) all of the above

S12.4 A DSSS system has a 48 Mcps code rate and 4.8 kbps information data rate. The

processing gain is computed to be

(a) 4.8 dB

(b) 40 dB

(c) 48 dB

(d) 60 dB

S12.5 Typical value of the sectorization gain factor is taken as

(a) 6

(b) 4

(c) 3
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(d) 2.5

S12.6 The number of simultaneous users that can be supported in a practical CDMA

multicell system depends on the performance improvement factor given as

(a) (GV x GA) / σ

(b) (GV x σ) / GA

(c) (GA x σ) / GV

(d) σ / (GV x GA)

S12.7 Each carrier of the IS-95 standard occupies a of bandwidth.

(a) 25 KHz

(b) 30 KHz

(c) 200 KHz

(d) 1250 KHz

S12.8 For baseband data rate of 9.6 kbps, the user information data is spread by a factor

of to a channel chip rate of 1.2288 Mcps.

(a) 64

(b) 128

(c) 256

(d) 1024

S12.9 The normalized bandwidth efficiency of the IS-95 CDMA system is

(a) 64 chips/sec/Hz
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(b) 1.35 chips/sec/Hz

(c) 0.98 chips/sec/Hz

(d) 0.5 chips/sec/Hz

S12.10 The synchronization channel is assigned the Walsh code

(a) W0.

(b) W1.

(c) W32.

(d) W63.

S12.11 The channel is used for sending short messages including

broadcast messages.

(a) Forward Traffic

(b) Paging

(c) Sync

(d) Pilot

S12.12 The pilot channel is transmitted at a power approximately of the

total transmit power for all channels from a particular cell site.

(a) 100%

(b) 80%

(c) 50%

(d) 20%
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S12.13 The long code generator is clocked at the chip rate and thus runs times

faster than the channel bit rate.

(a) 4

(b) 32

(c) 64

(d) 128

S12.14 orthogonal Walsh codes are available for forward traffic channels.

(a) 64

(b) 55

(c) 7

(d) 4

S12.15 The CDMA reverse channel employs digital modulation technique.

(a) BPSK

(b) QPSK

(c) OQPSK

(d) OFDM

S12.16 If the received signal power is too low, there is probability of bit

errors or frame errors.

(a) reasonably high

(b) extremely low

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(c) almost zero

(d) nearly 100%

S12.17 Once a link with the nearest base station is established, the open-loop power

setting is adjusted in 1 dB increments after every by commands

from the cell-site

(a) 2 seconds

(b) 1 second

(c) 100 milliseconds

(d) 1.25 millisecond

S12.18 A mobile assisted power control on the forward channel is implemented to

reduce interference.

(a) cochannel

(b) intercell

(c) intracell

(d) near-far

S12.19 Generally the soft handoff procedure involves cell site(s).

(a) 2

(b) 3

(c) 6

(d) several

S12.20 The value of Eb/No is usually which depends on the speed of the mobile
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user, propagation conditions, the diversity scheme used in CDMA systems.

(a) 6 dB

(b) 9 dB

(c) 12 dB

(d) 18 dB
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Keys to Self-Test Quiz (Chapter 12)

S12.1 (b) S12.11 (b)

S12.2 (a) S12.12 (d)

S12.3 (d) S12.13 (c)

S12.4 (b) S12.14 (b)

S12.5 (d) S12.15 (c)

S12.6 (a) S12.16 (a)

S12.7 (b) S12.17 (d)

S12.8 (b) S12.18 (b)

S12.9 (c) S12.19 (d)

S12.10 (c) S12.20 (a)

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Chapter 13

3G Digital Cellular Technology

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13.1 2.5G TDMA Evolution Path

13.2 GPRS Technology
13.3 EDGE Technology
13.4 2.5G cdmaOne Cellular Technology
13.5 Need of 3G Cellular Networks
13.6 The IMT-2000 Global Standards
13.7 UMTS Technology
13.8 W-CDMA Air Interface
13.9 TD-SCDMA Technology
13.10 Cdma2000 Cellular Technology

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Self-Test Quiz

S13.1 GPRS is an overlay on top of the physical layer and network entities.

(a) AMPS

(b) ETACS

(c) GSM

(d) IS-95

S13.2 EDGE is a new radio interface technology with enhanced modulation, and

increases the GPRS data rates by up to

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(a) three times.

(b) four times.

(c) six times.

(d) eight times.

S13.3 When EDGE uses 8-PSK modulation without any error protection, and all eight

times slots of a GSM radio channel are dedicated to a single mobile data user, a

raw peak throughput data rate of can be provided.

(a) 22.8 kbps

(b) 171.2 kbps

(c) 384 kbps

(d) 547.2 kbps

S13.4 The frame length in W-CDMA standard is

(a) 10 ms

(b) 20 ms

(c) 30 ms

(d) 40 ms

S13.5 The data modulation used in reverse channel in W-CDMA system is

(a) BPSK
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(b) QPSK

(c) Dual channel QPSK

(d) OQPSK

S13.6 On the W-CDMA uplink, the spreading factor can be upto

(a) 64

(b) 128

(c) 256

(d) 512

S13.7 The channel is the logical control channel specified on the reverse link

in W-CDMA system.

(a) sync

(b) access

(c) paging

(d) pilot

S13.8 The W-CDMA system uses a for paging and sync channels.

(a) 4-kbps

(b) 8-kbps
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(c) 16-kbps

(d) 64-kbps

S13.9 The W-CDMA base station transmitter must maintain its frequency to within

at 2000 MHz.

(a) ± 10 Hz

(b) ± 100 Hz

(c) ± 200 Hz

(d) ± 500 Hz

S13.10 In closed loop power control, the base station sends power control messages to

the mobile user about once every

(a) one millisecond

(b) ten milliseconds

(c) hundred millisecond

(d) one second

S13.11 The total range of power control is within of the open loop estimated

power.

(a) ± 4 dB

(b) ± 12 dB
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(c) ± 20 dB

(d) ± 24 dB

S13.12 Cdma2000-1xRTT system supports a typical throughput of up to per

mobile user..

(a) 115 kbps

(b) 144 kbps

(c) 384 kbps

(d) 2 Mbps
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Keys to Self-Test Quiz (Chapter 13)

S13.1 (c) S13.11 (d)

S13.2 (a) S13.12 (b)

S13.3 (d)

S13.4 (a)

S13.5 (a)

S13.6 (d)

S13.7 (b)

S13.8 (c)

S13.9 (b)

S13.10 (a)

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Chapter 14

Emerging Wireless Network Technologies

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14.1 IEEE 802.11 WLAN Technology

14.2 ETSI HIPERLAN Technology
14.3 IEEE 802.15 WPAN Technology
14.4 IEEE 802.16 WMAN Technology
14.5 Mobile Ad-hoc Networks (MANETs)
14.6 Mobile IP and Mobility Management
14.7 Mobile TCP
14.8 Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs)
14.9 RFID Technology
14.10 Security Aspects in Wireless Networks
14.11 IEEE 802.21 Standard – An Overview
14.12 Interoperability of Wireless Networks

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Self-Test Quiz

S14.1 The are installed as an add-on unit with the wireless

terminals to provide wireless communications.

(a) access points

(b) wireless access interface cards

(c) distribution systems

(d) BSSs

S14.2 The may be a logic within a wireless terminal that provides access
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to the DS.

(a) access point

(b) BSS

(c) ESS

(d) transceiver

S14.3 At any given time, a wireless terminal can be associated with

(a) up to seven access points

(b) three access points

(c) two access points

(d) one access point only

S14.4 The IEEE 802.15.1 Bluetooth system has a typical frequency hop rate of

hops per second.

(a) 2.5

(b) 1600

(c) 3200

(d) one access point only

S14.5 The data transfer time for a fixed size file in the IEEE 802.11

WLAN system operating at 2 Mbps as compared to that of at 1 Mbps.

(a) increases by ten times

(b) increases by two times

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(c) decreases by two times

(d) decreases by ten times

S14.6 The size of a file transferred in 8 seconds in the IEEE 802.11 WLAN system

operating at 2 Mbps data transmission rate is

(a) 2 MB

(b) 4 MB

(c) 16 MB

(d) 32 MB

S14.7 In practical WLAN installation, the radio coverage area of the AP is usually

that of the wireless terminal in the same operating environment.

(a) larger than

(b) identical to (c)

smaller than (d)

independent to

S14.8 In IEEE 802.11 WLAN standard, the physical layer specifies 2 Mbps data rate. If

the baseband modulation used is DSSS, then the carrier modulation scheme is

(a) DBPSK

(b) DQPSK

(c) 2-GFSK

(d) 4-GFSK

S14.9 The Wi-Fi technology is specified in

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(a) IEEE 802.11 WLAN standards

(b) IEEE 802.11a WLAN standards

(c) IEEE 802.11b WLAN standards

(d) IEEE 802.11g WLAN standards

S14.10 Bluetooth technology has been adopted as the IEEE

standards.

(a) 802.11b

(b) 802.15.1

(c) 802.15.3

(d) 802.16a

S14.11 In a piconet, each of the slave devices has an assigned address.

(a) 1-bit

(b) 3-bit

(c) 7-bit

(d) 8-bit

S14.12 The IEEE 802.15.3 standard, also called WiMedia, physical layer operates in the

unlicensed frequency band.

(a) 2.402 – 2.480 GHz

(b) 915 MHz

(c) 868 MHz

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(d) 5 GHz

S14.13 The IEEE 802.15.1 WPAN standard uses technique for

separation of piconets.

(a) DSSS

(b) OFDM

(c) FHSS-TDMA

(d) FHSS-CDMA

S14.14 The WiMAX technology and uses multicarrier OFDMA scheme in 2 GHz – 11

GHz band, to achieve transmission data rates of

(a) 11 Mbps

(b) 54 Mbps

(c) 155 Mbps

(d) 2 Gbps

S14.15 Assuming each mobile node to be connected to exactly four adjacent mobile

nodes in a MANET of 100 nodes, the total number of wireless links are

(a) 100

(b) 200

(c) 400

(d) 800

S14.16 Agent discovery protocols entails

(a) first listening to foreign agent advertisement for COAs and if not found
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then agent solicitation at defined intervals.

(b) registering with a foreign agent and waiting for registration reply from the

home agent.

(c) first agent solicitation and then if COA is not found listening to foreign

agent advertisement

(d) requesting foreign agent advertisements.

S14.17 During tunneling from the HA to the FA, minimum encapsulation combines

encapsulation header and IP header words into

(a) five words.

(b) six words and checksum of the header.

(c) six words and checksum of the packet through the tunnel.

(d) seven or eight words.

S14.18 Quality of service in a mobile network is affected by

(a) transmission errors and the quality of audio received.

(b) network connectivity, effective bandwidth availability, connection

reliability, and data loss probability.

(c) atmospheric conditions and the number of simultaneous active mobile

users.

(d) network load and the data lost per second.

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Keys to Self-Test Quiz (Chapter 14)

S14.1 (b) S14.11 (b)

S14.2 (a) S14.12 (a)

S14.3 (d) S14.13 (d)

S14.4 (b) S14.14 (c)

S14.5 (c) S14.15 (b)

S14.6 (a) S14.16 (a)

S14.7 (a) S14.17 (d)

S14.8 (b) S14.18 (b)

S14.9 (c)

S14.10 (a)

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