Birla Vishvakarma Mahavidyalaya (Engineering College)

(An Autonomous Institution)

Final Year, B.Tech. (Electronics Engineering)
End Semester Examination (Online), Winter - 2021

Course Code: 4EL03 Course Title: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION

Date: 25.11.2021 Time: 02:00 pm to 03:15 pm Maximum Marks: 30
Instructions:
1. Exam will be conducted by ‘Online’ Mode through MS Teams only.
2. Each section must be attempted in a separate answer book. The format of answer page is
available on website ‘notice board’.
3. Write ID No., Name, Course Code, Course Title, Date of Exam, Signature and Page Nos. on
each answer page in the ‘title block’ provided in format.
4. Students have to upload answer sheet through “pdf file” for both the sections separately in
MS Teams within the stipulated time. Students will get additional 20 minutes to upload
answer sheet pdf file for each section. Refer the detailed instructions on website ‘notice
board’. My email id is [email protected]
5. Give the name to each pdf file as: “ID No._Course Code_Section No._Date” (For example,
12AB001_3CD01_Section_1_03.12.21)
6. Numbers in the square brackets to the right indicate maximum marks.
7. The text just below marks indicates the CO(s) followed by the Bloom’s level of the question,
i.e., R: Remember, U: Understand, A: Apply, N: Analyze, E: Evaluate, C: Create

Section – I

Q. 1 (A) Define Following Terms (Any Two).

i. Mobile Switching Center [04]
ii. Base Station 1R
iii. Handoff

(B) How cellular Telephone call is made to PSTN? Draw Timing diagram. [03]
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(C) Select most appropriate answer from the given MCQ (Attempt any three). [03]
1. GPRS is a 1U
(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
2. WLAN services use
(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
3. Bluetooth devices provide
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 (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
4. Bluetooth devices communicate using small radio transceivers called
that are built onto microprocessor chips.
(a) transponders
(b) radio modules
(c) receivers
(d) transmitters
5. Ultra-Wide Band technology is used primarily for
(a) connecting wireless devices inside a 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
OR
Q. 1 (A) Assume a receiver is located 20 km from 75-watt transmitter. The carrier [4]
frequency is 1800 MHz, free space propagation is assumed, Gt = 1, and Gr = 1E
2, find (a) Power at receiver (b) Mod of E-Field (c) O/C RMS voltage at the
receiver input.

(B) In a signal to interference ratio of 20 dB is required for satisfactory forward [3]

channel performance of a cellular system. What is the frequency reuse factor 1E
and cluster size that should be used for maximum capacity if the path loss
exponent is (a) n = 4 (b) n = 3 Assume that there are six co channel cells in
the first tier, and all of them are at the same distance from mobile, Use
suitable approximations?

(C) Select most appropriate answer from the given MCQ (Attempt any three). [3]
1. A ____________ can be repeated any number of times in a systematic 1U
manner in order to cover the designated large geographical service area.
(a) channel (b) cell
(c) cell-site (d) cluster
2. Mobile communication system has an 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
3. 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
4. For a given frequency reuse ratio of 3, the cluster size is ________.
(a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 7 (d) 12
5. Assuming each cell-site transmits the same power then as the value of
cluster size K is increased, the co-channel interference will ________.
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 (a) remain same (b) increase marginally (c) increase drastically (d)
decrease

Q. 2 (A) Draw and explain following terms related to improving coverage and capacity [4]
in the cellular system (Any Two). 1R
i. A Microcell Zone concept
ii. Illustration of cell splitting
iii. 120֯ & 60֯ Sectoring.

(B) What do you mean by outdoor propagation models? Find & explain suitable [3]
method for frequency from 40 MHz → 100 GHz. 4A

(C) Distinguish between okumara model & Hata Model. [3]

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Q. 3 (A) Illustrate the handoff scenario at cell boundary. Justify the dropped call even [4]
can happen when there is an excessive delay by the MSC in assigning 1
handoff or threshold Δ is set too small for the handoff time in the system

(B) Draw TDMA frame structure & give details on it. States the difference [3]
between TDMA & CDMA pointwise. 1R, U

(C) Provide difference between GSM & CDMA. Give eight to ten features of [3]
CDMA. 1U, R

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