SRM Institute of Science & Technology

Faculty of Engineering & Technology

ECE Department

B Tech: CSE 2021 – 2022 Regulations: 2018

Subject Code & Title : 18CSE458T/ WIRELESS AND MOBILE COMMUNICATION
Year/Sem: III/VI

UNIT 3 Question Bank

PART A (1 mark)

1. Which of the following is the world’s first cellular system to specify digital modulation and
network level architecture?
a) GSM
b) AMPS
c) CDMA
d) IS-54
Answer a
2. Who sets the standards of GSM?
a) ITU
b) AT & T
c) ETSI
d) USDC
Answer c
3. Which of the following memory device stores information such as subscriber’s
identification number in GSM?
a) Register
b) Flip flop
c) SIM
d) SMS
Answer c
4.  Which of the following feature makes impossible to eavesdrop on GSM radio transmission?
a) SIM
b) On the air privacy
c) SMS
d) Packet switched traffic
Answer b
5. Which of the following does not come under subsystem of GSM architecture?
a) BSS
b) NSS
 c) OSS
d) RNS
Answer d
6. Which of the following subsystem provides radio transmission between mobile station and
MSC?
a) BSS
b) NSS
c) OSS
d) BSC
Answer a
7. __________ supports the operation and maintenance of GSM.
a) BSS
b) NSS
c) OSS
d) MSC
Answer c
8. __________ carries digitally encoded user data.
a) Traffic channels
b) Control channels
c) Signaling channels
d) Forward channels
Answer a
9. ____________ carries signaling and synchronizing commands.
a) Traffic channels
b) Control channels
c) Signaling channels
d) Forward channels
Answer b

10. Which of the following is not a control channel of GSM?

a) BCH
b) CCCH
c) DCCH
d) TCH
Answer d

11. Which of the following is the forward control channel that is used to broadcast
information?
a) BCCH
b) CCCH
c) DCCH
d) TCH
Answer a
 12. Which of the following channel does not come under CCCH?
a) PCH
b) RACH
c) DCCH
d) AGCH
Answer c

13. Which of the following channel provides paging signals from base station to all
mobiles in the cell?
a) RACH
b) AGCH
c) DCCH
d) PCH
Answer d

14.  ___________ is a reverse link channel used by a subscriber unit to acknowledge.

a) RACH
b) AGCH
c) DCCH
d) PCH
Answer a

15.Which of the following burst is used to broadcast the frequency and time
synchronization control messages?
a) FCCH and SCH
b) TCH and DCCH
c) RACH and TCH
d) FCCH and DCCH
Answer a

16. Global Positioning System is based on the principle of -------------

a) Triangulation
b) Orbiteration
c) Arbitration
d) Globalization
Answer a

17. ___________ is the geographical representation of a satellite antenna radiation

pattern.
a) Footprint
b) Spot
c) Earth
d) Region
Answer a
18. The smallest beam of a satellite antenna radiation pattern is ________
a) Zone beam
 b) Hemispheric beam
c) Spot beam
d) Global beam
Answer c
19. -------------- GEO satellites are enough for a complete coverage of almost any spot on earth
a) one
b) two
c) three
d) four
  Answer c
20. A satellite signal transmitted from a satellite transponder to earth’s station is ------------

a) Uplink
b) Downlink
c) Terrestrial
d) Earthbound
Answer b
21. __________ is a loss of power of a satellite downlink signal due to earth’s atmosphere.
a) Atmospheric loss
b) Path loss
c) Radiation loss
d) RFI

Answer b

22. Each mobile terminal is identified by a unique ------------ number

a) IMEI
b) SIM
c) IMSI
d) TMSI
Answer a

23. UMTS use which multiple access technique?

a) CDMA
b) TDMA
c) FDMA
d) SDMA
Answer a

24. The --------------handles cell level mobility and comprises several radio
network subsystems (RNS).
a) UTRAN
b) CN
c) Node B
d) UE
Answer a
25. __________ is a second generation cellular system used in Europe.
a) GSM
b) D-AMPS
c) IS-95
d) GPS
Answer a

26. In a ______ handoff, a mobile station communicates with one base station
a) hard
b) soft
c) medium
d) subsequent
Answer a

27. In a ______ handoff, a mobile station communicates with two base stations at the same
time.
a) hard
b) soft
c) medium
d) Subsequent
Answer b
28. GSM is a digital cellular phone system using -------------
a) FDMA
b) TDMA
c) CDMA & TDMA
d) FDMA & TDMA
29.There is (are) _____ orbit(s) for a GEO satellite
a) one
b) two
c) many
d) five
Answer a
30. MEO satellites are located at altitudes between----------- km
a) 3000 and 5000
b) 5000 and 10,000
c) 5000 and 12,000
d) 500 and 1000
Answer c
31. LEO satellites are normally below an altitude of -------------km.
a) 1000
b) 2000
c) 3000
d) 5000
Answer a
32.GPRS and EDGE supports which 2G standard?
a) GSM
b) IS-136
c) GSM and IS-136
d) PDC
Answer c

33.What changes GPRS need to acquire while upgrading itself from GSM?
a) A whole new base station
b) New transceiver at base station
c) New channel cards
d) New packet overlay including routers and gateways
Answer d
34.Which of the following is not an application of third generation network?
a) Global Positioning System (GPS)
b) Video conferencing
c) Mobile TV
d) Downloading rate upto 1 Gbps
Answer d

35.UMTS use which multiple access technique?

a) CDMA
b) TDMA
c) FDMA
d) SDMA
Answer a

36.How many users or voice channels are supported for each 200 KHz channel in GSM?
a) Eight
b) Three
c) Sixty four
d) Twelve
Answer a

37.Which modulation technique is used by GSM?

a) GMSK
b) BPSK
c) QPSK
d) GFSK
Answer a

38.The 2G GSM technology uses a carrier separation of _____________

a) 1.25 MHz
b) 200 KHz
c) 30 KHz
d) 300 KHz
 Answer b

39.GPRS uses the ______ architecture for voice

(a) NSS
(b  CDMA
)
(c) GSM
(d ESS
)
Answer c

40.SGSN sends queries______ to obtain profile data of GPRS subscribers.

(a) VLR
(b) HLR
(c) SGSN
(d) GGSN
Answer b

41. In GPRS, _____ performs authentication and cipher setting procedures

(a) SGSN
(b) GGSN
(c) BSC
(d) MSC
Answer a

42.In GPRS, ______ employs algorithms for contention resolution, multi-user multiplexing

(a) MAC layer

(b) RLC layer
(c) RFL layer
(d) LLC layer
Answer a

43.In GPRS _______ is used to transfers data packets between SGSN and MS.

(a) BSSGP layer

(b) LLP layer
(c) RFL layer
(d) SNDCP layer
Answer d

44.GPRS defined as an efficient transport high-speed data over the current GSM and______
based wireless network infrastructures
(a) FDMA
(b) TDMA
(c) CDMA
(d) FDMA and TDMA
Answer d

 45.WiMAX provides ________

a) simplex communication
b) half duplex communication
c) full duplex communication
d) no communication

Answer c

46.WiMAX uses the _________

a) orthogonal frequency division multiplexing
b) time division multiplexing
c) space division multiplexing
d) channel division multiplexing

Answer a

47.WiMAX is mostly used for __________

a) local area network
b) metropolitan area network
c) personal area network
d) wide area network

Answer b

48.Devices that provide the connectivity to a WiMAX network are known as _________
a) subscriber stations
b) base stations
c) gateway
d) switch stations

Answer b
49.Which of the following error occurs due to atmospheric conditions?
a) Natural error
b) User error
c) Propagation error
d) Signal multipath error
Answer d
50.Global Positioning System uses 24 satellites in -----------------
24 orbits
4 orbits
6 orbits
8 orbits
Answer c

51.Within the footprint, communication with the satellite is possible for mobile users using---
a) mobile user link (MUL)
b) gateway link(GWL).
c) intersatellite links (ISL).
d) Hyper links(HL)
Answer a

52.Satellites may be able to communicate directly with each other using------------

a) mobile user link
b) gateway link
c) intersatellite links
d) intra satellite link
Answer c

53.-------------------- GEO satellites are enough for a complete coverage of almost any spot on
earth
one
two
three
four
Answer c

PART B ( 4 marks)

1. Describe the frequency bands used in GSM.

2. Explain the frame structure of GSM.
3. With the aid of neat diagram, explain the planes of GSM system.
4. Explain how localization is done in GSM system
5. Write short note Short Message Service (SMS)
6. With the aid of neat diagram, explain the architecture of UTRAN
7. Describe the functions of Radio Network Controller (RNC).
8. Explain the applications of satellite systems.
9. Explain in detail the infrastructure of satellite system.
10. Write short notes on LEO and GEO satellites
11. Explain the limitations and beneficiaries of Global Positioning System(GPS)
12. Describe briefly the components of MMS Architecture.

PART C (12 marks)

1. Explain about the GSM channels and its functions.

2. Describe about the types of handover in GSM system
3. Describe the sequences of events when the call is originated from mobile and terminated
in mobile in GSM
4. With the aid of neat diagram, explain the protocol architecture of GSM system.
5. Explain the concept of triangulation technique used in Global Positioning System (GPS).
6. With the aid of neat diagram, explain the architecture of GSM.
7. With the aid of neat diagram, explain the architecture of GPRS
8. Describe in detail the GPRS transmission plane protocol reference model