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Communication engineering 2024

This document is an examination paper for the Communication Engineering course at Maulana Abul Kalam Azad University of Technology, West Bengal. It consists of three groups of questions: very short answer type, short answer type, and long answer type, covering various topics in communication engineering. The paper is structured to assess students' understanding of concepts such as modulation techniques, information theory, and digital transmission.

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Communication engineering 2024

This document is an examination paper for the Communication Engineering course at Maulana Abul Kalam Azad University of Technology, West Bengal. It consists of three groups of questions: very short answer type, short answer type, and long answer type, covering various topics in communication engineering. The paper is structured to assess students' understanding of concepts such as modulation techniques, information theory, and digital transmission.

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TECH(N)/EVEN/SEM-6/6747/2023-2024/I124
MAULANA ABUL KALAM AZAD UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, WEST BENGAL
Paper Code : OE-601B/OE-EE601B Communica on Engineering
UPID : 006747

Time Allo ed : 3 Hours Full Marks :70


The Figures in the margin indicate full marks.
Candidate are required to give their answers in their own words as far as prac cable

Group-A (Very Short Answer Type Ques on)


1. Answer any ten of the following : [ 1 x 10 = 10 ]
(I) Which system uses QAM
a)Dial up modem
b)Digital Microwave Relay
c)Peak value/ RMS value
d)Both a and b

(II) The rela on between entropy and mutual informa on is


a)I(X;Y) = H(X) - H(X/Y)
b)I(X;Y) = H(X/Y) - H(Y/X)
c)I(X;Y) = H(X) - H(Y)
d)I(X;Y) = H(Y) - H(X)

(III) FM stands for ________


a) Frequency Modula on
b) Frequency Modulator
c) Frequent Mul plier
d) Frequency Mixer

(IV) PDM is generated by ________


a) Bistable mul vibrator
b) Monostable mul vibrator
c) Astable mul vibrator
d) Schmi trigger
(V) QPSK symbol contains ________
a) a byte
b) 4 bits
c) a dibit
d) 8 bits

(VI) The informa on I contained in a message with probability of occurrence P is given by (k is constant)
a)I = klog21/P
b)I = klog2P
c)I = k log21/2P
d)I = k log21/3P

(VII) Which signal is called as energy signal?


a) Finite energy and zero power
b) Finite energy and non-zero power
c) Infinite energy and zero power
d) Infinite energy and non-zero power

(VIII) Pulse shaping is done by which block or system?


a) Encoder
b) Baseband modulator
c) Pulse code modulator
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d) Demodulator

(IX) What is necessary for digital communica on?


a) Precision ming
b) Frame synchroniza on
c) Character synchroniza on
d) All of the men oned

(X) The channel capacity is


a)The maximum informa on transmi ed by one symbol over the channel
b)Informa on contained in a signal
c)The amplitude of the modulated signal
d)All of the above

(XI) Satellite communica on takes place in


a) Ultra high frequency band
b) Super high frequency band
c) Ultra & Super high frequency band
d) None of the men oned

(XII) The distor on in quan za on is called as


a) Round off error
b) Trunca on error
c) Round off & Trunca on error
d) None of the men oned

Group-B (Short Answer Type Ques on)


Answer any three of the following : [ 5 x 3 = 15 ]
2. What is quadrature amplitude modula on (QAM), and how does it improve the efficiency of digital data [5]
transmission?
3. Define entropy and mutual informa on in the context of informa on theory. Explain how they are used to [5]
measure the efficiency of data compression and transmission.
4. Explain the difference between amplitude shi keying (ASK) and frequency shi keying (FSK) modula on [5]
techniques.
5. Define pulse shaping and explain its role in baseband pulse transmission. What are the commonly used [5]
pulse shapes in baseband transmission and why?
6. How is the bit error rate (BER) affected by the signal-to-noise ra o (SNR) in digital modula on systems? [5]

Group-C (Long Answer Type Ques on)


Answer any three of the following : [ 15 x 3 = 45 ]
7. (a) What is digital baseband transmission? [5]
(b) What is a pulse code modula on (PCM), and how is it used in digital baseband transmission? [5]
(c) What is a line code, and what are some examples of commonly used line codes in digital baseband [5]
transmission?
8. (a) What is the difference between bit rate and baud rate in digital communica on systems? [5]
(b) A communica on system uses a modula on scheme that transmits 4 bits per symbol. If the symbol [ 10 ]
rate is 10,000 baud, what is the bit rate of the system?
9. (a) What is source coding, and how is it used to represent a source of informa on with a minimum [5]
number of bits?
(b) What is channel capacity and how is it related to the mutual informa on between a transmi ed [5]
signal and the received signal in a communica on system?
(c) What is the channel coding theorem in informa on theory? [5]
10. (a) Explain the concept of pulse modula on and its advantages over analog modula on techniques. [5]
Provide examples of pulse modula on techniques used in communica on systems.

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(b) What is pulse amplitude modula on (PAM), and how does it differ from pulse width modula on [5]
(PWM) and pulse posi on modula on (PPM)? Provide examples of applica ons where each
technique is used.
(c) What is the Nyquist-Shannon sampling theorem, and how is it used to determine the minimum [5]
sampling rate required for PCM? What is aliasing?
11. (a) Suppose a source produces the following symbols with the given probabili es: [ 10 ]
Symbol Probability
A 0.4
B 0.2
C 0.2
D 0.1
E 0.1
(a) What is the average number of bits required to encode each symbol using a binary code?
(b) Using the Shannon Fano algorithm, find the binary codeword for each symbol and calculate the
average number of bits required to encode each symbol.
(b) Explain basic principle of error control and coding. [5]

*** END OF PAPER ***

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