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Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham
Amrita School of Engineering, Coimbatore
B.Tech Mid-Term Examinations – September 2024
Fifth Semester
Computer and Communication Engineering
19CCE303 Digital Communication
Time: Two hours Maximum: 50 Marks
CO Course Outcomes
CO01 Able to understand the fundamental principles of digital modulation and
demodulation methods.
CO02 Able to quantify the impact of noise and channel impairments on digitally
modulated signals.
CO03 Able to design digital signals and optimum receivers to combat the adverse impact
of noise and channel impairments.
CO04 Able to choose and apply efficient digital modulation schemes for a given channel
type.
Instructions
1. Answer ALL the questions.
2. Numerical should be associated with the formulae required.
3. Sketch diagrams wherever required
1. Specify the Nyquist rate and the Nyquist interval for each of the following signals:
a) 𝑔 (𝑡) = 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑐 (200𝑡)
b) 𝑔 (𝑡) = 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑐(200𝑡) + 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑐 (200𝑡)
[4 Marks] [CO01] [1]
2. Consider a cosine wave of frequency 𝑓 and amplitude 𝐴 , which is applied to a delta
modulator of step size . Show that slope-overload distortion will occur if 𝐴 > ,
where 𝑇 is the sampling period. Determine the maximum power that may be transmitted
without slope-overload distortion?
[6 Marks] [CO01] [3]
3. Given the data stream 1110010100, sketch the transmitted sequence of pulses for each of
the following line codes:
a) unipolar NRZ
b) polar NRZ
c) unipolar RZ
d) bipolar RZ
e) Manchester code.
Sketch the power spectral densities of these line code.
[10 Marks] [CO01] [3]
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4. Which of the following signals are orthogonal? Justify your answer.
a) cos(𝑡) 𝑎𝑛𝑑 sin(𝑡) 𝑜𝑛 (0, 𝜋).
b) cos(𝑡) 𝑎𝑛𝑑 sin(𝑡) 𝑜𝑛 (0, 𝜋/2).
c) 𝑡 and 𝑡 𝑜𝑛 (−1, 1).
[6 Marks] [CO01] [2]
5. Sketch the impulse response of the filter matched to the pulse given in Figure P5. Determine
and sketch the output of the matched filter with input as 𝑠(𝑡).
[8 Marks] [CO01] [3]
𝑠(𝑡)
0 𝑇/2 𝑇
𝑡
Figure P5
6. Construct the signal constellation for this pair of signals given in Figure P6.
Figure P6
[6 Marks] [CO01] [3]
7.
(a) Using the Gram–Schmidt orthogonalization procedure, find a set of orthonormal basis
functions to represent the three signals 𝑠 (𝑡), 𝑠 (𝑡) 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑠 (𝑡) shown in Figure P7.
(b) Express each of these signals in terms of the set of basis functions found in part (a).
(c) Sketch the constellation for the given set of signals.
(d) Determine the Euclidean distance between constellation points 𝑠 , 𝑠 .
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Figure P7
[10 Marks] [CO01] [BTL3]
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Course Outcome /Bloom’s Taxonomy Level (BTL) Mark Distribution Table
CO Marks BTL Marks
CO01 50 BTL 1 4
CO02 - BTL 2 6
CO03 - BTL 3 40
CO04 - BTL 4
BTL 5
BTL 6
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