EC2252 Communication Theory ANNA UNIVERSITY PREVIOUS YEAR QUESTION PAPER, IMPORTANT QUESTIONS, 2 MARKS AND 16 MARKS QUESTIONS FOR ECE DEPARTMENT

 Communication Theory ANNA UNIVERSITY PREVIOUS YEAR QUESTION PAPER, IMPORTANT QUESTIONS, 2 MARKS AND 16 MARKS QUESTIONS FOR ECE DEPARTMENT


ANNA UNIVERSITY PREVIOUS YEAR QUESTION PAPER, EC2252 Communication Theory IMPORTANT QUESTIONS, 2 MARKS AND 16 MARKS QUESTIONS FOR ECE DEPARTMENT

B.E./B.Tech.Degree Examinations,Apr/May 2010

Regulations 2008

Fourth Semester

Electronics and Communication Engineering

EC2252 Communication Theory

Time: Three Hours Maximum: 100 Marks

Answer ALL Questions

Part A - (10 x 2 = 20 Marks)

1. How many AM broadcast stations can be accommodated in a 100 kHz bandwidth
if the highest frequency modulating a carrier i s 5 kHz?
2. What are the causes of linear distortion?
3. Draw the block diagram of a method for generating a narrowband FM signal.
4. A carrier wave of frequency 100 MHz i s frequency modulated by a signal
20 sin(200¼ £ 103t):
What is bandwidth of FM signal if the frequency sensitivity of the modulation i s
25kHz=V .
5. When i s a random process called deterministic?
6. A receiver connected to an antenna of resistance of 50­ has an equivalent noise
resistance of 30­. Find the receiver noise ¯gure.
7. What are the characteristics of superheterodyne receivers?
8. What are the methods to improve FM threshold reduction?
9. De¯ne entropy function.
10. De¯ne Rate Bandwidth and Bandwidth e±ciency.

Part B - (5 x 16 = 80 Marks)

11. (a) (i) Draw an envelope detector circuit used for demodulation of AM and ex-
plain its operation. (10)
(ii) How SSB can be generated using Weaver's method? Illustrate with a neat
block diagram. (6)
OR
11. (b) (i) Discuss in detail about frequency translation and frequency division mul-
tiplexing technique with diagrams. (10)
(ii) Compare Amplitude Modulation and Frequency Modulation.
(6)
12. (a) (i) Using suitable Mathematical analysis show that FM modulation produces
in¯nite sideband. Also deduce an expression for the frequency modulated
output and its frequency spectrum. (10)
(ii) How can you generate an FM from PM and PM from FM?
(6)
OR
12. (b) (i) A 20 MHz i s frequency modulated by a sinusoidal signal such that the
maximum frequency deviation is 100 kHz. Determine the modulation index
and approximate bandwidth of the FM signal for the following modulating
signal frequencies,
(1) 1 kHz (2) 100 kHz and (3) 500 kHz. (8)
(ii) Derive the time domain expressions of FM and PM signals.
(8)
13. (a) (i) Give a random process, X(t) = Acos(!t+µ), where A and ! are constants
and µ is a uniform random variable. Show that X(t) is ergodic in both
mean and autocorrelation. (8)
(ii) Write a short note on shot noise and also explain about power spectral
density of shot noise. (8)
OR
13. (b) Write the details about narrow band noise and the properties of quadrature
components of narrowband noise. (16)
14. (a) Derive an expression for SNR at input (SNRc) and output of (SNRo) of a
coherent detector. (16)
OR
14. (b) (i) Explain pre-emphasis and De-emphasis in detail. (10)
(ii) Compare the performances of AM and FM systems. (6)
15. (a) (i) Find the code words for ¯ve symbols of the alphabet of a discrete memory-
less source with probability f0.4, 0.2, 0.2, 0.1, 0.1g, using Hu®man coding
and determine the source entropy and average code word length. (10)
(ii) Discuss the source coding theorem. (6)
OR
15. (b) (i) Derive the channel capacity of a continuous band limited white Gaussian
noise channel. (10)
(ii) Discuss about rate distortion theory. (6)