TEE 213/05

Telecommunication Principles
Tutor-marked Assignment 1

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Question 1
(a)

With the aid of diagrams, explain TWO (2) differences between simplex, half
duplex and full duplex mode of communication.
[9 marks]

(b)

A 10kW carrier wave is amplitude modulated at 80% depth of modulation by

a sinusoidal modulating signal.
Determine:
i.
the sideband power
[4 Marks]
ii. the total power
[4 Marks]
iii. the transmission efficiency of the AM wave
[3 Marks]

Question 2
(a)

A carrier wave of frequency 10MHz and peak value 10V is amplitude

modulated by a 5kHz of amplitude 6V.
Answer the following questions:
i.
Determine the modulation factor.
[2 Marks]
ii.

Determine the sideband frequencies.

[2 Marks]

iii.

Determine the amplitude of sideband components.

[2 Marks]

iv.

Draw the frequency spectrum.

[4 Marks]

(b)

A frequency modulated wave is given by the equation:

= 12 cos 6 108 + 5 sin 1250
Find:
i.

the carrier frequency.

[2 Marks]

ii.

the signal frequency.

iii.

the modulation index.

iv.

the maximum frequency deviation.

v.

the power dissipated by the FM wave in 10 resistor.

[2 Marks]
[2 Marks]
[2 Marks]
[2 Marks]

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Question 3
(a)

A radio station, 1280AM, is conducting a monthly test of the Emergency Alert

System. The test begins with an annoying sound comprised of two pure tones
at 853Hz and 960Hz. The signal being broadcast has exactly five frequency
components.
The signal could be written as follows:
vAM(t) = v1 sin(2 f1 t) + v2 sin(2 f2 t) + v3 sin(2 f3 t) + v4 sin(2 f4 t) + v5
sin(2 f5 t) [V]
Find the five frequencies that comprise the AM signal being broadcast. The
carrier frequency and the two sidebands for each of the two tones will be
involved.
[5 marks]

(b)

Consider a FM modulator with modulation index m = 5, modulating signal

vm = 2 sin(25kt), and an unmodulated carrier frequency fc = 400 kHz, answer
the following questions:
i.

Number of sets of significant sidebands

[2 Marks]

ii.

Sideband amplitudes
[9 Marks]

iii.

Draw the output frequency spectrum

[4 Marks]

[Hint: refer to Bessel Table]

Question 4
(a)

Draw Amplitude Shift Keying (ASK) signal and FrequencyShift Keying

(FSK) signal for the following data: 101010001101.
[10 Marks]

(b)

In general, digital signals are stored after the analog-digital (A/D) conversion
in a digital memory, e.g. the main memory. In order to convert digital signals
back to analog signals, digital-analog (D/A) converters are needed. This
relationship is illustrated in Figure 1:

Figure 1

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We consider the recovered, analog signal after the sampling and

i.

quantization. Why is an errorless reconstruction of the analog signal

not possible even assuming ideally working components?
[2 Marks]
ii.

Name two advantages of digital signals over analog signals.

[8 Marks]

Question 5
(a)

The signal shown in Figure 2 was sampled and quantized. The variance of
quantization error is 2.0833. Compute the following:
Smax=30

Smin=-10

Figure 2
i.

Total number of levels.

[Hint: 2 = 2/12]

ii.

The number of bits required to represent each sample.

[3 Marks]
[3 Marks]
(b)

Assume that the word Freddy needs to be transmitted through a transmission

line. Using the attached ASCII table in the appendix, answer the following
questions:
i.

How many bits are needed by this transmission?

[6 marks]

ii.

Using the odd parity for the VRC and even parity for LRC, compute
the VRC and LRC for this transmission.
[8 marks]

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Appendix

Bessel Table

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ASCII Table

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ASCII Table

END OF TMA 1

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