WCN Question Bank

UNIT-I

Short Questions : (2&3 marks)

1) Write the important terms in cellular systems ?

2) Classify the types of channel assignments ?
3) Define co-channel Interference ?
4) What are the causes for co-channel interference ?
5) Define adjacent co-channel Interference ?
6) Illustrate the power control for reducing interference in cellular systems ?
7) Explain the methods of improving coverage in cellular systems ?
8) Explain the points for improving capacity in cellular systems ?
9) Define Sectoring of cells ?
10) Classify the Handoff strategies in cellular systems ?

Long Questions : (5 marks)

1) Write a short notes on cellular system ?

2) List out the differences between land line telephone and cellular network ?
3) Explain the major elements of cellular mobile radio system ?
4) Write a short notes on frequency reuse scheme and frequency reuse distance ?
5) Explain the procedure for calculating the standard cluster sizes ?
6) In a total 33 MHz of BW allocated to a particular FDD system which uses to 25 KHz simplex
Channels to provide full duplex voice and control channels. Compute the number of
Channels available per cell is a system uses,
(i)Four cell reuse (ii)Seven cell reuse (iii) 12 cell reuse
If 1 MHz of allocated spectrum is dedicated to control channels. Determine a equitable
Distribution of control and voice channels in each cell for each of three systems ?
11) Explain about the channel assignment strategies ?
12) Give the common principles of channel allocation schemes ?
13) What type of handoff is used when a call initiated in one cellular system and enter another
System before terminating ?
15) List out the differences between soft and hard handoffs ?
16) Give the concept of interference and system capacity ?
18) Explain about the co-channel interference reduction factor and derive the general formula
 For C/I ?
19) If a signal-to-interference ratio of 15 dB is required for satisfactory forward channel
Performance of a cellular system ? What is the frequency reuse factor and cluster size that
Should be used for maximum capacity if the path loss exponent is (a) n=4 (b) n=3 ? Assume that
There are six co-channel cells in the first tier and all of them are at the same distance from
The mobile. Use suitable approximations.
20) Discuss about channel planning for wireless systems ?
21) With the neat diagram explain trunking and Grade of Service system ?
22) Discuss the trunking efficiency degradation and compare one carrier/market and other than one
carrier per market with necessary graphs ?
23) An urban area has a population of two million residents. Three competing trunked mobile
Networks (systems A, B and C ) provide cellular service in this area. System A has 394 cells
With 19 channels each and system B has 98 cells with 57 channels each and system C has
49 cells, each with 100 channels ? Find the number of users that can be supported at 2%
blocking If each user averages two calls per hour at an average call duration of three
minutes. Assuming That all all three truncated systems are operated at maximum capacity.
Compute the percentage Market penetration of each cellular provider ?
24) Write the need for cell splitting in mobile communication system ?
25) Give the comparison between permanent and dynamic cell splitting ?
26) Write the concept of cell sectoring ?

UNIT-II
Short Questions : (2&3 marks)

1) Write a short notes on Reflection,diffraction and scattering ?

2) Define Brewster angle in radio propagation ?
3) Calculate the Brewster angle for a wave impinging on ground having a permittivity of r=4 ?
4) Demonstrate that if medium 1 is free space and medium 2 is a dielectric, both |||| and
|L| approach 1 as i approaches 00 regardless of r ?
5) List out outdoor propagation models ?
6) Mention different types of indoor propagation models ?
Long Questions : (5 marks)

1) Explain the Radio wave propagation in detail ?

2) Explain about free space propagation model with necessary expressions ?
3) Derive an expression for relating power to electric field with neat sketches ?
4) Assume a receiver is located 10 Km from a 50W transmitter. The carrier frequency
Is 900 MHz, free space propagation is assumed, Gt=1 and Gr=2 find
(a) The power at the receiver
(b) The magnitude of the E-field at the receiver antenna
(c) The rms voltage applied to the receiver input assuming that the receiver antenna
has A purely real impedance of 50 Ohm and matched to the receiver ?
5) Explain the basic propagation Mechanisms ?
6) Briefly discuss about reflection from dielectrics ?
7) Explain about ground reflection model with necessary expressions ?
8) Briefly discuss about the Fresnel zone effect with neat sketches ?
9) Derive an expression for knife edge diffraction with neat sketches ?
10) Discuss the multiple knife-edge diffraction scattering ?
11) Briefly explain about Longely rice model in radio wave propagation ?
12) With neat diagram explain okumara model ?
13) Derive and explain the Hata model and PCS extension Hata moder ?
14) Write short notes on Walfisch and Bertoni Model ?
15) Explain about losses occurring in indoor propagation models ?
16) Discuss about the log distance path loss model ?
17) Briefly explain about ray tracing and site specific modeling ?

III UNIT
Short Questions : (2&3 marks)
1) Write a short notes on fading ?
2) Explain about small scale multipath propagation ?
3) What are the factors influencing on small scale fading ?
4) What is Doppler Phase Shift ?
5) An aircraft is heading towards a control tower with 500 kmph at an elevation of 200.
Communication between aircraft and control tower occurs at 900 MHz. Find out the
expected Doppler Shift ?
6) List out the types for measuring multipath techniques for small scale fading ?
7) What are the merits and Demerits and uses of RF pulse system ?
8) What are the advantages and disadvantages of spread spectrum sliding correlator channel
sounding ?
9) List out the parameters of mobile multipath channels ( Dispersion Parameters ) ?
10) Define Coherence bandwidth ?
Long Questions (5 marks)
1) Derive the expression for Doppler Phase Shift related to small scale fading ?
B) In the US digital cellular system if fc=900mMHz and the mobile velocity is 70km/hr.
Calculate the received carrier frequency is the mobile
(a) Directly toward the transmitter (positive Doppler Shift)
(b) Directly away from the transmitter (Negative Doppler Shift)
(c) In a direction perpendicular to the direction of the arrival of the transmitted signal.
2) Explain about the impulse response model of a multipath channel with necessary
expression ?
3) Derive the relationship between bandwidth and received power ?
4) Explain about the direct RF pulse system with neat diagram ?
5) Discuss spread spectrum sliding correlator channel sounding with neat sketches ?
6) Explain in detail about the frequency domain channels sounding with neat sketches ?
6 B) Explain about Time Dispersion Parameters in detail ?
7 Classify the different types of small scale fading ?
8 Write short notes on flat fading and frequency selective fading ?
9 Explain fading effects due to Doppler Spread (Fast fading & Slow fading ) ?
10 Explain the clarkes model for flat fading ?
11 Discuss the simulation of Clarke and Gans fading model ?
12 Write about level crossing and fading statistics ?
13 Illustrate two-ray Rayleigh fading model ?

IV UNIT
Short Questions : (2&3 marks)
1) Write short notes on equalization and diversity ?
2) What is linear transversal equalizer ? Draw its structures ?
3) What is non-linear equalizer ? Mention their types ?
4) Mention the different types of algorithms for adaptive equalizer ?
5) List put the factors influencing the adaptive equalizer algorithm ?
6) What is diversity technique? Classify them ?
7) Write short notes on polarization, frequency and Time diversity ?
8) What is RAKE Receiver ?
Long Questions : (5 marks)
1) Discuss about the training the generic adaptive equalizer ?
2) Which type of equalizer is used in communication receiver ? Explain ?
3) Explain about decision feedback equalizer ?
4) Explain about maximum likelihood sequence estimation (MLSE) equalizer ?
5) Write short notes on Zero forcing algorithm, Least Mean Square algorithm and
Recursive Least Square Algorithm ?
6) Derive the expression for selection diversity improvement with necessary assumptions ?
7) Discuss about the maximal ratio combining improvement with necessary expressions ?
8) Write short notes on practical space diversity considerations ?
9) Explain different types of space diversity considerations ?
 V UNIT
Short Questions : (2&3 marks)
1) Write a short notes on wireless networks ?
2) Discuss about wireless network architecture ?
3) List out different types of wireless networks ?
4) Mention advantages and disadvantages of wireless LANs ?
5) Give the properties of IEEE 802.16 ?
6) Distinguish between IEEE 802.11 and IEEE 802.16 ?
Long Questions : (5 marks)
1) Give the concept of wireless local area networks ?
2) Explain the architecture of IEEE 802.11 standards (Medium Access Control)?
3) Write about IEEE 802.11 MAC frame format and frame control field ?
4) Give the comparison between IEEE 802.11 a, b, g and n standards ?
5) Explain about IEEE 802.16 standards ?
6) Briefly explain about wireless PANs ?
7) Discuss different versions HIPERLANs ?
8) Illustrate the protocol stack of the HIPERLAN-2 ?
9) Discuss neat sketches of WLL configurations and explain ?