TIC303/05 Wireless Communication

Tutor-marked Assignment 1

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3. The total marks for TMA 1 is 100% and contributes 25% towards the total
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4. TMA 1 covers topics from Unit 1 and Unit 2.

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TIC303/05 Wireless Communication Sem 2/2017

Question 1
(a) Identify and describe THREE (3) types of data flow in wireless
communication. [6 marks]

(b) Complete the following characteristics for 3G and 4G cellular network.

3G including 4G
2.5G (EDGE)
Major requirement driving architecture
Network architecture
Frequency band
Bandwidth
Switching design basis
Access technologies
Component design

Table 1 [14 marks]

(c) (i) Describe the important concept of Bluetooth.

[2 marks]
(ii) List down TWO (2) functions of Bluetooth.
[4 marks]

Question 2
(a) Explain TWO (2) advantages and TWO (2) disadvantages of IEEE802.11a
WLANs.
[8 marks]
(b) Briefly explain FOUR (4) characteristics of HIPERLAN.
[8 marks]
(c) (i) Briefly explain the concepts of frequency reuse in the cellular system.
[4 marks]
(ii) Determine the distance for the nearest co-channel cell for a cell that
having a radius of 0.64km and a co-channel reuse factor of 12.
𝐷
[ Hint: 𝐹𝑟𝑒𝑞𝑢𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑦 𝑟𝑒𝑢𝑠𝑒 𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜, 𝑞 = ]
𝑅

[4 marks]

TIC303/05 Wireless Communication Sem 2/2017

Question 3
(a) Consider 20MHz of the total bandwidth is allocated for duplex channels in a
cellular 25kHz radio frequency bandwidth. Calculate:
(i) the available number of duplex channels
[4 marks]
(ii) the number of channel per cell if the frequency reuse factor is 4.
[4 marks]
(iii) if the system allocate 40kHz bandwidth for guard band, what will be
the effective number of available duplex channels for voice
communication.
[4 marks]
(b) Consider a metropolitan city with total area of 2500km2 covered by a
hexagonal cell array with a 7- cell reuse pattern. The radius of each cell is
6km. The cellular system has allocated a total bandwidth of 25MHz and a full-
duplex channel bandwidth of 30kHz. A total of 40kHz guard band is used in
FDMA system, and there are total 16 control channels. Calculate:
(i) the number of cells in the service area
[Hint: 𝐴𝑃 = 𝐴𝑂 𝑠𝑖𝑛 30ᵒ, 𝑂𝑃 = 𝐴𝑃 cos 30ᵒ,
1
𝐴𝑟𝑒𝑎 𝑜𝑓∆ 𝐴𝑂𝐵 = × 𝐴𝐵 × 𝑂𝑃 and 𝐴𝑟𝑒𝑎 𝑜𝑓𝑕𝑒𝑥𝑎𝑔𝑜𝑛 = 6 × ∆ 𝐴𝑂𝐵]
2

[5 marks]
(ii) the number of channels without frequency reuse
[4 marks]
(iii) the cell capacity
[4 marks]

Figure 1: Hexagonal cell of 6km radius

TIC303/05 Wireless Communication Sem 2/2017

Question 4
(a) When a mobile phone user is moving from one cell to another cell (call is
going on), the call is suddenly terminated, even though all the functionalities
of the transmitters and receivers are working properly. Explain why?
[5 marks]
(b) A cellular network consists of 32 cells with each hexagonal cell area of 1.8km2
The total number of radio channels allotted is 184.
(i) Find the total area covered by the cellular network.
[1 mark]
(ii) Find the total channel capacity if
𝑁=4
𝑁=5
𝑁=7
[9 marks]
(c) In a cellular system with a 7-cell cluster, 168 voice channels are available.
Determine the assignment of voice channels to each cell/sector if

(i) omnidirectional antennas are used at the cell-site

[5 marks]
(ii) 3-sector 120ᵒ directional antennas are used at the cell-site
[5 marks]

END OF TMA 1

TIC303/05 Wireless Communication Sem 2/2017