ANJUMAN COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY,

SADAR, NAGPUR – 440001

DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRONICS & TELECOMMUNICATION ENGINEERING
8th Semester (Section A)

Wireless & Mobile Communication

Question Bank for CAT - I

1. Derive the expression for worst-case signal-to-interference ratio considering only first tier co-
channel cell. Show that for N=7 the worst case S/I is 17 dB. Comment on the result where N is
number of cells per cluster. (S-15-7)
2. Explain the following in brief: (i) Channel Assignment Strategies (ii) MAHO (S-17-6)
3. Explain in detail the process sequence for call that is made from mobile to landline (basic)
telephone. (S-16,S-15-6)
4. Explain in detail the necessity of cell splitting (S-15-6)
5. Explain in detail handoff strategies in Mobile communication (W-16,S-14-7)
6. What is GOS for cellular radio system? Compare Erlang B and C system. (W-16-6)
7. Define the following terms: [i] Holding Time [ii] Traffic Intensity [iii] Grade of services
[iv] Request Rate [v] Setup Time [vi] Block Call (S-16,S-14-10)
8. Explain [i] Soft handoff [ii] Hard handoff (S-12-4)
9. What is frequency reuse concept? Explain its importance while designing the cellular mobile
system. (S-17-7, W-17-6, W-16)
10. What is Umbrella Cell approach? When is it used? (W-14-4)
11. Explain: Cell Dragging, Dwell Time (W-14-4)
12. Explain with neat sketch, inter-system handoff (W-14-5)
13. With timing diagram, illustrate how a call to a mobile user is initiated by a landline subscriber
(W-16,W-14-7)
14. Explain the cellular concept with the aid of the following: (i) Frequency Reuse (ii) Channel
assignment strategies (iii) Hand-off strategies (S-15-7-any two),(W-12-14)
15. What are the two types of cellular interference? (W-16,W-12-4)
16. Explain any one method to improve the coverage and capacity in cellular system (S-17-6)
17. Explain Micro-cell concept to improve coverage and capacity. (S-16-7)
18. Explain the following capacity improvement technique used in cellular system. (W-17-9)
(i) Cell Splitting (ii) Cell Sectoring
19. All numericals solved in class as well as unsolved numericals.
20. Explain the following terms: (i) Level Crossing Rate (ii) Coherence Bandwidth (iii) Delay
Spread (iv) Rayleigh Fading (W-17-8)
21. Explain the factors influencing small scale fading (W-17-5)