DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATION ENGINEERING
INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ROORKEE
ECE-102: Introduction to Communication Systems
Tutorial-3
1. Evaluate the following continuous-time convolution integrals:
(a) y(t) = (u(t) − u(t − 2)) ∗ u(t) (e) y(t) = e−2t u(t) ∗ (u(t + 2) − u(t))
(b) y(t) = cos(πt) (u(t + 1) − u(t − 1)) ∗ u(t)
(f) y(t) = u(t) ∗ h(t),
(c) ((u(t + 2) − u(t − 1)) ∗ u(−t + 2) 2t
e , t<0
(d) y(t) = (2δ(t + 1) + δ(t − 5)) ∗ u(t − 1) where h(t) =
e−3t , t ≥ 0
2. Given the excitation x[n] and the impulse response h[n], find the system response y[n]. Given the
excitation x[n] and the impulse response h[n], find the system response y[n].
(a) x[n] = αn u[n], h[n] = β n u[n]
n
(b) x[n] = − 21 u[n − 4], h[n] = 4n u[2 − n]
n n
3. Let the signal y[n] = x[n] ∗ h[n], where x[n] = 3n u[−n − 1] + − 13 u[n] and h[n] = − 14 u[n].
(a) Determine y[n] without utilizing the distributive property of convolution.
(b) Determine y[n] utilizing the distributive property of convolution.
4. Consider the convolution y[n] = x1 [n] ∗ x2 [n] ∗ x3 [n], where x1 [n] = (0.5)n u[n], x2 [n] = u[n + 3], and
x3 [n] = δ[n] − δ[n − 1].
(a) Evaluate the convolution x1 [n] ∗ x2 [n]
(b) Convolve the result of part a) with x3 [n] in order to evaluate y[n]
(c) Evaluate the convolution x2 [n] ∗ x3 [n].
(d) Convolve the result of part c) with x1 [n] in order to evaluate y[n].
5. The following are the impulse responses of continuous-time LTI systems. Determine whether each system
is causal and/or stable. Justify your answers.
(a) h(t) = cos(πt)u(t) (e) h(t) = e2t u(−1 − t)
(b) h(t) = e−4t u(t − 2) (f) h(t) = e−6|t|
(c) h(t) = e−6t u(3 − t) (g) h(t) = te−t u(t)
(d) h(t) = e−2t u(t + 50) (h) h(t) = (2e−t − e(t−100)/100 ) u(t)
6. The following are the impulse responses of discrete-time LTI systems. Determine whether each system
is causal and/or stable. Justify your answers.
(a) h[n] = (−1)n u[−n] (e) h[n] = (− 21 )n u[n] + (1.01)n u[n − 1]
(b) h[n] = ( 51 )n u[n] (f) h[n] = (− 12 )n u[n] + (1.01)n u[1 − n]
(c) h[n] = (0.8)n u[n + 2] (g) h[n] = n( 13 )n u[n − 1]
(d) h[n] = (5)n u[3 − n] (h) h[n] = sin( π2 n)
−n
7. Compute and plot the convolution y[n] = x[n] ∗ h[n], where x[n] = 31 u[−n − 1] and h[n] = u[n − 1].
8. We define the area under a continuous-time signal v(t) as
Z ∞
Av = v(t)dt.
−∞
Show that if y(t) = x(t) ∗ h(t), then Ay = Ax Ah .
9. Consider an LTI system with input and output related through the equation
Z t
y(t) = e−(t−τ ) x(τ − 2)dτ.
−∞
What is the impulse response of the system?
10. Prove that
Z ∞ Z ∞
[x(t) ∗ h(t)] ∗ g(t) = x(t) ∗ [h(t) ∗ g(t)] = x(τ )h(σ)g(t − τ − σ)dτ dσ.
−∞ −∞
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