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Digital Communication Midterm Exam 2016

This document is the mid-semester examination for the subject Digital Communication for the spring 2016 semester at Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur. It contains 7 questions ranging from 2-5 marks each related to topics in digital communication including: 1) Properties of independent and identically distributed random variables and sample means. 2) Computing tail probabilities for a Laplace random variable. 3) Entropy calculations for Markov sources and modified sources. 4) Decoding a signal using Lempel-Ziv encoding. 5) Properties of complex baseband and passband signals. 6) Finding an orthonormal basis to represent given functions. 7) Effects of passing white Gaussian

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Digital Communication Midterm Exam 2016

This document is the mid-semester examination for the subject Digital Communication for the spring 2016 semester at Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur. It contains 7 questions ranging from 2-5 marks each related to topics in digital communication including: 1) Properties of independent and identically distributed random variables and sample means. 2) Computing tail probabilities for a Laplace random variable. 3) Entropy calculations for Markov sources and modified sources. 4) Decoding a signal using Lempel-Ziv encoding. 5) Properties of complex baseband and passband signals. 6) Finding an orthonormal basis to represent given functions. 7) Effects of passing white Gaussian

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INDIAN INSTITUTI~ OF TECHNOLOGY, KHARAGPUR

Date: 18-02-2016. -P-N/A . Time: 2g III's .. Full Marks: 30. No of students: 126
Subject Type: Core(UG)
Mid Semester Examination. Semester: At!-ttttnfl/Spring, 2016
Subject: Digital Communication (EC31002)
Answer ALL questions. Think before you write. If you want to assume something, slate clearly.

1. Suppose, {XI' X2 , ... , XJ are independently and identically distributee! random variables with
mean 0 and variance I.
I
a) Prove that Y =( il:X, - ~(O,I)
/I )

"\/n ,~I

b) Comment on the probability density function of the sample mean. (4,1)


-Ixl
2. Assume a Laplace random variable with probability density function p(x) = 0.25e 2

Compute a) True tail probability and b) Chebyshev tail probability bound. (2,3)
3. Assume the transition probability matrix of an ergodic Markov source with internal state
X E {XI,X2,X:1'X~}.
0.25 0.25 0.25 0.25
0.5 0.5 0 0
T= Here. T(i.j) = P(X = x, IX = x).
0 0 0.5 0.5
0 0 0
a) Find the source entropy H(X).
b) Modified Source: Y(n)=X(n)+X(n-I). Find H(Y). (4,3)

4. For a variable-to- 6 bit Lempel-Ziv encoding scheme, the following signal is received.
00000 I0000000000 I 10001000000 I 0 00 I 0 I 1001000 00 II 01 0 I 00000 100 1 I
Find the original signal. (3)

5. Show that the complex base band signal s, (I) = a(/)e ,0(1) and its corresponding modulated

pass band real signal S(/) = a(l )cos(2nt; 1+ 0(/)) contains same energy if time variation of
the envelope is much slower than the carrier signal. (3)
6. Assume the following functions.
O,l < 0 0,1 < 0
0,1 < 0
1,0 ~ I < 0.5 -2,0 < 1< 1
1,0 < 1< 1
XI (I) = , x2 (I) = -1,0.5 ~ 1< 1.5 , and X:J/)= 1,1~I < 1.5
-1.l~/<2
1.1.5~/<2 3,1.5~/<2
0,1;::: 2
0,1;::: 2 0,1;::: 2
Find the orthonormal basis functions for representing these functions. Write down the
representation. (5)
7. Suppose a white Gaussian noise is-fed into a narrowband bandpass filter and the output is
observed. Is the output noise white') Is the output noise Gaussian? Comment on the
correlation properties and power spectral density of the output signal. (2)

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