Code No: 420401 Set No

IV-B.Tech. II Semester Examination April, 2003 1

CELLULAR AND MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS
(common to Electronics and Communication Engineering, Computer Science and
Information Technology, Electronics and Computer Engineering)

Time: 3 Hours Max. Marks: 80

Answer any Five questions

All questions carry equal marks
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1.a) Explain the operation of cellular systems
b) Discuss Analog and digital cellular system

2.a) Derive the C/I from a Normal case in an Omni directional Antenna system.
b) Explain two kinds of cell splitting techniques with neat sketches.

3.a) Explain how Co-channel interference in measured in real time mobile radio
Trans receivers.
b) Prove that K = 7 cell pattern does not provide a sufficient frequency reuse
distance even when an ideal condition of flat terrain is assumed.

4.a) Derive the relation for received power in when the wave is propagating over
water or flat open area between two fixed stations.
b) Write short notes on “Mobile to Mobile Propagation”.

5.a) Describe the Non fixed channel Assignment Algorithms.

b) Write short notes on “Roof Mounted Antennas”

6.a) Explain the following types of hand off

(i) Forced hand off (ii) Mobile Assisted hand off (iii) Inter system hand off.
b) Derive the formula for dropped call rate.

7. Explain the different approaches to increase the coverage of a cellular system in a

noisy environment.

8. Write short notes on the following:

a) Performance criteria of cellular system
b) Diversity receiver
c) Leaky feeder.

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IV-B.Tech. II Semester Examination April, 2003 2

CELLULAR AND MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS
(common to Electronics and Communication Engineering, Computer Science and
Information Technology, Electronics and Computer Engineering)

Time: 3 Hours Max. Marks: 80

Answer any Five questions

All questions carry equal marks
---

1.a) Describe the mobile radio transmission medium

b) Discuss Analog cellular system

2.a) Draw the general view of cellular telecommunication and explain the function of
each component.
b) Distinguish between Permanent Splitting and Dynamic Splitting.

3.a) Distinguish between Co-channel Interference and Non Co-channel Interference.

b) Discuss the various techniques to measure the co-channel interferences

4.a) Explain the effects of cell site Antennae heights.

b) State the Merit of point-point model and Give the general formulae of Lee’s
point- to – point model.

5.a) Explain the following

i) Channel sharing ii) Channel Borrowing iii) Underlay-overlay
b) Discuss the Non fixed channel Assignment Algorithm.

6. What is hand off Explain the different types of hand off’s.

7.a) Explain the various parameters of a cellular system that can be adjusted to
increase coverage.
b) Explain the principle of coverage hole filler.

8. Write short notes on the following:

a) Co-channel reduction factor
b) Roof Mounted Antennas
c) Diversity receiver.

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Code No: 420401 Set No

IV-B.Tech. II Semester Examination April, 2003 3

CELLULAR AND MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS
(common to Electronics and Communication Engineering, Computer Science and
Information Technology, Electronics and Computer Engineering)

Time: 3 Hours Max. Marks: 80

Answer any Five questions
All questions carry equal marks
---

1.a) Explain Basic Cellular System with a neat block diagram.

b) Discuss the performance criteria of Basic Cellular System.

2.a) Explain the Concept of frequency Reuse channels and mention the two schemes
of frequency reuse.
b) Explain Co-channel interference reduction factor and derive the general formula
for C/I.

3.a) Distinguish between Co-channel interference and Non Co-channel interference.

b) Explain the two methods of Diversity with a neat block diagrams.

4.a) Discuss the Mobile point to point Model (Lee Model).

b) The distance between two fixed stations (i) 40 km. the effective height at one
end h1 (ii) 100 m above sea level. Find the height h2 at the end under the two
conditions.
i) Pr < Po at 850 MHz transmission
ii) Pr > Po and find the maximum received power Pr for Pr = 4 Po.

5.a) Discuss the characteristics of cell Site Antennas.

b) Explain the fixed channel Assignment in detail.

6.a) What is hand off and explain how the hand off is initiated.
b) Derive the relationship between capacity Voice Quality and dropped call rate.

7. Explain the different methods to fill the radio propagation hole created by rain in
cellular Mobile Communication.

8. Write short notes on the following

a) Digital Cellular System
b) Cell Splitting Techniques
c) Foliage loss

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Code No: 420401 Set No
IV-B.Tech. II Semester Examination April, 2003

CELLULAR AND MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS

4
(common to Electronics and Communication Engineering, Computer Science and
Information Technology, Electronics and Computer Engineering)

Time: 3 Hours Max. Marks: 80

Answer any Five questions
All questions carry equal marks
---

1.a) Discuss the limitations of conventional mobile telephone system

b) Discuss the three categories for specifying the performance criteria of a cellular
system.

2.a) Derive the C/I in an Omni directional Antenna system.

b) What is cell splitting? Explain the two kinds of cell splitting techniques.

3.a) Explain the effects of cell site Antenna heights.

b) Explain the different types of Non-Co-channel interferences.

4.a) Distinguish between frequency management and channel Assignment.

b) Explain the fixed channel Assignment.

5.a) Explain the following hand off’s (i) Inter system hand off (ii) Power difference
hand off (iii) Soft hand off.
b) Explain clearly how to calculate 8 and µ for single cell.

6. Explain different types of diversity schemes in cellular system.

7.a) Explain the different methods for reducing the interference.

b) Write short notes on “leaky feeder”.

8. Write short notes on the following:

a) Basic cellular system
b) Concept of Frequency reuse Channels
c) Umbrella Pattern Antennas.

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