BHARATH INSTITUTE OF HIGHER EDUCATION AND RESEARCH

Department of Computer Science and Engineering

Sub Code : BET6E4
Sub Name : Cellular Mobile Communication
Important Questions

Unit I-Introduction to Wireless Mobile Communications

PART A- 2 Marks

1. What is wireless communication?

2. List the different modes of communication and identify our current mobile communication
mode.
3. Write down the advantages and disadvantages of wireless communications.
4. What are the applications of wireless communications?
5. List different types of mobile wireless services.
6. Expand WANU and Write down various functionalities of WANU.
7. What are the two types of paging systems?
8. What is De-facto and De-jure?
9. What is ITU? Write down its three sectors.
10. Give examples of various technologies of ITU and IEEE.

PART B- 6 Marks

1. Explain in brief about various mobile phone generations.

2. Write short notes about ITU.
3. Explain in brief about first domestic satellite system.
4. What are the various issues considered in WLL development?
5. Write down about future trends in personal wireless system.

PART C- 10 Marks

1. Explain in detail about Wireless Local Loop with an architecture diagram.

2. Describe in detail about principles, properties and architecture of paging system.
3. Write down principle and properties of cellular telephony.
4. What is standard? Explain about the role of ITU and how standards help to ensure or promote
the various telecommunication products/services.
5. Explain in detail about satellite mobile communication system.

UNIT II-Cellular Concept and System Design Fundamentals

PART A- 2 Marks
1. Define Cell.
2. Write down various operational channels.
3. What do you meant by Co-Channel cells?
4. Write down the requirements for a multiple access schemes.
5. Classify the channel assignment strategies.
6. List out the factors that influencing hand-off.
 7. Write down the sources and effects of Interference.
8. What is ACI & how that can be reduced?
9. What is a trunk?
10. Write down Erlang B formula.

PART B- 6 Marks

1. Write down common techniques to improve system capacity.

2. Explain about Multiple Access Schemes.
3. Explain in brief about anatomy of a cellular call with its operational channels.
4. Explain about Channel Assignment Strategies.
5. Explain about Trunking concept.
PART C- 10 Marks
1. Explain in detail about Frequency Reusing concept.
2. What is Interference? Describe the various types of interference in detail with signal to
interference ratio calculation.
3. Explain about Handoff process in detail.
4. Explain about Erlang Capacity Calculations.
5. Explain in detail about cellular concepts

UNIT III-Mobile Radio Propagation

PART A- 2 Marks

1. What are the basic ways to transmit EM signal?

2. What is large scale propagation models?
3. Write Friis free space equation.
4. When reflection occurs?
5. Define Huygens Principle.
6. Write down the causes of multipath propagation.
7. Define fading.
8. Write down the effects of multipath fading.
9. What are the factors that influence fading.
10. What are the two broadly divided types of parameters for multipath channel?

PART B- 6 Marks

1. Briefly explain about Free Space Propagation Model.

2. Explain diffraction with Knife-edge diffraction model.
3. Explain Okumura and Hata Models.
4. Explain fading effects due to time delay and Doppler spread.
5. Define fading and explain about the influencing factors of fading.
6. (i)Give the relation between bandwidth and received power
(ii) Linear time varying channels.
PART C- 10 Marks

6. Explain in detail about Doppler shift and impulse response model of a multipath channel fading.
7. Explain in detail about basic models of propagation.
8. Describe antenna systems in mobile radio.
9. Describe parameters of mobile multipath channels.
 10. Explain the models for outdoor and indoor applications.

Unit IV-Modulation and Signal Processing

PART A- 2 Marks

1. What is modulation?
2. Write down the need for modulation.
3. What is analog and digital modulation?
4. Define spectral efficiency.
5. Define error rate.
6. What is equalization?
7. List the operating modes of an adaptive equalizer.
8. What is RAKE receiver?
9. List the various types of Diversity technique.
10. Modern speech coding methods in mobile communication.

PART B- 6 Marks

1. Write in brief about channel coding.

2. Explain about RAKE receiver concept.
3. Explain frequency modulation technique.
4. Compare advantages and disadvantages of digital modulation techniques.
5. Explain about the probability of error.

PART C- 10 Marks

11. Explain about Digital Modulation technique.

12. Describe various techniques of analog modulation.
13. Explain in detail about speech coding methods.
14. What is diversity technique? Explain about its types.
15. Write in detail about Equalization.

Unit V-System Examples and Design Issues

PART A- 2 Marks

1. Why multiple access techniques are used.

2. Write down the types of multiple access schemes.
 3. Write down two features of FDMA.
4. What is spreading factor?
5. Write down the characteristics of wireless networking.
6. What are the issues in wireless networks?
7. Give examples for multiple access schemes.
8. List the applications of FDMA.
9. List the components of LTE network architecture.
10. Write down the topologies of wireless network.

PART B- 6 Marks

1. Explain design issues in wireless cellular networks.

2. Explain about GSM open standard.
3. Explain code division multiple access schemes.
4. Give pictorial representation of FDMA, TDMA and CDMA.
5. Explain about UMTS.
PART C- 10 Marks

16. Compare FDMA and TDMA.

17. Explain about wireless networking.
18. Explain in detail about operational systems in CMC.