Ecomms s07 Midterm
Ecomms s07 Midterm
Student’s Name:
DIRECTIONS: This exam consists of three parts – Part A, Part B and Part C. Answer
all questions in all three parts. This exam is OPEN TEXTBOOK/ NOTES/
CALCULATOR, CLOSED COMPUTER/WEB. Remember to specify UNITS for all
answers. Use proper NOTATION. Show ALL WORK.
A: 3/8
B: 3/16
C: 3/16
D: 1/8
E: 1/16
F: 1/32
G: 1/32
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(a) What are the individual code words and code lengths for each of these symbols?
(b) What is the coding efficiency?
(c) If each of these symbols were equiprobable, would you agree that a fixed length code
is about as efficient as any code can be? Give reasons for your answer.
(d) If each of these symbols were equiprobable, how many source symbols should the
source generate for the coding efficiency to be 100 percent?
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4. Discuss the trade-offs associated with using multi-level digital baseband signaling for
bandpass digital communications.
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Part B
5. You are required to capture and perform spectral analysis on an AF signal that is
bandlimited to 5-kHz. The spectral resolution should be such that the user can
distinguish frequencies that are at least 20-Hz apart. You are provided with an
HP54645A Oscilloscope (which does NOT support FFT displays) connected to a PC.
The PC supports Agilent IntuiLink Scope and Matlab. Design a waveform capture
and spectral analysis strategy in the steps outlined below:
(a) What time window, T, should be set in the oscilloscope for capturing the AF
signal? Available options are 10 ms, 100 ms, 1 s and 10 s.
(b) How many points should be captured? Available settings in IntuiLink Scope
include 500 points, 1000 points, 2000 points and 4000 points.
(c) Write a Matlab program that:
Reads in the file containing time and amplitude information from the
captured AF signal.
Computes the sampling frequency of the time-domain signal.
Computes the FFT of the time-domain signal.
Displays that part of the computed amplitude spectrum that represents the
CFT of the AF signal.
(20 points)
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Part C
Your system-level design should not focus on individual components; rather, it should
provide block diagrams of systems and subsystems with specified I/O characteristics.
Credit will be given for design simplicity, functionality and adherence to current
communications standards.
(40 points)