Shri Vishnu Engineering College for Women :: Bhimavaram

Department of Electronics & Communication Engineering

DIGITAL COMMUNICATIONS
Assignment # 1
1. Explain PCM Communication System.
2. Explain DPCM System and Need for predictor.
3. Explain Delta Modulation, What are its draw backs and how to overcome.
4. Find the output signal power due to Quantization noise in a PCM and DM system.
5. Explain QPSK Tx and Rx Block Diagram.
6. Compare Digital Modulation Techniques.
7. a) What are the advantages and disadvantages of Digital Modulation schemes.
b) Why PSK cant be detected using Non coherent detection.
c) The bit stream d (t) is to be transmitted using DEPSK. If d (t) is 001010011010
determine b (t) and show that data d (t) is recovered using the decoder of DEPSK.
8. Derive an expression for Transfer function of Matched Filter.
9. Derive an expression for probability of error.
10. Calculate probability of error for ASK, PSK, FSK and QPSK.


Assignment # 2
1. Derive an expression for all entropies i.e.
H(x), H(y), H(x/y), H(y/x) and H(x,y).
2. Derive an Expression for Shannons Channel Capacity.
3. Consider a (6, 3) generator matrix.

G = 1 0 0 | 0 1 1
0 1 0 | 1 0 1
0 0 1 | 1 1 0
Find
(a) All the code vectors of this data.
(b) The parity check matrix for this code.
(c) The minimum weight of this code.
(d) Show how a single error can be corrected and what happens when more than one error
is there.
4. A (15, 5) linear cyclic code has a generator polynomial
G(x) =1 +x +x
2
+x
4
+x
5
+x
8
+x
10
.
Find the code polynomial for the message polynomial D(x) =1+x
2
+x
4
using systematic
and non systematic form.

5. [X]=[x
1
x
2
x
3
x
4
x
5
x
6
x
7
x
8
]
[P]=[1/4 1/8 1/16 1/16 1/16 1/4 1/16 1/8]
Calculate the coding efficiency using Shannon fano coding
6. [X]=[x
1
x
2
x
3
x
4
x
5
x
6
x
7
]
[P]=[0.4 0.2 0.12 0.08 0.08 0.08 0.04]
Calculate the coding efficiency using Huffman coding


7. Figure describes the encoder which has four states a, b, c, d corresponding to
M1, M2 =00, 01, 10, 11 respectively, draw the state Diagram and trellis Diagram for the
data 1011