Lahore University of Management Sciences

Syed Babar Ali School of Science & Engineering

Department of Electrical Engineering
EE380 - Communication Systems
Spring 2014-15
Assignment 1 - Review of Signals & Systems
Total Points: 200
Date Assigned: Februrary 14, 2015 Date Due: Februrary 20, 2015 (Before 5 pm)

NOTE:
1) Up to two students can submit a single solution working together. You may NOT
group with someone who is not in your section NOR can you group with someone with
whom you have previously submitted a single solution. Homework can be submitted in
the Assignment Dropbox in the EE department, SSE building. Make sure to write your
IDs and Sections.
2) The MATLAB questions require hardcopy submission of code as well as graphs.

Problem 1 (20 Points)

If the signal g(t) = ea|t| has the following form

Figure 1: Problem 1

Find the Fourier Transform and sketch x(t) = 2g( t5

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). Where a is any positive integer.

Problem 2 (10+10 = 20 Points)

a) Sketch the signal g(t) = t2 and find the trigonometric Fourier Series to represent g(t)
over the interval (1, 1). Sketch the Fourier Series for all values of t.
b) Verfiy Parsevals Theorem for this case given that

X 1 4
=
n=1
n4 90

Problem 3 (10+10+10 = 30 Points)

Consider the continuous-time periodic signal

x(t) = 2sin(2t 3) + sin(6t)

a) Determine the fundamental frequency and Fourier Series Coefficients.

b) Find the Fourier Series of the following function assumed to have period 2.

1
 
x + x 0
f (x) =
0x
c) Find the Fourier Series of the signal given below.

Figure 2: Problem 4

Problem 4 (5+10+10+5+5+10 = 45 Points)

Consider the sawtooth wave in Figure 2. Using MATLAB, answer the following:
a) Plot the sawtooth wave x(t) from 2 to 2.
b) Find the Fourier Series Coefficients of x(t).
c) Plot the time domain function resulting by considering only up to the third harmonic
in x(t). Plot from 2 to 2.
d) Plot the time domain function resulting by considering only up to the seventh
harmonic in x(t). Plot from 2 to 2.
e) Plot the time domain function resulting by considering only up to the twenty-fifth
harmonic in x(t). Plot from 2 to 2.
f ) Find the average power in the sawtooth wave x(t) using MATLAB for each of the
parts above and compare it with the analytical value. (Hint: Remember finding power
from Fourier Series Coefficients as you did in EE310 MATLAB Assignment).
Submit all Plots and Code for this question.

Problem 5 (10+10+5 = 25 Points)

Consider the folowing function:

A 0 t | 2 |

f (t) =
0 | 2 | t | T20 |
where T0 is the period of this function and T0 is the duty cycle. The Fourier Series
coefficients for this function are cn = A
T0
sinc(nf0 ). The plot of this function is shown in
Figure 2.1-7 of Course Book.Using MATLAB answer the following:
a) Fix T0 = 4ms and vary where takes the values [0.5ms, 1ms, 2ms, 4ms]. Plot the
magnitude of the spectral lines at the fundamental frequency component as well as
multiples of fundamental components. Record the observations and attach a graph for
each of the above given values of .
b) Now fix and vary T0 where T0 takes the values [2ms, 6ms, 8ms]. Plot the
magnitude of the spectral lines at the fundamental frequency component as well as
multiples of fundamental components. Record the observations and attach a graph for
each of the above given values of T0 .
c) Comment what happens to the spectrum when T0 goes to .
Submit all Plots and Code for this question.

Problem 6 (10+5+5 = 20 Points)

Prove that a periodic
P signal with Fourier Series Coefficients cn , can be represented as
a) v(t) = c0 + n=1 |2cn |cos(2nfo t + argcn )

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b) v(t) = c0 +
P
n=1 [an cos(2nfo t) + bn sin(2nfo t)]
c) Express an and bn in terms of cn
where an and bn is the real and imajinary part of cn respectively.

Problem 7 (10+10+10+10 = 40 Points)

Attempt the following questions from the end of Chapter 2 from Communication
Systems (A Bruce Carlson, Paul B Carilly). Scanned end-chapter exercises are attached
at the end of this homework.
2.1.8, 2.2.1, 2.2.5, 2.3.8

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Scanned end-chapter exercises