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Question Paper Code: W7601

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M.E. DEGREE EXAMINATION, JANUARY 2010

First Semester

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Applied Electronics

AP 9211 — ADVANCED DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING

(Common to M.E – Communication Systems and

M.E – Computer and Communication)

(Regulations 2009)

Time : Three hours Maximum : 100 Marks

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Answer ALL Questions

PART A — (10 × 2 = 20 Marks)

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1. Define variance.
2. Define energy of discrete signal.
3. How do parametric methods of spectral estimation overcome the limitations of
non-parametric methods?
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4. How are Blackman and Tukey methods used in Periodogram averaging?

5. What is the importance of Linear Prediction in signal processing?
6. Give few applications where Kalman filter is used.
7. Why are FIR filters used in adaptive filter application?
8. What is adaptive noise cancellation?
9. What is interpolation? Give one example.
10. Write down the application of Wavelet transform in Data Compression.
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PART B — (5 × 16 = 80 Marks)

11. (a) (i) Calculate the mean and variance for the auto correlation function of
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random signals. (8)

(ii) Determine the power spectra for a random process generated by

x ( n ) = w(n ) − x (n − 4 ) , where w(n ) is white noise process with
variance σ 2 . (4)
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(iii) State and explain Parseval's theorem. (4)

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 (b) (i) Derive the Yule Walker equations for ARMA model. (10)

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(ii) Explain the relationship between autocorrelation and the spectral
density. (6)

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12. (a) (i) Explain the periodogram method of spectral estimation and
evaluate the performance of the periodogram. (10)
(ii) In the Welch method, calculate the variance of the Welch power
spectrum estimate with the Bartlett window if there is 50% overlap
between successive sequences. (6)

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(b) (i) Briefly describe the Yule Walker method of spectrum estimation. (8)
(ii) Describe the Bartlett method of spectral estimation. (8)

13. (a) Describe the basic idea of least mean square error criterion and how it is
applied to the Wiener filter. (16)

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(b)

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Explain the Levinson-Durbin algorithm for computing the prediction
error filter co-efficient and prediction error power. (16)
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14. (a) (i) Derive the Widrow Hopf equations. (8)

(ii) Implement the third order FIR filter.

H ( Z ) = 1 + 0.5Z −1 − 0.1Z −2 − 0.5Z −3 using a lattice filter structure. (8)

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(b) Explain in detail the LMS adaptive algorithm for noise cancellation in
communication systems. (16)

15. (a) (i) Describe a technique for implementing decimators and

interpolators when the factor of downsampling/upsampling M is
very large. (8)

(ii) Explain the application of wavelet transform in Data Compression

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and Sound Synthesis. (8)

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(b) (i) Explain the concept of polyphase decomposition in implementing

multirate systems. (8)

(ii) Describe about sub band coding. (8)

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