Code No: RR411701 Set No.

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IV B.Tech I Semester Regular Examinations, November 2007
CELLULAR AND MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS
(Electronics & Telematics)
Time: 3 hours Max Marks: 80
Answer any FIVE Questions
All Questions carry equal marks
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1. (a) Explain the importance of the data links in cellular system and explain the
concept with basic cellular system?
(b) Explain about mobile originated and network originated calls? [10+6]

2. What do you mean by cell splitting? How area is divided, and explain the different
cell splitting techniques? [16]

3. Briefly explain the design of a directional antenna system in co-channel interference

reduction.

4. (a) If Pr = 10W, Gt = 0dB , Gr = 0dB and fc = 900MHz. Find Pr in watts at a

frequency space distance of 1Km.
(b) Prove that in the two ray ground model∆ = d? - d? ≈ 2ht hr /d when this
holds as a good approximation [6+10]

5. (a) Classify the mobile unit antennas?

(b) Explain about the sectorised cells? [6+10]

6. Explain the following

(a) Channel sharing

(b) Channel borrowing
(c) Underlay and overlay cells
(d) Setup channel
(e) Paging channel
(f) Voice channel. [16]

7. (a) Discuss the methods of queuing of hand offs.

(b) Derive the blocking probability for hand off calls and the blocking probability
of originating calls. [8+8]

8. Present the concept of the narrow beam sector. How does it increase the traffic
capacity? Consider K = 7. [16]

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Code No: RR411701 Set No. 2
IV B.Tech I Semester Regular Examinations, November 2007
CELLULAR AND MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS
(Electronics & Telematics)
Time: 3 hours Max Marks: 80
Answer any FIVE Questions
All Questions carry equal marks
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1. (a) Explain the direct wave path, line of sight path, out of sight path, and ob-
structive path?
(b) What are the different types of noises in cellular frequency ranges Explain in
detail?
(c) Explain about the marketing of hexagonal cells? [6+5+5]

2. (a) With help of neat diagrams, explain the N cell reuse pattern for four and seven
cell reuse?
(b) Derive the co channel interference factor for 7 cell reuse pattern? [9+7]

3. (a) Derive the expression for co-channel interference reduction factor from basic
principles
(b) Discuss the significances of directional antennas and omni-directional anten-
nas. [8+8]

4. (a) Discuss about the multi path propagation present the associated losses and
place the problem?
(b) Discuss about the point to point and area to area prediction model for cell
coverage? [10+6]

5. (a) Explain in detail importance of consideration of cell site antennas?

(b) Assume a receiver is located 10Km from a 50W transmitter. The carrier
frequency is 6GHz and free space propagation is assumed Gt =1 and Gr =1W.
i. Find the power at the receiver
ii. The magnitude of the electric field at the receiving antenna
iii. The rms voltage applied to the receiver input assuming that the receiving
antenna has purely real importance of 50 ohms and is matched to the
receiver. [8+8]

6. Explain the terms in detail

(a) Adjacent channel assignment

(b) Channel sharing and borrowing
(c) Sectorisation
(d) Overlaid cells. [16]

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7. (a) List and briefly define different performance metrics that may be used to make
the handoff decision?
(b) If the number channels at the cell site N=45 the call holding time is 1.76minutes
The number of originated calls per hour expressed as λ is 2270. The number
of handoff calls attempted per hour is expressed asλ2 is 80 Find the probabil-
ity of the queuing handoff. calls but not the originated calls . Also find the
probability of the queuing the originated calls but not the handoff calls?
[10+6]

8. Present the concept of the narrow beam sector. How does it increase the traffic
capacity? Consider K = 7. [16]

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Code No: RR411701 Set No. 3
IV B.Tech I Semester Regular Examinations, November 2007
CELLULAR AND MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS
(Electronics & Telematics)
Time: 3 hours Max Marks: 80
Answer any FIVE Questions
All Questions carry equal marks
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1. (a) Discuss analog cellular system (AMPS) in detail?

(b) Discuss the mobile radio transmission medium? [8+8]
2. (a) What do you mean by desired C/I and Explain?
(b) Compare interference from first tier of Six interferes with that from twelve
interferes of second tier (including first and second tiers ). [10+6]
3. (a) Explain about the SAT to reduce the non co channel interference?
(b) What is the effect of interference on systems performance? [8+8]
4. Explain the terms: delay spread, Coherence bandwidth and confidence interval
with a neat figure. [16]
5. (a) Concern to the cell site directional antennas explain start up configuration
and abnormal antenna configuration of start up system?
(b) Describe the sectorised antennas with all aspects? [8+8]
6. The U.S AMPS system is allocated 50MHz of spectrum in the 800 Mhz range and
provides 832 channels. 42 of those channels are control channels. The forward
channel frequency is exactly 45MHz greater then the reverse channel frequency.
(a) If the AMPS system is simplex, half duplex or full duplex? What is the band
width for each channel and how is it distributed between the base station and
subscriber?
(b) Assume a base station transmits control information on channel 352, operating
at 880.560MHz What is the transmission frequency of the subscriber unit on
transmitting on channel 352?
(c) The A- side and B - Side cellular carriers evenly split the AMPS channels.
Find the number of voice channels and the number of control channels for
each carrier?
(d) let suppose you are chief engineer of a cellular system using seven cell reuse pur-
pose a channel assignment strategy for a uniform distribution of user through
out your cellular system specifically , assume that each cell has three control
channels (1200 sector is employed)and specify the number of voice channels
you would assign to each control in your system?
(e) For an ideal hexagonal cellular layout which has an identical cell coverage,
what is the distance between the centers of two nearest co channel cells for
seven cell reuse? For four cell reuse? [16]

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7. (a) Discuss the reasons why hand offs are needed in cellular communication.
(b) Determine the probability of requirement for hand offs. [8+8]

8. (a) Prove that sectoring decreases trunking efficiency with an example.

(b) Explain how lowering the threshold level of a received signal increases the
coverage area. [8+8]

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Code No: RR411701 Set No. 4
IV B.Tech I Semester Regular Examinations, November 2007
CELLULAR AND MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS
(Electronics & Telematics)
Time: 3 hours Max Marks: 80
Answer any FIVE Questions
All Questions carry equal marks
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1. (a) Explain the limitations of conventional mobile system? How are they overcome
by cellular system?
(b) Briefly explain the cell shape and handoff? [8+8]

2. (a) Present the concept frequency reuse channels and frequency reuse distance?
(b) Why cell splitting and explain the cell splitting? [8+8]

3. Briefly explain the design of a directional antenna system in co-channel interference

reduction.

4. (a) Explain about the small scale multi path propagation?

(b) Consider a transmitter which radiates a sinusoidal carrier frequency of 1850MHz
For a vehicle moving 60mph. Compute the received carrier frequency if the
mobile is moving
i. Direction towards the transmitter
ii. directly away from the transmitter
iii. in a direction which is perpendicular to the direction of the arrival of the
transmitting signal? [10+6]

5. (a) Explain in detail importance of consideration of cell site antennas?

(b) Assume a receiver is located 10Km from a 50W transmitter. The carrier
frequency is 6GHz and free space propagation is assumed Gt =1 and Gr =1W.
i. Find the power at the receiver
ii. The magnitude of the electric field at the receiving antenna
iii. The rms voltage applied to the receiver input assuming that the receiving
antenna has purely real importance of 50 ohms and is matched to the
receiver. [8+8]

6. (a) What are the different techniques to utilize the frequency spectrum with brief
explanation?
(b) Write the concept of the self location scheme at the mobile unit and the
autonomous registration? [8+8]

7. (a) List and briefly define different performance metrics that may be used to make
the handoff decision?

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(b) If the number channels at the cell site N=45 the call holding time is 1.76minutes
The number of originated calls per hour expressed as λ is 2270. The number
of handoff calls attempted per hour is expressed asλ2 is 80 Find the probabil-
ity of the queuing handoff. calls but not the originated calls . Also find the
probability of the queuing the originated calls but not the handoff calls?
[10+6]

8. Explain the different approaches to increase the coverage of a cellular system in a

noisy environment. [16]

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