UNIVERSITY OF MAURITIUS

FACULTY OF ENGINEERING

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MAY 2010 MAY 2010 MAY 2010 MAY 2010

PROGRAMME BEng (Hons) Electronic & Communication Engineering
MODULE NAME Wireless Technologies
DATE Thursday
13 May 2010
MODULE CODE ELEC 4023Y(5)
TIME 09.30 12.30 Hrs DURATION 3 Hrs
NO. OF
QUESTIONS SET
4 NO. OF QUESTIONS
TO BE ATTEMPTED
4



INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES

Answer ALL questions.




















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WIRELESS TECHNOLOGIES ELEC 4023Y(5)

Question 1

(a) What is the function and features of a wireless repeater? [5 marks]


(b) Explain how the use of wireless repeaters reduces throughput. [3 marks]


(c) Differentiate between visual line of sight and RF line of sight. [5 marks]


(d) Explain what you understand by the term adjacent channel interference.
Illustrate your answer with an appropriate diagram. [5 marks]


(e) Explain what is an Intentional Radiator. [4 marks]


(f) An access point is transmitting at 50 mW. The signal loss between the access
point and the antenna is 1 dB, and the access point is using a 5 dBi antenna.
Calculate the IR and the EIRP values. [3 marks]

Question 2


(a) Write short notes on the following standards:
(i) 802.11
(ii) 802.11b
(iii) 802.11g
(iv) 802.11n [3 x 4 marks ]

(b) Explain what you understand by B/G mode (mixed mode). [3 marks]

(c) Explain 802.11b Direct Sequence Modulation. Illustrate your answer with an
example. [6 marks]


(d) Explain 802.11b Scalability. [4 marks]










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WIRELESS TECHNOLOGIES ELEC 4023Y(5)
Question 3

(a) What are the advantages and disadvantages of FDMA with respect to TDMA
or CDMA? [6 marks]


(b) What are the three distinct states in the process of authentication and
association? Elaborate on each of these. [9 marks]


(c) Distinguish between Continuous Aware Mode and Power Save Polling.
[5 marks]

(d) Explain briefly the steps followed by stations in order to pass traffic between
peers. [5 marks]

Question 4

(a) Explain roaming. [3 marks]

(b) Briefly explain how too much cell overlap may cause roaming problems.
[3 marks]

(c) Briefly describe 3 methods can be used to fix a hidden node problem.
[3 marks]

(d) Explain what you understand by the Near/Far Problem, and what can be
done to correct the problem. [8 marks]

(e) What devices cause RF Interference? [5 marks]

(f) What is the purpose of Control Frames in wireless communications? Give
examples of control frames. [3 marks]







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