Exercise

1. A continuous-time signal x ( t ) is shown in Fig. below. Sketch and label each of the
following signals. ( a ) x(t - 2); ( b ) x(2t); ( c ) x(t/2); (d) x ( - t )

Answer :

2. The number of visitors to a webserver per minute follows a Poisson distribution. If the
average number of visitors per minute is 4, what is the probability that:
a. There are two or fewer visitors in one minute?
b. There are exactly two visitors in 30 seconds?
Answer :
a. The average number of visitors in a minute = 4.
We wish to calculate : P(X = 0) + P(X = 1) + P(X = 2) !
4 0
e 4
P ( X=0 )=
=e4
0!
P ( X=1 )=

e4 4 1
=4 e4
1!

P ( X=2 ) =

e 4
=8 e4
2!

So the probability of two or fewer visitors in a minute is

P(X = 0) + P(X = 1) + P(X = 2) = e4 + 4e4 + 8e4 = 0,238.

b. If the average number of visitors in 1 minute is 4, the average in 30 seconds is 2.

So for this example, our parameter = 2. So :
2 2
e 2
P ( X=2 ) =
=2 e2=0,271
2!
3. Consider an AWGN channel with bandwidth 50 MHz, received signal power 10 mW, and
noise density N0 = 10-9 W/Hz. How much does capacity increase by doubling the received
power? How much does the capacity increase by doubling the channel bandwidth?
Answer :
P
C=B log 2(1+
)
N0 B
C : channel capacity; B : channel bandwidth; P : received signal power (in Watt); N0 :
Noise density;
We have B = 50 MHz, P = 0.01 W, and N = BN0 = 0.05 W. So capacity of channel equals
50 106 log2 (1.2) = 13.15 Mbps.
When received power is doubled, the capacity will increase to 24.27 Mbps. Doubling the
channel bandwidth will double the capacity to 26.30 Mbps.
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