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Quiz 2
CND -4 wireless networks
Answer q1 – q7 who passed quiz1
Answer all questions who hasn’t any quiz
1- Why is there little ISI (Inter Symbol interference) with OFDM? How is it reduced even further?
2- What is the purpose of the pilot sub-carriers in OFDM?
3- Why has OFDM more efficient frequency use than conventional FDM techniques?
4- Why is reflection of radio waves both an advantage and a disadvantage in a wireless system such as GSM?

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6- What is the minimum number of bits in a PN sequence if we use FHSS with a channel bandwidth of B = 4 KHz
and Bss = 100 KHz?

7- We have a digital medium with a data rate of 10 Mbps. How many 64-kbps voice channels can be carried by this
medium if we use DSSS with the Barker sequence (the Barker chip is 11 bits)?

8- We need to send data 3 bits at a time at a bit rate of 3 Mbps. The carrier frequency is 10 MHz. Calculate the
number of levels (different frequencies), the baud rate, and the bandwidth.

9- Two popular frequencies used by the GSM cellular network technology are the 900 MHz and 1800 MHz bands.
Suppose a base station transmits 50 W of power.
a. Express the transmit power in units of dBm and dBW.
b. If the transmitter’s power is applied to a unity gain antenna with a 900 MHz carrier frequency, what is the
received power in dBm at a free space distance of 100 m, assuming a unity gain receiver antenna? What is the
received power in dBm with a carrier frequency of 1800 MHz, always at a free space distance of 100 m, with
unity gain antennas?
c. Repeat (b) for a distance of 10 km.
d. Repeat (b) for a distance of 10 km and the carrier frequency of 900 MHz, but assume a receiver antenna gain
of 8 and a transmitter antenna gain of 1.
e. Based on (a) and (b), give (in one sentence) a possible reason for which the 900 MHz spectrum is usually
much more attractive to obtain by the mobile network operators than the 1800 MHz spectrum.

10- GSM is using 890-915 MHz spectrum band for reverse channels and 935-960MHz spectrum band for forward
channels. GSM also uses 100 KHz guard band at the beginning and at the end of each spectrum band (i.e., 200
KHz guard band per simplex spectrum band). GSM radio channels are using 200 KHz channel bandwith. How
many total duplex channels can be supported in GSM to carry data/control traffic?