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This document contains exam questions for a Data Communications course. It covers topics like optical fiber cladding, channel capacity calculations, bandwidth, antenna gain calculations, line of sight propagation, PCM, encoding techniques like BFSK, QPSK, FDM, modulation, SONET, CRC, Hamming codes, synchronous transmission, datagram vs virtual circuits, packet switching advantages, and terms like DSSS, FHSS. The questions range from simple definitions and calculations to longer explanations and derivations.

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Answer All Questions, Each Carries 3 Marks: Reg No.: - Name

This document contains exam questions for a Data Communications course. It covers topics like optical fiber cladding, channel capacity calculations, bandwidth, antenna gain calculations, line of sight propagation, PCM, encoding techniques like BFSK, QPSK, FDM, modulation, SONET, CRC, Hamming codes, synchronous transmission, datagram vs virtual circuits, packet switching advantages, and terms like DSSS, FHSS. The questions range from simple definitions and calculations to longer explanations and derivations.

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Reg No.:_______________ Name:__________________________

APJ ABDUL KALAM TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY


FIFTH SEMESTER B.TECH DEGREE EXAMINATION, APRIL 2018
Course Code: CS307
Course Name: DATA COMMUNICATION (CS)
Max. Marks: 100 Duration: 3 Hours
PART A
Answer all questions, each carries 3 marks Marks

1 Mention the purpose of cladding in Optical Fibres? (3)


2 What is the channel capacity for a teleprinter channel with a 300-Hz bandwidth (3)
and a signal-to-noise ratio of 3 dB, where the noise is white thermal noise?
3 What is Bandwidth? A periodic signal has a Bandwidth of 20 Hz. The Highest (3)
frequency is 60 Hz. What is the lowest Frequency? Draw the Spectrum if the
signal contains all frequencies of same amplitude.
4 Indicate some significant differences between broadcast radio and microwave. (3)
PART B
Answer any two full questions, each carries 9 marks
5 a) Differentiate between Attenuation and Delay Distortion. (4.5)
b) For a parabolic reflective antenna operating at 12 GHz with a diameter of 2 m, (4.5)
Calculate the effective area and the antenna gain.
6 a) Briefly discuss Line of Sight Propagation. (4.5)
b) Assume that a TV picture is to be transmitted over a channel with 4.5 MHz (4.5)
Bandwidth and a 35 dB SNR Ratio. Find the capacity of the channel.
7 a) What is the thermal noise level of a channel with a bandwidth of 10 KHz (4.5)
carrying 1000 Watts of power operating at 50oC?
b) Explain the followingterms: (4.5)
i) Direct broadcast satellite (DBS) ii) Isotropic antenna
PART C
Answer all questions, each carries 3 marks
8 Find the Bandwidth for a signal transmitting at 12 Mbps for QPSK. The value of (3)
d=0.
9 Encode the given bit stream using NRZ-I. 100010001111 (3)
10 What is CDMA? Explain. (3)
11 Explain Space Division Multiplexing. (3)
PART D
Answer any two full questions, each carries 9 marks
12 a) Differentiate between Synchronous TDM and Statistical TDM. Why is a (4.5)
statistical time division multiplexer more efficient than a synchronous time
division multiplexer?

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b) With a neat Sketch discuss the various steps involved in PCM. (4.5)
13 a) Given the bit pattern 101110001. Encode the stream using BFSK and QPSK. (4.5)
b) Explain frequency division multiplexing. How is interference avoided by using (4.5)
FDM?
14 a) Explain the analog modulation techniques briefly. (4.5)
b) Discuss Synchronous Optical NETwork (SONET). (4.5)
PART E
Answer any four full questions, each carries 10 marks
4
15 a) In a CRC error-detecting scheme, choose divisor polynomial P: x + x + 1. (7)
Encode the bits 10010011011.
b) Why would you expect a CRC to detect more errors than a parity bit? (3)
16 a) What is meant by Hamming distance? (3)
b) Derive a Hamming code for single bit error correction (For a data of length 7 (7)
Bit).
17 a) Discuss synchronous transmission. How is synchronization provided for (7)
synchronous transmission?
b) What is a major disadvantage of asynchronous transmission? (3)
18 a) Explain the difference between datagram and virtual circuit operation. (7)
b) What is the significance of packet size in a packet-switching network? (3)
19 a) What are the advantages of packet switching compared to circuit switching. (7)
b) What is meant by setup phase in circuit switching? (3)
20 Explain the following terms: (10)
i) DSSS ii) FHSS
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