Wireless Networks/ Homework #3 (Due12/06)

1. For radio transmission in free space, signal power is reduced in proportion to the square of the distance from the source, whereas in wire transmission, the attenuation is a fixed number of dB per kilometer. The following table is used to show the dB reduction relative to some reference for free space radio and uniform wire. Fill in the missing numbers to complete the table. (16%) Distance (km) Radio Wire (dB) (dB) 1 6 3 2 4 8 16 2. The following table illustrates the operation of FHSS system for one complete period of the PN sequence. Time 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1 11 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 19 0 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Input data 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 Frequency f1 f3 f23 f22 f8 f10 f1 f3 f2 f2 PN sequence 001 110 011 001 001 (30%) (1) What is the period of the PN sequence? (2) What is the number of bits per symbol? (3) What is the number of FSK frequencies? (4) What is the length of a PN sequence per hop? (5) Is this is a slow or fast FH system? (6) What is the total number of possible hops? 3. Consider a CDMA system in which users A and B have the Walsh codes ( 1, 1, 1, 1) and ( 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1), respectively. Assume the received power from both A and B is the same. (25%) 1, 1, 1, (1) Show the output at the receiver if A transmits a data bit 1 and B does not transmit. (2) Show the output at the receiver if A transmits a data bit 0 and B does not transmit. (3) Show the output at the receiver if A transmits a data bit 1 and B transmits a data bit 1. (4) Show the output at the receiver if A transmits a data bit 0 and B transmits a data bit 1. (5) Show the output at the receiver if A transmits a data bit 1 and B transmits a data bit 1. Assume the received power from B is twice the received power from A. This can be represented by showing the received signal component from A as consisting of elements of magnitude 1 (i.e., +1 or and the 1) received signal component from B as consisting of elements of magnitude 2 (i.e., +2 or 2). 4. (1) What are the three key factors related to satellite communications performance? (5%) (2) What are three factors that limit the number of subchannels that can be provided within a satellite channel via FDMA? (5%) (3) Under what circumstances would you use GEO, LEO, and MEO satellites, respectively? (5%) 5. Three identical large earth stations access a 36 MHz bandwidth transponder using TDMA, with a frame length of 1 ms, a preamble tie of 10 s, and guard time of 2 s. There is no reference burst in the TDMA

frame. The signals are transmitted using QPSK, and within the earth stations, the bit rates of the signals are Station A : R = 15 Mbps Station B : R = 10 Mbps Station C : R = 5 Mbps Calculate the burst duration and symbol rate for each earth station. (15%)