(ii) Specify the cut off frequency of the ideal reconstruction

filter so as to recover g(t) from its sampled version.

(4 Marks)
(iii) What is the Nyquist rate for g(t)? (2 Marks)
NH – 67, Karur – Trichy Highways, Puliyur C.F, 639 114 Karur District (iv)Explain the reconstruction process of message from its
Examination – 2 samples. (3 Marks)
DEPARTMENT OF ECE
Branch & Section: III ECE Date & Time: 08.08.18 & 3 Hours 12. (a) Illustrate and describe the types of quantizer and obtain
Semester: V Max.Marks: 100 an expression for signal to quantization noise ratio in the
Subject: EC6501 Digital Communication case of uniform quantizer. (13 Marks)(Nov/Dec 2016)
(Or)
Staff Incharge: M.Kumar, AP/ECE
(b) Explain the characteristics of non-uniform quantization
PART A (10 × 2 = 20)
with diagrams. Also compare uniform and non-uniform
ANSWER ALL THE QUESTIONS
quantization methods. (13 Marks)
1. State sampling theorem for low pass signals.
2. Why is pre-filtering done before sampling?
13. (a) With neat diagrams, Explain pulse code modulation and
3. List out the components required for signal reconstruction.
4. What is meant by quantization? demodulation system. (13 Marks) (Nov/Dec 2015)
5. Define Nyquist rate and Nyquist interval. (Or)
6. State the two properties of linear prediction. (b) Explain noises in DM system. How to overcome this in
7. Mention the drawbacks of DM. ADM? (13 Marks)
8. What is slope overload and granular noises?
9. What are the objectives of speech coding techniques?
14. (a) What is DM? Explain the transmitter and receiver of DM
10. Define APF and APB.
with neat block diagram. (13 Marks)
PART B (5 × 13 = 65)
(Or)
ANSWER ALL THE QUESTIONS
(b) What is low bit rate speech coding? Draw the block
11. (a) Describe the process of sampling and how the message
diagram of adaptive sub band coding scheme for speech
signal is reconstructed from its samples. Also illustrate the
signal and explain. (13 Marks)
effect of aliasing with neat sketch. (13 Marks) (Nov/Dec
2015)
15. (a) Explain DPCM system with neat block diagram and
(Or)
expressions. Show that SNR of DPCM system is better than of
(b) The signal g (t )  10 cos(20t ) cos(200t ) is sampled at
PCM. (13 Marks) (Apr/May 2017)
the rate of 250 samples per second.
(Or)
(i) Determine the spectrum of the resulting sampled signal.
(b) Discuss about the structure of linear predictor. Also
(4 Marks)
explain the process of prediction error. (13 Marks)
 PART C (1 × 15 = 15)
ANSWER ALL THE QUESTIONS
16. (a) Show that the signal to quantization noise power ratio of
a uniform quantizer in PCM system increases significantly
with increase in number of bits per sample. Also determine
the signal to quantization noise ratio of an audio signal
s (t )  3cos(2 *500t ) which is quantized using a 10 bit PCM.
(15) (Nov/Dec 2017)
(Or)
(b) Consider a DM system designed to accommodate analog
message signals limited to bandwidth W = 5KHz. A
sinusoidal signal of 1 volt and frequency 1KHz is applied to
the system. The sampling rate of the system is 50KHz.
(i) Calculate the minimum step size required to avoid slope
overload distortion. (8)
(ii) Calculate the signal to quantization noise ratio of the
system. (7)