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Tutorial (5)
Problem (1):

Calculate the RMS delay spread for an HF radio channel for which:
𝑷(𝝉) = 𝟎. 𝟔𝜹(𝝉) + 𝟎. 𝟑𝜹(𝝉 − 𝟎. 𝟐) + 𝟎. 𝟏𝜹(𝝉 − 𝟎. 𝟒) where 𝝉 is measured in milliseconds.
Determine whether a 5 KHz signal would experience flat fading or frequency selective fading.

∑𝑘 𝑃(𝜏𝑘 )𝜏𝑘 (0.6 × 0 + 0.3 × 0.2 + 0.1 × 0.4) × 10−3

𝜏̅ = = = 0.1𝑚𝑠𝑒𝑐
∑𝑘 𝑃(𝜏𝑘 ) 0.6 + 0.3 + 0.1
∑𝑘 𝑃(𝜏𝑘 )𝜏𝑘2 (0.6 × 02 + 0.3 × 0.22 + 0.1 × 0.42 ) × 10−6
̅̅̅
𝜏2 = = = 0.028(𝑚𝑠𝑒𝑐)2
∑𝑘 𝑃(𝜏𝑘 ) 0.6 + 0.3 + 0.1
= 0.028 × 10−6 𝑠 2

𝜎𝜏 = √̅̅̅
𝜏 2 − (𝜏̅)2 = (√0.028 − (0.1)2 ) × 10−3 = 0.13416𝑚𝑠𝑒𝑐

1 1
∵ 𝐼𝑡 𝑖𝑠 𝑝𝑎𝑠𝑠𝑏𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑛𝑒𝑙 ∴ 𝐵𝑠 = 𝑅𝑠 = → 𝑇𝑠 = = 0.2 𝑚𝑠𝑒𝑐
𝑇𝑠 5 × 103
10𝜎𝜏 = 1.3416𝑚𝑠𝑒𝑐
∴ 𝑇𝑠 < 10𝜎𝜏 →∴ 𝐹𝑟𝑒𝑞𝑢𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑦 𝑠𝑒𝑙𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒
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Problem (2):

For the power delay profile shown in the figure below,

Pr(τ)

0 dB
-10 dB
-20 dB
-30 dB

0 50 75 100 τ(nano seconds)

i. Calculate the mean excess delay

∑𝑘 𝑃(𝜏𝑘 )𝜏𝑘 10−1 × 0 + 1 × 50 + 10−1 × 75 + 10−2 × 100
𝜏̅ = = = 48.347𝑛𝑠𝑒𝑐.
∑𝑘 𝑃(𝜏𝑘 ) 10−1 + 1 + 10−1 + 10−2
N.B.: The power must be in Watt to calculate 𝜏̅

ii. Calculate the delay spread

∑ 𝑃(𝜏 )𝜏 2 −1 ×02 +1×502 +10−1 ×752 +10−2 ×1002
̅̅̅ 10
𝜏 2 = ∑𝑘 𝑃(𝜏𝑘 )𝑘 = = 2613.636(𝑛𝑠𝑒𝑐)2
𝑘 𝑘 10−1 +1+10−1 +10−2

𝜎𝜏 = √̅̅̅
𝜏 2 − (𝜏̅)2 = √2613.636 − (48.347)2 = 16.619𝑛𝑠𝑒𝑐

iii. Calculate the 90% correlation coherence bandwidth

1
𝐵𝐶 = = 1.203𝑀𝐻𝑧
50𝜎𝜏

iv. If it is required to send 16 QAM with a bit rate of 600 kbps. What type of fading will the
modulation undergo (For flat fading assume that the 10 x signal bandwidth<coherence
bandwidth)
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∵ 𝑇𝑠 = 𝑚𝑇𝑏 (𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑚 𝑖𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑛𝑢𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟 𝑜𝑓 𝑏𝑖𝑡𝑠 𝑝𝑒𝑟 𝑠𝑦𝑚𝑏𝑜𝑙)

𝑅𝑏 600 × 103
∴ 𝑅𝑠 = = = 150 × 103 𝑠𝑦𝑚𝑏𝑜𝑙𝑠 /𝑠𝑒𝑐
𝑚 4
(∵ 16𝑄𝐴𝑀 ∴ 𝑙𝑜𝑔2 16 = 4𝑏𝑖𝑡𝑠/𝑠𝑦𝑚𝑏𝑜𝑙)

∵ 𝑄𝐴𝑀 𝑚𝑜𝑑𝑢𝑙𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 (𝑆𝑖𝑛𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐶𝑜𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑒) ∴ 𝑃𝑎𝑠𝑠𝑏𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑠𝑖𝑔𝑛𝑎𝑙

∴ 𝐵𝑠 = 𝑅𝑠 = 150 × 103 𝐻𝑧

10𝐵𝑠 = 1500 𝑘𝐻𝑧 = 1.5𝑀𝐻𝑧 ∵ 𝐵𝑐 = 1.203𝑀𝐻𝑧

∴ 10𝐵𝑠 > 𝐵𝑐
∴ 𝐹𝑟𝑒𝑞𝑢𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑦 𝑠𝑒𝑙𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑓𝑎𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔
N.B: When it is required to know the type of fading, you must state in the solution whether it
is flat or frequency selective and also, whether it is slow or fast fading. But, in this problem, v
is not given, so it is not possible to get Tc and know whether it is slow or fast fading.

Problem (3):

For the power delay profile shown in the figure below,

Pr(τ)

0 dB
-10 dB
-20 dB
-30 dB

20 60 100 τ(nano seconds)

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i. Calculate the mean excess delay

∑𝑘 𝑃(𝜏𝑘 )𝜏𝑘 0 × 1 + 20 × 0.1 + 60 × 0.1 + 100 × 0.01
𝜏̅ = = = 7.438𝑛𝑠𝑒𝑐
∑𝑘 𝑃(𝜏𝑘 ) 1 + 0.1 + 0.1 + 0.01

ii. Calculate the delay spread

∑ 𝑃(𝜏 )𝜏 2 2 ×1+202 ×0.1+602 ×0.1+1002 ×0.01
̅̅̅ 0
𝜏 2 = ∑𝑘 𝑃(𝜏𝑘 )𝑘 = = 413.22(𝑛𝑠𝑒𝑐)2
𝑘 𝑘 1+0.1+0.1+0.01

𝜎𝜏 = √̅̅̅
𝜏 2 − (𝜏̅)2 = 18.918 𝑛𝑠𝑒𝑐

iii. Calculate the 90% correlation coherence bandwidth

1
𝐵𝐶 = = 1.0572 𝑀𝐻𝑧
50𝜎𝜏

iv. Given that an M-QAM modulation scheme would be adopted, determine the minimum
value of M such that flat fading communication is achieved given that the required bit rate
is 600 kbps. (For flat fading assume that 10 x signal bandwidth<coherence bandwidth)
∵ 𝑝𝑎𝑠𝑠𝑏𝑎𝑛𝑑

𝑅𝑏
∴ 𝐵𝑠 = 𝑅𝑠 =
𝑚
10𝐵𝑠 < 𝐵𝑐

𝑅𝑏
10 × ( ) < 𝐵𝑐
𝑚
𝑚 1
>
10𝑅𝑏 𝐵𝑐

10𝑅𝑏
𝑚>
𝐵𝑐

𝑚 > 5.675

𝑚𝑚𝑖𝑛 = 6 𝑏𝑖𝑡𝑠 𝑝𝑒𝑟 𝑠𝑦𝑚𝑏𝑜𝑙 → 𝑀 = 2𝑚 = 64 𝑄𝐴𝑀

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Problem (4):

If a baseband binary message with a bit rate Rb = 100kbps is modulated by an RF carrier using
BPSK, answer the following:

i. Find the range of values required for the rms delay spread of the channel such that the
received signal is a flat fading signal.

𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑓𝑙𝑎𝑡 𝑓𝑎𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔: 𝑇𝑠 > 10𝜎𝜏

∵ 𝐵𝑃𝑆𝐾 ∴ 𝑀 = 2𝑠𝑦𝑚𝑏𝑜𝑙𝑠 ∴ 𝑚 = log 2 𝑀 = log 2 2 = 1𝑏𝑖𝑡 /𝑠𝑦𝑚𝑏𝑜𝑙

1
𝑇𝑠 = 𝑚𝑇𝑏 = 𝑇𝑏 = = 10 𝜇𝑠
𝑅𝑏
10𝜇 > 10𝜎𝜏

1𝜇 > 𝜎𝜏

0 ≤ 𝜎𝜏 < 1 × 10−6

ii. If the modulation carrier frequency is 5.8GHz, what is the coherence time of the
channel, assuming a vehicle speed of 30km/hr?

0.423
𝑇𝑐 =
𝑓𝑚

1000 25
𝑣 = 30 × = 𝑚/𝑠
60 × 60 3

𝑐 3 × 108 3
𝜆= = 9
= 𝑚
𝑓𝑐 5.8 × 10 58
25
𝑣 3
𝑓𝑚 = 𝑓𝑑,𝑚𝑎𝑥 = = 3 = 161.11 𝐻𝑧
𝜆
58
0.423
𝑇𝑐 = = 2.626 × 10−3 𝑠 = 2.626 𝑚𝑠
161.11
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iii. Calculate the received carrier frequency if the receiver is moving towards the
transmitter.
∵The receiver is moving towards the transmitter → 𝜃 = 0° Doppler shift is positive

𝑓 = 𝑓𝑐 + 𝑓𝑑

𝑣
𝑓𝑑 = 𝑐𝑜𝑠(𝜃)
𝜆
𝑣
𝑓𝑑,𝑚𝑎𝑥 = = 161.11 𝐻𝑧
𝜆

𝑓 = 5.8 × 109 + 161.11 = 5.800000161 𝐻𝑧

iv. Is the channel fast or slow fading?

∵ 𝑇𝑠 ≪ 𝑇𝑐 → Slow fading

Problem (5):

Determine the maximum and minimum spectral frequencies received from a stationary GSM
transmitter that has a center frequency of exactly 1950MHz, assuming that the receiver is
traveling at speeds of: a) 1Km/hr; b) 100Km/hr.

𝒗 = 𝟏 𝑲𝒎/𝒉𝒓

𝑐 3 × 108 2
𝜆= = 6
= 𝑚
𝑓𝑐 1950 × 10 13

1000 5
𝑣 = 1× = 𝑚/𝑠
60 × 60 18
𝑣
𝑓𝑑 = 𝑐𝑜𝑠(𝜃)
𝜆
5
𝑣 18
𝑓𝑑,𝑚𝑎𝑥 = = 2 = 1.81 𝐻𝑧
𝜆
13
𝑓𝑚𝑖𝑛 = 𝑓𝑐 − 𝑓𝑑,𝑚𝑎𝑥 = 1950 × 106 − 1.81 = 1949.9999998 𝑀𝐻𝑧

𝑓𝑚𝑎𝑥 = 𝑓𝑐 + 𝑓𝑑,𝑚𝑎𝑥 = 1950 × 106 + 1.81 = 1950.000002 𝑀𝐻𝑧

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𝒗 = 𝟏𝟎𝟎 𝑲𝒎/𝒉𝒓

𝑐 3 × 108 2
𝜆= = 6
= 𝑚
𝑓𝑐 1950 × 10 13

1000 500
𝑣 = 100 × = 𝑚/𝑠
60 × 60 18
𝑣
𝑓𝑑 = 𝑐𝑜𝑠(𝜃)
𝜆
500
𝑣
𝑓𝑑,𝑚𝑎𝑥 = = 18 2 = 181 𝐻𝑧
𝜆
13
𝑓𝑚𝑖𝑛 = 𝑓𝑐 − 𝑓𝑑,𝑚𝑎𝑥 = 1950 × 106 − 181 = 1949.999819 𝑀𝐻𝑧

𝑓𝑚𝑎𝑥 = 𝑓𝑐 + 𝑓𝑑,𝑚𝑎𝑥 = 1950 × 106 + 181 = 1950.000181 𝑀𝐻𝑧

Problem (6):

The TU-6 Channel (Typical Urban 6 Path Channel) is a popular multipath channel model used in
wireless telecommunications. The power delay profile information of the TU-6 Channel is in the
table shown below:

Multipath Delay Power Power

Number (μs) (dB) (Lin)
1 0 -3 0.501
2 0.2 0 1
3 0.5 -2 0.631
4 1.6 -6 0.251
5 2.3 -8 0.158
6 5.0 -10 0.1
Suppose that the total system bandwidth is 5 MHz and the carrier frequency is 2 GHz, how many
FDMA channels could be supported such that each channel exhibits a flat fading like behavior

For flat fading like behavior, each FDMA channel must be at maximum equal to the coherence
bandwidth. Let’s calculate the coherence bandwidth
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∑𝑘 𝑃(𝜏𝑘 )𝜏𝑘 0 × 0.0501 + 0.2 × 1 + 0.5 × 0.631 + 1.6 × 0.251 + 2.3 × 0.158 + 5 × 0.1
𝜏̅ = =
∑𝑘 𝑃(𝜏𝑘 ) 0.0501 + 1 + 0.631 + 0.251 + 0.158 + 0.1

∑𝑘 𝑃(𝜏𝑘 )𝜏𝑘 1.7805

𝜏̅ = = = 0.6742 𝜇𝑠
∑𝑘 𝑃(𝜏𝑘 ) 2.641

∑𝑘 𝑃(𝜏𝑘 )𝜏𝑘 2 0 × 0.0501 + 0.22 × 1 + 0.52 × 0.631 + 1.62 × 0.251 + 2.32 × 0.158 + 52 × 0.1
̅̅̅
𝜏2 = =
∑𝑘 𝑃(𝜏𝑘 ) 0.0501 + 1 + 0.631 + 0.251 + 0.158 + 0.1

∑𝑘 𝑃(𝜏𝑘 )𝜏𝑘 2 4.1761

̅̅̅
𝜏2 = = = 1.5813 (𝜇𝑠)2
∑𝑘 𝑃(𝜏𝑘 ) 2.641

𝜎𝜏 = √̅̅̅
𝜏 2 − (𝜏̅)2 = 1.0615 𝜇𝑠

Using 90% Correlation Bandwidth

1 5×106
𝐵𝐶 = 50𝜎 = 18.84 𝐾𝐻𝑧  18.84×103 = 265.39 ≈ 265 𝐹𝐷𝑀𝐴 𝐶ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑛𝑒𝑙𝑠
𝜏

Using 50% Correlation Bandwidth

1 5×106
𝐵𝐶 = 5𝜎 = 188.4 𝐾𝐻𝑧  188.4×103 = 26.539 ≈ 26 𝐹𝐷𝑀𝐴 𝐶ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑛𝑒𝑙𝑠
𝜏