Questions for quiz
Q1. In a GSM system, 8 channels can co-exist in 200 KHz bandwidth using TDMA. A
GSM based cellular operator is allocated 5 MHz bandwidth. Assuming a frequency
reuse factor of 1/5, calculate the maximum number of the maximum number of
simultaneous channels in a cell.
Q2. In the transmit power is 1W and the carrier frequency is 2.4GHz and the receiver is
at a distance of 1 mile from the transmitter. Assume that the transmitter and receiver
antenna gains are 1.6
1. Find the received power in DBm in the free space of a signal
2. 2. Path loss in dB?
Q3.Assume a cellular system 32 with a cell with radius of 1.6 KM a total spectrum
allocation that support 336 traffic channel and a reuse patter of 7. Calculate the total
service are cover with this configuration, the no. of channel per cell and total system
capacity with hexagonal topology.
Q4. Two adjacent BSs i and j are 30 kms apart. The signal strength received by the MS
is given by the following expressions:
P(x) = GtGr Pt
L(x)
where
L(x) = 69.55 + 26.16 log10 fc (MHz) − 13.82 log10 hb(m) − a[hm(m)]
+ [44.9 − 6.55 log10 hb(m)] log10(x),
and x is the distance of the MS from BS i . Assume unity gain for Gr and Gt ,
given that Pi (t) = 10 watts, Pj (t) = 100 watts, fc = 300 MHz, hb = 40 m, hm = 4 m,
α = 3.5, x = 1 km, and Pj (t) is the transmission power of BS j .
(a) What is the power transmitted by BS j, so that the MS receives signals of equal
strength at x?
(b) If the threshold value E = 1 dB and the distance where handoff is likely to occur
is 2 km from BS j , then what is the power transmitted by BS j?
Q5. A TDMA-based system, has a total bandwidth of 12.5MHz and contains 20 control
channels with equal channel spacing of 30 kHz. Here, the area of each cell is equal to
8km2, and cells are required to cover a total
area of 3600km2. Calculate the following:
(a) Number of traffic channels/cell
(b) Reuse distance
Q6. A mobile is located 5km away from the base station and user a vertical
λ/4 monopole antenna with gain of 2.55 dB to receiver cellular radio single. The E field at
900 MHz. find the length and gain of receiving 1 km from the Transmitter measured to be
the 10-3 V/M. the carrier frequency used for the system is 900 MHz.
a) Find the received length and gain of the receiving antenna.
b) B) find the received pawer at the mobile using the 2 ray ground reflection model
assuming the height of transmitting antenna is 50 m and the receiving antenna is 5 m
above the ground.
Q7. During a busy hour, the number of calls per hour for each of the 12 cells of a cellular
cluster is 2220, 1900, 4000, 1100, 1000, 1200, 1800, 2100, 2000, 1580, 1800 and 900.
Assume that 75% of the car phones in this cluster are used during this period and
that one call is made per phone.
(a) Find the number of customers in the system.
(b) Assuming the average hold time of 60 seconds, what is the total Erlang value of
the system?
(c) Find the reuse distance D if R = 5 km.
A wireless receiver with an effective diameter of 250 cm is receiving signals at
20GHz from a transmitter that transmits at a power of 30 mW and a gain of 30 dB.
(a) What is the gain of the receiver antenna?
(b) What is the received power if the receiver is 5 km away from the transmitter?
