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Modulation

GATE Electronics & Communication · Digital Communication - Modulation · 1999-2026

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2026 Q32

A wireless digital transmission scheme is using 16-QAM over an additive white Gaussian noise channel and a maximum-likelihood receiver. Consider the information bit rate from sourc...

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2026 Q57

Consider a real, narrowband signal $x(t) = A(t)\cos[2\pi f_c t + \theta(t)]$ where the maximum frequency components of $A(t)$ and $\theta(t)$ are $f_M$ and $f_c (= 1000 f_M)$, resp...

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2025 Q14

Consider a frequency-modulated (FM) signal $f(t) = A_c \cos(2\pi f_c t + 3 \sin(2\pi f_1 t) + 4 \sin(6\pi f_1 t))$, where $A_c$ and $f_c$ are, respectively, the amplitude and frequ...

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2025 Q28

Consider a message signal $m(t)$ which is bandlimited to $[-W, W]$, where $W$ is in Hz. Consider the following two modulation schemes for the message signal: * Double sideband-supp...

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2024 PYQ

A continuous time signal $x(t) = 2 \cos(8 \pi t + \frac{\pi}{3})$ is sampled at a rate of 15 Hz. The sampled signal $x_s(t)$ when passed through an LTI system with impulse response...

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2023 Q27

Let m(t) be a strictly band-limited signal with bandwidth B and energy E. Assuming ω₀ = 10B, the energy in the signal m(t) cos ω₀t is

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2023 Q50

Let x1(t) and x2(t) be two band-limited signals having bandwidth B = 4π × 10³ rad/s each. In the figure below, the Nyquist sampling frequency, in rad/s, required to sample y(t), is

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2015 PYQ

Consider the signal $$s\left(t\right)\;=\;m\left(t\right)\;\cos\left(2{\mathrm{πf}}_\mathrm c\mathrm t\right)\;+\widehat m\left(t\right)\;\sin\left(2\mathrm\pi\;{\mathrm f}_\mathrm...

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2015 PYQ

The complex envelope of the bandpass signal $$x(t)\, = \, - \sqrt 2 \left( {{{\sin (\pi t/5)} \over {\pi t/5}}} \right)\sin \left( {\pi t - {\pi \over 4}} \right),$$ centered about...

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2015 PYQ

The signal $$\cos \left( {10\pi t + {\pi \over 4}} \right)$$ is ideally sampled at a sampling frequency of 15 Hz. The sampled signal is passed through a filter with impulse respons...

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2014 PYQ

A real band-limited random process $$X( t )$$ has two -sided power spectral density $$${S_x}\left( f \right) = \left\{ {\matrix{ {{{10}^{ - 6}}\left( {3000 - \left| f \right|} \rig...

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2004 PYQ

Choose the correct one from among the alternatives A, B, C, D after matching an item from Group 1 with the most appropriate item in Group 2. Group 1. FM 2. DM 3. PSK 4. PCM Group 2...

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1999 PYQ

A modulated signal is given by, $$s\left(t\right)=m_1\left(t\right)\cos\left(2{\mathrm{πf}}_\mathrm c\mathrm t\right)\;+m_2\left(t\right)\sin\left(2{\mathrm{πf}}_\mathrm c\mathrm t...

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1999 PYQ

The input to a channel is a band pass signal. It is obtained by linearly modulating a sinusoidal carrier with a signal- tone signal. The output of the channel due to this input is...

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