Wireless Communication (CBSE (UGC) NET)
Wireless Communication concepts covering GSM, CDMA, IEEE 802.11, speech coding, modulation, and cellular networks for CBSE (UGC) NET exam preparation
Questions
Which of the following is a forward logical channel used in CDMA technique for the transmission of user and signalling information to a specific mobile station during a call?
- Paging channel
- Synchronisation channel
- Traffic channel
- Pilot channel
- Access channel
Which of the following is the speech codec attribute that measures the time taken for an input sample to be processed at the encoder, transmitted and decoded at the decoder?
- Transmission bit rate
- Complexity
- Quality
- Delay
- Strength
Which of the following standards of IEEE is supplementary to the MAC layer in 802.11 to promote world wide use of IEEE 802.11 WLAN?
- 802.11a
- 802.11b
- 802.11c
- 802.11e
- 802.11f
The main objective of which of the following speech coding methods is to minimise a criterion which measures the dissimilarity between the original and reconstructed speech signals?
- Source coding
- Waveform coding
- Hybrid coding
- PCM
- FDM
Which of the following functional entities of a GSM network contains the necessary hardware and software to enable and control the radio links with the mobile stations?
- Mobile switching center
- Base station subsystem
- Base station controller
- Radio base station
- PSTN
Which of the following is a basic security service that makes use of encryption to provide wireless networks within the same or similar privacy achieved by an unencrypted wired network?
- Authentication
- Confidentiality
- Integrity
- Versatility
- Automation
Which of the following is an encryption algorithm used for GSM security and scrambles the user's voice and data traffic between the handset and the base station to provide privacy?
- A3
- A8
- A5
- A5/1
- A6
Which of the following vocoders used in some GSM networks requires higher efficiency and mapping and involves input blocks of 320 speech samples to encoded blocks of 260 bits?
- Half-rate
- Full-rate
- SBC
- ATC
- PCM
In which of the following types of modulation in digital modulation is digital information transmitted through discrete frequency changes of a carrier wave?
- PSK
- FSK
- ASK
- FM
- AM
Which of the following is a type of channel used in air interface in the one-point-to-many-points unidirectional control channel from BTS to MS?
- Frequency correction channel
- Synchronisation channel
- Broadcasting control channel
- Broadcasting channel
- Paging channel
In which of the following types of path loss models is communication conducted over extremely large cells spanning hundreds of kilometers?
- Macro cell
- Mega cell
- Micro cell
- Pico cell
- Giga cell
Which of the following supplementary services of GSM network enables the subscriber to interrupt an ongoing call and then subsequently re-establish the call?
- Call waiting
- Call hold
- Closed user group
- Call forwarding
- Call barring service
Which of the following components of GSM PLMN architecture provides authentication and encryption parameters that verify the user's identity and guarantee the confidentiality of each cell?
- EIR
- AUC
- MSC
- HLR
- FNR
Which of the following teleservices of GSM network consists of a message whose maximum length is 93 characters and can be broadcasted to all the users who are in a particular geographical region?
- Fax mail
- Voice mail
- Cell broadcast
- SMS
- DTMF
Which of the following components of a transmitter holds input as the content of various frequency carriers in order to obtain a representation of the OFDM signal in the time domain?
- IFT
- Serial to Parallel conversion
- Modulation of each carrier
- DAC
- BSC