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GATE ECE 2026
Numerical
+1
-0.33

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 source to be $4 \times 10^6$ bits per second.

The minimum transmission bandwidth (in MHz) of the modulated signal necessary for optimum recovery of information at the receiver is $\_\_\_\_$ .

(rounded off to two decimal places)

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GATE ECE 2026
MCQ (Single Correct Answer)
+2
-0.67

A QPSK modulated signal from an additive white Gaussian noise (AWGN) channel is received with an $E_b / N_o=8.4 \mathrm{~dB}$ at the input of a coherent QPSK demodulator. A maximum-likelihood reception method is used in the demodulator.

Assume the complimentary error function

$$ \operatorname{erfc}(u) \cong\left[\frac{1}{(u \sqrt{\pi})}\right] \exp \left(-u^2\right) $$

Which is the nearest bit error rate (BER) at the output of the demodulator?

A

$10^{-3}$

B

$10^{-4}$

C

$10^{-5}$

D

$10^{-6}$

3
GATE ECE 2026
MCQ (More than One Correct Answer)
+2
-0.67

Let the relevant bandwidth $(B)$ of a digital communication system be 1 MHz and $k T=-174 \mathrm{dBm} / \mathrm{Hz}$, where $k$ is Boltzmann's constant and ' $T$ ' is equivalent noise temperature of the receiver. The power ( $S$ ) of signal received through an additive Gaussian channel is -80 dBm .

Which of the following options is/are TRUE about Shannon capacity ( $C$ ) of the channel?

A

$C=B$

B

$C=2 B$

C

$C>3 B$

D

$C < B$

4
GATE ECE 2026
MCQ (More than One Correct Answer)
+2
-0.67

Consider a real, narrowband signal $x(t)=A(t) \cos \left[2 \pi f_c t+\theta(t)\right]$ where the maximum frequency components of $A(t)$ and $\theta(t)$ are $f_M$ and $f_C\left(=1000 f_M\right)$, respectively. Which of the following statements is/are correct for $-\infty

A

$x(t)$ represents a PSK modulated signal for suitable choices of $A(t)$ and $\theta(t)$.

B

$x(t)$ represents an amplitude modulated signal for suitable choices of $A(t)$ and $\theta(t)$.

C

$x(t)$ represents a band-limited Gaussian noise process.

D

$x(t)$ never represents a narrowband FM signal.