WorksheetsEST 43
Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 28mins
Base station transmitter output power of Improved Mobile System (IMTS)
100-W to 200-W range
200-W to 300-W range
150-W to 400-W range
300-W to 400-W range
The chipping rate of WCDMA (UMTS)
1.25 Mcps
3.6484 Mcps
3.84 Mcps
1.22 Mcps
A technique that divides the group of channels into smaller groupings or segments of mutually exclusive frequencies; cell sites, which are within the reuse distance is assigned their own segment of the channel group
sectoring
dualization
partitioning
segmentation
The actual voice channel where mobile users communicate directly with other mobile or wireline subscriber through the base station
control channel
forward channel
reverse channel
voice channel
Supervisory Audio Tones(SAT) have the following frequencies except:
5940 Hz
5970 Hz
6000 Hz
6030 Hz
Each cell site contains a
Repeater
Control computer
Direct-link to a branch exchange
Touch-tone processor
A class II mobile phone using AMPS has an ERP of
–6 dBW
–4 dBW
2 dBW
6 dBW
The wideband designation in Wideband-CDMA (WCDMA) denotes a bandwidth of
2.5 MHz
3 MHz
4.5 MHz
5 MHz
An automobile travels at 60 km/hr. Find the time between fades in the car uses a PCS phone at 1900 MHz.
2.4 ms
3.4 ms
4.7 ms
5.1 ms
A cellular system is capable of coping with handoffs once every 2 minutes. Suppose this system is in the city with maximum car speeds of 65km/hr. What is the maximum cell radius for this urban system?
1.08 km
3 km
5 km
2 km
How wide is the spectrum bandwidth of a single GSM carrier?
16 kHz
200 kHz
100 kHz
50 kHz
Changing the time order of digital information before transmission to reduce the effect of burst errors in the channel.
progression
interleaving
epoch
raking
The bandwidth of WCDMA is ___ times larger than GSM.
5
15
20
25
It is the process in which the same set of frequencies can be allocated to more than one cell, provided that the cells are separated by a sufficient distance
frequency reuse
handoff
clustering
radio survey
A connection is momentarily broken during the cell-to-cell transfer is called ______.
hard handoff
soft handoff
medium handoff
light handoff
Transmission from mobile stations to the base stations is called
forward link
reverse link
control link
user link
It is a database in the PCS network that stores information about the user, including home subscription information and what supplementary services the user is subscribed to.
visitor location register
home location register
equipment identification register
authentication register
Determine the transmit power for a CDMA mobile unit that is receiving a signal from the base station at 100 dBm
12 dBm
24 dBm
36 dBm
14 dBm
When transmitting digital information, voice transmission is inhibited, this is called ______.
quieting
muting
blank-and-burst
any of these
A metropolitan area of 1000 square km is to be covered by cells with a radius of 2 km. How many cell sites would be required, assuming hexagonal cells?
72
73
74
75
Refers to a land station in a maritime mobile services
coast station
maritime station
coast earth station
ship earth station
Class of orthogonal spreading coded used in CDMA communication.
Color code
Walsh code
PCS code
CDMA
In a spread spectrum system, the tendency for a stronger signals to interfere with the reception of weaker signals.
near-far field
near-far effect
direct-sequence
spread-spectrum
Macrocells have base stations transmit power between _____.
3 W to 7 W
1 W to 6 W
2 W to 8 W
0.1 W to 5 W
It is when the area of a cell, or independent component coverage areas of a cellular system, is further divided, thus creating more cell areas.
cell splitting
cell clustering
cell partitioning
cell sectoring
It is when a mobile unit moves from one cell to another from one company’s service area to another company’s service area.
roaming
handoff
handover
paging
It is a 34-bit binary code that represents the 10-digit telephone number
electronic serial number
system identification
digital color code
mobile identification number
The bandwidth of WCDMA is __ times larger than CDMAone.
4
5
6
7
Receive channel 22 is 870.66 MHz. Receive channel 23 is
870.36 MHz
870.63 MHz
870.96 MHz
870.69 MHz
In mobile wireless communication, the radio equipment and the propagation path
FSL
air interface
direct link
mobile interface
The signaling one may be transmitted on the voice channel during a call in what frequency?
25 kHz
20 kHz
15 kHz
10 kHz
Station in the mobile service not intended to be used while in motion.
base station
fixed station
coast station
land station
In the GSM system, a “smart card” containing all user information, which is inserted into the phone before use.
IMSI
IMEI
IMTS
SIM
Determine the number of channels per cluster of a cellular telephone area comprised of 10 clusters with seven cells in each cluster and 10 channels in each cell.
70 channels per cluster
700 channels per cluster
7000 channels per cluster
7 channels per cluster
Determine the channel capacity if 7 macrocells with 10 channels per cell is split into 4 minicells
120 channels per area
360 channels per area
280 channels per area
460 channels per area
Technique of spread spectrum that breaks message into fixed-size blocks of data with each block transmitted in sequence except on the different carrier frequency.
spread spectrum
time-division multiplexing
frequency-hopping
direct sequence
A base and mobile is separated by 5 km. What is the propagation time for a signal traveling between them?
14.5 µsec
18.9 µsec
20.8 µsec
16.7 µsec
A digital identification associated with a cellular system
MIN
ESN
SAT
SIM
A new regulation issued by the National Telecommunications Commission providing for the guideline for mobile personal communication having a global coverage using satellite.
NMT
GMPCS
GSM
TACS
The following are the typical cluster size except
3
7
12
15
Provides a centralized administration and maintenance point for the entire network end interfaces with the public telephone network through the telephone wireline voice trunks and data links
PSTN
MTSO
central offices
MSC
It is a digital telephone exchange located in the MTSO that is the heart of a telephone system
mobile switching center
electronic switching center
gateway switching center
electronic mobile switching center
A database in the PCS network that stores information pertaining to the identification and type of equipment that exist in the mobile unit.
visitor location register
home location register
equipment identification register
authentication register
When a signal from a mobile cellular unit drops below a certain level, what action occurs?
The unit is “handed off” to a closer cell.
The call is terminated.
The MTSO increases power level.
The cell site switches antenna.
A method of transmitting data on AMPS cellular telephone voice channels that are temporary unused.
cellular digital packet data
digital color code
control mobile attenuation code
electronic serial code
A vehicle travels through a cellular system at 100 km per hour. Approximately how often will handoffs occur if the cell radius is 10 km.
12 min
14 min
16 min
18 min
In the GSM system, a telephone number that is unique to a given user, worldwide.
IMTS
IMEI
IMSI
SIM
An area divided into hexagonal shapes that fit together to form a honeycomb pattern is called ______.
cluster
transport area
cell
area of responsibility
Determine the channel capacity of a cellular telephone area comprised of twelve macrocell with ten channels per cell
12 channels per area
120 channels per area
1200 channels per area
12000 channels per area
Transmission from base stations to mobile stations is called ____.
forward link
reverse link
control link
user link
