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Official PYQ2025CommunicationsRandom ProcessesMCQ · 2 marks
Consider a real-valued random process f(t)=∑n=1Nan p(t−nT),f(t)=\sum_{n=1}^{N} a_{n} \: p(t-n T), where T>0T>0 and NN is a positive integer. Here, p(t)=1p(t)=1 for t∈[0,0.5T]t \in[0,0.5 T] and 00 otherwise. The coefficients ana_{n} are pairwise independent, zero-mean unit-variance random variables. Read the following statements about the random process and choose the …
Official PYQ2024CommunicationsRandom ProcessesMCQ · 1 mark
​​​​A white Gaussian noise w(t)w(t) with zero mean and power spectral density N02\frac{N_{0}}{2}, when applied to a first-order RC low pass filter produces an output n(t)n(t). At a particular time t=tkt=t_{k}, the variance of the random variable n(tk)n\left(t_{k}\right) is _______\_\_\_\_\_\_\_.
Official PYQ2023CommunicationsRandom ProcessesNAT · 2 marks
Let X(t)X(t) be a white Gaussian noise with power spectral density 12 W/Hz\frac{1}{2} \mathrm{~W} / \mathrm{Hz}. If X(t)X(t) is input to an LTI system with impulse response e−tu(t)e^{-t} u(t). The average power of the system output is _____________ W\mathrm{W} (rounded off to two decimal places).
Official PYQ2021CommunicationsRandom ProcessesNAT · 1 mark
The autocorrelation function RX(τ)R_{X}\left ( \tau \right ) of a wide-sense stationary random process X(t)X(t) is shown in the figure. The average power of X(t)X(t) is ________________
Official PYQ2019CommunicationsRandom ProcessesNAT · 2 marks
Let a random process Y(t)Y(t) be described as Y(t)=h(t)∗X(t)+Z(t),Y(t)=h(t) \ast X(t)+Z(t), where X(t)X(t) is a white noise process with power spectral density Sx(f)=5S_{x}(f)=5W/Hz. The filter h(t)h(t) has a magnitude response given by ∣H(f)∣=0.5\mid H(f) \mid =0.5 for −5≤f≤5,-5\leq f\leq5, and zero elsewhere. Z(t)Z(t) is a stationary random process, uncorrelated with X(t)X(t), with …
Official PYQ2018CommunicationsRandom ProcessesMCQ · 2 marks
Consider a white Gaussian noise process N(t)\text{N(t)} with two-sided power spectral density SN(f)=0.5 W/HzS_{N}\left ( f \right )=0.5\:W/Hz as input to a filter with impulse response 0.5e−t2/20.5e^{-t^{2}/2} (where tt is in seconds) resulting in output Y(t)Y(t). The power in Y(t)Y(t) in watts is
Official PYQ2017CommunicationsRandom ProcessesMCQ · 2 marks
Let X(t)X(t) be a wide sense stationary random process with the power spectral density SX(f)S_{X}(f) as shown in Figure (a), where ff is in Hertz(Hz)(Hz). The random process X(t)X(t) is input to an ideal lowpass filter with the frequency response …
Official PYQ2016CommunicationsRandom ProcessesNAT · 2 marks
An information source generates a binary sequence {αn}\left \{ \alpha _{n} \right \}. αn\alpha _{n} can take one of the two possible values −1-1 and +1+1 with equal probability and are statistically independent and identically distributed. This sequence is precoded to obtain another sequence {βn}\left \{ \beta _{n} \right \}, as …
Official PYQ2016CommunicationsRandom ProcessesNAT · 2 marks
Consider a random process X(t)=3V(t)−8,X\left ( t \right )=3V(t)-8, where V(t)V(t) is a zero mean stationary random process with autocorrelation Rv(τ)=4e−5∣τ∣.R_{v}\left ( \tau \right )=4e^{-5\mid \tau \mid}. The power in X(t)X(t) is _________
Official PYQ2014CommunicationsRandom ProcessesMCQ · 2 marks
The input-output relationship of a causal stable LTI system is given as y[n]=α y[n−1]+β x[n]y[n] = \alpha \: y[n-1] + \beta \: x[n]. If the impulse response h[n]h[n] of this system satisfies the condition ∑n=0∞h[n]=2\sum_{n=0}^{\infty}h[n]= 2, the relationship between α\alpha and β\beta is
Official PYQ2014CommunicationsRandom ProcessesNAT · 2 marks
The power spectral density of a real stationary random process X(t)X(t) is given by SX(f)={1W,∣f∣≤W0,∣f∣>WS_X (f) = \begin{cases} \frac{1}{W}, & \mid f \mid \leq W \\ 0, & \mid f \mid > W \end{cases} The value of the expectation E[πX(t)X(t−14W)]E \left [ \pi X(t)X\left ( t-\frac{1}{4W} \right ) \right ] is __________.
Official PYQ2014CommunicationsRandom ProcessesMCQ · 2 marks
Let X(t)X(t) be a wide sense stationary (WSS)(WSS) random process with power spectral density SX(f).S_{X}(f). If Y(t)Y(t) is the process defined as Y(t)=X(2t−1)Y(t)= X(2t-1), the power spectral density SY(f)S_{Y}( f ) is
Official PYQ2014CommunicationsRandom ProcessesNAT · 2 marks
A real band-limited random process X(t)X(t) has two-sided power spectral density SX(f)={10−6(3000−∣f∣)Watts/Hzfor ∣f∣≤3kHz0otherwiseS_{X}(f)= \begin{cases} 10^{-6} (3000-\mid f \mid) \text{Watts/Hz} & \text{for } \mid f \mid \leq 3 kHz \\ 0 & \text{otherwise} \end{cases} where ff is the frequency expressed in Hz.The signal X(t)X(t) modulates a carrier cos⁡16000πt\cos16000\pi t and the resultant …
Official PYQ2012CommunicationsRandom ProcessesMCQ · 1 mark
The power spectral density of a real process X(t)X(t) for positive frequencies is shown below. The values of E[X2(t)]E[X^2(t)] and ∣E[X(t)]∣\mid E[X(t)] \mid, respectively, are
Official PYQ2006CommunicationsRandom ProcessesMCQ · 1 mark
A zero- mean white Gaussian noise is passed through an ideal lowpass filter of ban width 10  kHz10 \; \mathrm{kHz}. The output is the uniformly sampled with sampling period ts=0.03  msect_{s}=0.03 \; \mathrm{msec}. The samples so obtained would be
Official PYQ2006CommunicationsRandom ProcessesMCQ · 1 mark
Statement for Linked Answer Questions 78 and 79 The following two questions refer to wide sense stationary stochastic processes It is desired to generate a stochastic process (as voltage process) with power spectral density S(ω)=1616+ω2S(\omega)=\frac{16}{16+\omega^{2}} by driving a Linear-Time-Invariant system by zero mean white noise (as voltage process) with …
Official PYQ2006CommunicationsRandom ProcessesMCQ · 1 mark
Statement for Linked Answer Questions 78 and 79 The following two questions refer to wide sense stationary stochastic processes The parameters of the system obtained in Q.78\text{Q.78} would be
Official PYQ2005CommunicationsRandom ProcessesMCQ · 1 mark
Noise with uniform power spectral density of N0\text{N}_{0} W/Hz\mathrm{W / Hz} is passed through a filter H(ω)=2\mathrm{H}(\omega)=2 exp (−jωtd)\left(-j \omega t_{d}\right) followed by an ideal low pass filter of bandwidth B Hz.\text{B Hz.} The output noise power in Watts is
Official PYQ2001CommunicationsRandom ProcessesMCQ · 1 mark
The PSD and the power of a signal g(t)g(t) are, respectively, Sg(ω)\mathrm{S}_{\text{g}}(\omega) and Pg\text{P}_{\text{g}}. The PSD and the power of the signal ag(t)a \text{g}(t) are, respectively,
Official PYQ1998CommunicationsRandom ProcessesMCQ · 1 mark
The spectral density of a real valued random process has