Download PTU M.Tech. ECE 1st Semester 75179 INFORMATION THEORY AND CODING Question Paper

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Roll No. Total No. of Pages : 02
Total No. of Questions : 08
M.Tech. (ECE) (2018 Batch) (Sem.?1)
INFORMATION THEORY AND CODING
Subject Code : MTEC-PE2C-18-3
M.Code : 75179
Time : 3 Hrs. Max. Marks : 60

INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES :
1.Attempt any FIVE questions out of EIGHT questions.
2.Each question carries TWELVE marks.

Q1. Explain Huffman coding with an example. State the advantages of Huffman coding over
Lempel-Ziv algorithm in brief. [12]
Q2. (a) A zero-memory source is defined by the table : [6]
S
i

s
1

s
2

s
3

s
4

P(S
i
) 0.5 0.25 0.125 0.125
Find the entropy and the source information rate if the symbol rate is
v
s
= 400[symb/sec].
(b) Explain the difference between DPCM and DM scheme for speech coding
application. [6]
Q3. (a) Explain marginal, conditional and joint entropy with an example. [6]
(b) Explain the significance of Shannon's second theorem related to channel coding
theorem. [6]
Q4. What is the significance of Viterbi algorithm? Draw and explain the algorithm steps of
Viterbi decoding with a neat diagram. [12]
Q5. What are the various entropy encoding schemes? Explain the entropy encoding block of
JPEG standard. [12]
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Roll No. Total No. of Pages : 02
Total No. of Questions : 08
M.Tech. (ECE) (2018 Batch) (Sem.?1)
INFORMATION THEORY AND CODING
Subject Code : MTEC-PE2C-18-3
M.Code : 75179
Time : 3 Hrs. Max. Marks : 60

INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES :
1.Attempt any FIVE questions out of EIGHT questions.
2.Each question carries TWELVE marks.

Q1. Explain Huffman coding with an example. State the advantages of Huffman coding over
Lempel-Ziv algorithm in brief. [12]
Q2. (a) A zero-memory source is defined by the table : [6]
S
i

s
1

s
2

s
3

s
4

P(S
i
) 0.5 0.25 0.125 0.125
Find the entropy and the source information rate if the symbol rate is
v
s
= 400[symb/sec].
(b) Explain the difference between DPCM and DM scheme for speech coding
application. [6]
Q3. (a) Explain marginal, conditional and joint entropy with an example. [6]
(b) Explain the significance of Shannon's second theorem related to channel coding
theorem. [6]
Q4. What is the significance of Viterbi algorithm? Draw and explain the algorithm steps of
Viterbi decoding with a neat diagram. [12]
Q5. What are the various entropy encoding schemes? Explain the entropy encoding block of
JPEG standard. [12]
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Q6. What is the significance of cyclic codes? Explain the procedure of error control coding
using cyclic codes for with a suitable example. [12]
Q7. Discuss the various types of channel. Explain channel capacity and derive the channel
capacity for binary symmetric channel. [12]
Q8. Zero-memory binary source emits symbols with rate v
s
= 100. [b/s], the probability of one
symbol is P(x
1
) = 0.3. The corresponding channel is described by transition matrix.
0.4 0.6
0.75 0.25
P
? ?
?
? ?
? ?

(a) Find the entropy and the information rate of the source. [6]
(b) Find the mutual (transmitted) information and the information rate of the channel.
[6]









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