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DIGITAL CARRIER LINE ENCODING Flashcards

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1
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Process of encoding digital data into digital signal.

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Digital Line Encoding

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2
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Categories of Transmission Voltages.

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Unipolar and Bipolar

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Type of Data that is either a High Signal or a Low Signal.

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Binary Data

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4
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This Transmission of Binary Data only utilizes a single nonzero voltage level.

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Unipolar Transmission

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5
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This Transmission of Binary Data utilizes two nonzero voltage levels.

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Bipolar Transmission

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6
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If the binary pulse is maintained for the entire bit time, this is called _____.

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Non Return to Zero (NRZ)

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7
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If the binary pulse’s active time is less than 100%, it is called _____.

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Return to Zero (RZ)

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7
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If the Transmission uses one non zero high value, and is using 100% of the active time?

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Unipolar Non Return to Zero (UPNRMZ) Transmission

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If the Transmission uses one non zero high value, and is not using 100% of the active time?

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Unipolar Return to Zero (UPRZ) Transmission

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If the Transmission uses two non zero high value, and using 100% of the active time?

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Bipolar Non Return to Zero (UPNRZ) Transmission

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If the Transmission uses two non zero high value, and is not using 100% of the active time?

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Bipolar Return to Zero (BPRZ) Transmission

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11
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Define UPNRZ, UPRZ, BPRZ, BPNRZ.

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Unipolar Non Return to Zero, Unipolar Return to Zero, Bipolar Return to Zero, Bipolar Non Return to Zero

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12
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_____ refers to the percentage of time during which a digital signal is in the high (1) state compared to the total time of a signaling period.

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Duty Cycle

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13
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Average DC voltage of Bipolar Transmission assuming that there is an equal number of high and low signals.

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0V

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14
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Average DC voltage of Unipolar Transmission Non Return to Zero assuming that there is an equal number of high and low signals.

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V/2 (Half of the voltage value of High Signal)

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Average DC voltage of Unipolar Transmission Return to Zero assuming that there is an equal number of high and low signals.

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V/4 (Quarter of the voltage value of High Signal)

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16
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There are three voltage levels for Bipolar Transmissions, +V, 0, -V, what logic does -V represent?

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Logic 0

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17
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For Return to Zero Transmission, how long are the pulses active with respect to the Bit Time?

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50% of the Bit Time

18
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A type of Transmission where successive logic 1s are inverted in polarity from the previous logic 1.

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Bipolar Return to Zero Alternate Mark Inversion (BPRZ-AMI) Transmission

19
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Distinct feature of Alternate Mark Inversion (AMI)?

A

It is bipolar, but its +V and -V both represent logic 1, while 0 represent logic 0. Another distinct feature is the fact that successive 1s are inverted in polarity to look like a sine wave in pulse format.

20
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Occurs when long string of either 1s or 0s causes the signal to lose its amplitude reference.

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DC Wandering

21
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What happens in DC Wandering

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Lose of amplitude reference making it hard to distinguish between high signals and low signals

22
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How do we solve DC wandering?

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By applying transitions using Return to Zero (RZ) encoding or using techniques like Alternate Mark Inversion (AMI)

23
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What will cause the highest bandwidth requirement for Unipolar Non Return to Zero (UPNRZ) Transmission?

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Alternate 1/0 Sequence

24
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What will cause the highest bandwidth requirement for Bipolar Non Return to Zero (BPNRZ) Transmission?

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Alternate 1/0 Sequence

25
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What will cause the highest bandwidth requirement for Unipolar Return to Zero (UPRZ) Transmission?

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Successive 1s sequence

26
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What will cause the highest bandwidth requirement for Bipolar Return to Zero (BPRZ) Transmission?

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Successive 1s or 0s Sequence

27
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At worst case scenario what is the highest fundamental frequency for Non Return to Zero encoded Transmissions?

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Equal to Bit rate (fb) / 2

(bit/epoch)/2
2bit (needed for NRZ cycle)
(2bit/2epoch)/2
4bit/2epoch
2bit/cycle (highest fundamental frequency, 1 cycle)

28
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At worst case scenario what is the highest fundamental frequency for Return to Zero encoded Transmissions?

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Equal to Bit Rate (fb)

since they only consume 50% of the bit time when active, they are able to form a cycle in 1 bit time

29
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What will cause the highest bandwidth requirement for Bipolar Return to Zero Alternate Mark Inversion (BPRZ-AMI)?

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Two or MORE consecutive 1s

30
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At worst case scenario what is the highest fundamental frequency for Bipolar Return to Zero Alternate Mark Inversion Transmissions?

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bf/2

the only return to zero that requires two bit time to complete its cycle

31
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UPNRZ and BPNRZ are _____ for Clock Recovery. Explain why.

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Inadequate. Because they do not return to zero and use all of their bit time to relay information. They don’t have any rooms for transitions.

32
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UPRZ and BPRZ-AMI are _____ for Clock Recovery. Explain why.

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Adequate but not the best. Since they return to Zero, they have natural transition time. But the problem lies on not being able to code a transition time, since 0V are logic 0 for the two of them.

33
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_____ is the best for Clock Recovery. Explain why.

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Bipolar Return to Zero (BPRZ). It’s the best for clock recovery because it returns to zero, meaning it has its natural transition time and its logic 1 and 0 are expressed by +V and -V respectively, allowing us to encode transition time into the line using 0V

34
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BPRZ-AMI is sufficient for clock recovery if and only if _____.

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Long sequences of 0s are prevented.

35
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Best data line encoding technique in terms of error detection. Why?

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Bipolar Return to Zero Alternate Mark Inversion (BPRZ-AMI). An error in any bit will result to Bipolar Violation (BPV).

36
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What is BPV?

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Bipolar Violation is a type of coding error in BPRZ-AMI transmission where two consecutive 1s are coded with the same polarity.

37
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Which encoding technique has it’s own built in error detection mechanism?

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Bipolar Return to Zero Alternate Mark Inversion (BPRZ-AMI)

38
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Best encoding technique for data line encoding?

A

Bipolar Return to Zero Alternate Mark Inversion (BPRZ-AMI)

39
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______ is a popular type of line encoding that produces a strong timing component for clock recovery and does not cause dc wandering.

A

Digital Biphase

40
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_____ is a type of encoding technique, where a bit time is divided into two, and logic 1 and 0 are expressed in terms of high voltages of opposite polarities. Give all three names.

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Digital Biphase, Manchester Code or Biphase

41
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In Biphase, what represents a logic 1?

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+V/-V in the same bit time

42
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What represents logic 0 in Manchester Code?

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-V/+V in the same bit time

43
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What is the best feature of Manchester code?

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It can’t be affected by DC wandering

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