Assignment #5

1. Consider the MIMO channel estimation problem with pilot vectors x(1) = [1, -2]T, x(2) =
[-2, 1]T, x(3) = [1, -1]T, x(4) = [2, -2]T. The received output vectors y are y(1) = [1, -1,
1]T, y(2) = [2, -2, 1]T, y(3) = [-2, 1, -2]T, y(4) = [1, 2, -1]T . The size of the MIMO system
is,
a. 2 2
b. 2 3
c. 3 2
d. 3 3

2. Consider the MIMO channel estimation problem with pilot vectors x(1) = [1, -2]T, x(2) =
[-2, 1]T, x(3) = [1, -1]T, x(4) = [2, -2]T. The received output vectors y are y(1) = [1, -1,
1]T, y(2) = [2, -2, 1]T, y(3) = [-2, 1, -2]T, y(4) = [1, 2, -1]T . As described in the lectures,
the pilot matrix X for the MIMO channel estimation problem above is,
1 2 1 2
a. X
2 1 1 2
1 2
2 1
b. X
1 1

2 2
c. X 1 2 1 1 1 1 2 2
X 1 2 1 1 1 1 2 2
T
d.

3. Consider the MIMO channel estimation problem with pilot vectors x(1) = [1, -2]T, x(2) =
[-2, 1]T, x(3) = [1, -1]T, x(4) = [2, -2]T. The received output vectors y are y(1) = [1, -1,
1]T, y(2) = [2, -2, 1]T, y(3) = [-2, 1, -2]T, y(4) = [1, 2, -1]T. As described in the lectures,
the output matrix Y for the MIMO channel estimation problem above is,
1 1 1
2 2 1
a. Y
2 1 2

1 2 1

1 1 1
T

2 2 1
b. Y
2 1 2

1 2 1
 1 1 1 2 2 1
c. Y
2 1 2 1 2 1
1 1 1 2 2 1
T

d. Y
2 1 2 1 2 1

4. Consider the MIMO channel estimation problem with pilot vectors x(1) = [1, -2]T, x(2) =
[-2, 1]T, x(3) = [1, -1]T, x(4) = [2, -2]T. The received output vectors y are y(1) = [1, -1,
1]T, y(2) = [2, -2, 1]T, y(3) = [-2, 1, -2]T, y(4) = [1, 2, -1]T. The LS estimate of the MIMO
channel matrix is given as,
a. YXT XT X
1

b. YX T XXT
1

c. X X
T 1
XT Y
d.

5. Consider the MIMO channel estimation problem with pilot vectors x(1) = [1, -2]T, x(2) =
[-2, 1]T, x(3) = [1, -1]T, x(4) = [2, -2]T. The received output vectors y are y(1) = [1, -1,
1]T, y(2) = [2, -2, 1]T, y(3) = [-2, 1, -2]T, y(4) = [1, 2, -1]T. The pseudo-inverse of the pilot
matrix X is,
1 10 9
19 9 10
a.

1 2
2 1
b.
1 1

2 2
6 11

1 7 5
c.
15 1 2

1 1
8 11

1 11 8
d.
19 1 1

2 2

6. Consider the MIMO channel estimation problem with pilot vectors x(1) = [1, -2]T, x(2) =
[-2, 1]T, x(3) = [1, -1]T, x(4) = [2, -2]T. The received output vectors y are y(1) = [1, -1,

XX X Y
T 1 T
 1]T, y(2) = [2, -2, 1]T, y(3) = [-2, 1, -2]T, y(4) = [1, 2, -1]T. The estimate of the MIMO
channel matrix H is,
1 30 35 23
19 27 22 15
a.

30 27
1
b.
35 22
19
23 15
22 15
1
c. 21 17
15
11 27
1 22 21 11
15 15 17 27
d.

7. Consider the MIMO channel estimation problem with pilot vectors x(1) = [1, -2]T, x(2) =
[-2, 1]T, x(3) = [1, -1]T, x(4) = [2, -2]T. The received output vectors y are y(1) = [1, -1,
1]T, y(2) = [2, -2, 1]T, y(3) = [-2, 1, -2]T, y(4) = [1, 2, -1]T. Let the noise samples be IID
Gaussian zero-mean with variance -9 dB. What is the variance of the estimate of each
coefficient of the MIMO channel matrix?
1
a.
8
1
b.
19
5
c.
76
1
d.
15

8. Channel equalization refers to

a. Making all the channel gains equal
b. Making all the transmit powers equal
c. Making the channels of different users equal
d. Removing the effect of ISI

9. Consider an Inter Symbol Interference channel yk xk xk 1 vk . Let an r

3 1
2 2
= 3 tap channel equalizer be designed for this scenario based on symbols y(k+2), y(k+1),
y(k) to detect x(k). What is the effective channel matrix H for this scenario
 3 1
2 2
a. H
1 3

2 2
3 1
2 2 0
b. H
3 1
0
2 2
3 1
2 2 0 0
3 1
c. H 0 0
2 2
0 0 3

1
2 2
3 1
0 0
2 2
3 1
d. H 0 0
2 2
3
1
0 0
2 2

10. Consider an Inter Symbol Interference channel yk xk xk 1 vk . Let an r

3 1
2 2
= 3 tap channel equalizer be designed for this scenario based on symbols y(k+2), y(k+1),
y(k) to detect x(k). The least squares problem for the equalizer vector c is,
2
1
0
a. HT c
0

0
2
0
0
b. HT c
1

0
2
0
0
c. cT H T
1

0
 2
0
0
d. cT H
1

0

11. Consider an Inter Symbol Interference channel yk xk xk 1 vk . Let an r

3 1
2 2
= 3 tap channel equalizer be designed for this scenario based on symbols y(k+2), y(k+1),
y(k) to detect x(k). The equalizer designed using the least-squares criterion is termed as,
a. Minimum Error Equalizer
b. Minimum Mean-Squared Error Equalizer
c. IIR Equalizer
d. Zero-Forcing Equalizer

12. Consider an Inter Symbol Interference channel yk xk xk 1 vk . Let an r

3 1
2 2
= 3 tap channel equalizer be designed for this scenario based on symbols y(k+2), y(k+1),
y(k) to detect x(k). The equalizer vector c is,

a.
1
3 10 243T
410
b.
1
10 7 192T
390
c.
1
23 5 211T
425
d.
1
12 43 285T
350

13. Consider an Inter Symbol Interference channel yk xk xk 1 vk . Let an r

3 1
2 2
= 3 tap channel equalizer be designed for this scenario based on symbols y(k+2), y(k+1),
y(k) to detect x(k). The equalizer is,

a. x k yk yk 1 yk 2
10 7 192
390 390 390
b. x k yk 2 yk 1 yk
12 43 285
350 350 350
c. x k yk yk 1 yk 2
23 5 211
425 425 425
 d. x k yk 2 yk 1 yk
3 10 243
410 410 410

14. Consider an Inter Symbol Interference channel yk xk xk 1 vk . Let an r

3 1
2 2
= 3 tap channel equalizer be designed for this scenario based on symbols y(k+2), y(k+1),
y(k) to detect x(k+1). The equalizer vector c is,

a.
1
7 156 88T
425
b.
1
13 185 45T
390
c.
1
1 270 81T
410
d.
1
43 234 5T
350

15. Consider an Inter Symbol Interference channel yk xk xk 1 vk . Let an r

3 1
2 2
= 2 tap channel equalizer be designed for this scenario based on symbols y(k+1), y(k) to
detect x(k). The equalizer vector c is,

a.
1
1 35T
425
b.
1
2 54T
91
c.
1
23 185T
410
d.
1
11 132T
410