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Module 1: Physical Layer & Data Communication

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Phase transition for each bit is used in
(i) NRZ encoding
(ii) Manchester encoding
(iii) Carrier modulation
(iv) Amplitude modulation

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Answer: (ii) Manchester encoding

In Manchester encoding every bit has a transition in the middle of the bit interval: one bit value is a low-to-high transition and the other is a high-to-low transition (which value maps to which depends on the convention used). This gives self-clocking and no DC component.

NRZ has no guaranteed transition per bit, and carrier/amplitude modulation are analog modulation techniques.

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