ENTS656

Introduction to Cellular Communication Networks

Concepts and techniques involved in wireless digital communications with emphasis on cellular and PCS systems. Properties of Mobile radio channels; intersymbol interference, multipath, and fading effects; interleaving and diversity; multiple access schemes (TDMA, FDMA, CDMA); interuser interference, traffic issues, and cell capacity; power control strategies; frequency reuse and channel assignment; handoff, paging, and location update; cell layout; introduction to cellular and PCS standards. Restricted to ENTS majors.

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During the Spring 2020 and Spring 2021 semesters, students could choose to take some of their courses pass-fail mid-semester which skews grade data aggregated across multiple semesters.

Average GPA of 3.27 between 501 students*

ENTS656 Grade Distribution+-05101520253035404550% of studentsABCDFWother
A-: 11.98%
A: 32.53%
A+: 2.4%
B-: 3.79%
B: 28.54%
B+: 9.98%
C-: 0.4%
C: 2.4%
C+: 1.4%
D: 0.8%
F: 1.4%
W: 2.99%
other: 1.4%
* "W"s are considered to be 0.0 quality points. "Other" grades are not factored into GPA calculation. Grade data not guaranteed to be correct.