Classes in ENTS
| ENTS622 | Introduction to Digital Communication Systems (3 credits) | |||
| Restricted to ENTS majors. All non-majors will need to obtain permission for the department. Credit will be granted for only one of the following: ENTS622 or ENTS689B. Formerly ENTS689B. The course objective is to convey the principles of analog and digital communication systems design. Students will analyze the performance and relative merits of different modulation and demodulation, signal processing, and error control schemes in communication systems. Also provides an understanding of the design of modern digital communication systems. Click here for more course information. | ||||
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| ENTS625 | Management and Organizational Behavior in the Telecommunications Industry (3 credits) | |||
| Roles of the general manager in: determining target markets and designing strategies for them; formulating and implementing corporate and business level strategies; and staffing, developing, and managing human resources and coordinating them with the organization's financial and physical resources. Also emphasizes the building of interpersonal skills with respect to the selection of members for work teams and team formation, leadership of teams toward the achievement of strategic goals and total quality, the development and motivation of team members, and the evaluation of team and individual performance. | ||||
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| ENTS630 | The Economics of International Telecommunications (3 credits) | |||
| Economic analysis in telecommunications: the demand for services, the nature of production, competition, optimal pricing, and alternative regulatory options. Restricted to ENTS majors. All non-majors will need to obtain department permission. | ||||
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| ENTS632 | Telecommunications Marketing Management (3 credits) | |||
| Strategic marketing, sales and customer service challenges confronting organizations in the computer, communications and media industries. Volatile technology, regulatory and competitive environments as a backdrop to strategic planning and management in the marketing domain. | ||||
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| ENTS635 | Decision Support Methods for Telecommunication Managers (3 credits) | |||
| Prerequisite: MATH 241 and ENEE 324 or equivalent. The aim of this course is to introduce management science techniques for informed decision making. Topics covered will include data analysis and regression, optimization models and applications (workforce scheduling, manufacturing, network design, facility location), sensitivity analysis, decision trees, risk analysis and business simulation models. Emphasis will be on telecommunications managerial problems, model development and the use of software packages for decision support. Restricted to ENTS majors. All non-majors will need to obtain department permission. | ||||
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| ENTS640 | Telecommunication Networks (3 credits) | |||
| An overview of design issues and the important industry standards for digital communications networks. | ||||
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| ENTS641 | Communication Protocols (3 credits) | |||
| Prerequisite: ENTS 640. Techniques for the specification, design, analysis, verification and testing of communication protocols are developed. Various protocol services will be discussed and example protocols given. | ||||
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| ENTS653 | PCS System Implementation (3 credits) | |||
| Restricted to ENTS majors. All non-majors will need to obtain permission of department. Credit will be granted for only one of the following: ENTS653 or ENTS689A. Formerly ENTS689A. Engineering issues associated with designing and deploying a PCS cellular wireless communications system in the current world environment will be examined. It will focus on implementation issues such as the impact of real world concerns on the deployment strategy and the use of good engineering paractice to overcome obstacles. Students will create and modify mock deployments using professional tools for cell planning and interference analysis. Students will also be exposed to drive testing tools and concepts for migration to future technologies(3G and beyond). | ||||
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