Professional Snapshot

• 8+ years of experience in 2G/3G/4G performance, planning & troubleshooting, with specialization in Network Design and Network Performance & Optimization.
• TL for RF Optimization and Design teams.
• Expertise in Network KPIs, RF Optimization, Trafficbalancing and Capacity planning, RFPlanning & Design, SC planning and Drive test-Log file analysis and troubleshooting.
• Key member in planning and assurance during FIFA matches (Football World Cup 2010) and other major events.
• Key member for coordinating Network Audits, Benchmarking & N/W Performance Health Checks done by external parties.
• Trials on the new features of Power Control, Handover Thresholds & other software releases with parameter dimensioning.
• An effective leader with strong communication, problem solving, planning, team building & inter-personal skills.

Professional Experience

• RF Optimization Project and Business Development Consultant

Network Performance & Optimization – Confidential, Texas.
(Jan 2012 till Present: US Clients for DTel
Feb 2011 till Dec 2011: International Projects for DTel)
UMTS RF Optimization Project Management:

• Providing turnkey solutions to optimization and technical related issues by providing guidance to the teams on the on-going market projects handled by Dtel.
• Optimizing the SSV and clusters for final acceptance by customer (1C, 2C, 3C, 4C).
• Conducting analysis for KPIs like Accessibility & Retainability (%) to optimize Access Failures (CS/PS), Drops Calls (CS/PS), UE mobility (UTRAN, IFHO, IRAT hand-over) in Idle mode (Cell reselection) and Dedicated mode (hard and soft handovers), Interference analysis (both in UL and DL).
• Involved in GPS testing for Call Scenarios, and troubleshooting for issues with Air Interface protocols or error messages for RRC/RAB Set up.
• E911 Testing before launching new sites for thorough check of Call Processing.
• Working on Neighbor optimization and defining the different carrier neighbor strategy according to UARFCN available in market to balance traffic as well.
• Doing Parameter audit for RNCs and matching the parameters of the new launched sites to gold standards.
• Checking the Post launch drive test data from GPS testing and providing the recommendations after analysis.
• Working on the congestion (Power, code, CE and IUB), recommending the changes based on the congestion type (parameter optimization or T1 expansion).
• Analysis of Drive test by GPS and PRACH to check the footprint of site and recommend Downtilts accordingly .
• Working on PSC clash, SIB11 violation, Pilot pollution and recommending the changes.
• Good knowledge of Backhaul resources and ATM transport network protocols.
• Experience on Ericsson and ALU OSS and tools like WNCS, WMRR, BO, MOShell/AMOS, WMS etc.

LTE Optimization Overview

• Basic knowledge and understanding of LTE Optimization
• Neighbor Optimization, analysis of ANR generated neighbors (S1, X2 term-points)
• Analysis of PCI clashes and PCI re-use check
• Downtilt recommendation by HO attempts and neighbor activities
• Basic RF consistency check and performance (RSSI, VSWR and alarms)
• Stats analysis of Accessibility & retainability

Business Development Management:

• Conducting technical presentations on behalf of DEC Texas for Business Enhancement.
• Studying the project needs of client and developing a high-end performance and cost effective business model in terms of resources and equipments involved.

TL/ Sr. RF Optimization Consultant Confidential (Dec 2009 till Dec 2010)
SYSTEM: HUAWEI-RAN 10 & NSN-RAS 6.0
2G/3G SWAP PROJECT AND NETWORK DESIGN & OPTIMIZATION

• Responsible for the Cluster swap of NSN (UMTS) & Motorola (2G) system to Huawei system.
• Comparing the coverage plots on Planning Tools and working on network design together with basic antenna system optimization.
• Verifying the SC Plan, 3G & 2G Neighbors plan (AS, DN, MN and Hard HO) and optimization of the neighbor list using MapInfo and Asset 6.1.
• Redesigning the sites with low KPIs and giving the recommendations of Azimuth, HBA, Tilts, Antenna changes, SC plan changes and neighbor optimization and generating the optimization reports.
• Auditing-Mapping the NSN parameters to Huawei parameters and fine-tuning the network to optimum performance.
• Planning neighbor strategy for F1, F2 & F3 layers.
• Analysis of the LOGFILES (3G Voice and HSDPA) and after troubleshooting, recommending the changes required.
• KPI Monitoring of the sites, which are swapped on daily basis, and working on the worst cells.
• Handling Acceptance procedure and working on the Acceptance reports.
• Traffic balancing between carriers using PRACH analysis, Qoffset2SN and CPICH balancing.
• Analyzing Pilot Pollution, Missing Neighbors, CPICH-RSCP/ CPICH Ec/Io based on the Drive test log files and addressing the problematic areas and recommending the Hardware changes if required.

2G/3G FIFA ASSURANCE PROJECT

• Thorough study and planning of Soccer city, Orlando Stadium and Elvis Park, which were major stadiums for FIFA 2010.
• Capacity planning and traffic balancing between 2G & 3G calls, throughput rates and data usage.
• Traffic distribution with internal walk-tests and coverage plots within stadiums.
• Expansions and Carrier/layer additions with E1 extensions.
• Parameter analysis and specific changes before, during and after matches with thorough analysis of reports and trends.
• Online monitoring of traffic and performance statistics to recommend changes for traffic fluctuations.

TL and 2G/3G RF Design & Optimization Consultant Confidential
(Dec 2008 till Dec 2009)
SYSTEMS: 3G: NOKIA RAS 06 & Huawei, 2G: Motorola & Alcatel
Key Responsibility Areas

• Maintaining excellent QOS of the network by analyzing and optimizing network KPIs: Drop Call Rate, Accessibility KPIs, SD/TCH Congestion Rate, Handover Success and Failure Rate, Call Set up Success Rate, TBF Success Rate, etc.
• Working on the areas for coverage & capacity improvement through various solutions like new sector addition, TMA addition, equipping carrier at high power, expansions, etc.
• Link budget analysis and recommendation of new sites on the basis of Drive test data and traffic analysis on tools like MapInfo, Google Earth & Asset.
• Setting parameters for new sites and Initial System settings for required coverage.
• Coordinating with Locals, for getting new sites optimized within TAT & recommending changes by post processing of presentations, log files, Cell Overlap reports & TA reports (IOS reports)
• Working on the demographics data, doing deep analysis to propose new sites to enhance the network performance, as well as revenue enhancement for the Operator.
• Handling Acceptance procedure and working on the Acceptance reports.
• Verifying the SC Plan, Spectrum Planning, 3G & 2G Neighbors plan (AS, DN, MN and Hard HO) and optimization of the neighbor list using MapInfo and Asset 6.1.
• Redesigning the sites with low KPIs and giving the recommendations of Azimuth, HBA, Tilts, Antenna changes, SC plan changes and neighbor optimization and producing the optimization report.
• Analysis of the LOGFILES (3G Voice and HSDPA) and after troubleshoots recommending the changes required.
• Analyzing Pilot Pollution, Interference Analysis, Missing Neighbors, CPICH-RSCP/ CPICH Ec/Io based on the Drive test log files and addressing the problematic areas and recommending the Hardware changes if required.
• Analyzing Performance monitoring counters for Admission, Congestion, Cell Availability
• Performing overall Database parameters audit from OMCR raw files and suggesting changes.
• Recommending planning solutions like LCF Dimensioning, XCDR Cards replacement to prepare for major events like Eid, New Year, etc.
• Introduction of new tools & ideas for quicker monitoring and troubleshooting of worst performing cells.
• Following the MMER model (Maintaining, Monitoring, Enhancing, Reporting) for the customer and providing end-to-end solution for issues in the Network.

Snr. RF Optimization Consultant/TL Confidential
(Nov 2004 till Nov 2008) 
SYSTEMS: ERICSSON 
Key Responsibility Areas
Statistical Analysis

• Maintaining excellent QOS of the network by analyzing and optimizing network KPIs: Drop Call Rate, SD/TCH Congestion Rate, Handover Success and Failure Rate, Call Set up Success Rate, TBF Success Rate, etc.
• Daily performance monitoring of the OMCR statistics of sites using NHA (Network health Analysis), CAT (Cell Analysis Tool), GLU(Generic Lookup Utility), CTP(Call Trace Product), PM (Performance Management) , RPMO, MRR, NCS, NOX,FAS,FOX and in house tool and taking necessary corrective actions.

Network Planning & Optimization

• Identifying areas for coverage & capacity improvement through various solutions like new sector addition, TMA addition, equipping carrier at high power, expansions, etc
• Working on DAS (Distributed antenna system) planning and implementation through a vendor.
• Optimizing network through parameter changes, new features & software upgrades implemented.
• Optimizing new sites within TAT & recommending changes by post processing of presentations, log files, Cell Overlap reports & TA reports as recommended by IOS-Motorola.

Swap of network from Motorola to Ericsson

• KPIs & DT matching pre & post swap for overall Health Check of network & troubleshooting.
• Pre-planning & dimensioning network through CDD preparation.
• Preparing BoQ for Swap in terms of BTS requirement.
• Handling Acceptance procedure with Vendor for Cluster swapped.

Engineer Confidential (June’04 till Nov 2004)
Worked on the ERICSSON Project for Bharti Mobile Ltd.(AIRTEL)
Key Responsibility Areas

• Monitoring of Network KPIs like SDCCH/TCH Drop Rate, SDCCH/TCH Blocking Rate, HSR, CSSR and Quality related parameters.
• New Sites Database Check in terms of all parameters & KPIs.
• Frequency allocation & thorough check of freq. plan(BCCH, HSN,BSIC & MAIO)
• Thorough Neighbour Optimization by checking BCCH-BSIC clashes & neighbour propagation.
• Traffic Report & Interference Channel Measurement report analysis.
• Monitoring of Alarms at sites, affecting KPIs with escalation & closure within defined TAT.

Tools Used & Other Skills

• Mapping Software: MapInfo 9.0, MCOM 4.2 & Google Earth
• Drive Test Kit: TEMS Investigation GSM 8.3 & 9, Neptune, NEMO Outdoor 5.0 and Agilent E7473A.
• Post Processing Tool: ACTIX, NEMO Analyzer, TEMS route analyzer.
• Planning Tool: ASSET 6.1-AIRCOM, TCP/U-ERICSSON, NETACT, ATOLL I planner
• DATABASE TOOLS: OMNIX & GIS based approach using Census data through MapInfo Queries
• OSS RC Tools: Command Handling Application (CHA) & Cellular Network Administration (CNA), MOShell/AMOS and other scripting tools.
• RNO Tools & Command Handling: CAT, MARS, MRR, NCS, NOX, FAS, FOX, R-PMO, NeXplorer, Business OBjects 6.5 for stats monitoring
• MS Office: Access, Excel, Word, PowerPoint, MS Project

Trainings

Attended training programmes on:

• Motorola Modules covering SYS-02, SYS-03, NET-03 & NET-103.
• Certified Ericsson training on BSS & OSS.
• Certified Ericsson training on Network Radio Tuning & Radio Network Features.
• Certified Ericsson training on GPRS Operations.
• Ericsson training covering Radio Network Optimizers(RNO).
• Huawei trainings on UMTS
• Six months industrial training in Bharti Mobile Ltd. (AIRTEL), Mohali in Operations & Maintenance Department working upon GSM Basics, troubleshooting & maintenance of the entire network of northern region.
• Two months training at Glide Internet Services, Jalandhar.
• WASP (Winning Attitudes for a Successful Professional) Workshop.
• Training on Time Management.

Education

B.Tech. in Electronics & Communication