Senior Radio Network Planning & Optimization Engineer Resume
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SUMMARY:
9+ years of radio professional in addition to multi - vendor project experience. Experience in 2G/3G & 4G networks with intensive algorithms knowledge.
COMPUTER SKILLS:
- ICDL
- Microcontroller programming language
- Web design Language (HTML)
- Microprocessor circuits Design & Programming
- Effective communication
- Motivated
- Self-responsibility
- Loyalty
- Able to work under pressure
WORK EXPERIENCE:
Confidential
Senior Radio Network Planning & Optimization Engineer
Responsibilities:
- Daily worst cell analysis on the KPIs such as RRC Success, RAB Success, DCR, IRAT HO Success, PS RAB Success, Iu-b Congestion, CE Congestion, Code Congestion, Power Congestion, PS-Throughput etc.
- Volte/ Confidential /UMTS Performance monitoring & Optimization Confidential Layer Management to balance the traffic b/w (AWS/PCS bands)
- 2nd Carrier Implementation and layering strategy definition
- Skills to review daily VoLTE & Confidential KPI reports and identify sites with performance degradation issues is required.
- Troubleshooting VSWR, Hardware alarms, License Issues, UL RSSI Issues.
- Leads and Conducts Confidential Drive Tests d Confidential using D Confidential Collections tools (e.g., TEMS investigation. TEMS discovery & XCAL and Actix One with layer 3 messages) and Post-process collected d Confidential using TEMS Discovery D Confidential Collection Module, or MS Excel VB Macro Scripts to execute desired engineering strategies for performance improvement.
- Expert on analyses of Drive testing KPI’s on (TEMS Investigation & TEMS discovery) & provide recommendation & improvement for RSRP & RSRQ & SINR & RSSI & CQI & Throughput & Access Failure & Drop calls & handover failure etc.
- Recommendations for improvement of Accessibility, Retainability & Throughput.
- Working on Load balancing optimization with Non- Migrated Neighbor Sites.
- Interworking of Confidential TDD Confidential FDD 3G in both connected and idle mode.
Confidential
Senior Radio Network Planning & Optimization Engineer
Responsibilities:
- Apply Network audit and define new strategy for Confidential network.
- Implementing Confidential technology over set of bands L2100, L900, L1800 with carrier aggregation, MLB and idle/mobility parameters tuning among diff. 4G bands as well as 3G/2G technologies.
- Hold stream of trials for load management among Confidential different carriers in terms of users and PRB utilization as well as load balancing between Confidential and 3G during events.
- Help performance monitoring team and define their tasks (Daily monitoring KPIs, check degraded cells & criteria to found worst cells in terms of major KPIs).
- Worst Cells analysis and troubleshooting.
- Excellent Knowledge with 3G/ Confidential SONMASTER System & features activation R15/R16 (ANR/MLB/PSC/CCO).
- Implement new features and with benchmarking analysis (UL comp, Confidential IRC, PMI, Smart Pre-Allocation, UL frequency selective & Confidential Power tuning).
- Responsible for interoperability between Confidential and 3G networks (idle mode mobility, CSFB, PS Handover, 3G-4G service-based redirection, etc.).
- Assist post processing and Drive tester to handle SSV tests and acceptance criteria.
- Responsible for 3G RAN activities related to:
- Involved in new strategies and plans (Multi-Carrier Strategy, U900 activation, U900 2nd carrier)
- Handling exercise to increase 3G coverage penetration all over network’s Confidential areas up to 75 percent by parameters tuning, CPICH power & physical tilting.
- Utilization and capacity studies conducting traffic balance and making expansion proposals to fit the network needs.
- Performing network audits aiming to decrease RTWP with soft tuning idle mode accessing parameters, enabling RAN16 switches RTWP Resist Disturb Switch-IC & Turbo IC Switches- Interference Cancellation CCPIC Switches Phase 2 & 3 so increase DL/UL user throughput.
- Handling customers’ complaints related to 3G coverage issues, bad Ec/NO & poor HSDPA d Confidential throughput.
- Handling study exercise on network worst sites suffers H/W utilization affecting CSSR and check for sites requires increasing license or boards expansions WBPP, WMPT & UMPT .
- Performing network audits on HSDPA parameters Dual carrier feature, 64QAM, HS codes number, HS code allocation technique, number of HSPDSCH/HSSCCH codes allocated, SRB over HSDPA, HSDPA scheduling inactivity timers and HSDPA users number Confidential parameters to guarantee best HSDPA performance and d Confidential speeds.
- Performing network audits on HSUPA parameters E-RGCH/E-HICH & E-AGCH codes number, Dynamic RoT, SRB over HSUPA and HSUPA users number Confidential parameters to guarantee best HSUPA performance & capacity W.R.T cell coverage.
- Performing fine tuning on Confidential network to increase HSUPA 2msec TTI penetration all over Confidential network from 30% to more than 60%, so increasing both cell & user d Confidential throughput.
- Performing network mismatches audit & compressed mode parameters tuning in terms of Inter Frequency HO parameters which decreased Cairo drops ratio by 30 percent on daily trend.
- Carrying a stream of trials/actions to increase the HSDPA available power and to dynamically decrease the R99 power based on load so that enhance both cells & users HSDPA throughout.
- Handling a stream to limit HSDPA associated DPCH channel power aiming to decrease sites DL power limitations & increase HSDPA d Confidential throughput on Confidential network.
- Handling exercise to decrease SOHO traffic % for better resources utilization reflecting better user & cell HSDPA throughput.
- Responsible for 2G RAN activities related to:
- Daily KPIs monitoring for 2G network and analyzing KPIs trends.
- Working on daily activities for optimization & troubleshooting for the 2G top worst problematic cells in terms of CSSR, DCR, HOSR, TCH & SDCCH Congestions.
- Enhancing accessibility KPIs CS, PS CSSR through detecting all blocking and congestion issues and recommend the needed upgrades or parameters tuning actions.
- Optimizing 2G power control parameters in Confidential network to decrease DCLR ratio.
- Performing SDCCH-TCH utilization study to check for network most utilized sites with needed expansions or optimization fine tuning actions to decrease resources utilization.
- Efficient in using atoll to check for the least interfered frequency in any new expansions.
- Using Nastar Confidential tool to check for any DL/UL quality source whether internal Co-Adj. or external with frequency tuning to solve clashes.
- Traffic utilization plan including HR penetration and TRX expansions.
Tools:
- PRS, U2000& NASTAR.
- OMSTAR & FMA.
- Atoll Confidential planning tool.
- TEMS investigation 15.
- MapInfo & Actix.
Confidential
Optimization Engineer
Responsibilities:
- Daily KPIs monitoring for 3G network and analyzing KPIs trends.
- Working on daily activities for optimization of the 3G top worst problematic cells.
- Enhancing accessibility KPIs CS, R99 & HSDPA CSSR through detecting all blocking and congestion issues and recommend the needed upgrades or parameters tuning actions.
- Monitor and analyze the WCDMA/HSPDA radio network statistics on daily basis.
- Troubleshooting sites suffers low throughput problems and provide recommendations to enhance throughput.
- Tuning the radio network to remove the abnormalities in high cell reselection and high active cell update in some of the cells.
- Improving mobility KPIs through finding out all possible root causes and
- Recommend the needed actions Missing neighbors’ detection/addition, SHO events tuning for 1A/1B/1C as well as 2D/2F events along with their reporting triggering time .
- Call analysis, problem and recommendation for corrective actions based on the severity of the problem using CHR IMSI tracing.
- Optimization and recommendation for UMTS network to improve poor Performance area and coverage holes using both soft and physical actions.
- Performs utilization studies for Power, IUB & CE for VIP areas to check for any needed upgrades or actions to be implemented.
- Detailed log files analysis for all Confidential related problems using WCDMA layer 3 messages such as Blocked calls, Dropped calls, IRATs, IRAT failures, Missing neighbors, Cross sectors, etc.
- Performing area reports for 3G measurements performed, displaying coverage and quality of 3G network as well as investigating poor Ec/No spots causing IRATs if related to traffic, delayed handover, pilot pollution or no dominant server problems.
- Recommend parameter modification Idle or dedicated or strategy change Random camping, Service steering or Load balance depending on case scenario affecting Ec/No trying to offload traffic from highly loaded sites.
- Performing HSDPA clusters reports and investigating low Confidential throughput spots if caused due to bad CQI or serving sites resources limitations.
Radio Network Field Engineer
Confidential
Responsibilities:
- Preparation 2G, 3G and HSDPA Clusters drive test analysis reports using PROP & TEMS 10.0.5, MapInfo and Nastar including post processing, events analysis using layer3 messages and recommendations.
- Analyze drive test problems and determine if caused by poor Confidential coverage, Confidential interference, or poor handover parameters.
- Performing 2G, 3G sites coverage and troubleshooting.
- Detecting Field problems (Blocked calls, Dropped calls, Cross sectors, Cross feeders, VSWR, Faulty DTRU, Wrong or Delayed HO, HO failure, Interference, 3G to 2G IRAT and cell reselection, Overshooting, Missing Neighbor, Pilot Pollution, Cell Loading, Cell Barred and Bad SQI) also giving good solutions for these problems.
- Performing 3G check tests.
- Site audit (azimuth, mechanical tilt and electrical tilt) also performing optimization solutions by finding the best possible configuration for antenna tilts and azimuths to improve the coverage area and traffic capacity distribution as well.