George Hana

acaye5@r.postjobfree.com

201-***-****

SUM MARY

• 7+ years in extensive wireless network development, optimization and maintenance

across the radio network technologies LTE/EPC, UMTS, GPRS, CDMA, and GSM.

• 2G/3G RF Planning, Optimization Engineer and configuration management with

working experience of more than 6 years with telecommunication industry,

E xpertise in RF Optimization, Radio Frequency & Network Planning, Network

A udits and Benchmarking of W ireless Networks. Sound knowledge of 2G/3G

A rchitecture, GPRS, RF Propagation, Traffic Capacity Solutions, Link Budget,

Parameters Optimization Complete Knowledge, Frequency Spectrum, and Resource

P lanning of the network.

• Specialties:- Skills: A good team player with technical expertise in RF/Network

P lanning & Optimization, Also having good management and leadership skills

- Good Communication, Presentation & Reporting Skills

- Vendors: Er icsson/NSN.

- Technologies: LTE/3G

- Tools: TEMS Investigation, TEMS CELL Planner, Actix, Ericsson OSS and

B usiness Objects, Ericsson Winfiol, Asset Enterprise, Mapinfo Professional, MS

Access & Excel

• Expertise in LTE technology nodes E-Node B, M ME, SGW, PGW, and IP stacks for

domestic and international markets in both 3GPP and 3GPP2 mobile

communications standards.

• Hands on experience in LTE EPC Network Design, Deployments and End-2-End Lab

I ntegration for various Phases of LTE Labs.

• Working with Various Platform owners in the internal teams to accomplish LTE Lab

deployment and co-ordinate testing.

• Expertise in I P Background (CCNA _ Certified & CCNP _ Certified ) .

• Good Back ground in wireless networks, architecture and protocols 2G, 3G and LTE

• Deep Knowledge in Troubleshooting in .different platforms .

• Coach and teach people in different countries to commerce and launch 3G and LTE .

• A Services Professional providing technical services and support to Telecom

networks and applying standard processes to resolve and manage malfunctions .

• Providing the specified customized solutions, covering several domains and layers in

t he customer network. Products .

• Driving changes in the methods, processes and guidelines within the customer

organization or internally demonstrating leadership.

• Driving Add on sales and new business opportunities d uring the entire process in

order to contribute to increased sales volumes.

• Working experience with RAN/LTE software upgrades and

t roubleshooting u pgrade faults. Hands on working experience with RANOS/OSS-RC.

• Specialties: LTE RAN GRAN/WRAN support,network performance and

configuration.

• Designs, plans and Optimization, and/or performance of wireless radio access

network communications systems, including radio propagation modeling and

p rediction, May include GIS (Geographic Information Systems) performance

analysis & drive testing. Analyzes RAN data to recommend optimal changes to RAN

network to improve all key indexes and performance indicators.

• E xecute test plans in the labs as well as field.

• Deep Knowledge of protocols M3TP, M3UA, RANAP, RNSAP, SCCP, SCTP,

S1AP, X2AP and PDCP

• Strong background of air interface technologies which includes RLC, MAC, PHY

layer protocols.

NSN - Telecommunication Company C hicago -I L

M ay 13 – Present

S ME. LTE/UMTS Engineer :

• Perform RF network optimization activities during network rollout phase.

• Apply W10B Features activation.

• Radio Planning and Optimization of an LTE network to t rouble shoot and improve

K PIs

• Analysis of KPIs, investigation and improvement of network quality problems .(e.g :

D rop call, handover failure,Setup call failure,CSFB … etc)

• Analysis the Coverage,RSRP, CINR,RSRQ .

• I mplementation of new features and tuning LTE radio network parameters .

• Analysis of neighbor relations and implementation of corrections .

• Analysis KPI in general if there is any degradation,Low throughput,etc..

• Performs RF performance activities in customer projects independently, according to

p roject plan and in project managers guidance .

• Provides support to customers in field of expertise .

• Monitoring activity that ensures optimum network performance, capacity and

coverage that meets the set Network Performance Monitoring (NPM) targets, KPIs,

network planning targets .

• Monitor the performance of the sites/New feature/KPI and Troubleshooting .

• Support other teams with setup and t roubleshooting of data collection tools

i ncluding hardware and software.

• TEMS Investigation .

• Tools : Actix, Google earth, Mapinfo and OSS .

• Apply End-To-End Quality Of Service for the Radio Network

• In tegrating the new nodes to the live network

STC KSA - Telecommunication Company Saudi arabia Aug

12 – March 13

S ME LTE/UMTS Engineer :

• Performing RF optimization activities.

• Undertaking key network performance improvement indicators (KPIs) and

optimization tasks.

• Defining search r ings, conducting TSS, selecting optimal candidate and

recommending suitable height & orientation on the basis of RF environment,

network behavior and design objective.

• Analyze log files and provide feedback and recommendations.

• Implement the rehoming activities (RNCs/Core & RBSs/ RNC).

• Undertaking key network performance improvement indicators (KPIs) and

optimization tasks.

• Daily Analysis of LTE & 3G & 2G Key Performance Indicators such as RRC / RAB

Success rate, Call Setup Success Rate, Hand Over Success Rate, Drop Call Rate,

Code / CE / Power Congestion . etc & utilizing Tools such as Ericsson RNO for

f ur ther analysis & rectification of issues.

• Consistently shares ideas and understanding with colleagues via writ ten documents

and oral presentations

• Understanding of LTE fundamentals, link budgeting, experience with ACP, Atoll,

• Trouble shooting in 3G cabinets (3000, 6000 family and RNC).

• Performing link budget analysis, design criteria and t raffic analysis.

• PCI Planning, Determine Feeder or connector losses .

• Perform RNC O&M, monitoring performance and clearing Alarms.

• Troubleshooting of network faults and performance monitoring.

LG-E r icsson South Korea.

S r . LTE/UM TS Engineer for KT – project.

Sep11 –July 12

• Performing RF network planning and optimization activities

• LTE Test In tegration.

• A pply End-To-End Quality Of Service for the Radio Network

• Performing RF network planning and optimization activities.

• Parameter tuning for the new clusters.

• I dentifying, resolving all coverage and RF design deficiencies.

• Performing RF network planning and optimization activities.

• Parameter tuning for the new clusters.

• E xperience with LTE /UMTS network, standards and protocols. E-UTRAN and EPC

E xperience .

• Undertaking RNC/ NodeB parameter modifications.

• Executing pilot pollution analysis, parameter configuration. IRAT neighbor analysis.

• Undertaking key network performance improvement indicators (KPIs) and

optimization and t roubleshooting tasks.

• Assist RF problems

• Verify and T rial success before lunching LTE_KT project .

E ricsson KSA -Telecommunication Company Saudi arabia

J an 11 – Aug 11

Sr. U M TS/GSM Engineer :

• Areas of Responsibility: Delivery and Services, Network Performance and

Operations Management and Services Solutions.

• Working experience with RAN fault finding and fault assessment. Basic core

network knowledge in to identify problems outside the RAN.

• Report project progress to executive management (internal/Customer), and lead

governance meetings with end Customer (Operator)

• Provide technical solutions to Customer related to UTRAN features, parameter

setting strategy, network evolution roadmap, product evolution, capacity planning,

and other areas as needed

• Provide technical leadership to HQ and circle engineering teams

• In terface with sub-vendors to keep abreast with new products, tools and services, for

p roviding optimized, cost effective solution to Operator.

• Parameter tuning for the new clusters.

RAN Engineer at Etisalat Egypt : Dec 2008 – Dec 10

• Working experience with RAN fault finding and fault assessment. Basic core

network knowledge in to identify problems outside the RAN.

• Performing RF network design, planning and optimization activities.

• Performing link budget analysis, design criteria and t raffic analysis.

• Undertaking key network performance improvement indicators (KPIs) and

optimization tasks.

• Analyzing and recommending equipment and antenna co-location requirements for

d ifferent technologies.

• Optimization and KPI maintenance of the new and existing indoor sites by making

parametric changes .

• Perform RF network optimization activities during network rollout phase.

• Radio Planning and Optimization of an 3G network to t rouble shoot and improve

K PIs

• Analysis of KPIs, investigation and improvement of network quality problems .(e.g :

D rop call, handover failure,Setup call failure, … etc)

• Run DT to any new sites using CNA tool.

• Handling any t rouble tickets and CSR for any issue (Radio problems & H/W problem

& …). .

• Node -B deployment .(3000 Family ).

• Sharing Knowledge with the customer and colleagues.

• Good understanding of all parameters and stack.

RAN Engineer at Vodafone Egypt : M ay 2007 – Nov 08

• 2G In tegration from BSC Side.

• 3G In tegration from RNC side .

• RNC In tegration

• Expand 2/3G Cabinets.

• Trouble shooting the network E2E .

• DT preparation and integration for RBS 2000 Family .

• Run DT for new site for different type of cabinets using OPS..

• Advanced Troubleshooting for new site & Expansion & TG-SYNC & EDGE by

Command Handling .

• BTS monitor and t rouble shouting from the BSC side.

• RBL’s check and attachment.

• Halting & Active sites & and have good background of cells parameters (Power &

F req & Hop & HSN & ..) .

• Rehoming

• Node-B deployment (RBS 3000 Series) .

• I UB Expansions .

• 2nd –carrier Configurations for different kinds of cabinets .

• Dual Stack Configuration .

• I UB/IP Configurations in Etisalat projects .

• Cutover to BEP Transmission Project in VFE.

• Node-B’s software upgrade .

• Apply the t rails for the customer network

• Ericsson Tools "OSS-RC, EMAS, and AMOS/Moshell"

• RNC deployment (3810 & 3820) ( I UR –IUCS-I UPS –IUB -…ETC) .

• Expansion.

• Commissioning and Troubleshooting including feature testing and acceptance test .

• Good understanding of all parameters and stack.

S kills / I nterests

• Exploring different vendors library for operation and maintenance and integration

• Int roduction to LTE/WCDMA .

• WCDMA RAN (RNC/Node B).

• CPP product Descriptions

• AXE product descriptions.

• RNC Hardware description .

• Protocols (ABIS – I U – I UB - …)

• L12 & P7 Configuration .

• A toll & Actix programs .

• M apinfo and Google Earth .

• T EMS Investigator .

• S trong IP and network security background .

• Read different documents / books .

Computer Skills

M icrosoft Office (Word – Excel – PowerPoint – Access). AutoCAD, ATOLL and MapInfo .

L anguages

- A rabic as Mother tongue

- E nglish: Very good spoken and wr it ten.

- German: Good spoken and wri t ten.

T raining Experience

EgyTec Cables (El-Sweedy) June 2003 – Aug.2003

• Technology Cables

• Control Circuit

National Telecommunication Institute (NTI) May 2004 –

A ug.2004

Analog & Digital electronics application & How used OR-CAD program

Technology Competency Centre (TCC) May 2005 –

J ul. 2005

1- Electrical : Application of power & control circuits in control power

2- Closed loop : Controller [P,I,D] and different combinational and investigation of

closed loop control.

3- Pneumatic : Using Pneumatic component. Draw & assemble of different kinds of

p neumatic control systems.

4- PLC : Definition & Solving problem in PLC system. Programming PLC with

s tep 5 using [CSF]

5- Electronics : Using measuring equipment Oscilloscope.

- Assembling electronics circuits.

- Measuring of electronics component.

- P rogramming of micro controller.[MC].

E ducation:

Bachelor degree in Electronics and communication engineering,

( Higher technology institute 10th of Ramadan) (2006)

Major - Communication

Degree: Good

Graduation Project: Implementation Simulation & Performance Analysis for CDMA

Cellular System

Project Degree: Excellent.

CCNA Certified CISCO ID : CSCO 11795232

CCNP : (Part 1) – Switching.

IELTS : Grade 7

Ready to t ravel to cover the Job Needs References: furnished upon

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