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CAREER SUMMARY

** ***** ** ********** ** RF Optimization & Planning /NMS with multiple vendors like Nokia/ Ericsson/ Siemens.

Nokia (Zain IBS Project-KSA, Riyadh) Aug 2015-To Dec 2015

In-Building Solution IBS Engineer

 Responsible for 3G IBS KPI report and performance (CSSR, RRC Connection, RAB Establishment Success rate,

IRAT)

 Responsible for walk test logs analysis to verify the RSCP and Ec/No

 Responsible for Initial Site Acceptance report and Final Site Acceptance Report

 Responsible for All IBS 3G KPIs report FTK, MOD, Small cells and Shared sites.

NOKIA (STC IP Migration Project) June 2014 to Aug 2015

NMS Engineer

 Complete Creation of Nokia GSM sites IP /TDM i.e., Multi radio/Flexi/Ultra/Metro BTS 900MHz,1800MHz)

 2G/3G NBRs XML Implementation.

 Remote commissioning to help integration team.

 Parameter changes implementation.

 Testing the Transmission from one BSC to another BSC

 To define the complete data of GPRS.

 Implementation of BSS frequency schemes together with Frequency planning department.

 Monitoring the Alarms for BTS, BCF and ET (transmission).

 Cut-Over for the expansion of the cabinets.

 Define / implement the neighbors / handover of the sites.

 Rectifying the different nature of the faults of the sites.

 Creating the External Alarms in the system, defining the classes of alarms, text of alarms.

 Testing the transmission of Sites.

 XML,MML scripting, UNIX tools and commands

 Testing new sites with loop & ABIS Test for announcing as integrated.

 Re-homing of sites from old BSC to New BSC from Rehosting.

Nokia Siemens GSM-R Network KSA (SRO/NSR Project) AUG 2009-To JUNE 2014

GSM-R Engineer:

 Responsible and finalized the Railway numbering plan which contains short numbers, speed dial, user groups,

functional groups used for group calls, broadcast service, shift groups also traffic controller and list of train

numbers for SRO project.

 Involvement from the design stage of the project concerning the fixed & mobile network part

 Involved GSM-R, OCC, BTS, BSC, TRAU, MSC/HLR/VLR, OTN, Hipath (PABX), CCTV-DVSS (video).

 Creates as well as updates financial statement and progress reports to the Project Director.

 Co-ordinate with Engineers & Technicians on site in a daily basis in resolving issues faced during project rollout.

 Estimating budget & resource requirement after careful risk analysis.

 Responsible for RF Coverage analysis.

 Neighbor s definition for GSM-R Sites

 Responsible of GSM-R cell sites selection, site survey, site installation and commissioning.

 Responsible for RF antenna design analysis and ordering as per design

 Responsible Technical site surveys conducted and finalized the site location, Azimuth and antenna height.

 Create the Cell IDs and update the Data fill.

 Finalized the frequency distribution plan and submitted to the customer.

 Communicating to the customer and taking approval for loco test, weekly meeting conducting to verify the

project progress and pending issues.

 Handling Optimized newly on-air sites with major KPI s like DCR, CSSR, HOSR, as per GSM-R SRO agreement

 Close and daily monitoring Alarms and KIP s

 Manage and plans to conduct Drive test inside the train to verify the P2P calls and Group calls

 Handling Group calls parameters re-tuning

 Omni cell structure and using splitters to create 2 cells

 Cab-Radio testing in locomotive to identify the signal strength P2P and group calls as well to ensure EIRENE

standard.

 GSM-R BTS configuration using for GSM-R network O2, O3, O4 and S22.

Nokia Siemens GSM-R Network KSA (North South Railway Project-NSR)

 Technical discussion with the client.

 Prepared and finalized the Railway numbering plan which contains short numbers, speed dial, user groups,

functional groups used for group calls, broadcast service, shift groups also traffic controller and list of train

numbers for NSR project Create the Cell IDs and update the Data fill.

 Data fill created with the default BSC parameters.

 Finalized the frequency distribution plan and submitted to the customer.

 Manage and plans to conduct Drive test inside the train to verify the P2P calls and Group calls

 Handling Group calls parameters re-tuning

 Omni cell structure and using splitters to create 2 cells

 Cab-Radio testing in locomotive to identify the signal strength P2P and group calls as well to ensure EIRENE

standard.

 BTS configuration using for GSM-R network O2, O3, O4 and S22.

Nokia Siemens GSM-R Network Selex Project Libya:

 Prepared and submitted Railway numbering plan for Selex Libya.

 Create the Cell IDs and update the Data fill and submitted to the customer.

 Prepared the dummy frequency plan and submitted to the customer.

 Procedure submitted related with the Optimization new on-air sites with major KPI s like DCR, CSSR, HOSR, as

per GSM-R customer agreement

 Manage and plans to conduct Drive test inside the locomotive to verify the P2P calls and Group calls Omni cell structure and using splitters to create 2 cells

 Cab-Radio testing in locomotive to identify the signal strength P2P and group calls as well to ensure EIRENE

standard.

 Four types of BTS configuration using for GSM-R network O2, O3, O4 and SS2.

LCC Pakistan Telenor Project, Pakistan Aug. 2007 July 2009

RF Planning Role:

 Responsible for RF Planning for all existing & upcoming GSM 900/1800 sites.

 Responsible for site surveys & Nominal Planning & issues related to this.

 Responsible to conduct and analysis of drive test data & provide them solutions.

 Monitoring & control of KPI & Optimize them accordingly.

 Optimized newly on-air sites with major KPI s like DCR, CSSR, HOSR, TCH Blocking and Traffic.

 Managed a team of RNO 2 & RNO3

 Performed Cluster level Optimization.

 After optimization of newly on-air site, handover the KPI report to Post Optimization team.

 Managed Worst performance cells (WPC)

 Performed neighbor s/DB audit.

 Cross Verify default basic Siemens parameter with DUMPS and CDD(Cell Design Data)

 Lead End-to-End RF Optimization meeting SLA KPI s with Cluster Level Parametric Tuning & Re-Design

 Most commonly use parameters are, HR_Thresholds, Channel Type, HOM, RX Lev min,Traffic Shifting, Dynamic

SD, HOTHVUL, HOTHVDL, Lev Handover, Neighbor Audit, DB Default Parameters verification, MNTBMASK,

TINHFAIHO & MAXFAILHO

 Network rollout 2007 for Telenor South region, responsible for complete site design and planning, candidate

evaluation, technical site surveys, site survey report with full RF specifications including HBA, azimuths, tilts,

antenna type, site configuration, and neighbor plans etc.

 Rollout supervisor; taking care of designing new cells sites, traffic analysis, equipment ordering & the budgetary

constraints

 Expert in 2G planning, design new sites in existing/new cities & highways with the help of ASSET, NetAct & Map

Info

 Frequency and neighbor planning of the new and existing cell sites (900/1800) with pre developed spectrum

strategy

 Forecast & design new coverage, capacity site planning keeping network GoS and frequency strategy in view

Consistel Singapore (IBS Project Warid Telecom Pakistan) April. 2006 Aug. 2007

IBS RF Engineer Vendor/ Equipment Ericsson RBS 2308

 Healthy experience of indoor sites RF Designing (DAS)

 Conduct Technical site survey and using Nokia Nemo test Transmitter for In-building solution

 Prepare schematic design, technical proposal and link budget.

 Prepare design and using high and low loss couplers, 2, 3, 4 way splitters, Hybrid combiner.

 Conduct Walk test pre and post results.

 Performance Analysis & KPI auditing (CSSR, DCR, HSR, SD/TCH GoS)

 Parameter fine-tuning

 Accessibility, Retain ability, Mobility, Utilization & Traffic Balancing

 Identifying & Troubleshooting Hardware Issues

 Regular Day to Day RF Optimization for Voice & GPRS (data)

 Regular RAN Database auditing Involved in Post Launch Optimization activities in GSM Rollout in South Region and actively contributed in

Network Acceptance of Phase-5 Warid.

 Responsible for traffic optimization/ dimensioning, capacity expansions & KPI stats monitoring for further

enhancement

 Redesign for overshooting sites and sectors to contain and ensure the best coverage in the vicinity using ASSET

& TEMS

 Responsible for proposing HR/FR and TRX expansions to enhance the capacity & remove congestion

 Recommended wide range of initial and optimized parameters for new sites and existing network including

handover parameters, power level parameters and other cell level/ site level parameters; strictly keeping annual

rollout plan in view

 Checking In building installations and make sure that certain standards and quality level is maintained.

 Supervising Sweep Test for feeders and jumpers using BIRD Site Master..

 Meeting with Operator s RF, BSS and Site Acquisition teams and building management authorities for upcoming

sites

 Preparing ATP/As-Built documents and conducting ATP of the sites with the customer

 Managing sub-cons, materials and coordinating with warehouse.

NoviaCom Pakistan Nokia Project, Pakistan Dec. 2004 March 2006

RF Optimization Engineer Vendor/ Equipment: BTS Nokia

 Optimized newly on-air sites

 After optimized the site handover to post optimization team

 Commonly use parameters are HR Congestion, Traffic Balancing, RX Lev_Min, Neighbor & DB audit

 New Site verification for the integrated sites with the help of TEMS Investigation

 Analysis of Network Doctor reports for HOSR, CSSR, DCR, TCH Blocking, and SDCCH Blocking.

 Undefined adjacent, Network discrepancies etc. Site Auditing for existing sites to verify site database and cell

design criteria s (checking Azimuths, Mechanical & Electrical tilts, panoramic views etc).

 Checking coverage to objectives for sufficient signal strength, sufficient overlaps for proper hand-off and least

interference to other cell. Checking all values, handovers relating with neighboring cells, defines missing

neighbors relation. Checking all TRX for GSM 900/1800.

 Fixing cross feeder connections. Using different scripts in clusters drive test with three TEMS mobile, one for

short call in which we are using script, second for long call and the third one for idle mode & GPRS Testing

through TEMS mobile phone to check the GPRS Packets.

 New site survey according to nominal plan to decide the most appropriate site location.

PROFESSIONAL TRAININGS

 LTE AIR INTERFACE by QUALCOMM (3 days)

 Included overview of LTE/E-UTRAN network architecture, protocols, OFDMA, discussed the DL and UL channels,

signals and operations, followed by a comprehensive discussion of MAC, RLC and PHY layers of the LTE air

interface.

 LTE/E-UTRAN network architecture, coverage/capacity planning, followed by link budgeting & capacity

dimensioning

 Nokia Siemens training on 3G Radio Planning and Parameters RU30 participated successfully. Riyadh, KSA.

 Training on 3G by LCC

 Instructor: Imran Hameed Khan 3G specialist in Vodafone (UK)

 3G Overview and Architecture (Telefocal Asia)

 Indoor planning, Network KPIs,

 Training on Radio transmission & Communication. Riyadh KSA.

 Attended Think Safety System Course conducted by Saudi Inteltec KSA Hajj project / GSM Swap Program.

ACHIVMENT:

 Appreciation certificate from NOKIA of successful achievement on STC Hajj project (2014)

 In-Building Solution project completed successfully with Warid Telecom Pakistan.

 2010 Certification awarded of appreciation skilful utilization knowledge & Experience from CTO Telenor Pakistan

EDUCATION:

 Bachelor of Computer science from Preston Institute of Management science & Technology PIMSAT (Pakistan)

 Diploma in Electronics and Telecommunication from Institute of Engineer and Tech from (Paksitan)

 One Year Diploma in Industrial electronics from Institute of Data Processing (Pakistan)

 Certification of Digital Electronics from Institute of Computer Science & Engineering (Pakistan)

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