Manager Engineer

PRANAV J. BHATT

*** ****** ******, *** *, Jersey City, NJ 07307

*************@*****.***

Cell: 201-***-****

OBJECTIVE: To obtain the position in the field of Electrical Engineering that would utilize and enhance my technical, management and organizational skills

SUMMARY:

• 2 years of experience in the field of Wireless Communications including RF and BSS operations

• Network performance drive testing for GSM, CDMA and 4G WiMAX network

• Experience with data collection and analysis

• Knowledge of CDMA frequency planning Performance Optimization and KPI analysis

• Cell site troubleshooting experience

• CDMA protocol knowledge – Handover, Network Registration, Call Processing

• Operation and Maintenance of Ericsson BTS 2000 family

• Qualcomm tracing tools and other post processing tools experience

• Knowledge of VMware Virtualization and Storage Area Network

• IP Networking skills, Active directory and Networking Protocols knowledge

• Knowledge of programming languages C/C++

WORK Associate RF Engineer at Clearwire, New Jersey, USA July 2010 – December 2010

EXPERIENCE:

• Knowledge about WiMAX Technology

• Perform necessary RF drive testing to carry out propagation and signal

measurement

• Sector Tests: Drive around individual sectors to verify coverage by verifying Throughput, CINR and RSSI

• Provide cluster optimization report and deliverables including: Raw drive test data, CINR, RSSI, and Uplink/downlink Throughput plots (cluster level) and Histograms (cluster)

• VOIP testing and In Building testing experience

BTS Engineer at Idea Cellular Ltd., Gandhinagar, India June 2007 – July 2008

• Operation and Maintenance of above 50 cell sites including BTS (In/out door) RBS 2202, RBS 2204, RBS 2206, RBS 2106

• Knowledge of SDH and PDH

• Knowledge of call control, frequency hopping, synchronization, and external alarms

• Monitoring, Detecting, Isolating/Troubleshooting, and clearing of alarms in the GSM Network

• Experience with NEC’s Network Configuration Tool (NCT) and Pasolink Network Management Terminal (PNMT)

• Experience with Mini-link Service manager (MSM 6.3) and Locale OMT R 32_6

• Network modification like microwave configuration, TRX additions, up gradation and migration of media as per requirements

• Editing the neighbors to cell cite

• Installation of EDGE hardware and upgrade the configuration for RBS 2204

• Responsible for Acceptance test (AT) of BTS and Microwave

• T1 testing and integration of multiple T1s.

• Installation of FIBCOM 6320

• Involved in GSM Antenna issues - VSWR, Return Loss, and path fault etc.

• Responsible for testing calls, handovers and verifying all external alarms reporting to the OMCR

• Performed In-building coverage solutions and installation of repeater and antennas

Network Intern at Tata Teleservices Ltd., Jaipur, India December 2006 – April 2007

• Understanding of RF propagation models & CDMA Fundamentals

• CDMA RF frequency planning using Mapinfo Planning Tool

• Conduct drive test for coverage verification and site integration ( 2G/3G)

• Troubleshooting of RF performance issues

• PN offsets and neighbor list configuration

• Post processing of drive logs, extracting network info, analyze and generate reports

• Call processing and traffic analysis

• Understanding of KPI and CDMA optimization tools

• Supervise and review new site system sweeps and perform onsite inspections of coax, jumpers, and antenna azimuths/down tilts to ensure proper performance

• IBS Planning – Repeater installation and link budget analysis

SKILLS: Networking: TCP/IP, OSI, SS7, UDP, Ethernet Standards, BGP, SNMP, DHCP, VPN, DNS, Frame Relay, ATM, Active Directory

Others: Matlab, Assembly languages (8051), C, C++, Microsoft Suite

Operating Platforms: Windows 2000/2003/XP/Vista

Tools: Actix Analyzer, Map Info Professional, XCAL, Agilent Netro TEMS, Site Master, Microsoft Streets and Trips, QxDM, QPST

VMware Virtualization

• Knowledge of VMware vSphere 4.0, ESX 3.0, 4.0, vCenter 2.5, 4.0, iSCSI, SAN, NAS data stores, HA, DRS, vMotion, svMotion, distributed vSwitch

• Installation and configuration of vSphere Client, ESX, vCenter

• Tools: Site Recovery Manager, P2V Converter , Update Manager, Fault Tolerance, Capacity Planner

PROJECTS:

• Data Hiding using Steganography : Developed an application using Steganography to hide secret information, Developed GUI interface using C++

• Research papers on Email based identification and Authentication and Quantum Cryptography and detailed study projects on SS7, Steganography and GPS technology

• Microcontroller (89C51) based Temperature Indicator and Controller

EDUCATION: Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, NJ

Master of Engineering in Electrical Engineering (GPA: 3.6) May 2010

Course Work:

Wireless Communications, Wireless Networks: Architecture, Protocols & Standards,

Information Systems Security, Design & Analysis of Network Systems, Wireless System

Security, Analytical Methods for Networks, Cross-Layer Design for Wireless Networks, Antenna and Microwave theory, Linear System Theory, Analytical Methods

Dharmsinh Desai University, Nadiad, India

B.E. in Electronics and Comm. (First Class with Distinction) May 2007

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