Engineer Electrical

Sandeep Singh Matharoo

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

Cell# 814-***-****

OBJECTIVE

Motivated & Enthusiastic engineering professional with 5 years of

experience, seeking opportunity in the area of, radio network planning,

design & optimization, with the combination of excellent technical,

analytical and engineering skills.

Summary:

Performed RF Network Design and Optimization of 2G, 3G & UMTS network for

AT&T and T-Mobile in Philly, NY, MI, WABA & St. Louis Markets for 1st, 2nd,

3rd & 4th Carrier.

Core knowledge of ACTIX Spotlight, TEMS Route Analysis, Street Atlas, Map

info, Agilent E6474A Nitro, Route Converter, TEMS Unit, North East WMS,

Lucent OSS, Lucent UTRAN & Google Earth.

Experience and in depth knowledge of GSM, UMTS & W-CDMA and its modes of

operations and applications.

Extensive knowledge of Layer 3 messaging in UMTS TEMS Investigation &

Agilent.

Experienced in determining causes of CS/PS drops & troubleshooting

IRAT/IFHO's.

Experience in different drive testing techniques used by AT&T and T-mobile

for checking RF Performance, call processing etc.

Expertise in ATOLL, TEMS Investigation, Actix Analyzer, Agilent E6474A and

MapInfo 8.5, MCOM 7.0, and MS Excel.

Familiar with Long Term Evolution (LTE) technology, Link Budget

Analysis, DAS Systems and ATOLL Design Tool.

Great learning, leading, communication, management & computer skills.

Education:

Masters in Electrical Engineering, Gannon University, Erie, PA

May 10

Bachelors in Electrical Engineering, Punjab Technical University, India.

June 06

EXPERIENCE

RF Engineer:

AT&T, NY Market (Dec'10

- present)

Plan & optimization of wireless networks for AT&T in NY, for the

establishment of WCDMA/UMTS 3G network with 3rd & 4th carrier.

Analyze and Review of collected wireless signals using Agilent.

Analyzing and Monitoring of Blocked calls, Dropped calls, Checked Calls and

Established calls

Maintaining Handover & Other parameters for meeting KPI's.

Create or review RFDS sheets for the projects.

Planning Site configuration analysis, Neighbor Analysis, Pilot pollution

analysis, parameter configuration and IFHO neighbor analysis.

Ensure effective coordination between customer & associate engineers.

Monitoring site database including Site ID, Cell ID, Node B Type, Location,

No. of Sectors, Antenna type, Antenna Height AGL, Azimuth, Mechanical and

Electrical Tilt (RET), Type of Feeder, Feeder Length, TMA information,

Duplexer / Diplexer Information, Shared Antenna Information, CPICH Power,

EIRP and alarm checks.

Identification of site installation issue, overshooting cells, coverage

holes, areas of poor pilot dominance, scrambling code plan collisions and

providing recommended changes.

Collection of Remote Electrical Tilt information for all sites in the

cluster from the Asset RF Design site information.

Monitor and review of launched wireless networks for its efficiency.

RF Engineer:

AT&T, Philly Market

(Jun'10 - Nov'10)

Study RF design coverage maps and identify problem areas in terms of

coverage, interference, or pilot pollution.

Work with RF design engineer to understand the cluster definition, customer

expectation, and network configuration.

Analyze the data & do drop analysis, & send recommendations to the customer

with the help of RF Lead.

Plan and execute tasks to optimize clusters for the customer network during

the deployment phase.

Cluster optimization: Add or delete neighbors required using Map Info,

Identify the coverage holes, pilot pollution & terrain issues.

Amend or draw the drive routes & send it to the drive teams.

Participate in providing input to the RF sections in the deployment plan,

and site logistical needs.

Troubleshoot areas with poor RF performance. Request drive tests, analyze

data, and recommend network changes as applicable

Prepare teams for the drives; ensure good co-ordination to finish task on

time.

RF Engineer:

T-Mobile, Sacramento, CA

(Jan'10 - May'10)

Design and optimization of wireless networks and establishment of

UMTS/WCDMA Network using TEMS in the markets of SacramentoCA for T-Mobile.

Analyze and Review of collected wireless signals using Actix Spotlight

Analyzed the Layer 3 messaging using Actix to troubleshoot drop/block calls

and pilot pollution.

Monitored system performance on daily basis.

Analyzed coverage & drop call locations to identify issues for

comprehensive understanding of progress of RF optimization.

Prepares routes for site and carrier integrations, and system drives

HSDPA & R99 performance monitoring.

Analyzed the collected data to find various trouble areas in the network,

overshooting cells, coverage holes, areas of poor pilot dominance and

scrambling code plan collisions.

Monitoring call failures, origination failures, handoff features, verifying

intracellular handoff clockwise and anti-clockwise.

Performs system drive tests, for new site integrations, carrier additions,

and other optimization routes as required.

Posts process drive tests, prepares and maintains site drive test folders.

Associate Telecom Engineer

(JUNE'07-JUNE'08)

AIRTEL, MOHALI, INDIA

Maintenance of GSM network in the assigned region.

Analysis of cell, Speech Quality Index, KPI Sheet, Inter Channel

Measurement, Handovers, TCH timings and Blocking Percentage.

Learnt a mobile switching function that includes switching and call

routing, Service Provisioning, Visitor Location Register, Home Location

Register and Encryption Parameters.

Monitoring of Base Station Controller that includes radio network

management, RBS management, Transmission Network Management, Internal BSC

Operation and Maintenance and handling of MS connections.

Implemented core GSM function of telecommunication: Frequency Hopping,

Receiver Diversity, Duplex Filters, Dynamic Power Regulation and

Discontinuous Reception/Transmission.

Maintenance of Broadcast Channels, Dedicated & Associated Control Channels,

Traffic Channels, Duplex Distance and Channel Separation.

Associate Telecom Engineer:

Reliance Telecommunications Ltd., India

(July'06-May'07)

Initialized Optimization of Networks Such as Antenna Verification, Tilts,

Azimuths, Feeder Swap.

Performed Site Survey, clutter Survey and verified the suitability of sites

from the RF point of view, Acquisition and Construction.

Handled Cluster for RF Drive test and RF Optimization.

Drive Test Data Analysis.

Used MapInfo7.8 for neighbor optimization.

Research Assistant:

Gannon University, Electrical & Computer Science Lab, PA

(Aug'08 - May'10)

Fingerprint System: Analyzed the security system by using human

fingerprints using MAT LAB coding through Wireless system.

Unit Converter: Build the unit converter system, which converts all SI

units to USA SI units by using LAB VIEW tool.

Skills:

Software tools: Atoll, Actix Spotlight, TEMS 7.0, 8.2, 9.0

Investigation, Agilent 9.3,Invex 3g,

L-Dat, RF Spectrum

Analyser, Map Info,Cadence,Pspice,Matlab.

Miscellaneous: MS Office, MS Excel, Power Point, Visio, Outlook

and Access.

Operating System: Windows 2000 /NT/ XP/Vista an MS-DOS.

Related Coursework: Digital Signal Processing, Antenna theory,

Telecommunication.

REFERENCES: Available on request

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