Engineer Project

SATHEESH.S

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CAREER OBJECTIVE

As I have worked for Telecom operators for about

five years, I am eying to get a chance to be more intensely familiar with

telecom equipments and its undisclosed algorithm of work procedure by

working with Vendor & Operators. I am also interested in taking

responsibility to run any projects.

CAREER ABRIDGEMENT

< RF Optimization Engineer having 4.5 years of extensive experience in RF

Optimization & Analysis of

GSM & WCDMA Networks

< Excellent knowledge of various tools/utilities on the GSM like TEMS-6.0,

8.1.,Genex Probe 2.3 series, Genex Assistant 2.3 series, ACTIX, MCOM,

Huawei-Optimisation tools,MapInfo-7.0,7.5,8.5,9.0.

< Good interpersonal skills and ability to work and interface well with the

clients and colleagues.

< Strong knowledge of RF Theories and Principles. Problem solving & teams

building skills with proficiency at grasping new technical concepts

quickly and utilize the same in a productive manner.

< Good at handling challenging circumstances and result oriented with a

knowledge and experience in Information Systems.

< Having the Basic knowledge on Planning Tools (ATOLL) etc,Agilent, Nemo

tools etc...

< With the strong passion and dedication coupled with the academic

experience and good communication skills to think creatively and

innovatively in developing newer solutions.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

< Working as a RF Engineer in GTL NETWORK SERVICES SA(PTY)LTD, from 15th

JAN 2011 to till date.

< Worked as a RF Engineer in INTEGRATED WIRELESS SOLUTIONS PVT LTD, from

21st SEP 2008 to 05th JAN 2011.

EDUCATION

2007 B.E (Electronics and Communications) Anna University, secured 76.36%

2003 XII, State Board, secured 92.1%

2001 X, SSC, secured 88.5%.

Organizational Experience:

Present Company : GTL NETWORK SERVICES

SA(PTY)LTD.

Designation : Sr. RF Engineer.

Role : RF Optimization &

Analysis

Vendor : Huawei.

Location : Polokwane-Limpopo

Reporting regional Office : Johannesburg

Start Month/Year : Jan/2011

End Month/Year : Feb/2013

RF Post processing Tools : Actix Analyzer, GENEX

Assistant & Probe,M2000, SONAR,

HUAWEI-

NASTAR,HUAWEI-PRS, NEMO, SNT,

Common

&Frequency analysis MIPT tools, NETCON.

Reporting Tools : MS Access, MS Office.

Operating Systems : Windows 98/XP/Vista/7 .

OCCUPATIONAL

CONTOUR

Employer: GTL NETWORK SERVICES SA(PTY)LTD

Project Title: Phase -3 Vodacom - Limpopo Swap

Client: Vodacom-South Africa

Duration: September 2011 -February 2013 Role: Team

Member & Team Lead, Development Team Size: 30+

Project Description: Over 950 sites are swapped from Motorola/Nokia Siemens

BTS to Huawei BTS in Limpopo Vodacom Phase 3 Swap. Post KPI's performances

should be better than Pre KPI's. Post Optimisation to be done on cluster &

Region basis. Post SSV done for all 2G/3G to ensure all basis

functionalities should be working. Cluster Acceptance based on post

optimisation activities. Post optimisation based on mainly BSC level

parameter changes &Physical optimisation to be done on very few sites. More

than one year swap was conducted in around 19 clusters on whole Limpopo

Region Vodacom network. More than 30 members involved in this project in

both drive test, analysis, optimisation. Finally project is ended &

therefore FCA(Final Cluster Acceptance) & FNA(Final Network Acceptance) is

successfully completed.

Technologies : GSM Optimisation &WCDMA Analysis

Tools : Actix Analyzer, Genex Assistant,Huawei-

Nastar,M2000,SNT,NETCON,SONAR etc.

Responsibilities carried across:

< Understanding & Meeting the KPIs like SDCCH and TCH Drop,

TCH and SDCCH Blocking, DLQ, HOSR,CSSR etc.

< Experience on RF planning for coverage and capacity.

< Monitor KPI parameters like SD and TCH Drop, SD and TCH

Assignment, HOSR, TCH Congestion and DLQ .

< Experience on drive test, physical optimization, site audit

and analysis of drive test data for optimization

recommendations, Exp on Benchmarking and Comparative Drive

Test.

< Troubleshooting and optimizing of network, change

parameters in order to improve the KPI.

< Give proposal for new sites according to clutters for

capacity or coverage purpose.

< Give Plan for new sites to provide adequate coverage and

for capacity purposes.

< Cluster Optimization to Achieve KPI target.

< Actively participated in the 3G swap roll-out from Nokia-

Siemens to Huawei & providing pre launch optimization

guidelines to be followed by planning team during the roll

out.

< Neighbor auditing for the worst cells of cluster and for

the worst cells as per monthly target KPI.

< Worst Cluster Analysis and give recommendation to Improve

KPI.

< Creating Change Request due to change antenna orientation,

change mechanical / electrical tilting to project team.

< Network level Parameter tuning and Removal of discrepancies

of parameters to Improve network KPIs.

< Involvement in trials to optimize radio performance of the

network by changing BSC parameters and utilizing new

Ericsson features.

< Experience in identifying external radio interference

sources. Liaison between various departments to eliminate

interference.

< RF Neighbour Optimization by Addition & Deletion of

neighbours in a particular Network.

< Making & Comparing Power Point Presentations of Pre & Post

Optimization- Rx-level, Rx-Qual, & Interference

< 3G Parameters monitoring like RSSI, Ec/No, RSCP, Tx Power, Handovers.

< Responsible for reducing the pilot pollution & overshooting.

< 3G SSV and customer complaints handling.

< Familiar with M2000, Sonar Version 1.2.4244.15201.

< Involved in initial Swap of 600 Sites Motorola to Huawei BTS and SSV

and complete health check of the network after swap& More than 350 3G

Sites Siemens to Huawei NodeB Swap.

< Prepare Report depends on the customer requirement.

< KPI Monitoring and Maintain the Performance of the Network with good

quality.

< Worked on MAPINFO tool for Drive test route planning, data analysis,

Neighbors lists defining.

< New Site Drives, Benchmark Drives, Migration Drives.

< Finding the best possible configuration for antenna heights, tilts and

azimuths for all the cells in the network and thus responsible for

optimization of the network.

< Identification of weak coverage area and implementations through Micro

cell, booster & indoor repeaters.

< Radio Frequency check & Neighbors Tuning using MCOM, MIPT.

< Resolved Call drop reason due to Pilot pollution.

< Parameter tuning for both voice and data service.

< WCDMA Codes (Channelization code, Scrambling code).

< Inter frequency & IRAT Handover.

< Drop call rate analysis, traffic analysis on daily basis.

Employer: GTL NETWORK SERVICES SA(PTY)LTD

Project Title: Phase 2 MTN - Huawei Kwazulu-Natal Swap

Client: MTN-South Africa

Duration: February 2011 -September 2011 Role: Team

Member & Team Lead, Development Team Size: 25+

Project Description: Over 450 sites are swapped from Motorola/Nokia Siemens

BTS to Huawei BTS in Durban MTN Phase 2 Swap. Post KPI's performances

should be better than Pre KPI's. Post Optimisation to be done on cluster &

Region basis. Post & Pre SSV done for all 2G/3G to ensure all basis

functionalities should be working. Cluster Acceptance based on Post

optimisation activities. Post optimisation based on mainly BSC level

parameter changes &Physical optimisation to be done on very few sites. More

than 6 Months swap was conducted in around 10 clusters on whole Kwazulu-

Natal Region for MTN network. More than 25 members involved in this project

in both drive test, analysis, optimisation. Finally project is ended &

therefore FCA(Final Cluster Acceptance) & FNA(Final Network Acceptance) was

successfully completed.

Technologies : GSM Optimisation &WCDMA Analysis

Tools : Actix Analyzer, Genex Assistant,Huawei-

Nastar,M2000,SNT,NETCON,SONAR

Mapinfo8.5,Frequency

Analysis Tool, Common Tool, Huawei-PRS, etc.

Responsibilities:

< Comparison of network performance after swap of Siemens to Huawei.

< Changing frequencies, neighbors and BSICs with the help of drive test.

< Drop call cause analysis/Sector swap rectification. Physical check up

of cell sites (Alarm Verifications).

< Finalizing the Tower Height, antenna orientations according

to the clutter.

< Resolved RF related issues like BCCH, MAIO clash with network survey

plan to (BCCH, Rx Level, Rx Quality, CID, Current channel, TA, Co-

ordinates).

< Escalate the site Alarm issues to Operation and Maintenance Engineers.

< Post Process Logs, and Plan the Optimization for required areas to

minimize network issues.

< Analyze the Network Related issues like Call drop, Handover failures,

and GPRS issues and trace the reasons for these issues.

< ASSET Knowledge for New site planning, Neighbour Planning, Frequency

planning and Prediction for new clusters

< Single Cell Functionality Test for New site and Cluster drive done

with NEMO, TEMS and AGILENT.

< Issues related to HSDPA and HSUPA resolved with proper analyzation.

< 3G SSV and customer complaints handling.

< To Planning for the Initial Pre Cluster Drive with the various

scenarios for CS & HS & scan the whole cluster.

Employer: INTEGRATED WIRELESS SOLUTIONS PVT LTD

Project Title:

Client: HUAWEI-BSNL,HUAWEI-AIRCEL

Duration: September 2008 - January 2011 Role:Team Member, Drive

test & analysis & RF Survey Team Size: 10

Project Description: Requires personal on field visit to low or no coverage

area, and performing a survey And proposing a site to improve coverage.

Identify the coverage whole or problematic area.post Performance drive

conducted in BSNL & Aircel in Karnataka location, Making site audit,

checking handover performances, coverage & quality levels,verifying Cross

feeder connections, Interference Etc. Presenting weekly report to customer

about Post optimization changes improvement. Migration drive report & LAC

changes report to be presented on timely basis. In route drive done & major

highways & VIP route & done physical optimization to improve network

performance & reports to be shared with customer on timely manner.

Technologies : GSM & WCDMA Drive test & Analysis.

Tools : Genex assistant 1.5,2.2, Mapinfo8.5,Genex Probe,

Tems Investigation, Nemo etc.

Responsibilities:

< Provide all RF details as Antenna Orientation, Height of the GSM

antenna, and Type of antenna.

< Freeze the number of sites in new cities based on coverage area and

projected subscriber base.

< Deciding Site Antenna specification for new sites.

< Site survey for Macro & Micro Cells Sites

< Site survey for In-building Coverage Solution

< Site Survey and Planning.

< Los Survey & EMF survey.

< To do Monthly city drive & appropriate optimization for to meet KPI.

< To Suggest New site nominal's (Macro/Micro/COW) from Coverage and

Capacity point of view to Offload, improve Coverage hole areas.

< To generate report using ACTIX ANALYZER, GENEX ASSISTANT.

< Microsoft Office (word, excel, power point) - Proficient in working

with Microsoft Excel in generating tab files, cell definition files

and using Vlookup for extracting out the data.

< To resolve customer complaints for poor coverage, data issue, CSSR,

DCR, blank calls for required optimization.

< To drive the 3G sites and found out the issue using drive tool & to

solve the issue by appropriate optimization.

< Coverage Priority & Antenna Placement Proposal.

< Coverage area survey and Proposal of coverage plan

PERSONAL DETAILS

Date of Birth : JUNE 10th 1985.

Father's Name : R.Saminathan

Passport Number : G9556336

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