RF Planning and Optimization Engineer

Brajesh Kumar Singh

HUAWEI/NSN/ LTE/UMTS/HSPA/GSM/EDGE NETWORK PLANNING AND OPTIMIZATION

Resume keywords summary:

LTE/UMTS/HSPA/GSM/EDGE network planning and optimization of radio access network

Objective:

To associate with a progressive organization that gives me scope to apply my knowledge and skills in the area of Telecommunications in tune with the latest trends and be a part of the team that dynamically works towards the growth of the Organization. Strong ability on logical analysis and problem solving/troubleshooting.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

RF Engineer with having more than 10.5 years of experience

LTE/UMTS/HSPA/GSM/EDGE network planning and optimization of radio access network parameters.

4 years of extensive experience on NSN/HUAWEI 3G projects worldwide.

2 years of Huawei/NSN LTE FDD RF planning and optimization.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

1]. Last employer : - First Point Group (Contractor)

Location : - Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Equipment Vendor: - NSN/Huawei

Position : - RF Engineer (for GUL network)

Duration : - June 2016 – April 2017

Client Name : - Celcom Axiata SDN (Bhd).

Key Responsibilities:

LGU+ LTE commercial network working in the optimization team meeting cluster KPIs.

Performing site configuration checks, Power settings, Antenna configurations, implemented PCIs, PCI clashes, azimuth, Hand over parameters prior to the Drive test

Checking and solving parameters issues, wrong planning design, reducing DL interference and increasing the throughput based on Drive test, Nominal and OSS KPIs.

RSRP and SINR optimization based on Drive Test and OSS KPIs

Check for overlapping, DL/UL PS long and short calls based on Drive Test and nominal planning data. DT results should match with the prediction results.

Adjusting parameters values to improve performance on Idle Mode, PRACH, HO, ANR, PDCCH, PUCCH, etc.

Inter system neighbour (IRAT) planning for GSM, WCDMA and LTE network

Traffic balancing between LTE 1800, LTE 2600, and UMTS 2100 based on parameters and drive test. Physical and antenna azimuth / tilt optimization based on best server plots

Multi-antenna optimization in LTE/WCDMA/GSM network

Frequency selection Scheduling and ICIC parameters and the influence of power boosting over RS signals

Mass event optimization for Formula one car racing

LTE carrier aggregation parameters optimization and planning based on PRB utilization and drive test results with uplink and downlink throughputs

VoLTE optimization which includes parameter optimization and feature activation, like header compression, TTI (Transmission Time Interval) bundling and QoS.

Optimization for CSFB Call setup time and reselection back to LTE

PCI and TAC Planning. LAC-TAC mapping with WCDAM sites.

TA dimensioning by calculating MME paging capacity

UMTS/HSPA radio access network optimization (capacity, coverage, quality) by checking counters and stats parameters, neighbour list optimization, Inter-RAT parameters, checking channel elements, codes, IuB, and power congestion, R99 and HSDPA Throughput (tools iM2000, UMTS LMT).

Optimizing Pilot pollution, high RTWP, Overshooting sites, missing neighbour relations, SHO success rate. Identifying HW issues, Drop Calls and access issues

2]. Last employer : - First Point Group (Contractor)

Location : - Brazzaville, Republic of Congo.

Equipment Vendor: - NSN/Huawei/Ericsson

Position : - NPM Team Lead.

Duration : - June 2014 – May 2016

Client Name : - Bharti Airtel, Africa.

Key Responsibilities:

Performs coverage, capacity, and performance planning on UMTS network and works with other departments to meet growth needs Maintain the Radio KPIs for GSM and WCDMA across the Country

Designs, data fills and integrates new UMTS cell sites and UMTS 2nd/3rd carriers into the existing network while preserving optimal Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)

Testing and validation of RF feature plan proposals. Engineer will follows implementation guidelines for approved new features and technologies

Diagnoses BTS hardware, interference, data throughput, coverage and transmission path performance issues and develops action plans for resolution

Undertakes BSS / RAN parameter audits, suggests and fine tunes parameters; Implements new S/W or BSS parameters for overall network improvement

Daily monitoring of KPI’s such as RAB CSSR, RRC SR, Drops, CE Utilization, Congestion, Throughput, Recommended parameter monitoring as per customer guide lines etc

Capacity monitoring in terms of channel element usage, number of simultaneous HSDPA users, UL received power (Prx), downlink channelization codes, downlink transmit power

Physical optimization in terms of antenna down tilt to minimize pilot pollution and overshooting cells

Initial Cluster Drive to check the RSCP, Ec/Io, Soft Handover, pilot pollution etc.. & comparing it with plot predicted from planning tool

HSDPA 3.6/7.2/14.4 implementation/parameter settings & optimize HS RRC & RAB Success rate, Call Drop Rate, HS-HS SHO success rate, HS-DCH & DCH-HS transition success KPIs

2nd / 3rd Carrier trials to tune parameters and usage scenario as per operator requirement

3G/HSDPA Site verification including CS/AMR, PS and Video Call and PS & HSDPA throughput tests.

RAN Parameter tuning for Various Scenarios including WCELL, ADJX, FMCX and ISHO Parameters optimization, Scrambling Code and Neighbour Plan Audit and optimize 3G-3G, 3G-2G, 2G-3G, F1-F2 Neighbours list where required.

UMTS 2nd Carrier Implementation, Testing and Parameters Tuning to dedicate 2nd Carrier for PS Traffic.

Weekly Parameter and Neighbour Audit through Nokia NETACT Plan Editor and other Tools.

XML Generation for Automatic Parameter Modification and Neighbour Addition in OSS.

Usage of Nokia Optimization Tool-Chain & Software like Netact Reporting Suites, Optimizer etc

Responsible for reporting, updating and maintaining daily, weekly and monthly QoS and network performance reports and databases

Responsible to make sure to meet the requirements of the customer and Creating TT process for escalation in case of non-fulfilment of SLAs and KPIs

Primarily perform post process analysing and documenting reports for all KPI TEST scenarios for the network performance management (Availability, Accessibility, Retain ability, Mobility, Utilization & Service Integrity)

Daily KPI update & monitoring of KPIs. BSC/RNC performance supervision and Top N cells analysis Post site integration shakedown analysis

Checking cell by cell load balancing (congestion) and troubleshooting of the worst cells, cell out of Service, network performance and network quality(radio coverage)

Cluster and Network optimization, Detailed Post site integration shakedown analysis and performing BSIC frequency & neighbour tuning and cell parameters to remove coverage holes and interferences

Analysed and generated reports for 2G, 3G and HSPA broadband (42.2MB/s) using Actix, TEMS 11.0.4, XCAL-W 3.2, Swiss Qual

Coordinated with the team in all other regions to check their performance, capability and on time site submissions with proper log files and complete DT functionality including sites audits

Post processing for Nokia S12/S13/ S14/S15/S16 and RU10/RU20/RU30/RU40/RU50

Prepares XML files using NetAct Plan Editor (Ver 4.9) for parameter changes, site creation, adding missing neighbours (ADJG, ADJW, ADJS, and ADJI) based on distance and actual handover measurements to improve statistics

Adjusting 900 and 1800 layers for traffic balancing and spectrum utilization

Capacity and coverage planning for 2G and 3G networks

Node B planning and parameters optimization.

WBTS (Including WCEL) level parameters check and optimization

WBTS Commissioning parameters Optimization

Accessibility, Mobility, Retainibility KPIs monitoring and Optimization for 2G and 3G networks

Lead a team of 8 RF engineers across the country

Customer interface

Optimisation/Site Acceptance

Implement new features and Sustain Network Performance Improvement

Take preventative majors to keep KPIs stable and above target

Benchmarking analysis and Customer satisfaction drive tests

3]. Previous employer: - First Point Group (Contractor)

Location : - Huawei HQ, Shanghai, China.

Equipment Vendor: - NSN/Huawei/ZTE.

Position : - Senior RF Consultant.

Duration : - October 2011 – May2014

Key Responsibilities Handled during Project Duration:

Global support for Huawei/NSN swap projects

Projects supported: Claro (PERU), ZAIN (KSA), STC (KSA), Sunrise (Switzerland)

Manages Huawei MS projects

Pre contract KPIs check and Risk analysis

NSN GSM/UMTS/LTE system and technologies delivery

Online/Remote support for new features and trails.

Onsite training for NSN system and RF Optimization

NSN 2G/3G/4G KPIs analysis and troubleshooting.

Guidelines for different features and trials.

Remote Optimization support.

Troubleshooting and Analysis.

Provide training for related department engineers

4]. Previous employer : - STEL Pvt Ltd. (Operator)

Location : - Patna, Bihar, India.

Equipment Vendor: - ZTE.

Position : - Deputy Manager, RF Planning and Optimization.

Duration : - March 2010 – October 2011.

Key Responsibilities Handled during Project Duration:

Data and Voice KPI monitoring and analysis.

Network planning for showcase cities.

Parameter tuning for EDGE and Voice services for better results.

New towns planning for network growth.

Network expansion along with capacity planning.

Co-ordinate with the business team for new roll-outs.

RF customer complaint resolution for better users’ perception.

BSC/Cell level optimization for improving voice and data KPIs.

New Feature trials for better KPIs and Customer satisfaction.

5]. Previous Employer : - Nokia Siemens Networks

Location : - Jaipur, Rajasthan, India.

Equipment Vendor: - Nokia.

Position : - RF Optimization Engineer

Duration : - Nov 2008 – March 2010.

Client Name : - Vodafone India.

Key Responsibilities Handled during Project Duration:

Monitoring daily KPI’s (S13 and S14) using Nokia Report Suite and Nokia’s Network Doctor and implementing parameter changes based on the reports to improve the KPI’s of sites within my zone. The KPIs include dropped call rate, call setup success rate, handover success rate, uplink and downlink quality. .

Database consistency checking for parameter setting and LAC & BSIC & BCCH mismatches. Analyzing neighboring cell definition and optimizing Neighboring cell relation including outside neighbor cells

Responsible for coverage optimization –Level and quality optimization to ensure satisfaction of customer.

Responsible for Identification of RF / Network problems through DRIVE TEST log files.

Responsible for Daily/Weekly performance monitoring of the sites, using various Net Doctor & BH reports.

KPI reports, cell -outage, etc. analysis and proposals for maintenance, TRX additions / removals, half –rate feature enabling/ disabling and other coverage and capacity -optimization measures.

Frequency Planning, BSIC Planning, MAL Planning, HSN Planning, MAIO Planning of Ajmer & Jodhpur city.

Parameter auditing (S11, S12 and S13) and parameter tuning such as BTS parameter, HO parameter & POWER CONTROL parameter for RF optimization.

Responsible for Identification of BSS hardware problems from statistics.

Creating formulas for various KPI’s using raw counters fetched from the OSS and analysing them using NAT Server tool.

Generating & Analysing Reports for optimization of Network

Alarm analysis & troubleshooting hardware failure

Responsible for resolving Customer complaint.

Checking the capacity and the blocking on the cells and determine actions to be done. Analyze the Drive test log files for specific problems

Minimization of Adjacent Channel and Co-channel interface.

Responsibility for monitoring and improving network performance on cell sites and micro cells to meet objectives for call drops and call blocks Continuous network improvements through parameter changes, down tilts, antenna changes.

Minimization of Adjacent Channel and Co-channel interface.

Database Parameters Review. Neighbor audit, & optimization for the Network

Proposing solution for GSM performance improvement by parameter setting adjustments, including power control parameters, hand over control parameters.

Proposed height reduction of antennas based on interference matrix generated from Optimizer.

Good knowledge of OSS & Understanding MML Commands.

Hands on exp with making changes to Nokia's Network OSS platform (Thro. RNW and Reflection (MML)).

Hands on exp. with generating reports like ND reports and BH reports thro Report Builder and NAT server

Hands on exp. with Nokia MML command and NMS function like RNW and CM manager and CM editor.

Hands on exp. with NOKIA RF Optimizer.

6]. Previous Employer : - ADA Cellworks Wireless Engineering Pvt Ltd.

Network : - GSM

Location : - Gurgaon, India

Equipment Vendor: - Nokia

Position : - RF Engineer

Duration : - Jun 07 – Nov 08.

Key Projects Handled for ADA CellWorks

i]. Project Name: - Planning and Optimization Project

Project Duration: - Jun 07 – Aug 08.

Project Location: - Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India

Equipment Vendor: - Nokia

Client Name: - IDEA Cellular Ltd.

ii]. Project Name: Planning and Optimization Project

Project Duration: Aug 08 – Nov 08.

Project Location: Patna, Bihar, India

Equipment Vendor: Nokia

Client Name: - IDEA Cellular Ltd.

7]. Previous Employer : - Telecom Network Solution (TNS); Noida

Network : - GSM

Location : - Noida, Delhi, India

Equipment Vendor: - Nokia

Position : - RF Engineer

Duration : - Jan 06 – Jun 07.

Key Responsibilities Handled during Project Duration:

Completing GSM RF Network Planning, which includes, Coverage Planning, Frequency Planning and Interference Analysis.

Handling optimization of new sites and handled problems like Call drop, interference, handover failure, handover reversion, in-building problem, antenna tilting, competitive Drive Test.

Responsible for parameter optimization - Nokia, Optimum tuning of various parameters for improving site KPI.

Responsible for coverage optimization –Level and quality optimization to ensure satisfaction of customer.

Responsible for Identification of RF / Network problems through DRIVE TEST log files

Key Projects Handled for Telecom Network Solution (TNS)

i]. Project Name: - Planning and Optimization Project

Project Duration: - Jan 07 – Jun 07.

Project Location:-Kolkata and West Bengal, India

Equipment Vendor: - Nokia

Client Name: Hutch (Vodafone)

ii]. Project Name: Planning and Optimization Project

Project Duration: Jan 06 – Dec 06.

Project Location: UP (West), India

Equipment Vendor: Nokia

Client Name: Hutch-Essar (Vodafone)

TECHNICAL SKILLS

TRAININGS

Ericsson LTE KPIs and solutions

NSN 3G RNC Architecture and Interfaces including Node-B

NSN 3G RAN Functionality, Transmission, Operation and Maintenance

GSM Optimisation Concepts & Net Doctor Reports (ADA In house Training)

Nokia BSS Parameter (ADA In house Training)

GSM Planning & Optimisation Concepts (TNS In house Training)

ZTE GPRS/EDGE parameter optimization.

ZTE BSS parameters and KPI improvement.

TOOLS

NetAct

OMS Element Manager

TEMS

Nokia Plan-Editor for XML creation

Megamon

EMIL

MIPT (MapInfo planning tool).

Schema optimization tool.

Citrix

Nokia NetAct OSS

MCOM

Google Earth with KML

Actix analyser

Net-numen (ZTE)

Probe and Assistant (Huawei DT tools)

U2000

M2000

PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATION

Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech), Electronics and Communications Engineering.

University of Behrampur, Orissa. Achieved first class with Honours, 2006.

PRESONAL INFORMATION

Date of Birth : - 05th Feb 1982.

Passport Details

Passport Number H0545878

Issued At Patna, Bihar (INDIA)

Languages known: English, Hindi.

Contact number: +91-993******* (Active)

Email ID: **********@*****.***

CV as of Date furnished: 20th June 2017

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