Wireless Network Eningeer

PRAJWAL BADHEY

Phone: 720-***-**** Email: ********@********.***

Boulder, Colorado

EDUCATION:

• Master of Sciences in Inter-Disciplinary Telecommunications Program University of Colorado Boulder (Specialization: Wireless Engineering) August ’15- May ’17 GPA 3.64/4

• Bachelor of Technology in Electronics and Communication Engineering SRM UNIVERISTY (India) August ’10 - May ‘14.

CGPA 7.78/10

WORK EXPERIENCE:

• Wireless Engineer at Vall Technologies, CO June’ 17-Present

• Designing and configuring Wireless and backend network for various school districts, hotels and private properties as per customer requirements

• Configuring and Troubleshoot Wireless Access Points and controller to obtain improved performance

• Worked on designing and configuring P2P wireless communication links for rural broadband deployment for various counties in Colorado.

• Designing KPI tools for MSO’s to monitor and improve network performance based on data collection from AP, WLC and backend network.

• Carrier Wi-Fi Intern at CableLabs, Louisvelle, CO June’ 16- May’17

• Technical and Market analysis on Wi-Fi calling for various mobile vendors and evaluate performance based on KPI’s.

• Identifying gaps in the network for handover between VoWi-Fi to VoLTE and making necessary recommendations for MSOs and MNOs.

• Worked on Characterization of an Access Point in a real-world scenario by analyzing parameters like throughput, latency and packet loss using IxChariot.

• Worked on setting up eNodeB, EPC and IMS and testing voice quality for various MVNO deployment models under real-world network conditions.

• Worked on setting up Rohde & Schwarz DST200 RF anechoic chamber for performance analysis and assessment of RF and hardware parameters of APs during VoWi-Fi to VoLTE handover.

• Writing test plans for various handover and roaming scenarios for Wi-Fi calling and VoWi-Fi to VoLTE

• Worked on the WFA Next Generation Hotspots (NGH) 2.0 Phase 4 by designing and configuring the lab environment and implementing NGH on the lab network access.

• Configuring WLC to optimal conditions, provisional and OSU servers for NGH trials from various vendors, and performing various test cases of NGH Phase 4 trials as per WBA specifications.

• Worked on technical analysis of 802.11 ac Wave 1 vs Wave 2 for MU-MIMO performance and limitations. CERTIFICATIONS:

• Certified Wireless Network Administrator (CWNA) (CWNP937325) Expires Mar'19

• Certified Wireless Design Professional (CWDP) (CWNP937325) Expires Jan’20 ENGINEERING PROJECTS:

• Designing Lunar Surface Network Architecture (NASA affiliated project) o Designing Wi-Fi and LTE hybrid network architecture on the Lunar surface o Conduct predictive and passive site survey using Wireless Insite (NASA recommended) o Measure RSSI, SNR, Throughput, and Latency for Real –Time Communication on lunar surface o Provide data analysis and recommendations to NASA based on Test results

• Wireless Systems Lab (Cisco Aironet 2700 Access Point 802.11 ac) o Designing / Configuring an Enterprise Wireless Network with WPA, WPA2 security mechanism o Passive and predictive survey for Indoor and Outdoor Site Survey using Ekahau. o Packet and Protocol Analysis of wireless networks using Omnipeek. o Monitoring wireless traffic and determining conditions for congestion

• Telecom systems lab

o Implemented Layer 2 switching using VLANs, STP, Load Balancing with HSRP on Cisco, Brocade, HP switches.

o Configured Layer 3 routing using routing protocols (RIP, EIGRP and OSPF) for route redistribution. o Implemented DHCP, VRF, NAT and ACLs to achieve end-to-end connectivity and route filtering. o Implemented WAN solutions using MPLS traffic engineering, Metro Ethernet and IPSec-GRE tunneling.

• UNIX System Administration

o Created user groups using puppet manifests by defining access and password policies for users. o Created DHCP and DNS servers in virtual environment for static and dynamic IP address allocation. o Traffic filtering using firewalls and IP table rules for network security

• Worked on LTE system Tool Box (MATLAB)

o Worked on LTE modelling basics with FDD & TDD duplexing modes, Resource grids and structures o Monitoring traffic and packet analysis on various LTE architecture interfaces TECHNICAL SKILLS:

• Wireless Skills – 3GPP, IEEE, 802.x Wi-Fi standards, MATLAB, Bluetooth, GNU radio, OFDM, Modulation Techniques MIMO, LTE, EPC, IMS, RF survey, WLAN Controller (Cisco), Putty, Wireshark, GNU Radio, iperf, Ekahau, Omnipeek, Ixchariot, EDX, MVNO, OSU and Provisioning Server.

• Network Skills – TCP/IP, UDP, DHCP, VTP, STP, DNS, WLANs, RIP, OSPF, EIGRP, HSRP, MPLS, Metro Ethernet, Frame Relay, VLANs, IPSec-GRE tunneling, SNMP, VPN.

• Software Skills - SQL, MySQL. C++, .NET, Python. ACHIEVEMENTS:

• Published paper-" Landmine and Gas detector using android "in International Journal Of Engineering Research & Management Technology (IJERMT) March 2014, Volume-1, Issue-2.

• Bronze medal in basketball at National Level Sports Festival VARCHAS'12 (IIT Jodhpur).

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