Gaurav Goyal

Address: *****, ********* **** **., ***-6209

Herndon VA-20171

Home Tel#: 703-***-****

E-mail: acy5gp@r.postjobfree.com

PERSONAL

Date of birth: Oct.7th, 1984

Country of birth: India

EDUCATION

2002-2006Bachelor of Engineering in Electronics and Communication

Institute of Technology and Management, Gurgaon – India

SUMMARY:-

Diversified Network RF Engineer with approx. 9 yrs. years of experience in Telecom domain

Strong understanding of GSM, UMTS & LTE CONCEPTS.

Create and review designs using engineering tools such as iBWave and ATOLL.

Strong understanding of engineering concepts, RF fundamentals, RF design and working with LTE networks

Pre-Launch and Post-Launch Optimization for LTE/UMTS/GSM

4G LTE Design using Atoll to meet KPI’s.

Provide planning, coordination as well as drive testing including CW, benchmark, and optimization

Experience in RF Performance Management through Ericsson, Nokia and Huawei OSS.

RF Design, Project Management concepts, DAS Performance.

Drive Data Analysis and Optimization including Parameter changes and height changes, Terrain Analysis

Expertise in Microsoft Excel,Visio and Power Point

Excellent verbal and written communication skills combined with interpersonal and conflict resolution skills

Expertise in analytical and problem solving skills

Extremely versatile, adaptable and dependable in a team effort environment

Tools :-

Microsoft Visio, Atoll, MapInfo, Actix Analyzer/Spotlight, Wind Catcher, Ericsson OSS AMOS, Macros, Amdocs tool SON, SQL Tool, Microsoft Office, IBWAVE, Google Earth / .kml import, ASSET Enterprise, Planet Mentum, Siterra, Nokia OSS Netact,Geoplan,RoofView .

WORK EXPERIENCE:-

05/2013-Till now AT&T Wireless

Role: Sr. RF Engineer

Market: Chicago

Issuing search rings, running RF propagation, attending site walks, site selection, construction drawings(plumbing), and creating RF designs(antenna selection, azimuths, down tilts ).

Pre and Post Processing of LTE log file using spot Light feature on Actix Analyzer for RSRP, RSRQ, SINR, Throughput, RRC drops, HO failures and poor coverage area.

RACH, PCI, Coverage and capacity planning.

Update designs to accommodate changes made during system implementation and testing.

Follow AT&T LTE Network Design guidelines & validate projects based on RFDS, Plumbing (Auto Cad) & Atoll projects provided by customer.

Run simulations and predictions in Atoll for Baseline & Optimized projects (ACP) & reproduce customer provided stats for validation.

Design LTE sites using ATOLL.

Use Atoll to optimize all KPIs for individual super clusters & market level to improve on baseline KPIs.

Nominal Design for various cities on Atoll 3.3.1.

Generate and evaluate coverage and interference prediction maps.

Review of cell sites and design for upgrades/modifications.

Evaluate site design efficiency related to handover/handoff management and inter-technology handover/handoff.

Use Atoll to PCI /Frequency/NBR Plan by AFP.

Optimizing A3 offsets based on KPI and DT results

Checking log file for macro level analysis on Layer 3 level for improving critical KPI's and other drop/setup failures and recommending physical optimization for better network stats.

Responsible for all new Feature performance monitoring, product and parameter trials and, rollout.

Use Siterra tool for project related info like Site details, repository built, BOM, Site launch details, plumbing, assist in processing and routing of lease packages etc.

Design of in-building/DAS multi-carrier wireless networks in airports, tunnels, stadiums, arenas, campuses, and other large venues.

Participate in site walks of venues to determine the design parameters and key performance metric (KPI) criteria which influence the design.

Regulatory submissions including FCC/FAA, 911.

Recommending physical optimization for RET, azimuth change based on dominance, RS pollution etc.

Checking log file for macro level analysis on Layer 3 level for improving critical KPI's and Recommending physical optimization for better network stats.

Providing LTE cluster KPI reports for Accessibility, Retainability, Mobility & Integrity KPI.

Tuned newly integrated sites/individual site shakedown to meet accepted RSRP, RSRQ, CINR, and Throughput values

Evaluating coverage problems and requirements for coverage and capacity cells

Performing LTE SSV and Cluster KPI Analysis using Actix ANNOVA on regular basis and presenting to the customer on daily basis

MapInfo for thematic map creation, geographic analysis, drive routes etc.

Recommendations for top offenders on daily basis for through different stages of analysis such as LM Parameters, PRACH analysis, HOSR analysis and IRAT Analysis

Troubleshooting RSSI, VSWR, PCI Collision, and Interference issues

Performed cluster tuning by ensuring areas of poor RSRP, RSRQ, CINR, and throughputs are optimized .

Define LTE parameter settings including multi-band load balancing, traffic management, ANR, SON, and LTE Scheduler values

Microsoft Visio to make algorithms, flow charts, complicate diagrams for plumbing, presentations etc.

Analyze propagation modeling and “drive test” measurements and make recommendations for site optimizations.

Analyze design considerations and perform system design to eliminate coverage holes and to optimize capacity/coverage.

Plan and develop design in accordance with design standards to ensure system quality and meet customer requirements.

Enterprise/Asset (7.0) used or designing mostly for Nokia vendor.

TOOLS : Atoll, Visio, Map Info Professional,Actix Analyzer, Actix Spotlight, Macros, IBWAVE, Windcatcher, Siterra

09/2009-05/2013 Ericsson Global India Pvt Ltd

Role: Sr. RF Engineer

Providing LTE cluster KPI reports for Accessibility, Retainability, Mobility & Integrity KPI.

Run simulations and predictions in Atoll for Baseline & Optimized projects (ACP) & reproduce customer provided stats for validation.

Provide customer with updated stats along with delta & optimization reports for acceptance. Provide customer with all deliverables.

Geoplan for Site Selection Analysis, Route Optimization etc.

Performing initial Parameter Audits to meet AT&TGold Standards and provide recommendations accordingly.

MapInfo for creating drive routes etc.

Daily major KPIs analysis (RAB establishment success rate, RRC success rate, drop rate, HO failure, HS throughput, RNC Loading Status etc.) and troubleshooting for top offender cells.

Developed processes for offender identification and troubleshooting including regular parameter, neighbor, features and radio capability audits.

Recommendation of Physical Optimization changes to achieve KPI thresholds.

Use Atoll to PCI /Frequency/NBR Plan by AFP

Analyze propagation modeling and “drive test” measurements and make recommendations for site optimizations.

Analyze design considerations and perform system design to eliminate coverage holes and to optimize capacity/coverage.

Plan and develop design in accordance with design standards to ensure system quality and meet customer requirements.

Review design deliverables, identify risks and plans to mitigate risks.

Issuing search rings, running RF propagation, attending site walks, site selection, construction drawings(plumbing), and creating RF designs(antenna selection, azimuths, down tilts ).

Sharing knowledge to other team member and prepare case study of parameter change which will be useful in future for other clusters optimization.

Worked with cross-functional teams like Transmission, BSS, Design and project to deployment of new sites.

Post processing and analysis Drive test log files.

TOOLS:-ERICSSON OSS, WINFIOL, CITRIX, REMEDY USER, ASSET, ATOLL, MAPINFO, GEOPLAN,VISIO

06/2008– 09/2009 HUAWEI TELECOM,INDIA

RF Engineer

Evaluating coverage problems and capacity planning using Radio network planning tools Atoll.

Troubleshoot the problems through the analyzer to analyze the problem in detail.

UE –MSC/SGSN-NETNUMEN ANALYZER and HUWAEI M2000-GGSN to SGSN

Resolves capacity problems like RRC failures thru CE license upgrade

To analyze statistical trend of UMTS KPI’s(CSSR, DCR,ISHO, RAB ) and optimize the cells affecting the Network KPI’s

Involved in Testing of Test cases in lab to make ensure that as per 3GPP.

Use Siterra tool for Site management, lease administration, project related info like Site details, repository built, BOM, Site launch details, plumbing, assist in processing and routing of lease packages etc.

Involved in end to end optimization in improvement for LTE throughput

Observing the UL and DL scheduling related KPI for better E2E solution

Optimizing Cell Reselection parameters like Sintrasearch, Qrxlevelmin, Qoffset .

Tracking KPI reports to analyze the performance of network.

Daily KPI reports monitoring on regular basis.

TOOLS:- M2000,SQL, Huawei GUI,OMT,ATOLL,SITERRA,MAPINFO,VISIO

10/2006– 06/2008 Ericsson (CADtech Consultants (P) Limited),INDIA

RF engineer

Maintaining Radio KPIs, worst cells analysis & resolving Coverage and Call Drop Problem Analysis

Suggest radio parameters modifications for problematic cells & taking necessary steps for eliminating network problems.

Run simulations and predictions in Atoll for Baseline & Optimized projects (ACP) & reproduce customer provided stats for validation.

Performance Monitoring (Drop call, congestion, quality, access failure).

HO Problem Analysis (Neighbor Cell Optimization, Inter-freq, Intra-freq, Inter-RAT, SHO)

Test log files analysis & find out the reasons for abnormalities

Configuration Management on Solaris by Citrix tool and by CNA & CHA Application software.

DT Generation for GSM which includes RF parameters and MO script for definition of RBS.

KPIs (Key Performance Indicators), Optimizing RF related parameters.

SLA (Service Level Agreement) and WLA (Work Level Agreement) awareness and adherence.

TOOLS: WINFIOL, CITRIX, REMEDY USER, ER, ATOLL, MAPINFO.

Reference:

Gautam Gupta, Director, Amdocs

acy5gp@r.postjobfree.com,Phone: 571-***-****

Ajay Kalia,Team lead, Amdocs,

acy5gp@r.postjobfree.com, Phone:571-***-****

Vikram Prasad, Director, Amdocs

acy5gp@r.postjobfree.com,Phone:240-***-****

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