Khilan Panchal
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SUMMARY
8+ Years of professional experience in Embedded Software development
Experienced in LTE, NB-IOT, 5G NR and WCDMA in Physical layer domain.
Currently working in Capgemini as a Software developer - Lead. TOOLS & SKILLS:
Hardware : TI Keystone TMS320c66x
Operating Systems : Linux, Windows, Sys-BIOS(TI)
Languages : C Programming, Basic C++
Tools & Utilities : TI Code Composer Studio (CCS), Codeblocks, Source insight,
Domain Knowledge : LTE, NB-IOT, 5G NR
CERTIFICATION:
Vector India institute, Bangalore Mar 2014 – Dec 2014 Embedded System course
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
Capgemini, India March 2023 - Present
Software engineer, Lead
SSIR(Samsung), India Jan 2022 – March 2023
Staff engineer
Tata Elxsi, India Sep 2019 – Dec 2021
Senior Software Developer
Tech Mahindra, India Oct 2018 – Sep 2019
Senior Software Developer
Lekha Wireless Solutions, India Jan 2015 – Sep 2018 Senior software developer
PROJECTS:
Employer Name Capgemini
Project Name Qualcomm – MODEM
Project Duration 3rd March, 2023 - till date
Synopsis Field issue analysis and bug fixing
Roles &
Responsibilities
• Handling issues in WCDMA L1, related to searcher which includes frequency scan – Raw scan, fine scan, additional channel scan, and L-FFT scan, Searcher acquisition procedure in WL1.
• Bug fixing
• Field issues handling in searcher acquisition process in WL1.
• KW error fixing.
Tools Used Module: WCDMA
Language: C
Employer Name Samsung semiconductor India Research Project Name LTE – MODEM
Project Duration 1 year – 2 months
Synopsis Field issue analysis
Roles &
Responsibilities
• Handle field issues related to Uplink.
• Reduce SAM score and optimize the code in uplink.
• Adding UT cases in uplink
Tools Used Module: LTE
Language: C
Employer Name Tata Elxsi, India (for Viavi)
Project Name LTE (Rel 13 & 14)
Project Duration 2 years 4 months
Synopsis Log analysis, modification of feature and defect Roles &
Responsibilities
• Deployment of CQI module from one DSP core to another DSP core.
• Worked on logging and computation of time measurement for PDCCH module.
• Involved in RAV activity for ETWS and CMAS feature.
• Worked on Defect anlaysis.
• 2 Layer SRS feature development.
• NB-IoT GB without LTE feature development.
• Unit testing.
Tools Used Module: LTE
Language: C
Hardware: TI DSP
Employer Name Tech Mahindra, India (for Altiostar Networks) Project Name LTE (Rel 8 & 9)
Project Duration (11 months) Oct 2018 – Sep 2019
Synopsis documentation and log analysis of L2-L3 message flow Roles &
Responsibilities
involved in documentation and log analysis of L2-L3 message flow as per the modification of feature and bug fixes related it.
Tools Used Module: LTE eNB
Language: C
Employer Name Lekha Wireless Solutions, India
Project Name 5G NR
Project Duration (3 months) Jul 2018 - Sep 2018
Synopsis Development of 5G NR gNB transmitter for followin modules and features
(specs 38.211, 38.212 and 38.213 v15)).
Roles &
Responsibilities
Implementation of SSBlock
Tools Used Module: 5G NR gNB
Language: C
Tools: TI Code Composer Studio (CCS)
Hardware: TI Keystone TMS320c66x
Employer Name Lekha Wireless Solutions, India
Project Name NB-IOT UE Physical layer
Project Duration (6 Months) Jan 2018 - Jul 2018
Synopsis development of NPUSCH format 1 and format 2 processing chain. Roles &
Responsibilities
• Implementation of L2-L1 interface on the UL Messages.
• Implementaion and vector base verification of NPUSCH channel on MATLAB and analyzer.
• Platform integration of the UL channels.
Tools Used Module: NB-IOT UE Physical layer Transmitter Language: C
Tools: Codeblocks
Hardware: ARM Cortex A9
Employer Name Lekha Wireless Solutions, India
Project Name LTE UE and eNB development on real time TI platform Project Duration (2 years) Jan 2016 – Jan 2018
Synopsis LTE Physical layer UE transmitter side
Roles &
Responsibilities
• PUSCH UCI implementation and integration on TI platform
• PUCCH integration on TI platform.
• Unit testing of PUCCH formats 1,1A and 1B and PUSCH Hopping feature against Matlab and system analyzer.
• Optimization of channel interleaver using intrinsics.
• SRS implementation and integration on TI Platform and unit testing against analyzer and matlab.
• Integration of TI Libraries for optimization
• Involved in testing of UE against standard OAI eNB. Such as UE Attach and throughput test.
• UE physical layer transmitter feature development according to the 3GPP specifications (Release 8) and integration on TI Platform.
• Involved in integration of PUCCH on TI platform. L2-L1 interface changes for PUCCH and need to make sure PUCCH is receiving proper configuration from L2 and PUCCH format 1,1A and 1B is transmitted properly.
• Profiling and optimization of PUSCH channel. (channel interleaver, Integration of TI Libraries). Unit testing of BCP coprocessor against matlab. and need to make sure PUSCH is performing 1 TTI processing within 1ms for 5Mhz and 10Mhz BW.
Tools Used Module: LTE Physical Layer
Tools: TI Code Composer Studio (CCS)
OS: Windows
Hardware: TI Keystone TMS320c66x
Employer Name Lekha Wireless Solutions, India
Project Name WaveGuru
Project Duration (1 Year) Jan 2015 - Dec 2015
Synopsis WaveGuru is a LTE based signal generator and analyzer based on ARM platform with Radio integrated. This also works without radio on intel PC platform without radio. It supports signal generation for eNB Transmitter and UE Transmitter and also analyze input IQ data in UE receiver and eNB receiver modes. It is a tool for verifying physical layer processing. It has frontend GUI where L2 parameters are configured and backend LTE Physical layer software.
Roles &
Responsibilities
• Implementation and Verification of PHICH for eNB and UE.
• Involved in Test vector logging at eNB transmitter side and UE receiver side for different stages.
• Bug fixes for PDCCH.
• Bug fixes for TM3 and TM4.
• PUCCH and PUSCH feature validation against matlab and analyzer. Tools Used Module: LTE
Language: C
Tools: SVN, Codeblocks
OS: Windows, Linux
Achievements:
• Bravo Award for delivering 2 Antenna support for UL data transmission for TM500 Project.
• Bravo Award for delivering NB-IoT GB support without LTE cell feature for TM500 Project. EDUCATION:
• GTU, India 2009 - 2013
B.E. (Electronics & Communication)