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PROFILE

I’m a highly qualified and skilled engineer, trained in Civilian Telecommunications and Military, specialist with more than 24 years of experience

Main Skills and cover letter

GSM, DCS, UMTS, TETRA and LTE, 800/850/900/1800/2100Mhz/2600Mhz, VOLTE, and LTE Public Safety Network, Radio Managing and team leading experience in RNP, RNO, Performance & Monitoring (GUL), GSM/3G/LTE, HSDPA HSUPA, CSFB and Field Testing, OSS tools, Radio Network Layer, Mobile application Part, signalling, call flow and test drive post-Process analysis, parameter audit and recommendations, IBS/DAS, repeaters, relays node, KPI, evaluation, site installation and subcontractor supervision, multi vendor experience and Technical Support, traffic demand tables, specialized designs, RPQ, RFP elaboration and vendors selection.

I’m also fluent in 4 languages (Portuguese, Spanish, French and English) Italian just speak

TELCABO/VODAFONE - Start in Jun. 2019 to October 2020 til Now, RF Network Design and Technical Infrastructure Specialist Solutions.

In Telcabo Portugal I’m accountable for ensuring the quality of high and low level design for a number of new 5G rollout for Vodafone, checking and revising the audits for existent 2G/3G/4G for site capacity/upgrade, report to operator problems for the future 5G site rollout. Create guidelines and additional physical solutions for some existent problems (like RF blockages, lack of space for site upgrade, RF feeder, battery, antennas system, and site security). Proposing some special case of camouflage and special antenna system to avoid visual impact for passersby and neighbours buildings. creating BOQ’s for the special and hot spots sites.

Qatari Govt Entity, Qatar Jun. 2017 to May. 2019, Technical advisor in Radio Access Solution Architect for a Military Tactical LTE Network and Critical Mission. Create RFI for potential vendors, RFQ and RFP for vendor evaluation and selections, doing pre-studies and calculations in link budget, High level and low level RAN design of site required by QAF to cover all country, recommendation for using VNF to increase network scalability and agility, also including NFV Management Automation and Orchestrations, vast site types to best fort for military cases, type of services, antennas and equipment configurations, deployment calculation, presenting and creating LTE workshops for QAF employees.

Analyzing indoor walk drive testes to check and having an idea for DAS proposal for navy battleships and also for underground military bases,.

Create (BOQ) bill of quantities for the standards sites construction, installation

JAWWAL Operator, Palestine Feb. 2017 – Jun. 2017 Radio Network Planning for new 3G project (Ericsson Equipment) Create UMTS RF planning propagation studies and simulations, coverage master planning for major cities in West Bank and roads with Mentum 6.2 Planning Tools, using default payload for traffic map capacity, parameters/configurations, identify the impact of the different consolidation options on radio plan strategy, enhancing Radio design coverage proposing some new sites. Using the 2nd carrier with interfered frequencies because these carrier will be shared by another operator in 2 years, using simulations with different interfered grids and buffer zones

MCI Operator, Iran Jul. 2016 – Nov. 2016 Radio Network Planning for 3G/4G (Ericsson Equipment) Create LTE/UMTS RF propagation studies and simulations, master planning for major cities in North of Iran with Atoll, using existent payload for traffic map in simulation, identify the impact of the different consolidation options on radio plan strategy and recommend adaptation plan for the radio part, 3G U2100 RF Coverage and capacity plan, propose new sites for coverage halls/blank halls also find some hot spots and decide from KPI where should be proposal the 3rd Carrier and neighbouring definitions.

HUAWEI Paraguay for TIGO Operator Paraguay Aug. 2015 – May 2016 RF Performance Manager Technical Support for LTE (Huawei) RNO, Working in customer site/office as technical advice for the new LTE launch project. I was responsible for customer satisfaction in terms of quality and try to find the customer pain points to take actions immediately. Revise all nominal planning for LTE Co-sites and sharing 3G sites, making plans to improve network quality, capacity network coverage problems and Traffic capacity strategy and balance. CSFB strategy and recommendations according to the existent network, Cluster definition and clusters routes for DT, give recommendations for initial tuning - KPI objectives and definition, antennas, negotiation for Pre-launch. Idle mode strategy and active mode redirection also VOLTE parameters,. Supporting Tigo operator in quality installation problems due errors in 2G/3G legacy installation that caused coverage problems, these issues where founded in Single site verification and cluster tuning, giving new installations solution for the problematic sites, assisting operator people and Contractors in training for RF planning, Site audits, log file analysis and LTE course preparation.

HUAWEI HQ Shenzhen, Jan. 2015 – Jun. 2015

RF Radio Network Optimization, RNP and Technical Support for LTE (Huawei) Listening customer needs and make some recommendation/proposal to meet costumer objectives. Negotiation face to face with costumer for initial network parameters definition. KPI objectives and definition, formulas recommendation, negotiation for Pre-launch, cluster and routes definition and initial tuning operator Traffic capacity strategy and balance, Idle mode strategy and active mode redirection (GUL). CSFB strategy and recommendations according to the existent network (propose 3 types of Strategies) Technical advice for the antennas (sharing Antennas)

Parameters configuration, provide support to customers in the field of expertise

Developing the process and guidelines for LTE performance and monitoring new sites on air, RF training presentations for subcontractors, Huawei staff and customer.

MCI Operator, Iran Jul. 2014 - Oct 2014 RNP/O 3G (For Huawei Equipment) Revise master planning design and parameters/configurations for a new 3G network that come on air site pre-Audit before they come on air, neighbours and parameters check. Define traffic strategy between 2 carriers, follow the major KPI from the network and give inputs to the team to improve, create daily and weekly reports

TRUE MOVE Operator, Thailand Oct 2013 - May 2014

RF Planner and Technical Advisor for Bangkok Metropolitan Area (BMA)

3G and LTE and IBS Solutions (Ericsson&Huawei) Revise all design and planning configurations for 3G/4G sharing Diplexers, Antennas, RRU and Feeders. Re-Check configurations/parameters in Asset (exp: PCI, PSS, SSS, CRS) preparing clusters for vendors and make the acceptances, project with LTE2100 and 3G/U800. Ensure that all site equipment has the best configuration- Advise the best antenna type (Special like TUBE and Pipe, dual lop and narrowband antennas) paying attention and prepared for future receivers MIMO 4x4 with Ultra-Band Antennas. Audit TSSR projects for existent installation to avoid new feeders, types of equipment for possible configuration with best effort to archive the best result/less loss by sharing existent equipment, giving a recommendation for initial tuning and optimization to enhance coverage, avoid overshooting and interference. In 3G my responsibility was also HSDPA coverage planning and optimization for Carrier upgrade, traffic throughput analysis, balance and parameters check for 2nd and 3rd Carrier installing.

Making technical visits and pre-studies for RF planning in some skyscrapers offices and big shopping with bad coverage and or with overload sites.

ORANGE FRANCE Operator UPR NANTES, May 2013 until Sep. 2013

RNP/RNO, LTE Monitoring LTE (ALU), Revise all design and planning configurations for 3G/4G sharing sites. All Radio related equipment, advising the best antenna type and all site equipment has the best configuration to configure for the bands LTE2100/800 and 3G/U900, Initial tuning and optimization, drive tests logs analyze with Actix tools and produce reports, RSRP, SINR, HO events, DRC (reasons), Checking Events A1 until A6 and Events B1 and B2, DL Throughput for new 4G sites in order to preparing clusters for acceptance. OSS Integration eNB and NodeB (3G and 4G) and fallowing traffic trends and traffic behaviour.

ORANGE CI (Cote D'Ivoire), Start in Jun. 2012 until Feb. 2013

RNO/Monitoring 3G (ALU), Performance and monitoring of new 3G network U2100, pre-Audit before site come on air, neighbours and parameters. Planning new sites to enhance coverage checking logs from single site verification and start initial tuning to avoid the new integrated sites come on air with big impact to existent ones, check and change the existent parameters, HHO, HO, thresholds to archive the Network KPI agreement, Monitoring 5 worst sites per day and give recommendation to improve KPI (RLC throughout, BLER, RAB Setup Success Ratio, HHO, Inter RAT, HO success ratio (HSDPA -> DCH and DCH -> HSDPA).

ALCATEL Lucent for operator SFR and ORANGE, Mar. 2010 until Apr. 2012

RNO and Network Monitoring 2G/3G/4G. Processing 2G and 3G log’s and check if the new sites swap from Nokia to ALU UMTS900/UMTS2100 and GSM where according to costumer expectation and if they didn’t have any degradation in terms of RxQual and RxLev in 3G, also working in perfect conditions of RSCP, Ec/Io, Call setup or missing neighbours reported, overshooting cell, analyse and DRC, HO failures call blocks, check the existent parameters, thresholds and the Events for SHO, HO and IRAT HO parameters, revise neighbours allocation Add or Delete and advise customer about how to improve the Network. Trial for 4G with 40 eNB’s, supporting network planning, coverage Objectives, network settings, resource planning, and traffic model’s and Capacity forecast, Link Budget for Uplink and Downlink, PCI, PSS, SSS, CRS, GBS, Radio guide lines with standard parameters, recommendation for physical layers, Define QOS (services types) requirements and targets, Analyzing traces and Drive test log’s, checking throughput behaviour,, SINR, Uplink power over PUSCH, packet loss, phase linearity, delay, Jitter, noise figure/SINR check/verifying.

AVEA Operator in Ankara Turkey, Start in June 2009 until January 2010

2G/3G RNP/RNO. Post Processing logs for Single site Verification with Actix analyzer, RSCP, Ec/Io, VP, Call setup, missing neighbours, overshooting cell, cluster analyses and cluster verification and start initial optimization, Check Layer 3 messages DRC, HO failures call blocks, parameters check, thresholds and the Events for SHO, HO and IRAT HHO (end of coverage), ISCC for CS and PS, HSPA, reporting rules, MRM, MCM and parameters, Cell reselection parameters, In-Rat HO, Events, parameters, revise neighbours allocation Add and Delete and advise customer about VIP areas. Check and monitoring the new sites that come on air and shared antennas, if the KPI’s still ok or if we have degradation.

TUNISIA TELECOM, Start in February 2009 until May

3G Strategic Adviser for Initial Bid Process. Review & Advise TT on 3G Rollout strategy for vendor selection, RFP preparation for 3G and HSDPA services Evaluation, RFP responses, rollout approach, 3G migration strategies and deployment plan, capacity planning for 3G sites, determining the number of 3G sites locations and HSDPA rollout plan required, 2G recommendation for Network expansion capacity and coverage planning for 2010, using Planet EV 4.5 for generate the simulation and plots for CS, PS and HSDPA.

ERICSSON ANGOLA, Start in June 2008 until December of 2008 As

RNO/RND Team Leader 2G/3G For UNITEL Operator, leading team of 8 RF eng, optimize network problems from 2G in other to improvements the KPI, make recommendations for RF coverage solution and capacity planning, prepare the 2G network expansion for 2009 for 4 million 2G subscribers. 3G network makes audit to existent 3G network, check some radio parameters, Luanda, planning/design for capacity and coverage (RSCP and Ec/No), minimize the Interference, prepare nominal planning and simulation for 3 new cities for 3G network. Preparing reports and presentations for main board operator meetings

HUAWEI BRAZIL Start in January 2008 until June 2008.

RADIO TEAM LEADER for PLANNING INITIAL TUNING and CLUSTER OPTIMIZATION

For 2100Mhz UMTS Pre-launch Network project (OI ex Telemar/BCP) Elaborated and designed the RF guideline, the antenna type, expected traffic profile and basic cell parameters, capacity and dimensioning, planning for more than 350 sites in 3 Brazilian states Ceára, Maralhão and Teresina in the main cities, performed Initial tuning/optimization tilts azimuths, neighbours’ between 3G and for HO to 2G in the edge of 3G network! the PS and HSDPA test and optimization, Video, Voice call service in all Fortaleza clusters, verify if the KPI they met or exceeded customer requirement Ec/Io RSCP.

HUAWEI ECUADOR, Start in June 2007 until December

RADIO TEAM LEADER for PLANNING and INITIAL TUNING For 850Mhz UMTS Pre-launch Network project (PORTA America Movil) Elaborated and designed the RF guideline including the Link Budget scheme, the antenna type, expected traffic profile and basic cell parameters, capacity and dimensioning planning carried out the nominal planning for more than 200 sites in 2 Ecuador’s main cities. Leading the RF team in the first stage of the project, delivered presentations to the customer about the Radio Network Planning workflow and CE dimensioning planning LAC’s RAC area scheme, clusters, verification for operator KPI acceptance.

HUAWEI COLOMBIA, Start in March 2007 until June 2007

RADIO MANAGER for PLANNING and OPTIMIZATION For GSM expansion Tigo/Colombia Movil but Huawei didn’t win a big quantity of new sites and I change for a 2100Mhz UMTS trial for Telefónica Movistar Carried out the RF site survey on 15 sites located in different scenarios Designed of the RF parameter scheme including, antenna type, location, azimuths, down tilts Cables types and scrambling code allocation.

ERICSSON ZAMBIA, Start in May 2006 until March 2007 As

NETWORK AUDIT and RNO For GSM performing audits to an existent radio network and improvements, statistics analysis and processing, features tuning, make recommendation for RF for the future network development, coverage solution, neighbour audit, capacity upgrade, and antenna configuration Also investigate find problems and solution on the area which customer has poor network (Low Rx Level, Bad Quality, interference and blank spots), analyse the statistic of Ericsson network improve the network including parameter changes (OSS/CNA/MRR), features implementation and recommendations, analyse result of drive tested (VIP areas and main roads), initial tuning for new sites after been swapped from Siemens to Ericsson, transfer knowledge to Celtel technical staff, provide RF network strategy for de Multi-band Cell, Setup KPI for network performance KPI-Reports, interference problems and high DCR cause for wrong installation and definition for the existent Repeaters (Channel Selective Repeaters).

MOBILIS IN ALGERIA Start in May. 2005 until May 2006

RADIO NETWORK PLANNER/ OPTIMIZATION and NETWORK PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENT FOR A ROLL-OUT, For GSM with Ericsson equipment around 400 new sites, Coverage Capacity Planning, Model Tuning, analyze KPI information for sites Up-grade configurations to avoid traffic congestion, a weekly evaluation and recommending, detecting problems coverage, regarding for drive test, STS, MRR and after all evaluation use post processing analyzer Tools Actrix and take the correct action to improve the existent network and the new sites implemented, Atoll planning tool and frequency planning, detecting Hotspots for Micro Cell Installation, creating CDD to for the new sites, for Ericsson to Huawei in Msila province.

CELTEL IN CONGO BRAZZAVILLE Start in January 2005 until April. As

RADIO NETWORK PLANNER, For GSM and DCS with Siemens equipment expansion (82 New sites), Capacity Planning (TRX/TRU) the site configuration and Upgrade congestion site, analyze KPI information (Daily and weekly), drive test and after all evaluation take the correct action to improve the network, using Planet planning tools and trouble tickets information, Site Survey Reports and preparing the network extension and swap for next year 2006.

BASE IN BELGIUM Start in 6th September. 2004 until Dec as

RNP FOR A ROLL-OUT, For E-GSM/DCS and UMTS with Ericsson equipment expansion and capacity, the E-GSM/DCS, using Asset radio planning tools and using trouble tickets information, detecting some problems in Network, coverage, blank spots, handover and find some hotspots in Brussels, site survey visits, check the CW tests Urban/Suburban Nominal plan recommendation for some repeater in blank spot’s, tunnel’s highways and railways planning for leaking cables system for better deep-indoor coverage, in UMTS network planning.

VODAFONE PORTUGAL: Start in May. 2004 until Aug. 2004,

Umts drive tester and Post processing logs

Collect and analyze network performance in On-going Test’s for UMTS system using TEMS Investigation for post-processing KPI in PS Call, Video Call, Streaming, CPICH measure, o find some Drop call’s, HO failure, detect missing neighbours and unnecessary from active monitor and detected set, RSCP and Ec/No analysis, Call set-up failure rate, traffic data throughput static tested, excessive set-up delay rate, the 4 most important QOS tests in Lisbon Centre also find the limits of UMTS and blank spots.

ERICSSON ALGERIA Start in Jan. 2004 until of April as 2004

CELL PLANNING/RNP for MOBILIS (Algeria Telecom Mobile) in an expansion and optimisation existent GSM 900 and new DCS 1800 project GPRS, responsible for 5 regions, I was responsible for radio planning strategy and Post survey analysis on the radio prediction tool TEMS CELL PLANNER. Optimise the configuration for the existent network for prediction and capacity for GSM 900 and 1800, frequency planning for new sites, signal Strength and TA for Overlaid/Underlaid Structure, detecting problems coverage, defining improvement actions, Neighbouring allocation the news 1800 (DCS) sites, participated also in RF planning for TETRA network bid process for Algerian government.

MOBISTAR BELGIUM/TELINDUS Start in Oct. 2003 until 30th of Dec. 2003

RF RADIO FIELD ENGINEERING SUPERVISOR, Working for news UMTS operator and expansion a existent GSM operator, ensuring that all aspects from coax cables (Feeder, Jumpers), connectors, antennas (Test Signal and Isolation) and TMA/LNA were well installed according with target limits and specification from the operator MOBISTAR for site acceptance, coordination of 5 teams of radio tests, analysing all the tests reports from sites, make visits for the most complicated site, testing the repeaters installed in highways blank spot and some indoor special repeaters.

ALCATEL PORTUGAL Start in Jun. 2002 until Sep. 2003

RADIO FIELD ENGINEERING/SITE QUALITY SUPERVISOR, for upgrade and existent GSM sites the project was for operator TMN, I was field Radio quality Supervisor leading field personnel and distribution all technical engineering procedures for subcontractors, checking Installation ensure that all works were performed and implemented in accordance with high relevant ALCATEL quality standards, detailed reporting according to process changes and updates throughout the site lifecycle.

ERICSSON PANAMA Start in Jan. 2002 until Apr. as SITE ENGINEERING and DESIGN in a GSM project in Panama for a new GSM network, site surveyor in TDMA co-sites for sharing the existent Cable&wireless TDMA sites. Prepared a detailed work design of the sites and collecting all data about the site spot and making sketches showing the position of the antennas, RBS equipment and specifying the radio site equipment material.

NORTEL NETWORKS PORTUGAL Start in Dec. 2000 until Dec. 2001 as

RNP and SITE VALIDATION for ONIWAY in a 2100Mhz UMTS project, responsible for all Site Survey and site Selection in Algarve province around 200, Review and approval lease and site design drawings and using ATOLL planning Tools.

ERICSSON ITALY Start in Sep. 2000 until Nov.2000

RNP and SITE VALIDATION for TELEFONICA/IPSE2000

Using TCP, tool for planning the new network consisting of more than 200 sites, including city and countryside, taken into account all the customer coverage targets. Site Validation in a UMTS, responsible for Sicilia Island; regular meetings with the site acquisition companies to discuss and managing about 210 sites’. Post survey analysis on the radio prediction tool TEMS CELL PLANNER.

ERICSSON SPAIN Start in Apr. 2000 until Sep. as RNP and SITE VALIDATION for (YOIGO) Xfera in a UMTS project, responsible for all Site Survey/Selection support of acquisition team results from Valencia city 240 sites. Search ring and the theoretical sites evaluation of different SARs from radio planning point of view to find the best candidates. Post survey analysis on the radio prediction tool TEMS CELL PLANNER.

CEC COMUNICACOES E COMPUTADORES / TELCABO Start in Jun. 1996 until April. 2000 TMN, OPTIMUS; MEDITELECOM, ERICSSON, DEPLOYMENT/RADIO TESTS/INTEGRATION

In TMN I was responsible for issues and evolved in all the aspects of the radio re-engineering of the network, namely doing analysis and report, monitoring recently integrated sites BTS, site development/controller/supervisor, turnkey projects for Ericsson and Motorola. In Optimus (3rd GSM License) Involved in start-up project with Ericsson. Project Supervisor 1997, 1998, swap project in Lisbon region from Alcatel to Motorola 200 BTS, MediTel 2nd GSM operator in Morocco’s for Ericsson, Bid process elaboration of site searching reports for more than 300 candidates.

PERSONAL: Gender: Male Nationality: Portuguese Marital Status: Single Driving license: Full clean Euro License

Passport: Portuguese (European), living in Portugal

Living in, Av. João de freitas Branco, nº28 1º DTº, 2760-073 Caxias – Oeiras, Portugal

Email: adhk4k@r.postjobfree.com or adhk4k@r.postjobfree.com

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATION: Bachelor’s in Electronic and Telecommunication Engineering, course in Lisbon University. ISEL (1989-1993)

TRAINING COURSES:

LTE introduction & Evolved Network Architecture Bootcamp (26 hours) Alcatel-Lucent University 2011, RNO for 3G in Aircom 2009, RNP for UMTS in Aircom 2004, Telecom Safety Installation Portugal 2003, MILLER TROLL Occasional climbers & roof top access & Work High, in 2001, Workshop for Ericsson GSM RND with TCP 4.1, Kista Sweden 2000, UMTS and Electro Magnetic Wave propagation and Antenna Systems (Tilt, feeders and Jumpers) training course in May of 2000, UMTS RF Engineering Fundamentals Ericsson Spain, 2000, ANDREW Cables Installation, Spain 1997, ERICSSON RNP Training, 1997, GSM introduction Ericsson, 1996

COMPUTER SKILLS:

Planning Tools TCP, MAPINFO Prof. 12, ATOLL, Mentum Planet, ASSET, U-Net and IBWAVE

PC languages: Pascal, Assembly 8085 and 8086

TEMS Investigation, Actix Analyzer, XCAL, Metrica, Neptune, Nemo4, Business Objects, CNA, Assistance, Probe. MCOM, QVICE, XCAP, and Gla, NPO, Atoll

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