Jiliang (Bill)Wang
CCNA®• CCNP®• M.Eng.
Richmond Hill, Ontario • L4S 1S6
Cell 647-***-****
adm63z@r.postjobfree.com
Bill is a veteran in mobile communications technology, with 20 years of experience designing, implementing, optimizing and troubleshooting GSM/UMTS/LTE/IMS/VoLTE/VoWiFi/5G NR networks. He has broad-based experience across service providers (Rogers, TELUS Mobility, and Bell Mobility) and vendors (Ericsson, Nokia, Siemens, Huawei, and Blackberry). He also holds a M. Eng. degree in Computer Applications, and CCNA® and CCNP® certificates.
Core Strengths:
Ericsson LTE/UMTS Packet Core Network Elements:EPG&vEPG,SGSN-MME,PCRF,HSS,DNS
Ericsson IMS/VOLTE Network Elements:SBG/P-CSCF,S-CSCF,MTAS,IP WORKS (ENUM,EMA)
Ericsson LTE/NR 5G Wireless Products:eNodeB (LTE),gNodeB (RU/DU/CU,5G NR)
NSN UMTS Core Network Elements:MSS(DX200)&MGW,HLR-FE,SGSN&GGSN
NSN LTE Core Network Elements: MME,SGW/PGW,PCRF
NSN 3G/4G Wireless Products: RNC, Node B(WCDMA/UMTS),eNodeB(LTE)
Huawei 3G/4G Wireless Network production: RNC, Node B(WCDMA/UMTS),eNodeB(LTE)
CISCO LTE Core Network Elements:MME,SGW/PGW (ASR 5000)
Protocols: SS7,SIGTRAN,RANAP,CAMEL,H.248,ISUP,BICC,SIP/SIP-I,DIAMETER,GTP-C/v1/v2,RADIUS,DNS,HTTP,REST,SOAP,JSON,XML
Mobile telecom network analysis tools: Astellia solution (Linux,Oracle,MySQL),Tektronix Geoprobe(Iris), Netscout, Brix, Huawei M2000,TEMS, NEMO,NetAct,Anite,Anritsu,R&S,Spirent
Familiarity with and the ability to apply 3GPP standards 5G Core (AMF,SMF,UPF,AUSF,UDM,NRF etc.),NR gNodeB (CU/DU)
IP-Convergence Network: TCP/IP& UDP/SCTP,OSPF,BGP,HSRP/VRRP,MPLS
Operating system: Linux Red Hat (5.0)/Kernel Scripting, Windows 2008 R2, Windows XP,Windows8
Over 3 years C/C++ Programming experience and familiar with Python,Linux Shell script programming
RELEVANT EXPERIENCE
Ford Motor Company (Previous Blackberry),Ottawa April 2018—Dec 2019
Network Engineer of 5G/LTE/IMS/UMTS Network
Responsible for LTE/IMS/VoLTE/UMTS AT&T Radio Signaling Specification Test for TCU (Telematics Control Unit) using Keysight Anite, Spirent simulator
Responsible for 5G/LTE/UMTS 3GPP TS36.521/TS38.521-1/3 RF/RRM Test for TCU using Anritsu, R&S Simulator
Responsible for 5G/LTE/UMTS 3GPP TS36.523/TS38.523 Protocol Conformance Test for TCU using Anite simulator
Verified the DL/UL throughput for 4X2 MIMO using IPERF application and QXDM Professional Tool
Captured the QXDM log and use QCAT to find the root cause of TCU issues
Familiar with 5G NSA (CUPS)/SA Core Network Architecture,http-based API protocol,E2E call flow as well as 5G NR (EN-DC,DU/CU of gNodeB) etc.
Good knowledge of Cloud-Native in CI/CD, Kubernetes and Containerization as well as experience of Cloud Networking (Openstack)
Ericsson Communication Company Ltd.,Shanghai Jul 2017—Jan 2018
Verification Engineer (EPG System Test)
Responsible for Cloud-based EPG1.5,EPG1.6,EPG1.7(Virtualization&OpenStack Virtual EPG) system test and integration
Troubleshooted Application &Platform issues of vEPG related to various Openstack services such as nova,neutron,cinder etc.
Analyzed the system logs deeply to find the root cause of platform and application issues
Troubleshooted signaling issues on various interfaces such as GX,GY,S11,S4,SGi,S2a/S2b etc.
Responsible for Regression Test such as Robustness,Stability,Configuration&Capacity system testing
Familiar with Ericsson vEPG architecture, system test specification and CPI documents
Familiar with Linux-based Ericsson system test tools (Autott,Dallas,Outline) and test script(Python)
COMsolve Inc., Toronto Oct 2016—Apr 2017
Drive Tester for UMTS/LTE Network
Performed Major Axis drive test across Ontario for Wind mobile LTE network using Keysight NEMO
Collected LTE data session events such as LTE data session handover and CSFB call flow etc.
Collected and Analyzed the downlink and uplink data throughput of LTE network
Rogers Communications Inc., Toronto Jan 2015 – Jul 2015
Network Engineer (User Profile&Packet Core TAC)
Operated and Maintained Rogers GSM/UMTS/LTE PS Network Elements: SGSN/GGSN/MME/SGW/PGW,DNS (Linux)
Upgraded software version of Rogers SGSN/GGSN/MME/SGW/PGW,DNS(Linux)
Upgraded software version of Rogers LTE/UMTS Wireless Network Elements: Ericsson eNodeB,RNC
Troubleshooted UMTS/LTE/IMS Network issues such as KPI failure alarm, Diameter authorization failure etc. using Tektronic network monitoring tool
TELUS Mobility Inc., Toronto Mar 2009 – Sep 2014
Network Specialist (UMTS/LTE/IMS at TELUS Technology Strategy Group)
Troubleshooted IMS call issues(Breakout/Breakin)with TELUS IMS/UMTS CS network and optimized the TELUS IMS/UMTS network using network monitoring tools(Brix,Geoprobe,Astellia)
Troubleshooted CS issues(LUP/MOC/MTC/MMC/CSFB, SMS) and PS issues (RUA/PDP session setup/drop, MMS etc.) existing in TELUS UMTS CS/PS network and optimized TELUS UMTS CS/PS network using Astellia solution and Geoprobe
Troubleshooted PS issues(TAU/EPS Bearer,etc.) with TELUS LTE network and optimized the TELUS LTE network using Netscout
Provided case analysis and solution for issue reported from clients and NRC team as well as technical support for MSO Engineering team as a key staff of TELUS Tier3 technical leadership team
Monitored CS/PS network identifying/resolving ongoing network issue, KPI abnormalities via parameters modification/reconfiguration; ensured network health after network elements upgrade
Independently identified and performed general administrator/engineer tasks (disk array, firmware, event logs, application upgrades, etc.) on over 40 IBM X3550 M3 servers with Linux Red Hat 5.0
Developed, implemented & administrated Astellia Solution (Linux/Red Hat,Oracle/MySQL) and Tektronix Geoprobe (troubleshooting,topology file update etc.)
Developed, tested network services and features such as E911/LBS,MMS,SMS in TELUS UMTS/LTE network
Implemented SS7 SIGTRAN (SCTP,M3UA) test of UMTS network among MSS,SGSN,HLR-FE, STP and RNC before TELUS launched UMTS in 2009
Bell Mobility Inc., Toronto Sept 2008—Mar 2009
UMTS Wireless Network Engineer
Performed Initialization and creation of NSN/Huawei RNC/Node B database including cell site database, IP Routes, VLAN, SIGTRAN database such as SCTP, M3UA, SCCP,RANAP
Implemented Integrated Test of Nokia MSS(DX200),MGW(IPA2800) with NSN RNC and Huawei RNC
Operated, Maintained Nokia-Siemens RNC/Node B, Huawei RNC/Node B
Trained Nokia-Siemens HLR-FE for Bell internal staffs including architecture of HLR-FE, C-NTDB, HLR-FE configuration in Bell Lab.
Nokia-Siemens Mobile, Shanghai, China & Munich, Germany 1997-2007
Trainer & Network Optimization Engineer 2002-2007
“CCS7 Signaling for GSM&GPRS”, ”Core Network Commissioning and OAM”, “Advanced Database Administration”, UMTS System Introduction and System Architecture”, ”UMTS CN OAM (CS&PS)” and “UMTS CN Signaling”, “SIP Introduction”
“Cisco Router & Switch OAM”, Siemens R4 Core Network Products: ”SGSN/GGSN”, ”MSC-Server/MGW”, Siemens 3GPP products such as WiMAX, HSDPA 2002-2003
Analyzed KPI of GSM&GPRS Network
Evaluated network performance (Handover, Call drop, QOS, Traffic Load, Load balance etc.)
Authored text book “Network Optimization of Switching Subsystem” including Case Analysis (Power Measurements, Traffic Measurements, Radio interference, SS7 Parameters, MSC database etc.)
Technical Support Engineer (TAC2) 2000-2002
Tested mobile performance features after system upgrade
Analyzed cases, provided solutions for field service engineers, customers
Service Engineer 1997-2000
Implemented on-site commissioning of GSM&GPRS projects for China Mobile, Unicom Operators
Investigated, managed trouble reports, testing, diagnostics, fault isolation
Lucent Technologies Equipment Co. Ltd., China May 1995–Jun 1997
Develop Engineer
Developed communications software of SLC-240 using BORLAND C/C++ 3.1 and 4.0
Localized SLC-1000 under environment of Solaris 2.4 for X86
EDUCATION
Got trained with cloud-native container-based infrastructure, CI/CD pipeline and tools (Jenkins,Gitlab)
Got understood with Kubernetes, Docker Architecture and familiarity with Kubectl/Docker commands
Xincon Technology College, Toronto - Cisco CCNA/CCNP Certifications
Siemens Training Institute, Munich, Germany - Communications Networks System Specialist
Tong Ji University, Shanghai, China - Master Degree of Engineering in Computer Applications
Shanghai Tie Dao University, Shanghai, China; Bachelor Degree in Computer Engineering