Service Delivery Radio Frequency

Name: Musa Raza

Email Id: *****.****@*****.***

Phone No: 631-***-****

Professional Summary:-

With Over 19 years of hands-on experience in Radio Frequency (RF) Planning and Optimization of wireless networks, I bring a comprehensive understanding of 5G, 4G, 3G, and 2G systems.

My expertise spans multiple areas, from network design to deployment and optimization, with a strong emphasis on load balancing, mobility management, and throughput optimization.

I have a proven record of accomplishment of delivering high-performance networks by optimizing key parameters such as QoS, VONR, VoLTE, and MIMO across a wide range of radio access technologies (RATs), ensuring seamless service delivery and customer satisfaction.

I have a sound grasp of Network Performance Optimization (NPO) SOPs and SLAs, consistently meeting or exceeding project deadlines and budget targets while ensuring the successful rollout of RAN (Radio Access Networks), NPM (Network Performance Management), and swap projects.

Proficient in using advanced RF planning and optimization tools such as TEMS Investigation, Atoll, NEMO, Actix, MapInfo, Planet EV, and Asset & Ran opt to deliver optimized solutions.

Strong technical and managerial expertise, I have successfully delivered projects and managed service-level agreements (SLAs) while also securing new business assignments through exceptional customer satisfaction and technical results.

Experienced in automating routine RF optimization tasks and data analysis using Python, Bash, or similar scripting languages to increase efficiency and reduce human error.

My expertise in interoperability between various RATs (NR, LTE, 3G, and 2G) ensures efficient network integration and optimization. I am adept in handling traffic balancing for voice and data across multiple RATs, addressing RSSI (Received Signal Strength Indicator), UL (Uplink) issues, and optimizing mobility to improve handover performance and service continuity.

I have also been instrumental in driving network enhancements through Carrier Aggregation, MIMO, beamforming, and simultaneous FDD (Frequency Division Duplex) and TDD (Time Division Duplex) deployment.

I have continuously ensured that my networks meet stringent KPIs related to call success rates, paging success rates (PSR), AMR (Adaptive Multi-Rate) optimization, and power control settings.

Led the end-to-end execution of major network optimization and rollout projects, from the initial planning phase through to final implementation, ensuring projects are completed within timelines, budget, and scope, while delivering high-quality results to clients.

Successfully led cross-functional teams, including engineers, vendors, and third-party contractors, to achieve network performance targets, meet customer requirements, and resolve technical issues efficiently.

Worked closely with customers to understand their requirements and optimize network parameters specifically tailored to improve customer satisfaction, including managing VIP customer complaints, troubleshooting, and providing rapid resolution.

Designed and implemented advanced Quality of Service (QoS) strategies across voice, data, and multimedia services to ensure high-quality user experience, including managing specific QoS parameters such as QCI (Quality Class Identifier) and bearer management for different services.

Conducted traffic forecasting for network demand and capacity planning, ensuring that networks can handle expected traffic loads without performance degradation, particularly during peak periods or in highly dense areas.

In-depth knowledge of 5G network planning, 5G NR (New Radio), mm Wave deployment, and Cloud RAN (C-RAN) technologies, preparing networks for the future of ultra-fast wireless communication.

Conducted continuous benchmarking of network performance against industry standards, using tools such as Actix and Atoll, to identify areas for improvement and ensure that key performance metrics align with service level agreements (SLAs).

Implemented service assurance protocols to monitor and ensure seamless handover management, call drop rates, and session continuity, achieving significant improvements in overall network service reliability.

Technical Skill

Wireless Technologies

RF planning, optimization, and performance management for 5G, 4G, 3G, and 2G networks

Network Deployment

Simultaneous FDD and TDD deployment, carrier aggregation, MIMO, beamforming,, Vo NR, Vo LTE implementation

Programming and Automation

Python scripting, automation, and parameter audits

Network Optimization

Mobility optimization, KPI analysis, troubleshooting

Parameter Audits

Handover settings, Cell parameter configurations, ANR optimization, MIMO, Beam Forming, throughput, MOS, Latency & PING

KPI Management

Accessibility, retain ability, throughput, QoS, SINR, RSRP, RSRQ, CQI analysis

Traffic Management

Traffic balancing, resource optimization, spectrum allocation, paging success rate monitoring

Modernization Initiatives

Hardware upgrades, multi-band integration, 5G NSA and SA deployment, RAN upgrade feature trials

Customer Experience

User metrics, complaint resolution, VIP customer support

Regulatory Compliance

RF emissions standards, licensing.

Advanced Features

DAS, Adaptive Modulation Coding (AMC), packet bundling,adaptive transmission bandwidth (ATB)

Research and Development

Network optimization, industry-specific 5G use cases.

Reports and Analytics

CTO-level reports, optimization results, traffic trends. RCA, Drive Testing analysis & Reporting

Work Experience:

Client: Digital Point LLC, USA

Role: Project Manager

Date: Aug’2024-Till Date

Responsibilities:

Define project scope, objectives, and deliverables in collaboration with stakeholders.

Develop detailed project plans, including timelines, budgets, and resource allocation.

Monitor progress, adjust plans as needed, and ensure adherence to quality standards.

Identify, prioritize, and mitigate risks (e.g., technical failures, budget overruns) through contingency planning.

Allocate personnel, tools, and equipment efficiently while managing vendor relationships and procurement processes.

Act as a liaison between technical teams, executives, and clients, translating complex IT concepts into clear insights.

Provide regular status updates through reports, meetings, and presentations.

Lead cross-functional teams (developers, designers, QA engineers) and mentor junior staff.

Foster a collaborative environment and resolve conflicts to maintain productivity

Ensure projects comply with IT governance, security standards, and industry regulations (e.g., GDPR, ISO 27001)

Drive process improvements and adopt emerging technologies like AI or cloud computing.

Client: NAK (MCCI, Iran)

Role: RF Consultant

Project: 5G & 4G+

Date: April 21 to July 24

Responsibilities:

Led the implementation of VoLTE (Voice over LTE) features, conducting trials to enhance Quality of Service (QoS) in the network.

Managed the successful launch of 5G services on 3500 MHz and 2300 MHz bands, ensuring comprehensive coverage and high-capacity support in key regions.

Enhanced data throughput and optimized the overall 5G architecture, ensuring the network could support high-speed applications and large-scale data consumption.

Managed cross-vendor integration and ensured a stable handover between different network generations, providing a consistent user experience.

Played a key role in the implementation of new network features, conducting live network trials and analyzing their impact on performance and user experience.

Delivered detailed reports on the effectiveness of these features, ensuring they aligned with network goals and customer needs.

Provided VIP customer support, analyzing network complaints and issues using FMA (Fault Management System) and Omstar (Operations Management System).

Worked on identifying root causes of network performance issues and ensuring a quick resolution to maintain customer satisfaction.

Demonstrated strong experience in handling traffic surges during peak periods by effectively managing network resources and optimizing configurations to handle large volumes of traffic without service degradation.

Client: Huawei (MTN Iran Cell / MCCI, Iran)

Role: RF Consultant

Project Volte, LTE, UMTS- HSPA +

OCT 16 to March 21

Responsibilities:

Monitored, analyzed, and optimized Vo LTE and LTE KPIs daily to ensure network quality and performance across the region.

Ensured optimal resource utilization by balancing traffic among four carriers for both 3G and LTE networks.

Performed mobility strategy tweaks and load balancing optimizations, leveraging MLB (Mobility Load Balancing) for better PRB utilization.

Acted as Team Lead for the MCI network, overseeing features and parameter trials, maintaining network KPIs, and ensuring adherence to Service Level Agreements (SLA).

Conducted Vo LTE parameter audits, implementing recommendations to enhance VoLTE performance.

Diagnosed and resolved issues causing MIMO degradation, providing actionable recommendations for improvement.

Reframed existing UMTS and GSM networks to mitigate growing LTE traffic and maintain QoS standards.

Served as the key point of contact for GUL network stability checks, guiding teams to ensure 24/7 efficient network performance.

Devised end-to-end project plans, ensuring timely completion and customer satisfaction.

Developed parameter strategies to balance traffic between U900 and U2100 while fine-tuning inter-technology traffic distribution among 2G, 3G, and 4G networks.

Mapped existing parameters and finalized new settings for 6X sites to ensure optimal performance post-modernization.

Client: Nokia (MTN Iran Cell, Iran)

Role: RF Consultant

Project: LTE, UMTS- HSPA +

Date: Feb 16 to Sep 16

Responsibilities:

UMTS Activities:

Conducted daily performance monitoring to ensure compliance with Service Level Agreement (SLA) key performance indicators (KPIs), such as RRC Setup Success Rate, Call Drop Rate (CDR), Handover Success Rate (HOSR), and Throughput.

Troubleshot network issues by identifying root causes using performance management tools and drive test data, providing timely resolutions to improve network reliability.

Successfully implemented and benchmarked advanced UMTS and HSPA+ features, ensuring their effective integration into the network.

Conducted detailed evaluations of newly introduced features to measure their impact on performance and recommended optimizations as necessary.

Monitored network resources, including RNC utilization, IUB throughput, and HSPA code usage, identifying potential congestion and recommending expansions or configuration changes to resolve issues.

Improved network efficiency by redistributing traffic to less congested layers while ensuring minimal service disruptions and consistent quality.

Client: Huawei (CM Pak, Pakistan)

Role: Team Lead

Project LTE, UMTS- HSPA + China Mobile Pakistan

Date: Jan 14 to Jan-16

Responsibilities:

UMTS Activities:

Successfully executed the commercial launch of CM Pak's 3G network, comprising over 1,400 sites in Karachi, the largest city in Pakistan, achieving and maintaining OSS and Drive Test KPIs through technical and managerial expertise.

Led efforts to reduce SD blocking on the 2G network, significantly improving PS Initial Resource Assignment Rate (IRAR) and Handover Success Rate (HOSR).

Benchmarked IUB capacity to analyse the impact on shared 3G cells after upgrading LTE spectrum from 5 MHz to 10 MHz, resolving bottlenecks in heavily impacted cells.

Fine-tuned the 3G neighbour plan post-LTE spectrum expansion to ensure CSFB (Circuit Switched Fall back) functionality remained optimal.

Proposed and successfully demonstrated the implementation of MIMO technology to the customer after LTE network upgrades, enhancing throughput and coverage.

Implemented state transition optimizations to improve resource utilization and introduced a refined PS Call Drop Rate (CDR) formula, excluding state transition-related calls.

Collaborated with the core and RNC teams to resolve interworking issues between Huawei and ZTE cores, addressing delayed handovers and discrepancies in multi-RAB service ciphering.

Configured and optimized 2G-to-3G and 3G-to-2G handover parameters based on RSCP and Rx Level footprints, ensuring seamless mobility during the pilot phase.

Reduced code blocking by adjusting HSPA+ user allocations and optimized Soft Handover Overhead (SHO) on high-traffic cells.

Managed congestion in dense urban environments by reducing CPICH power, improving power blocking and resource availability.

Acted as a liaison between technical and management teams to meet stringent customer KPIs during the rollout and optimization phases.

LTE Activities:

Performed PCI planning, ensuring optimal MOD 3 interference mitigation for enhanced network performance.

Collaborated with cross-functional teams to troubleshoot performance issues and implement corrective actions for KPI improvements.

Conducted parameter audits to ensure adherence to design guidelines and optimal network settings.

Provided support for VIP customer complaints, conducting root-cause analysis and implementing fixes to resolve service-related issues.

Created performance reports and dashboards to provide management with a detailed overview of activities, KPI trends, and optimization results.

Conducted drive testing of LTE sites, identifying and resolving cross-feeding issues while performing initial site tuning.

Configure parameters such as channel bandwidth, number of antennas, cell identity, PHICH duration, PHICH group scaling, and PDCCH quadruplets.

Visually map downlink signals and physical channels onto resource elements for performance evaluation.

Client: Nokia (Safaricom, Kenya)

Role: Sr. Optimization consultant

Project UMTS-GSM GPRS EDGE (900/1800)

Date: Mar 11 to June 13

Responsibilities:

GSM Activities:

Planned and designed cluster distribution for the swap sequence in collaboration with Nokia and Safaricom teams to ensure seamless execution.

Took a leading role in equipment ordering for 241 and 114 sites swap, ensuring timely delivery and readiness for implementation.

Achieved all OSS and Drive Test (DT) KPIs during the successful completion of the 241 MR swap project, aligning network performance with project goals.

Contributed to the Low-Level Design (LLD) of newly integrated BSCs, ensuring network reliability and scalability.

Successfully swapped 200 sites out of 600 in Safaricom network, transitioning ex-Siemens BTS Plus to Nokia Multi-Radio Cluster, with post-swap acceptance of voice and data KPIs.

Worked on AMR HR reshuffling daily for all Nokia sites after the swap to address license limitations and ensure optimal voice quality and capacity.

Recommended parameter changes and feature activations based on drive test data analysis, improving system performance and optimizing neighbour lists for 3G-to-3G and 3G-to-2G handovers.

Performed pre- and post-swap drive analyses, ensuring all clusters and sites met post-swap KPIs, matching or exceeding pre-swap performance statistics.

Monitored EDAP utilization and traffic at all swap sites, recommending upgrades for EDAP timeslots, PCU-PCMs, or reconfiguration for high-traffic EDGE cells to avoid congestion and improve throughput.

Monitored performance on S-14 Flexi BSCs, identifying and resolving issues to maintain network stability and meet contractual performance goals.

Client: Nokia (Bangla link, Bangladesh)

Role: Snr Optimization consultant

Project: GSM GPRS EDGE (900/1800)

Date: Dec 11 to Feb 11

Responsibilities:

Conducted and benchmarked trials for Power Control Algorithm 2 and Power Control Algorithm 3, ensuring improved signal strength and optimized power management across the network.

Executed and benchmarked sub-layer Half-Rate (HR) activation trials to improve voice call efficiency and resource allocation, ensuring seamless performance across the network.

In hilly terrain areas where achieving SLA targets (CSSR, HOSR) was challenging due to overshooting cells, tuned MS Distance Threshold for IDLE and HO to reduce overshooting while maintaining indoor coverage.

Adjusted CRO (Cell Reselection Offset) to retain the best server for call establishment and optimized LAPDM timer settings to avoid SDCCH drops caused by signal fluctuations.

Improved traffic distribution by shifting traffic from GSM to DCS layers, preventing congestion, and enhancing call retain ability through BTS load segmentation and tuning of Non-BCCH layer access/exit thresholds and HO Margin Power Budget (PMGR).

Dimensioned BR8 and BR10 PCU for enhanced data throughput, ensuring efficient data handling during peak hours.

Collaborated closely with the customer to present swap proposals, trials results, and network performance improvements, providing actionable insights for decision-making.

Successfully introduced AMR (Adaptive Multi-Rate) for the first time in the network, fine-tuning settings to enhance voice quality and capacity.

Resolved worst performing cells through rigorous analysis and troubleshooting of KPIs such as TCH congestion, call drops, and handover failures.

Delivered comprehensive trial reports and optimization recommendations, aligning network performance with SLAs and customer expectations.

Client: LCC International, Telenor Pakistan

Role: RF Optimization Eng.

Project: GSM GPRS EDGE (900/1800) Telenor

Date: Sep 07 to Feb 10

Responsibilities:

Conducted successful trials by modifying NOBAKHO settings across two BSCs, resulting in significant improvements in Handover Success Rate (HSR) and Drop Call Rate (DCR).

Standardized BSS parameters across the network for call setup, handovers, and power control, ensuring optimal performance tailored to cell morphology.

Optimized GPRS and EDGE cells by fine-tuning parameters, such as initial coding schemes based on BCCH band utilization, noise floor, and Abis resource availability, achieving enhanced data throughput for end subscribers.

Proposed and implemented BSC rehoming strategies for new sites, balancing signalling traffic (SD) by addressing Location Area Code (LAC) updates and paging load distribution.

Redesigned the network quarterly by integrating new sites, enhancing coverage, shifting traffic, balancing underutilized and over utilized cells, and reducing noise floor levels.

Conducted daily monitoring of BSCs, identifying worst-performing cells and troubleshooting issues related to hardware (e.g., equipment failures, TRAU, TRX, DUAMCO faults) and RF challenges (e.g., cell overshooting, interference, BCCH plan discrepancies, missing neighbours, and tilt misconfigurations between the 900 MHz and 1800 MHz layers).

Analysed cluster traffic distribution, redistributing traffic between over utilized and underutilized cells, resulting in significant reductions in TCH blocking, SDCCH blocking, and DCR, as well as improved MPD and GOS metrics.

Analysed drive test (DT) logs post-rehoming to verify call establishment on cells, evaluate EDGE performance, ensure successful handovers across BSC boundaries, and confirm proper LAC updates.

Conducted site audits for newly integrated cells, including SD, FP, and neighbour configurations, ensuring compliance with commercial on-air standards.

Proposed TRX expansions for highly congested cells where traffic redistribution was not feasible through soft or hard optimization.

Ensured all activities complied with regulatory and operator standards, maintaining documentation for audits and future reference.

Client: RF Engineer

Role: Nortel Networks, (Ufone, Pakistan)

Project: GSM GPRS EDGE (900/1800)

Date: Feb 05 to Aug 07

Responsibilities:

Defined search rings for new site deployments by analysing RF environmental factors, traffic patterns, and network behaviour to select optimal site candidates. Recommended appropriate antenna height, tilts, and orientations to achieve desired coverage and capacity goals.

Monitored and reshaped the network by integrating new sites, proposing adjustments to antenna tilts, cell orientations, combiners, and Hybrid Branch Amplifiers (HBAs) to balance traffic load and minimize interference.

Planned new site deployments based on continuous analysis of traffic trends, ensuring effective coverage and scalability.

Conducted comprehensive frequency planning, neighbour planning, and Base Station Identity Code (BSIC) configuration to ensure efficient site activation and seamless mobility.

Performed load balancing through Mobile Allocation Index Offset (MAIO), Mobile Allocation Lists (MAL), and Hopping Sequence Numbers (HSN) planning, optimizing transceiver (TRX) utilization on a per-cell basis.

Investigated and resolved customer complaints related to network performance by performing drive tests, analysing logs, and making necessary adjustments to meet key performance indicators (KPIs).

Analysed drive test data to identify and resolve cross-feeding issues, weak signal areas, and overlapping coverage zones.

Collaborated with cross-functional teams to troubleshoot performance issues, implement corrective actions, and coordinate the successful launch of new sites.

Prepared detailed reports and dashboards displaying optimization results, coverage improvements, and KPI achievements, ensuring visibility and alignment with stakeholders and management.

Proposed and implemented advanced features to enhance network performance, such as adaptive modulation, enhanced call setup success rates, and traffic offloading techniques.

Conducted feature trials for newly launched sites and parameter configurations, ensuring seamless integration and optimal performance.

Ensured compliance with regulatory requirements for site deployments, including RF emission standards and licensing regulations.

Maintained comprehensive documentation of planning, optimization activities, and troubleshooting efforts for future reference and audits.

Education: Bachelors in Electronics from Sir Syed University Of Engineering & Technology in Karachi, Pakistan.

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