Amit Kumar
Location: Bahrain
Ph: 009**-******** (M)
E-Mail: ***********@*****.***
OBJECTIVE:
“To obtain a senior position in a Telecom industry, where I can utilize my technical and customer relations skills, with the opportunity for performance-based advancement.”
Career Summary
7.8 years of experience in the Telecommunication Industry
Radio network planning for LTE/CDMA/WiMax/3G/2G networks
Experiences in wireless signal propagation and propagation modeling, smart antennas & MIMO technologies.
Pre and post bid activities and radio network planning proposals & SoC’s.
Excellent communication, organizational and time management skills,
Excellent leadership and team building skills, ability to manage multiple projects effectively
Successfully worked as part of cohesive teams in projects, striving towards common goals
Experience in managing major global projects across multiple markets and involving simultaneous deployment.
Educational Background
Bachelor of technology in Electronics and Communication Engineering (2001-2004)
Diploma in Electrical Engineering (1997-2000)
Employment Profile
Huawei technology, Bharain (May2008-Present)
Position: Radio Network Planning Manager,
Accomplishments:
Radio network planning for LTE/UMTS/CDMA/WiMax/2G networks.
Network coverage, capacity & Frequency planning
Capacity dimensioning & traffic model calculation.
Develop link budget and design criteria analysis using RND Tool of Huawei.
Performed Antenna Selection, Model Tuning and final site selection.
Performed Simulations and determined the probability of coverage.
Monitoring of supporting staff and their issues including optimization projects.
Making technical proposal and review regional proposal.
Provided technical training and knowledge transfer to clients.
Customer interaction (including presentations, workshops and technical clarifications).
Sales support, performed presentations, advised pre-sales consultant.
Provide responses to RFP and carried out sales and services planning activities as a part of sales cycle and post sale to services transitioning.
Focused on network launch and field service readiness.
Responsibility of coordinating, the production of an offer in all its technical aspects to produce winning solutions and answers.
Actively involved in E2E planning activities and defining process dependencies.
Responsible for the timely management of the bidding process: tendering documents, technical solution and definition of reports, tasks and schedule, escalation of issues for timely decisions.
Technical business development to the sales organization through technical contacts with the customer including product presentation, workshops and technical updates
Develop business, direct interaction with customer and generate requirement reports.
Tek Signals (Telecommunication division), UAE (Febuary2007-April2008)
Position: Radio Engineer
Accomplishments:
Radio Network Planning for Coverage and Capacity Sites for 2G/3G networks
Coverage prediction analysis on ASSET/Atoll Planning Tool.
RF optimization team lead.
Link budget and EIRP calculations
Analysis of log files of TEMS Investigation & NEMO to find out Internal Interference in the Network, which involves analysis of Rx quality, Rx Level etc, re-planning of RF parameters in problematic areas accordingly.
Key involvement in the implementation of Motorola IOS cycles for frequency plan and optimization.
Frequency planning, HSN and MAIO mgt of new sites.
Regular analysis of Network performance reports (KPI) viz. Daily OMCR reports for monitoring the Key Statistics. Analysis of carrier utilization reports for further carrier addition to meet the increasing traffic requirements.
Defining and updating Neighbor lists for new and existing sites.
Develop plan for new site to be integrated in the network based on coverage predictions and capacity requirements.
Antenna system design.
IBS Link Budget planning for Shopping Malls and high rise buildings.
Performing radio propagation modeling and prediction to determine cell site location, determining equipment and power configurations, forecasting channel capacity requirements.
Root Cause Analysis and implement changes in system to maintain RF parameters.
Providing new Search-Rings to improve poor coverage and poor quality areas on the basis of Customer complaints, Sales feedback, competitor presence and Drive test analysis.
Global telecom limited, India (July2004-January2007)
Position: RF Engineer, Planning & Optimization
Accomplishments:
Optimization techniques (proper antenna selection for optimal horizontal/vertical performance, mechanical/electrical tilting, appropriate transmit power setting, antenna clearance, neighbor list analysis, etc.) for optimal site/cluster performance
Solving problems related to Low CSSR, Call Drops, Handover Failure, RF Failure
Involved in introduction of 1*1 SFH over an existing 1*3 SFH network
Organizing Drive Test, Data Analysis and Optimization of the Network
Performed site selection for proposed BTS sites for GSM network.
Proposed new site based on daily OMCR reports to overcome network congestion.
Knowledge of CDMA system features and BSS parameters for optimal network performance, Analyze network performance reports and good understanding of KPIs
Check interference using Spectrum Analyzer and CDMA link Master (CLM).
Deltron Limited, India (July2000-July2001)
Position: Technical support Engineer.
Accomplishments:
Programming of SMD machines
Testing and trouble shooting of P.S.U., L.C.C.
Testing and Trouble shooting of SMD cards
Major Projects Worked on
Huawei- Middle East
Mobily/SITC Saudi arebia
Zain Bahrain/Jordan/Lebanon
Iran cell Iran
Nawras/Omantel Oman
Umniah Jordan
Du/Etisalat UAE
Motorola- India
Reliance Circle: Bihar/Jharkhand/Orissa/West Bengal
Nokia- India
BSNL Circle; Punjab/Himachal Pradesh/Haryana
Idea Circle; Delhi
Technical Highlights
Product Dimensioning, technical solutions
In-Depth knowledge of wireless networks
understanding of key issues in managing KPIs for large networks
In-Depth knowledge of Optimization using Huawei, Ericsson and Motorola OSS features.
Experience in field testing and debugging of Automatic Frequency Planning tools.
Technical Training’s undergone
LTE network solution and radio network planning by ”Huawei Technologies”
Frequency, Capacity and Coverage planning for WiMax network by “Huawei Technologies”.
Network planning and optimization aspects of GSM and UMTS by “Tektronix”.
Site survey and Installation of Transmitter for mobile TV (DVB-H) by “Thomson grass valley”.
Network planning of mobile TV (DVB-H) on ICS telecom (ATDI) by “Thomson grass valley”.
Network Planning of GSM on Asset by “Aircom International India Pvt. ltd.”
Improving business performance by “spearhead”
Experience on Tools
ASSET, U-Net, Atoll, TEMS Cell planner & ICS telecom Planning Tools.
Genex Probe and Assistant (Post processing and analyzing tools).
RND Tool and Dimensioning tool
TEMS Investigation, NEMO, Neptune for drive Test.
Map Info, Global mapper, MCOM
Spectrum Analyzer
Neighbor and frequency planning tool
RF-uv(Indoor planning)
Achievements
Winning clarification for Iran cell and Zain Bahrain wimax projects
Benchmarking for Delhi-NCR region for Nokia-Idea project
Got appreciation for optimization of BSNL Himachal Pradesh circle
Successfully done optimization for Reliance Bihar circle
Site planning for Mobile-TV project for Etisalat, U.A.E.
Software Applications
C Programming Language
Windows, DOS
MS Office, Photoshop, Paint
Strengths
Ability to learn new technologies quickly
Team orientation & self dependent working
Confident & Self motivated
Loyal & sincere