3G planning, performance & optimisation Engineer

Mr Amel AL-BAZI

Mobile: ****(*)778-***-****

************@*****.**.**

British National

Holds full and clean UK driving license

Fluent in English, Arabic and Assyrian languages

Year of birth: 1979

Key highlights and achievement

* Over 10 years of work experience in busy engineering environment in the

UK.

* Studied Mobile and Personal Communication and obtained Merit MSc degree

from the University of King's College London.

Personal Profile

I am a professional telecommunication engineer and a result-oriented with

an analytical problem solving mind. I hold a merit MSc degree in mobile

and personal communication. I enjoy extensive range of skills and an in

depth experience in Mobile network design, planning, performance evaluation

and analysis as well as radio optimisation in 3G mobile Radio networks.

Network vendor experience: NSN - Nokia Siemens Networks

Key Skills, Experience and Achievements

. Solution thinking, delivering to expectation and seeing the work

through customer's eye.

. Improving network performance and efficiently identifying faults for

resolution.

. Documenting of all upgrades and work orders raised throughout project

life span.

. Flexible and enthusiastic hard working to meet and exceed project

demands well within deadlines.

Career Summary

(Over 6 years experience in managed service business working for Ericsson

Ltd)

Date: May 2010 to Present

Company: Ericsson - Reading - UK

Position: Senior 3G RAN Network Optimisation Engineer

Responsibilities and Achievements:

. Statistical analysis of Radio network performance.

. Network Performance report design, analysis and publication.

. Identification of fault's root cause and providing guidance to

resolution.

. Creation of customised reports to prioritise work load based on SLA

impact calculations.

. Face to face and direct discussions with external business customer.

. Technical leader for new 3G RAN features introduction and RAN

Optimisation.

Date: Apr 2007 to Aug 2007 and then from Jun 2008 to April 2010

Company: Ericsson - Reading - UK

Position: Network Performance Engineer

Responsibilities and Achievements:

. Improved Network Performance using drive test information and Network

counters. Also using various planning and optimisation tools and

techniques. Such as TEMS, ACTIX, Enterprise Asset, Blarney, Metrica,

MapInfo, NEP, NPS, MS Access, MS Excel, MS Power Point.

. Developed and Constructed MS Access queries to accurately and quickly

identify Missing neighbours, Scrambling Code clashes and RAN parameter

miss alignments.

. Early fault detection followed by investigation and raising fault

tickets with detailed but concise radio failure report to aid the

field engineering group fault resolution.

. Central London region was the Geographical areas of my

responsibility. The vibrant nature of the city required extensive and

continues radio and capacity optimisation. Antenna Optimisation

techniques was investigated and assessment comparison for before and

after implementation was thoroughly evaluated in order to a certain

benefits of the modifications. Traffic growth was monitored on all

three main aspects of the RAN; Air Interface, baseband and

transmission line loading. Upgrade requests were raised in timely

manner and within budget after Antenna and Parameter optimisation

methods were implemented to minimise congestion that would affect

service accessibility.

. KPI and SLA documentation.

. Proactively investigated radio related problems and issues and took

ownership until resolution.

. To maintain and improve Radio Network Controller RNC performance on a

3G mobile network operator.

. To deliver an improvement in the optimisation areas assigned by the

Regional Network Performance Manager, in the required timescales.

. To provide innovative technical solutions to optimisation problems and

to engage proactively in new issues which the business needs solving.

. Interacted with the Radio Design group to ensure relevant information

is available to the regional team.

. To take part in technical trials, i.e. new features/tools as they

become available from Radio Design.

. Ensured all databases are kept up to date and accurate.

. Maintained a high level of communication with the Network Planner.

Date: Sep 2007 to Oct 2007 and then from Feb 2008 to May 2008

Company: Ericsson - Reading - UK

Position: RAN planning Engineer

Responsibilities and Achievements:

. Responsible for choosing the best mobile radio site location and

configuration.

Date: Nov 2007 to Jan 2008

Company: Ericsson - Reading - UK

Position: Transmission Provisioning Engineer

Responsibilities and Achievements:

. Night shift site by site preparation and activation of ATM

(Asynchronous Transmission Mode) transmission links for the High Speed

Downlink Packet Access HSDPA in 3G UMTS mobile network.

. Site by site transmission configuration auditing sites.

Date: Aug 2007

Company: Ericsson - Dublin - Ireland

Position: Verification test Engineer

Responsibilities and Achievements:

. Verifying site performance by means of Drive testing and collecting

test call logs for analysis.

Date: Dec 2005 to Apr 2007

Company: Ericsson - Reading - UK

Position: Network Planning Engineer

Responsibilities and Achievements:

. Responsible for creating UMTS radio and transmission plans, the

selection of radio (Node B) sites and the selection and configuration

of the Node B equipment, feeders and antennas.

. Responsible for the selection, design and planning of microwave links,

transmission hub sites and repeaters.

. To ensure there is a suitable, cost effective transmission solution

for all node B sites selected for deployment, by establishing Line of

Site LOS to another deployed or planned radio or transmission site, or

by obtaining a reasonable leased circuit quote.

. To produce link budgets, apply for fixed link channels, select,

configure and call off microwave links. Responsible of dimensioning

and circuiting the Iub transmission interface for Node Bs.

. To Enter all site technical, progress and configuration data

accurately in Enterprise, Net-one BaseLine, Cramer Dimension, NEP, NPS

and other planning/project management tools and databases as required.

. Have been awarded with an Ericsson Services Limited applause

certificate for always walking the extra miles in order to achieve the

little things that make a difference between the good and the great.

Date: Nov 2004 -Nov 2005

Company: Motorola - Basingstoke - UK

Position: EMEA Log Analysis Engineer

Responsibilities and Achievements:

. Worked within the Mobile Device Business of Motorola on new 3G

handsets manufactured and developed by Motorola.

. Analysed logs to find root cause of software bugs and issues within

the multimedia application layer of the 3G handset.

. Effectively chaired daily conference calls with software developers

based in the US and Italy. Discussed issues related to Multi Media

Engine MME and Multi Media Application MMA.

. LAE required a considerable knowledge of the Software Design

Specification as well as the Marketing Requirement Specification.

Date: Apr 2004 to Oct 2004

Company: H3G - Reading - UK

Position: Drive Test Technician

Responsibilities and Achievements:

. Collected data for optimisation team responsible for the South East

region of H3G mobile network. This was achieved using Viper and Nitro

Software tools that are developed by Agilent Technology.

Date: Jun 2000 to Dec 2003

Company: On-Air Systems - London - UK

Position: TV Broadcast Operator

Responsibilities and Achievements:

. Quality control and monitoring.

. Fast trouble shooting.

. Software and Hardware testing.

Education and Qualifications

. King's College London Sep 2003 to Sep 2004

MSc in mobile and personal communication - Department of Electronic

Engineering

Passed with Merit

. Westminster University Sep 2001 to Jun 2003

BSc (Hons.) in media technology - Department of Electronic Engineering

Passed with upper second class degree

Professional Training

26/02/2002 - 01/03/2002 BBC Training and Development

Practical Broadcasting course that involved the operational and technical

aspects of Digital Interconnection, Dual Time-base Oscilloscope, PC Non

Liner Editing, Monitor Line Up, Vision Mixer Familiarisation and Television

Studios.

Hobbies

Science news and Nature discoveries, Cycling and Gardening.

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