Engineer Network
Resume:
Ehab Abdelmaguid
***** ******* **** ****** ,***** , 75287
Cell :1-972-***-****
Personal e-mail ******@*****.***
SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS
Over 6 years experience in Wireless DAS .
Great expertise in Radio Indoor solutions, designed 2G/3G indoor DAS for huge buildings including: Cairo Airport Terminal 3,City stars mall,8 Star Office Buildings, Holiday Inn Hotel, Intercontinental Hotel
Designed first 3G/2G indoor DAS multi-operator Sharing in Egypt.
Indoor DAS speaker in the middle east conferences ,studied DAS indoor system for Burj Dubai amd Duabi Metro
Work Experience with Release 99, 5, 6 and 7 of 3GPP specifications and implementations for WCDMA/HSPA/HSPA+ systems
Have the ability to work closely with customers and meet projects deadlines
Skills in innovation, problem-solving, designing and testing of various system components
2 year of experience managing a group of 4 Engineers for Radio design projects.
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WORK EXPERIENCE
Ericsson ,Texas Plano
UMTS RF Consultant July’11-present
Responsibilities
Network performance improvement for Mobilcity Canada
Optimizing 3G worst offenders CS & PS for indoor DAS & Outdoor sites
Optimising HSDPA parameters to enhance network accessibility and retainablity for indoor DAS and outdoor sites
Implementing new HSDPA features to increase network throughput
Optimize 3G performance of Indoor DAS Sites
Vodafone Group Services GmbH, Düsseldorf ,Germany (Short Term Assignment)
VTN-Access Design
Manager Radio Design Apr’11-July’11
Responsibilities
Support Vodafone Partner markets all over the world Programmes in the Radio Design Area
Design, Plan and Optimize the Network of Vodafone Partner Markets.
Deliver innovative solutions to improve radio network performance against Vodafone KPIs
Develop Radio Planning and radio optimization guidelines based on Vodafone’s processes and methodologies for indoor DAS and Outdoor sites .
Maximize the cost effective deployment of Vodafone’s radio Access Network by implementing best practice concepts and understanding equipment configuration
Achievements
Providing guidelines for indoor DAS implementation using UMTS 900
Delivering UMTS900 plan fo VF-IE.
Optimization proposals were given through pilot trials in Vodafone Ireland
Testing 5 Ericsson Features (2G/3G).
Proposed new baseline parameter to traffic steer from 900 to 1800 & 3G
Studied VAMOS (Quad Rate )introduction in VF-IE
2005 – 2011, Vodafone Egypt
Radio Networks
Radio Systems Senior Engineer 2G/3G Jul ’07 – Mar’11
Responsibilities
Responsible for implementation and tuning/optimization for GSM and UMTS systems.( CS, PS, HSDPA,HSUPA) for indoor DAS sites
Recommend parameter changes and perform feature activations based on network statistics and drive tests to improve the system performance for indoor DAS sites
Responsible for enhancing and monitoring Network KPIs using radio network tuning Ericsson's tools (NCS,,MRR ,MTR) as well as drive test optimization tools (TEMS, Actix) for indoor DAS.
Carry out load balance exercises on cells traffic to minimize blocking rate GOS for indoor DAS sites.
Optimize Handover relations (INTRA, INTER, IRAT) to achieve high mobility performance for indoor DAS sites
Plan the GSM/UMTS radio networks and capacity dimensioning for indoor DAS sites
Meet regularly with different vendors to get exposed to latest solutions to support design activities for indoor DAS sites
Plan Freq/ Scrambling codes for the sites to achieve the minimum interference level for indoor DAS sites
Design indoor DAS/outdoor coverage and capacity suitable solutions for temporary high traffic events.
Design 2G/3G Radio indoor active and passive solutions
Manage assessment of Active System Indoor DAS vendors (Andrew ,Powerwave & LGC)
Hire, coach, develop and motivate team members, managing a team of 3 Radio technical Coordinators .
Achievements
Great expertise in Radio Indoor solutions, designed 2G/3G indoor coverage for huge buildings including: Cairo Airport Terminal 3,City stars mall,8 Star Office Buildings, Holiday Inn Hotel, Intercontinental Hotel
Introduced and Managed Radio Indoor design multi-operator sharing trial and technical Guidelines.
Managing Vodafone sponsorship Graduation Project in jointly with” German university in Cairo “ project title “Radio indoor Planning Tool “ ,managing a team of 3 students
Introduced and Managed Antenna multi-operator sharing trial and technical Guidelines.
Optimized IRAT Handover success rate by 7% increase over Vodafone Egypt’s Network FY 09/11 for indoor DAS sites.
Developed 3G Optimization guidelines for deploying 40W Power Amplifiers for indoor DAS deployment
Tuned & optimized coverage and achieved 20% 3G DCLR enhancement in Nasr City area including indoor DAS sites and outdoor
Managed the introduction of Ericsson PICO RBS in Vodafone Egypt’s Network for indoor DAS
Managed 3G 40W Power amplifier Network Rollout "3G traffic boost program " in indoor DAS
Radio Planning Engineer Jun ’05 – Jul ‘07
Responsibilities
Perform GSM radio network coverage and capacity dimensioning for indoor DAS sites.
Engage with vendors to get exposed to all the available solutions in the market to support design activities indoor DAS sites.
Responsible for enhancing and monitoring Network KPIs using radio network tuning Ericsson's tools (NCS,,MRR ,MTR..)
Design 2G Radio indoor solution
Plan Freq for the sites to achieve the minimum interference level. .
Monitor cell's traffic and performs the expansions/ configuration upgrade needed to absorb the traffic growth.
Design indoor/outdoor coverage and capacity suitable solutions for temporary high traffic events.
Achievements
Designed 2G indoor DAS for small-medium enterprises to enhance indoor coverage using micro base stations and radio repeaters
Performed Automatic Frequency planning clean up in Cairo increasing quality by 15%.
Created a study addressing the traffic profile in Cairo-East across the whole year, Suggesting key directives to be taken into action during all capacity related activities
Created a corporate usage indoor traffic model to be used by all radio planning members in dimensioning the expected radio capacity of corporate accounts &Suggested modifications to the input given by sales regarding corporate accounts that need special radio solution
2004 – 2005, MOBINIL Egypt
Network Operations
Network Management Center (NMC) Engineer Dec ’04 – Jun ‘05
Responsibilities
Activate newly integrated BTS sites and Nodes (core element) during and after normal working hours , weekend, public holidays to ensure optimal network performance 24X7 and meet business objectives
Monitor and acknowledge alarms from all network elements such as Core, Transmission and Power Networks in a 24x7 shift basis
Perform Real Time monitoring of all network elements effectively and provide daily reports for the next best activity to improve network quality.
Identify malfunctioning of network elements for overall efficiency and trouble spots using various NMC tools
Ensure transmission cutover (radio, fibre, SDH backbone, PDH links), route expansion and BTSs cutover are properly implemented and inline with service level agreements.
Achievements
Ensured control of all provisioning activities, including new commissions and rearrangement of network elements
Held full responsibility for management & support, Acted as an interface and provided access ref number to MOBINIL Contractors, Field Engineers, Operational Maintenance Centre Engineers
Provided surveillance troubleshooting, controlling and resolving of all network related faults i.e. core (switching), Transmission (radios), Power (Intrusion, Rectifiers etc)
EDUCATION
B.Sc. Electronics and Electrical Communications, Cairo University (2004).
High School ,Misr Language School (1999)
TECHNICAL TRAINING
HSPA+ workshop by Qualcomm
HSDPA & HSUPA Overview by Qualcomm
HSPA Functionality P7 by Ericsson
Indoor DAS planning and optimization
3G Functionality P6 by Ericsson
GSM Radio Network Tuning by Ericsson
3G UMTS tuning by CommSquare
W-CDMA Network Design by Ericsson
GSM radio network features by Ericsson.
GSM cell planning principles 2 by Ericsson
SOFTWARE/TOOL SKILLS
Radio Network Design Tools : ATOLL, Planet.,IBwave,Wireless Valley
Drive Test Tools: TEMS Investigation WCDMA/GSM, TEMS Route Analysis WCDMA/GSM MapInfo ,ACTIX
Processing & Monitoring Statistics: Business Objects , Element Manager, , CNA, , Command Handling,
OSS Applications: GPEH, WNCS, WMRR, Radio Network Configurations (CNA, CNAI, etc.) , Radio Network Optimizers (MRR, FAS, NCS,MTR, CTR,etc.)
Others: MSOFFICE (Word, Excel, Access, Powerpoint) 2010
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