Microwave Design Engineer/ Transmission Planner

Profession: Licensed Electronics and Communications Engineer

Cellular Phone No.: +63-916-***-****

EXPERIENCE SUMMARY:

Over thirteen years of experience in the field of Telecommunications.

• Multi-Vendor Experience: Ericsson, Huawei, Alcatel, Nera, Nokia, SR Telecom, etc.

• Extensive knowledge in Operation and Maintenance of GSM/3G and microwave network. Directed systems analysis and test, troubleshooting supervision, and conduct/coordinate technical support.

• Proficient in the field of Installation, Planning, Optimization, Commissioning & Acceptance Test of microwave network, BSC/BTS and 3G Node B equipment.

• Expertise in utilizing Spectrum Analyzer, Site Master, Power Meter, Power Monitor, Signal Chart Recorder, Oscilloscope, Protocol Analyzer, RF Radiation Analyzer (RADMAN) & Computer Management/Applications.

• Technical Knowledge/Skills: GSM, GPRS, EDGE, 3G/UMTS(WCDMA,CDMA2000,TD-SCDMA),WLL, TDMA, FDMA, WIFI, Wi-Max, LAN/WAN, SS7, SDH, PDH, ATM, etc..

TECHNICAL SUMMARY:

Hardware: Ericsson RBS 2216/2116/2206/3206, Ericsson Minilink TN/HC, HUAWEI BSC/BTS/TCSM/OMC (NOC, Surveillance), Node B DBS3900, Huawei Transmission RTN620, ALCATEL 9100 Evolium (BTS), ALCATEL 9400 Series (Microwave), SR 500-s & SR-500-i TDMA Fixed Wireless, Cisco Routers

Broadcast Transmitters: Harris 1000 MW Transmitter, Gates,

GE & Continental SW Transmitters

Operating System: Windows 3.1/95/98/2000/Me/NT/XP, Vista, 7, UNIX

Windows 2000 Server System Administration

Software Applications: ASCOM/ TEMS Link Planner (TLP), Pathloss 4.0, TEMS Cell

Planner Universal (TCPU), TEMS Investigation, Ericsson

EMAS/OMT, Site Handler, Huawei Nastar, MapInfo, Google

Earth, MCOM, Huawei iManager T2000/M2000-OMC/NOC

(Integrated OMC-S & OMC-R), SRT-NMS, SX-9000 for Circuit

Pattern Design, SR500 Inter-active Menu, Site Master

Software Tools, MS Office, MS Visio, MS Project, Lotus

SmartSuite, AutoCAD, Turbo Pascal, PSPICE, Electronic

Workbench, Mathcad, 3D Studio Max, Word Perfect, Paint

Shop Pro, Adobe PhotoShop, Visual Basic, CorelDraw,

pcAnywhere, etc.

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

TELEQUIP INC./ERICSSON NETWORK PHILIPPINES & SUN CELLULAR PROJECT

November 2009 – present

Position: Senior Transmission/RF Network Design Engineer/

2G & 3G Field Supervisor

• Performs Technical Site Survey

o Coordinates verification for the site location

o Proposed RF Antenna Heights and azimuth for optimal coverage.

o Check line of site verification between candidate sites and possible link ups (3 options per candidate)

o Propose antenna centerlines and azimuth, antenna placement of proposed link up

o LOS photos to and from the proposed link up

o Photos of proposed location of indoor equipment and new MW antenna at existing link up site

o Identify the required installation materials for both new and link up sites, prepares Bill of Quantity / Plant Specs for MINI-LINK Traffic Node 2p/6p/20p.

• Performs transmission optimization, re-routes for blocked or dead sites, E1 capacity upgrade – MMU and AMM upgrade, 2p to 6p, 6p to 20p.

• Performs MW RFI Scanning in 360 degrees (30 deg increment) using 8GHz and 15GHz Vertical and Horizontal (LNA must be used) on new and link up sites

• Coordinate with Survey Team during site survey for any problematic issues

• Coordinates with customer and other discipline regarding changes of link up subject for approval of ENP PM and TND. Updated Ericsson’s Site-handler regularly.

• Performs TSSR Generation, Updates and submits Reports in a weekly basis

o Proposed link up, Link Budget and Path Profile using Pathloss 4.0

o MUX Plan, E1 trail, Port Assignments and Cross Connections

o Network Plan, Frequency Plan including Hi-Lo Plan, Channel Assignment

o Capacity Planning, E1 Utilization, Path Info Table & Project Database

• Performed Commissioning of Huawei NodeB (DBS3900) and RTN620 Microwave Radio.

• Supervised Installation of Huawei NodeB (DBS3900) and RTN620 Microwave Radio.

• Performed Change-out/Swap-out of Nokia-Siemens/NERA/Alcatel to Ericsson MLTN.

DMN Installations Pty Ltd (http://www.dmn-aus.com)

ERICSSON VIETNAM COMPANY LIMITED

December 2008 – August 2009

Department: Access Network Design for Vietnamobile EGSM Project

Position: Ericsson Back-Office/RF/Transmission Network Design Consultant/

Coordinator

• Oversee Technical Site Surveys and Site Hunting with RF/Transmission Field Engineers/Teams.

• Prepares TSS schedules using TEMS Link Planner, Pathloss 4.0, MapInfo and Site Handler.

• Evaluated/analyzed Candidate Information Reports and Technical Site Surveys (TSS) Reports.

• Prepared Path Profile and Path Calculation reports for submission of ATP.

• Performed back-office support to field teams for efficient and accurate site surveys.

• Conducted SDH/PDH Line-of-Sight (LOS) and RF Surveys/Site Hunting on field working closely with Civil Works Supervisor and Site Acquisition Personnel.

• Performs transmission optimization, proposed re-routes for blocked or dead sites, E1 capacity upgrade – MMU and AMM upgrade, 2p to 6p, 6p to 20p.

• Designed RF Sectoring for better coverage objectives.

• Ensured Transmission and RF details were designed to meet required objectives without any conflict from RF and microwave antenna heights/location.

• Recommended and designed transmission re-routes for sites without Line-of-sight (LOS) ensuring E1 Capacity, Path Quality and within the project phase limitations.

ERICSSON PHILIPPINES (http://www.ericsson.com)

JOHN CLEMENTS CONSULTANTS INC.

August 2007 – October 2008

Department: Smart 3G Expansion Project/DMPI Phase 7 North Luzon Project

Position: Ericsson WCDMA Node B/RBS/Transmission Supervisor

• Supervising the installation of RBS 3206/2216/2116, Minilink Traffic Node

o Commissioning and Testing of Minilink TN(2P, 6P 20P)

o Configuring required IP Addresses and Routing

o Troubleshooting and Maintenance

• Performing Commissioning and Integration of RBS 3206/2216 (Indoor), RBS2116 (Outdoor).

o Preparing Transmission E1 and creating IDB prior to integration.

o Coordination with BSC/RNC during integration. Loading scripts for Node B.

o Conducted hardware and software upgrade for congested sites.

• Implemented technical site survey for RBS and Transmission Telecom equipment (Alcatel/NERA/Ceragon/Nokia/Ericsson) and its associated power (ACBEL/Eltek/Gamatronic/Emerson/Alcatel) and antenna system.

• Leading and managing a group of engineers/installers/riggers, Authorized Service Providers (ASP) - contractors.

• Perform Swap/Cut-over/Change-out of Alcatel BTS/Transmission to Ericsson RBS 2000/ Minilink TN/HC.

• Supervise installation of additional feeder cables and GSM Antennas for the Upgrade Project.

• BER Testing and E1 preparation prior to integration.

• Supervise transmission site survey for path profiling using Pathloss for Change-out and new sites.

• Identifies and solves/troubleshoot complicated problems that require careful analysis. Assisted Ericsson Local Support & RNO for critical sites ensuring required KPI and SLA.

• Performed site installation/fault clearing before/after executing BIS/Site Acceptance Test/Site Audit with ASP and operator.

• Testing of environmental alarms and troubleshooting of RBS/Transmission.

• Antenna sweep testing (VSWR, Return Loss and distance-to-fault measurements).

• Performed optimization through upgrade to ease TCH congestion. Conducted DRU downgrade to sites/cells with low Traffic.

Company : Freelance

Location : Philippines

November 2006 to July 2007

• Installation and commissioning of Ericsson Node-B (RBS 3206).

• MW Transmission installation and testing

• Performed orientation and panning of MW antenna

• BER Testing and E1 preparation prior to integration.

• RF Site survey/Transmission link verification for Pathloss profiling.

ERICSSON AUSTRALIA PTY LTD. (http://www.ericsson.com)

ELEKTROSANDBERG/ELECTEL AB/ LONGTEAM/GV Jones

June 2006 – September 2006

Department: Implementation/ Integration for Project Jersey WCDMA

National Roll-out

Position: Ericsson 3G WCDMA Node B/RBS Engineer

• Performed installation, integration, operation and maintenance of WCDMA Node-B (RBS3206).

• Upgraded/ cut-over RBS22002/2206 from existing RBS200.

• Supervised and coordinated telecom implementation including rigging works with sub-contractors and ensured it meets the customer requirements up to acceptance level.

• Conducted site inspection/survey in preparation for installation of RBS3206, upgrade/cut-over of RBS2202/2206.

• Lead the team in South Australia in organizing reports and project coordination.

• Ensure Occupational Health & Safety requirement, and Radio Hazard issues were complied.

• Downloaded files in Site Handler, analyzed and planned the sites using MAPINFO to be distributed to several teams.

• Devised a new, simplified but concise Site Inspection/Survey/Audit Report which was used in South Australia for easy and quick analysis of Site Controllers. Floor Plans were drawn in CAD/ MS Visio format.

• Assisted department documentation specialist in organizing site binders to be in proper place and labels for easy access.

• Assisted Site Controllers in analysis and recommended solutions for sites to be installed and integrated.

• Shared knowledge and trained local engineers to improve their technical level.

HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES (PHILIPPINES), INC. (http://www.huawei.com)

May 2005 – June 2006

Department: Technical Support Department

Position: Huawei BSS Engineer/Operation & Maintenance Leader/

Assistant Project Manager/Implementation Engineer

• Engineer-in-charge in the Operation and Maintenance of Huawei (12)BSC/ (600+) BTS (Indoor and Outdoor) GSM/GPRS/EDGE Network facilities.

• Conducted expert-level troubleshooting when no one else can fix the BSS problems even for the certified experts.

• Ensured Service Level Agreement (SLA) and Key Performances Indicator (KPI) were met according to Operator and Huawei standards, working closely with the Radio Network Optimization Team and O&M (operator) Team.

• Coordinated and troubleshoot with different transmission group, Alcatel, Siemens, Ceragon, ECI Telecom, NERA, etc.

• Supervised and coordinate telecom implementation with sub-contractors.

• Directed commissioning, integration and software upgrade of HUAWEI BSC and BTS for DIGITEL Mobile Philippines, Inc. Change-out/Swap (cut-over) from ALCATEL and new sites. Perform BSC/BTS Data Configuration using Huawei M900/M1800 OMC and/or Local WS in programming and downloading software.

• Implemented monitoring of alarms (surveillance), traffic statistics, BSC/BTS maintenance, data management, initial and dynamic data configuration, and radio network optimization through Huawei M2000 (OMC).

• Monitor telecom surveys and implementation to meet the required deadlines from the

Customer/Mobile operator.

• Conducted MVSI Test using Protocol Analyzer to capture the traces.

• Primary interface between customer, Huawei, and sub-contractors to resolve any issues concerning project and maintenance.

• Performed high-level technical support, remotely or on-site with customer.

• Trained new engineers on-site and shared experiences for them to be as effective as needed.

• Transmission Site survey/verification and plotting using Pathloss.

• Submitted to Huawei Technical Support website:

o Technical cases regarding troubleshooting experiences for references of Global Huawei Staff.

o Technical Suggestions for improvement of Huawei Software to be evaluated by R&D.

LEBLANC COMMUNICATIONS PHILIPPINES INC. (http://www.leblanc.com)

October 2003 – June 2004

Department: Telecommunications/ Engineering

Position: Telecommunications Engineer

• Conduct installation and commissioning of ALCATEL microwave and BTS equipment for DIGITEL Phase III - South Luzon Project.

• Illustrate/edit all technical site survey reports (Lot Topographic Elevations, Lot Development Plan and Sectional Elevations) Conceptual and Detailed Drawings into CAD Drawings using AutoCAD 2002.

• Supervised installation of SR500-s and WL500 (SR Telecom Eqpt) for Telepono Sa Barangay DOTC Project.

SR TELECOM INC. (http://www.srtelecom.com)

Saudi Arabia Project (Kingdom-wide)

April 2000 – July 2003

Acting Regional Manager

(Whenever Regional Manager is on leave)

• Directed the day-to-day activities of the region, which resulted in enhanced systems reliability, thus a better image to the region and to the company.

• Coordinated and assisted technicians with technical support.

• Handled all regional work plan activities; outgrowth and maintenance, issue resolution and status reporting.

• Represented the company for regional meetings covering status and issue resolution.

11/2002 to July 2003

Department: Technical Services

Position: Technical Support Engineer

• Coordinated and presided technical support for the current project and to the sub-contractors.

• Administered new software release test and analysis. Documented and forwarded the result to SRT-Montreal for further evaluation.

• Represented the company in resolving downtime and critical system test results.

02/2002 to 07/2003

Department: QC, Commissioning & Acceptance Test

Position: Senior Test Engineer

• Carry out Cut-over/commissioning & Acceptance Test for recently install/commission SR500-s & SR500-i in conformity with the specifications and legitimate trade practices.

• Inspection and checking of the database configuration, firmware version (CPU, Digital Interface Card & Order wire/MSU Card), alarms reported by Interactive Menus, regulator voltages, NEM input voltages and CQT test.

• Measures transmit frequency, power output, RSL and net path loss using Spectrum Analyzer.

• Measures SWR and return loss of the coax transmission lines using Site Master.

• Test the Link Disconnect Threshold and Fade Margin @ RSL –87dBm & -90dBm.

• Retune the IF Tx frequency to the center frequency (10 kHz span) when the signal waveform is offset by +/- frequency x 5 ppm.

• Optimized RSL by supervising rigging activities such as panning and aligning antenna.

• Identify the “distance-to-fault” of the transmission cable using a Site Master.

• Connected and tested the link, CAT-5 RJ45 cable, from SRT Equipment to STC-DCN Cisco router for 24 Hr monitoring through Insight NMS.

04/2000 – 01/2002

Department: Operation & Maintenance (Asir Region)

Position: SRS/WLL O&M Senior Engineer

• Maintaining the reliability service of all SRS and WLL (SR Telecom Equipment: Point-to-multipoint/TDMA technology).

• Check and troubleshoot alarms (hardware or software operation) on SRS/WLL Equipment (central station, repeater, outstation, & subscriber unit).

• WLL database programming, subscriber administration, line activation, and system controlling/monitoring via SR500 Interactive Menus.

• Analyze network performance & isolation using test equipment such as Spectrum Analyzer (for Inbound/Outbound Transmitter, Receiver & PA Duplexer) and Site Master for coax transmission line and other related test equipment.

• Check and troubleshoot the Network Extender Modules (NEM Link) of the Central Station to Repeater via fiber optic transmission.

• Perform monthly visual inspection and checking of all Solar Sites such as battery voltage, specific gravity, SG & load current and solar plates/modules.

• Perform rigging activities such as antenna installation & aligning/panning and laying out of feeder.

• Documented all unusual system occurrences and forwarded them to the superior for further analysis.

• Upgraded the systems for new software releases and recorded all peculiar results.

INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING BUREAU

VOICE OF AMERICA (http://www.voa.gov)

PHILIPPINES TRANSMITTING STATION

June 1998 – Nov 1999

Department: Operation & Maintenance

Position: Radio Engineer/Technician

• Operation and maintenance of high power medium and short-wave transmitters and associated antenna arrays; VHF and UHF program and inter-site (microwave) communication transmitters and associated antennas; telephone and multiplex equipment; and common and specialized test equipment.

• Performed tuning of transmitters at an accurate frequency in a particular time of the day for live broadcast.

• Registered all readings before, during and after the broadcast for discontinuity analysis.

• Regular preventive maintenance for all transmitters to keep the equipment functioning properly.

SANYO SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CORPORATION (http://www.sanyo.com)

January 1998 – May 1998

Department: Philippine Design Center

Position: Cadet/ Design Engineer

• Converts BIPOLAR LSI and BI-CMOS Schematic circuits into pattern layout basing upon the circuit’s electrical characteristics using UNIX SX-9000 operating system. Performed Layout versus Schematic and Data Rule Check.

SAINT ANTHONY COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY

December 1997 – May 1998

Department: College Department

Position: Instructor

• Teaches Digital Electronics

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Science in Electronics & Communications Engineering

Holy Angel University April 1997 Angeles City, Philippines

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS ENGINEER with E.C.E. Professional # 15611

Professional Licensure examination for

Electronics & Communications Engineering in the Philippines

November 1997 Manila, Philippines

Windows 2000 Server System Administration

Computer Networking Career and Training Center

Short-term Course by Microsoft Certified Instructors

September 2003

SEMINARS ATTENDED:

• Outside Plant Design (February 1997)

• Data Communications (January 1997)

• Symposium on ECE Profession (September 1996)

• Robotics (August 24, 1996)

• Fiber Optics (January 30, 1996)

• Mathematical Proficiency (July 10, 1996)

• PSPICE (August 28, 1995)

International Broadcasting Bureau (Voice of America) Sponsored Training:

• Audio Switcher Training (June 01, 1998)

• VHF Training (February 2, 1999)

• Developing Troubleshooting Skills

• TPC Training System (February 28, 1999)

• WINDOWS NT 4.0 Users’ Training (May 28, 1999)

• Basic Life Support, CPR and the use of

Automated External Defibrillator (July 20, 1999)

ALCATEL Evolium MBO Installation and Commissioning (March 2004)

VISUAL BASIC 6.0 (September 2004)

Huawei Technologies Malaysia, Inc. Sponsored Trainings:

(CP Tower Petaling Jaya, Malaysia)

• HUAWEI GSM BSS Engineer Training (July 04-22, 2005)

• HUAWEI GSM Radio Network Planning Engineer Training (July 25-29, 2005)

• HUAWEI GENEX NASTAR Training (Nov 13, 2005)

Telstra Generic Site Induction Training Course & Ericsson Site Induction

Melbourne, Australia (June 2006)

ERICSSON RBS3206 WCDMA Installation/Integration Training – July 2006

ERICSSON RBS 2X16 Maintenance Delta Training – September 2007

ERICSSON MINILINK TN TRAINING – November 2007

HUAWEI 3G NodeB Training – January 2010

HUAWEI Microwave RTN 620 Training – January 2010

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