Engineer Engineering

UMTS/LTE RF EngineerVIJAY REDDY

*** ******** ** , *******: 404-***-**** Malvern, PA-19355 E-mail: ***********@*****.***

Objective:

Seeking a challenging and growth oriented position in the RF Engineering field.

Summary:

1. A highly motivated, able to multi-task and energetic professional accomplished with a six years of academic background in Electronics and Communication engineering.

2. Have strong knowledge of Telecommunication Network. Strong Knowledge of RF transmission and optimization.

3. Excellent command on Mapinfo, Actix, JDSU, Agilent, TEMS, ATOLL and experienced in troubleshooting the devices and tools.

4. Thorough knowledge of Business Objects , Xcelsius, Crystal Reports, creating Dashboards and Universe.

5. Good knowledge and understanding on IFHO, IRAT, EVENTS, and Parameters (EC/NO, RSCP, RSSI), Azimuth Verification and IRAT handover optimization.

6. Undertake network performance improvement (KPIs), Undertake BSS/RNC/Node B parameter modifications.

7. Experience in creating Drive routes using MapInfo, Street Atlas and Microsoft Street and Trips for cluster and market drives during Network Deployment and Optimization.

8. Proficient in MS office (MS Excel, MS Power point)

9. Excellent knowledge of GSM, UMTS and LTE and their access technologies.

10. Cell coverage analysis, Missing Neighbors Analysis, Pilot Pollution Analysis

Education:

1. M. S., Electrical & Computer Engineering (GPA: 3.6)

Southern Illinois University Carbondale.

Specialization: Electrical Engineering.

2. B.Tech, Electronics & Communication Engineering (GPA: 3.5)

J. N. T. University, Hyderabad, India .

Specialization: Electronics and Communication Engineering.

Relevant Course Work: Antennas, Antennas and Wave Propagation, Cellular and Mobile Communication, Wireless Communications, IP Networking, Analog and Digital Communication, Data Communication Networks, Optical Communication, Network Theory.

Computer Skills:

Languages : Html, MATLAB, SQL, C.

MS Office : Excel, Word, Power Point, Publisher, Outlook

Browsers : Explorer, Firefox, Chrome, Safari, Opera

.RF TOOLS: Agilent E6474A, JDSU, TEMS Investigation, MapInfo, Actix spotlight, Street atlas.

Professional Experience:

RF Engineer (August 2010 to Present) Client: ALCATEL & LUCENT

Project: UMTS

1. Collected UE physical measurement (SC, RSCP and Ec/No) for all the cells in the Active Set

Verified Radio quality (BLER) requirement on several different radio services and collected Scanner Data (SC, RSCP and Ec/No) for all the detected cells.

2. Single cell coverage analysis, swap sector and SC consistency check.

3. Created and verified Neighbor relations list using Mapinfo.

4. Recommended antenna tilts to improve coverage and reduce pilot pollution.

5. Data analysis on problem areas such as call drops, missing neighbor analysis and call setup failure by analyzing layer messages on drive test log files.

6. Test for congestion, drops, blocks, RACH errors, and monitored active set, missing neighbors, scrambling Codes, signal strength (CPICH - Ec/Io & CPICH RSCP) TCH general quality for UMTS.

Associate RF Engineer (September 2009 to July 2010)

Client: ALCATEL & LUCENT

Project: UMTS

Market: St Louis ,MO, Des Moines, IA ,Michigan, Philadelphia,PA, New Jersey

1. Analysis UMTS call testing and UMTS cluster drives (such as Stationary drive, sector drive and Cluster drive) are performed for sites in Missouri, Iowa, New Jersey and Philadelphia.

2. The UMTS testing is performed for projects, where AGILENT-E6474A, JDSU drive test tool is been used to collect the data.

• Monitoring, troubleshooting and improving UMTS voice and data network performance/KPIs (such accessibility, retention, throughput, voice quality, interference, capacity, utilization, etc) AT&T Wireless UMTS network.

• Testing KPIs such as CS & PS, IRAT, SHO, RRC setup, RAB drop, RAB success, CS drop, PS drop, RSSI.

• Experience in creating Drive routes using MapInfo, Street Atlas and Microsoft Street and Trips for cluster and market drives during Network Deployment and Optimization.

3. Analyze data for Single Site Verification (SSV), IFHO and IRAT Drives.

4. Perform the baseline drive using TEMS Investigation 9.1.1 and Agilent to analyze the scanner data such as

a) Verification of Scrambling Code

b) Identifying the missing neighbors and notice the handovers.

5. Collected data and transferred it to the RF engineer in accordance with company’s methodologies.

Trainee RF Engineer

Client: Mobilecomm Technologies, INDIA (October 2007 to July 2008)

1. Carry out Drive test using TEMS INVESTIGATION in idle/dedicated mode.

2. Maintaining handover and other parameters for meeting KPI’s.

3. Site survey for in-building coverage solution.

4. Intermediate training in TEMS, Actix, Mapinfo.

5. Creating the neighbor lists for implementation of handover technologies.

Graduate Level Project :

1. Wireless cellular network using OPNET network simulator: Creating a radio network and observe the variations in the quality of received signal that results from radio noise at the receiving node in dynamic network topology and also creating a wireless network by a base coordinating node and few mobile stations and also defined a trajectory for mobile end nodes.

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Activities and Honors:

1. President of Indian Student Association at Southern Illinois University Carbondale.

2. Active member of Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE).

3. Among the top 10 best senior list of J. N. T. University, Hyderabad, INDIA.

Date:06/20/2011 Vijay Reddy

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