Summary Experience:

• 5+ years of Experience in the field of RF Design, Planning, Optimization and Testing. Worked on UMTS, GSM and RF technologies.
• Currently working as a RF Engineer for Celcite Management solutions.
• Previously Worked as RF Consultant at Nexius Inc, Mobilecomm Professionals Inc and Yokogawa India limited.
• Worked on 1C/2C/3C/4C pre and post launch optimization projects for AT & T.
• Worked on special events project which involved design, deployment, monitoring and optimization of cow sites.
• Actively participated in Pre-launch of sites, alarm monitoring, rssi, vswr, parameter check, neighbor building, MapInfo drive route creation.
• Actively participated in Launch & Post-launch of sites, hourly BO reports, daily reports, tilt recommendation, carrier traffic balancing, LM settings.
• Performed cable loss audit and calculated attenuation and delays for 1C and 2C UMTS sites. Reported changes of attenuation and delay values in OSS.
• Managed a team of drive testers, E911 testers, assign drives and assist remotely.
• Managed a team of sweep testers to collect sweeps of all cables and created close out packages which included RFDS, antenna submission forms, sweeps, site photos, node B acceptance report etc.
• Created RFDS for 1C/2C/3C/4C/LTE sites.
• Worked as RF Engineer for T-mobile and performed UMTS network tuning and Optimization for markets with vendors including Ericsson and Nokia.
• Good experience in cluster and market level optimization.
• Strong experience working with Actix spotlight. Analysis of coverage, pilot pollution, missing neighbor and event explorer.
• Good understanding of KPI in Cluster and Market acceptance both in loaded and unloaded configurations.
• Good hands on experience with Tems Investigation; Create or modify test scripts, collect logs, view layer 3 messages, create drive route from logs etc.
• Perform drive test for cluster and market acceptance.
• Worked on mapinfo to analyze GSM data by exporting the drive route from logs.
• Good understanding of network design using Asset 3g & Atoll- link budget, Antenna tilt calculations, propagation models, fading, planet model tuning.
• Proficient with COPS tool to generate 3G reports to check performance metrics and KPI.

Education:

Masters in Electrical Engineering
Bachelors of Engineering in Telecommunication

MS Course Work:

Mobile Communications, Computer Networks I & II, Communication Systems, Random Signal Analysis, Linear Systems, Internet & Higher Layer Protocols, Advanced Microprocessors, Java Programming, Networking lab.

Technical Skills

Tools: Oss, BO, COPS, Actix spotlight, Atoll, Asset3g,Tems Investigation 8.2, Map info 8.5,Anritsu HHST, Anritsu MST, T-pim, MS Office, Nettracker, Siterra, TEI
Programming: C, C++, SQL, PL-SQL
Operating System: Windows, UNIX.

Employment History:

Confidential, CA Jan 2012-Present
RF Engineer

This project was to design LTE sites for the region of NCal.

• Communicate with Site Acquisition and Construction in scoping meetings.
• Provide requirements on behalf of the RF and give solutions for implementing them.
• Familiar with all types of site architectures, structure, equipments, bts, antennas, coax etc.
• Prepare the design data sheet and submit it for construction.
• Review the Plumbing diagrams and RFDS before submitting to the P8.
• Prepare RFDS based on the scoping and red lines.
• For sites with bts de-commission, provide atoll plots for justifying the impact on the existing gsm network.

Confidential, Boston -MA July 2011-Jan 2012
RF Engineer

This Project was on Optimization and tuning of 1C/2C/3C sites in NH, VT and ME markets.

• Perform Pre-launch activity for newly integrated sites; generate bulk alarms, vswr and rssi, neighbor creation and Parameter check.
• Create and implement SHO, IFHO, IRAT and Femto neighbors.
• Co-ordinate with the drive test team, assign work, create drive routes and assist remotely.
• Identify retune sites and escalate it to be fixed.
• Troubleshoot sites with rssi issues and update proper TMA ul gain values.
• Set LM settings to SHO, IFHO or IRAT with core or border settings.
• Perform audit on Parameters before the drive and make changes to gold standards.
• Participated in launching of sites; check alarms, bring sites on air, generate hourly report in BO, schedule WNCS etc.
• Perform Post launch of sites; monitor stats, recommend tilts, change LM settings, neighbor audit, etc
• Perform carrier traffic balancing, set qoffset values, monitor erlangs, set loading sharing.

Confidential, Little Rock-AR March 2011-June 2012
RF Engineer

This project was on 1C/2C/3C/4C pre and post launch optimization for the region on Little rock AR.

• Pull alarms in bulk and prepare report on launch impacting alarms, vswr and rssi for all the newly integrated sites.
• Create and implement SHO, IFHO, IRAT and Femto neighbors
• Co-ordinate with the drive test team, assign work, create drive routes and assist remotely
• Check parameters and set standard values for HO, RSCP,ECNO,SC,MAX TX Power, DL code, PWRADM, Qqualmin,Qrxlevmin,Sintersearch,Sintrasearch etc
• Set LM settings to SHO, IFHO or IRAT with core or border settings.
• Participated in launching of sites; check alarms, bring sites on air, generate hourly report in BO, schedule WNCS etc.
• Perform Post launch of sites; monitor stats, recommend tilts, change LM settings, neighbor audit, etc
• Perform carrier traffic balancing, set qoffset values, monitor erlangs, set loading sharing.
• Create Post launch packages; generate 3G cluster level KPIs, Site level KPIs, Traffic report, balanced Non-HS power comparison.

Confidential, Pleasanton - CA March 2010 - Jan 2011
RF Engineer

This Project was on Special events which involved design, deployment and monitoring of COW sites throughout CA.

• Co-ordinate with site acquisition team and performed design walks to decide the location of cow, telco availability, azimuth, tilts.
• Create RFDS for the cow sites, RBS type, cables, TMAs, structure type, T1s, RAX boards, no of carriers etc.
• Create zones in Atoll and run RSCP, ECIO predictions at the event place.
• Perform Site walks after the site is integrated and verify the sc, azimuths, voice and data calls, etc
• Monitor CS & PS Accessibility and Retainability in Nettrack during events.
• This project was performing site audit and determine the loss and attenuation caused by the cable using sweep tests.
• Performed Cable loss audits for 2nd and 3rd carrier sites in the San Francisco and Sacramento markets.
• Good understanding of architectures of sites; monopole, roof top, water tank, lattice and guyed towers. All components involved like types of antennas, cables, TMAs, diplexer, duplexer, splitters etc
• Managed a team of sweep testers; daily activities included opening Trouble tickets, gain access details, collect logs, photos and site verification forms.
• Check siterra to collect information about site like location, type of structure, height, components, design documents, site acquisition info, tape drop etc.
• Check nettracker for daily reports of sites; KPI report of sites, UTRAN, individual sector, hand over, quality etc.
• Proficient with Anritsu Handheld and Master Software tool to do post processing and reports on the collected sweep test .dat files.
• Created Close out Packages for 3g sites in northern California.
• Created RFDS for new COW sites and also updated previous versions for newly added carrier sites.
• Good understanding of Ericsson RBS (3303, 3518, 3418 and 3206); Indoor/ Outdoor, no of carriers, sectors etc.
• Calculated loss and prepared reports on uplink, downlink delay & attenuation.
• Good MS visio and MS Excel knowledge; vlookup commands, schematic sketch of site configurations.

Confidential, Cleveland - OH October 2009 - Jan 2010
RF Engineer

This project was Phase 3 Optimization of T-mobile UMTS and GSM network across Cleveland and Columbus markets. The vendors involved Nokia.

• Scheduled drive test teams to perform cluster, market and IRAT tests.
• Uploaded the drive test logs onto the Actix one server and analyzed the KPI report processed.
• Processed log files in Actix spotlight and performed analysis on coverage, interference, missing neighbor, dropped calls and radio access failures.
• Post processed GSM data by exporting and evaluating parameters in map info professionals.
• Created drive routes using mapinfo pro and MS streets and trips.
• Assisted T-mobile Engineers in IRAT handover analysis during market level optimization.
• Tune IRAT 3G-2G handover and vice versa, neighbor relation to improve accessibility and retainability.
• Decoded layer 3 messages in Tems.
• Alarm monitoring and parameter check using Nokia Netact on a daily basis before conducting test.
• Conduct site verification, check scrambling codes, azimuths, RSCP, Ec/Io, etc for re-home sites.
• Conducted E-911 test on AGPS and non-AGPS modules.
• Generated reports regularly on accessibility, capacity, retainability, Traffic and Throughput in T-pim.
• Monitored the Network KPI and suggested change request to improve the quality of the whole network.
• Used planet tool to predict coverage of new sites.

Confidential, Richmond- VA June 2009- September 2009
RF Engineer

This project was initial tuning and Optimization for Phase 1 and 2 of Virginia market. The vendor was Ericsson.

• In charge of the drive test teams and drive test equipments.
• Suggested and Prepared drive route using map info and ms streets & trips.
• Analyzed data on problem areas such as call drops, missing neighbor analysis and call set up failure by analyzing the layer 3 messages.
• Conducted drive test for the cluster and market acceptance.
• Exported log files and created network image for post processing.
• Visualized the drive tested route in the map info and checked for coverage, Interference, hand over and BLER.
• Processed log files in Actix spotlight and performed analysis on coverage, interference, missing neighbor, dropped calls and radio access failures.
• Generated and monitored KPI reports.
• Check for alarms and parameter using Ericsson OSS.
• Referred RND CIQ for parameters required for network planning and Integration.
• Referred RF Data sheets in Insites for cell info and generated reports.
• Conduct single site verification and confirm the sc, azimuths RSCP and for the new sites

Confidential, Minneapolis - MN Jan 2009- May 2009
RF Engineer

The project was the optimization of Phase 3 network in Minneapolis market.
The vendor was Nokia

• Conducted single site verification of the newly installed sites.
• Conducted drive tests for cluster, market and IRAT.
• Uploaded collected log files on Actix one server.
• Generated and monitored KPI reports
• Suggested change in the network such as antenna tilt, neighbor relations etc to enhance network performance and fetch KPI improvements.
• Analyzed layer 3 messages in tems.
• Post processed log files in actix spotlight to check for coverage, interference, hand over and BLER.
• Performed E-911 test in AGPS phone sets.

Confidential, Philadelphia November 2008- December 2008
Associate RF Engineer

This project was initial tuning before pre-launch optimization for phase 1 for Philadelphia market.

• Managed drive test teams and scheduled routes on daily basis.
• Set up the drive test kits and perform inventory of the equipment.
• Prepared drive routes using map info and ms streets and trips.
• Collected the log files from drive test teams and uploaded on to the ftp server.
• Exported the log files and generated
• Monitored KPI and suggested changes to improve the performance of the network.
• Visualized the drive tested route in the map info and checked for coverage, Interference, hand over and BLER.
• Assisted TMO Engineers in IRAT and launch activities.

Confidential, Parsippany - NJ Jan 2008 - October 2008
Associate RF Engineer

This project was Pre-launch and Post launch Optimization for phase 1 of New Jersey Market. The vendor was Ericsson.

• Set up drive test equipment including dead reckoning kit for Manhattan.
• Perform drive test for cluster, market and IRAT.
• Set up the drive test kits and perform inventory of the equipment.
• Prepared drive routes using map info and ms streets and trips.
• Collected the log files from drive test teams and uploaded on to the ftp server.
• Exported the log files and generated network images in tems.
• Used map info to view the drive routes.
• Performed indoor stationary tests in T-mobile stores.
• Performed site visits and verified RSCP and Ec/Io values.
• Reported any problem associated in the network.

Confidential, India Limited January 2006 - January 2007
Engineer

The project was on automated remote metering for KPTCL using RF and GSM/GPRS modules.

• Installed, Updated and Troubleshoot RF/GSM Master sites.
• Make necessary configurations and updates in Stardom controller at every site.
• Use AT commands to configure settings in GSM/GPRS modems.
• Conduct LOS test from Master antenna to field antenna.
• Conduct protocol tests on Electronic tri-vector meters using RS-232 Protocol Analyzers.
• Collect all the meter data and store them on Access to prepare reports.
• Provided analytical and programming skills for client using Oracle based system.
• Customized existing programs and wrote new scripts as needed by the clients.
• Used extensive DQL statements and managed the database with DML and DDL operatives.
• Monitor all master sites on a centralized server and report any failure of communication.
• Good experience with Hyper Terminal, Teraterm, Telnet and FTP.
• Conducted presentation about the project advancement to the YHQ officials.

Confidential, March 2005 to May 2005
Undergrad Intern

PROJECT: Implementation of a Data Concentrator For a network of Cascaded meters.

WORK SUMMARY:

• The Data Concentrator was designed on a Printed Circuit Board which involved PIC, Memory and RS232 chips.
• The software was implemented using assembly language, Embedded C and VC++.
• Conduct Protocol tests on meters for collecting billing, instantaneous and precious billing readings.