Sharjeel Aftab, TELUS, Design Specialist 1, RF Engineer

Sharjeel Aftab

TELUS, Design Specialist 1, RF Engineer

Edmonton, Canada

Location
Canada
Education
Master's degree, Telecommunication Engineering
Experience
7 years, 10 months

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Total years of experience :7 years, 10 months

TELUS, Design Specialist 1, RF Engineer at Edmonton, Canada
  • December 2009 to July 2014

TELUS, Design Specialist 1, RF Engineer Edmonton, Canada Dec 07, 2009- July 08, 2014
❖ Working as an RF design and performance engineer LTE, HSPA + (UMTS), HSDPA, HSUPA, Dual cell, design and optimization also involved in the design and performance of micro cells and Wi-Fi for in building systems and high traffic areas ( stadiums etc.)
❖ Managed five national and several provincial projects, lead the project of bench mark testing for two years involving all competitor's in Alberta (all cellular operators) this involved coordinating with different teams within TELUS nationally, lead the project of 1900 overlay for Alberta north 250 sites. Involved with the national team in antenna testing project (AAU3910)
❖ Site designs, from candidate selection, antenna selection, wiring diagrams, safety code 6 analysis till performance of the new site.
❖ Handling customer complaints for Edmonton and northern territories coordinating with the drive test team and RF design teams for customer visits and new site recommendations.
❖ KPI and capacity analysis, using M2000, Astellia, LMT, ActixOne, monitoring performance stats, channel element usage, code utilization downlink power congestion, RTWP, traffic balancing between different carriers ( parameters + physical changes), CS & PS call drop and access failures.
❖ Network capacity analysis, prepare and issue work orders for hardware or software licenses. Involved in the activities to perform BBU splits, carrier additions, RRU, WBBP board, parameter tuning, Node B, RNC scripts and sector splits.
❖ Monitoring the utilization of IUB bandwidth, channel element usage, WMPT overloads, downlink power congestion, code congestion, CS, PS and HSDPA throughputs.
❖ Script editing for carrier additions, neighbor list for free camping, site conversion from 4 to 2 ways, BBU splits.
❖ Involved in sector splits using dual and five beam antenna technology.
❖ Using Wind Catcher to process and analyze the drive test data and perform necessary steps to rectify the network issues. Extracting RSCP, Ec/Io, CQI, HSDPA code utilization and throughputs.
❖ Using Mentum Planet for coverage analysis, planning and design for new and existing sites. Tuning of neighbor lists, optimizing foot prints by adjusting tilts and power.

Radio Frequency Engineer (Optimization) at Prestige Telecom
  • September 2009 to November 2009

Prestige Telecom, Radio Frequency Engineer (Optimization) Edmonton, Canada Sept 2009- Nov 10, 2009
❖ Working as an RF Engineer on a HSPA (UMTS) optimization TELUS Holborn Project (UMTS) for 748 cell sites.
❖ Worked closely with the Huawei project management team in design, build and construction phases, provided support for the new build HSPA sites and exiting ones, coordinating with the contractors for site design and wiring diagrams sent by the TELUS team.
❖ Prepared weekly status reports to be consumed by project and program levels.
❖ Using WindCatcher for post processing and analysis, proposing changes after coordination with TELUS engineers and coming to some conclusion, to control pilot pollution, better coverage, change request for neighbor list and improved drop call to increase overall network performance.
❖ Suggest changing existing antennas if required according to specs and terrain to achieve maximum performance.
❖ Preparing acceptance reports to analyze KPI's and in order to pass the KPI's.
❖ Managing drive test engineers for conducting drive tests and arranging schedules to ensure smooth operation of the project delivery.

Senior Radio Frequency Engineer at WorldCall Wireless
  • Pakistan
  • September 2006 to July 2009

WorldCall Wireless, Senior Radio Frequency Engineer Lahore, Pakistan Sep 2006 - July 2009
❖ Led a team of 7 engineers and 5 technicians for field optimization of newly planned and existing sites
❖ Worked as a senior RF Engineer for CDMA, EVDO, design and optimization.
❖ Lead the project of Huawei swap with Samsung for new and existing sites which almost lasted for 2 years, provided leadership and direction to the project team to complete the project within expected timeframes. The project involved equipment swap, new site builds and leading the optimization activities and cutovers. Coordinated business and technical deployment activities, coordinated project changes and activities, held regular meetings with the team and built strong relationship with the client. Coordinating with vendor side, real estate, construction, BSS and NOC, RF engineering to ensure the smooth operation of the project.
❖ Conducted site surveys for potential new cell sites
❖ Provided recommendations for tuning antenna azimuths, tilt and antenna height, parameter changes, hardware modifications and transmit power settings for the RF environment, using M2000 for KPI monitoring.
❖ Implemented KPI Analysis for traffic (blocking rate), network access, and QOS indicator analysis (call drop)
❖ Conducted post processing analysis using Deskcat Tool ( measuring RX, TX, Ec/Io, PN, Frequency and Pilot Pollution) and make reports for possible optimization steps to be pursued, using Seagull RF scanners for RSSI scan and spectrum analysis
❖ Using Atoll 2.3.1 planning tool for planning 1X and EVDO sites, coverage analysis for signal level, Pilot reception analysis (Ec/Io) and Pilot Pollution
❖ Utilized Pilot Panorama and Ericsson's TEMS Investigation 3.0 and 4.0 for optimizing 1X voice.
❖ Pilot Pioneer for optimizing EVDO Rev A service, analyzing C/I, RX, static and dynamic DL & UL readings
❖ Performed CW analysis with Consistel for proper predictions of planning tool.
❖ Trained under Central Asian CDMA Forum (Qualcomm) for CDMA 1X, EVDO Rev 0 & Rev A
❖ Worked with Samsung and Huawei Vendors.

Education

Master's degree, Telecommunication Engineering
  • at University of Management and Technology
  • June 2006
Bachelor's degree, Computer Science
  • at University of Central Punjab
  • April 2004

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