PRINCIPLE NETWORK TELECOM ARCHITECT
Nokia Networks
Total years of experience :16 years, 3 months
Team lead of 4 Engineers. IP/Transport Design Focus. Was the Lead customer discussions and held key stakeholder meetings with General Managers and Directors with relationship to IP/Transport of all regions for agreements on solution and BoQ. Project ownership for all activities and trials related to IP/Transport network in all regions. Provided Requirement Analysis and Recommendation.
CURRENT PROJECTS:
End-to-End IP Mobily Design for 5G live sites. IP/Transport design for trial 5G Cloud Solutions for Nokia Core and gNB
Designing synchronization end-to-end network for Frequency and Phase synchronization in order provide sync sources to RAN sites (2G/3G/FDD/TDD) and BSCs/RNCs
End-to-End IP plan Preparation and detail design network documentation for 2G, 3G and LTE connectivity through Transport, IP/MPLS Network, MPLS-TP Network, and Enterprise Network
• Improved troubleshooting skills for planning IP/Transport point of view
• Providing solution to raised cases related to IP/Transport in terms of customization if needed
• Preparing HLD and LLD of all transport/IP services from BSC/RNC side and Juniper-MX480 side
• Preparing solutions related to any requirement from customer related to all NEs from transport point of view
• Preparing IP design of all RAN sites (2G/3G/FDD/TDD) with different solutions and as per network architecture
• Dimensioning mcRNC & RNC2600 from IP/Transport point of view, with site solution recommendations/scenarios to be applied including the preparation of the IP design and datafill of all services (IuPS, IuCS, Iur, Iub, IuPC)
• Dimensioning mcBSC & Flexi BSC from transport/IP point of view, with the site solution recommendation/scenarios to be applied including the preparation of the IP design and datafill of all services (Gb, AoIP, Sigtran, SS7, Abis, PAbis, Lb)
• Preparing/dimensioning the requirements and BoQ for new/expansion scopes related to the Juniper-MX480, taking into consideration the provided solution
• Preparing the solution/design of the Juniper-MX480 site routers
• Design the O&M connectivity scenarios for all network elements including BSC/RNC/Juniper-MXs/Nokia-7750/Megamon/OMS/Megaplexer/RAN sites (2G/3G/FDD/TDD)
• Preparing solution and design IP/Transport sites migration with customization as per Nokia recommendation and network architecture based on traffic schemes and requirements
• Standalone OMS IP design with the site solution for RNC2600 and mcRNC
• QoS end-to-end mapping and standardization for the whole network considering all NEs (2G/3G/LTE/BSC/RNC)
• Migration of ATM site to IP/Transport with ML-PPP feature, including Juniper-MX480 design and NB, working on the whole solution end- to-end
• Planning the load balancing on Iub for 12xRNC2600, balancing traffic on different NPGEs
• Supporting implementation teams (access and core part) to troubleshoot/focus on daily cases with high technicalities of problem solving
PREVIOUS PROJECTS:
• BSCs Migration to IP/Transport (AoIP, PAbis)
• CE swap from Juniper MX-480 to Nokia 7750
• RNCs and BSCs relocation: worked on the planning part toward core and access end-to-end
• including designs with core (SGSN/MSS) and O&M, building processes/steps to be followed for the integration of these NEs
Team lead of 2 Engineers. Leading and handling the IP design duties focusing on the network connectivity of RAN services (RNCs, BSCs & RAN sites) and Juniper-MX480. Activities included Engineering and Designing as well as implementation of the product delivery to Mobily (ISP). Projects averaged 6 month phases. Reported to Planning Manager for all activities.
IP Design included Juniper-MX480 and EX4200 considering all RAN services in MPLS. Protocols involved BGP OSPF including planning RAN sites.
• IP design of Juniper-MX480s, EX4200, RNCs and BSCs
• End-to-end LTE-FDD sites design and IP plan
• IP design of 1245 LTE-TDD sites swap
• Design of the LTE-TDD network end-to-end connectivity for traffic, signaling and management
• RNC2600 design with site solution recommendation/scenarios to be applied including the preparation of the IP design and datafill of all services (IuPS, IuCS, Iur and Iub)
• Flexi BSC design with solution recommendation/scenarios to be applied including the preparation of the IP design and datafill of all services (Gb, A-interface, Ater, Abis)
• Preparing Tellabs data fill (for Broad Band) for Riyadh scope
• Preparing Hybrid BackHaul plans
• ATM cross connection
PROJECTS:
• Tellabs to Juniper EX4200 and EX4200 to Juniper MX480 swap projects: worked on the swap of the IP network from Tellabs to EX4200 from planning side with adding criteria and processes/steps to be followed by implementation teams for these kind of swaps and providing plans accordingly
• RNCs and BSCs relocation: worked on the planning part toward core and access end-to-end (RNCs integration), including designs with core (SGSN/MSS) and O&M, building processes/steps to be followed for the integration of these NEs
• LTE-TDD sites swap from Samsung/Huawei to Nokia eNBs
Providing the MW and capacity design of all 2G and 3G sites including the LOS. Prepare nominal plan topology for the whole network including frequency planning and interference analysis. Involved in the dimensioning and design of BSCs, RNCs and CISCO routers (CEs) from transport/IP perspective.
• Preparing Transmission Topology for more than 300 sites in Riyadh region
• LOS (Line of Sight) Survey for access and backbone links (using mirror reflection, balloon, sampling) and from tools NetAct and Pathloss
• MW Frequency planning for PDH links using NetAct planner
• Capacity planning for all 2G and 3G sites
• Preparing Bill of Quantity (BOQ)
• Preparing all links budget for more than 300 links in Riyadh region
• Preparing equipment connectivity (FIU19, FTFA, FIFA, FXCRRI, FTIB, SRA4HC (flexihybrid Equipment)
• Preparing BSC & RNC dimensioning for all regions in KSA
• Preparing SDH Plan for Riyadh region using Siemens equipments (SRT1F, SRA4, HIT7070, HIT7035)
• Preparing CWO (Circuit Work Order) for more than 300 sites in Riyadh
• Preparing 2 Mbps Cross Connection
• Preparing 2G Data fill (Abis-Allocation) & 3G Data fill
• Preparing Q1 planning
• Preparing 2 Mbps Cross Connection for more than 300 BroadBand sites in Riyadh region (Equipment & PDH Connectivity)
• Preparing CWO for more than 300 BroadBand Sites in Riyadh region
• Preparing SDH XC for more than 200 sites with Ring and star topology (Leased Line)
• Preparing Core XC (MGW/SGSN) for Ater and Gb traffic
• Preparing Hybrid BackHaul plans for more than 300 Broadband sites
• Preparing XC (over SDH) for Ethernet (broad-band) for sites in Riyadh region
• Preparing Tellabs and Node B data fill (for Broad Band) for Riyadh region
• Preparing DCN/IP Plan (monitoring) for Flexihybrid links, FHXC, hiT7070 & hiT7035 in all regions
• Preparing VLAN and IP distribution for all Broadband sites in Riyadh region
• Coordination for broadband sites over IP BB in Riyadh region
• ATM cross connection for all sites in Riyadh Region
• Involved in solution/design of the CISCO routers handling broadband sites