HILAL LAKHBAT, LTE/2G Radio Network Optimization senior engineer

HILAL LAKHBAT

LTE/2G Radio Network Optimization senior engineer

alcatel-lucent

Location
Saudi Arabia - Jeddah
Education
Master's degree, Diploma for the Electronics engineer degree
Experience
17 years, 8 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :17 years, 8 Months

LTE/2G Radio Network Optimization senior engineer at alcatel-lucent
  • Saudi Arabia - Jeddah
  • My current job since November 2013

Position (November 2013 - Present) STC project : LTE/2G Radio Network Optimization senior engineer working at STC MNS project KSA, Tabuk area.

- Area Daily KPIs monitoring responsibility.
- Weekly worst LTE cell analysis based upon RRC setup success rate, ERAB success rate,
InterENBHOSR and IntraENBHOSR.
- PRACH Preamble Planning on TDD network
- New site acceptance from KPI & DT POV.
- Build up tool to automatically neighbor’s creation
- 3G to 2G HO audits.
- 2G/3G Parameter audit
- 2G/3G HW problem follow-up.
- 2G/3G drive test analysis.
- CS/PS radio and BSS dimensioning based on forecasted traffic, define the need of TRX,
Sites, BSC and Ater.

RNO Expert at ALU KSA at alcatel-lucent
  • Saudi Arabia - Dammam
  • April 2012 to November 2013

Position (April 2012 - November 2013) STC project: RNO Expert at ALU KSA

- Make delta CSV before & after migration on B12
- Cheking and making trial for new features for B12
- Frequency and parameters change in order to improve or enhance the KPI (Call drop, CSSR, HO Sucess, …)
- Generating of daily and weekly HW problems at cell and BSC level
- Resolution of radio problems (Coverage and quality)
- Resolution of complaints coming from customer,
- Parameters Audits on all the network
- Project swap from NSN & Huawie to ALU
- Analyze before and after swap through 2G & 2.5G drive test using TEMS and ACTIX .
- Acceptance report of DT.
- Parameters mapping before swap (NSN with ALU and Huawie with ALU)
- KPIs mapping before swap (NSN with ALU and Huawie with ALU)

RNO Expert at GLOTEL at RNO Expert
  • Togo
  • January 2012 to April 2012

Position (January 2012 - April 2012) TOGOCEL TOGO project: RNO Expert at GLOTEL

- Radio planning and optimization
- Analyze complaints through 2G & 2.5G drive test using TEMS, NEMO and ACTIX.
- HO audit based on RMS using OPTIMI tool.
- Automatic frequency plan in an area of 630 cells using OPTIMI tool.
- Generating of daily and weekly HW problems at cell and BSC level.
- Frequency and parameters change in order to improve or enhance the KPI.
- Implementation of the parameter change at OMC side using PRC.
- Cheking and making trial of the new features for release B10.
- Make CS & PS parameters audit on all network.
- Make job training to local Engineers.

RNO Expert at ALCATEL LUCENT
  • Nigeria
  • December 2010 to December 2011

Position (December 2010 - December 2011) ETISALAT Nigeria project: RNO Expert at Penta consulting

- Radio planning and optimization
- Generating of daily and weekly HW problems at cell and BSC level
- Resolution of radio problems (Coverage and quality)
- Frequency planning using Atoll.
- Traffic dimensioning (CS and PS)
- Frequency and parameters change in order to improve or enhance the KPI
- SDCCH dimensioning.
- Implementation of the parameter change at OMC side using PRC
- Drive Test Analyses for GPRS & EGPRS
- Checking daily reports (GPRS & EGPRS traffic with CS & MCS adaptation)
- Throughput reporting GPRS & EGPRS
- Checking daily reports (TBF establishment and cell reselection).
- Check KPI before & after migration on B11.
- Make delta CSV before & after migration on B11.
- Cheking and making trial for new features for B11

Optimization Senior Engineer at Orascom Telecom
  • Algeria - Algiers
  • October 2006 to November 2010

•Responsible of a region with more than 700 cells Alcatel B9 with KPI goals (CSSR >98%, CBR97% …)
•Radio Planing : site survey for coverage and densif site Radio chain and antenna check.
•Generating of daily and weekly HW problems at cell and BSC’s level.
•Resolution of radio problems (Coverage and quality) basing on drivetest compaign (TEMS et Ascom ACTIX) and KPI.
•Frequency and parameters change in order to improve or enhance the KPI (Call drop, CSSR, HO Sucess, …)
•Site database creation for new site (Frequencies, parameters and neighbouring).
•Parameters Audits on all the network.
•OMC (parameter change, Frequency change…).
•Drivetest et analyse (TEMS Investigation and Actix Ascom)
•In order to implement the parameter change at OMC side more faster, generating the csv files, as : HO Delete, HO addition, parameter change for cell and HO reltions, ….
•HO audits project with NSS team, in order to check the missed LAC declaration in the NSS side.
•Improving the Quality with new Frequency plan and network radio redesign with mechanical actions (Antenna Parameters).
•Reduce TCH and SDCCH Congestion by using Traffic sharing between neighbour’s cells (traffic handover).
•Solving BTS overload Problems, that may lead to very bad network performance
•Implementation of concentric cell with optimized parameters for places where traffic is highly localised.
•Neighbours cleaning periodically Implementation of BBH for my entire region.
•Checking and solving Parameters data base inconsistency
•Handling Site swaps in term of DB parameters Work Orders
•EDGE implementation in some test cells
•QVoice periodically analyzing for the major cities.
•Network Design, Validation of candidates, Site surveys, Site evaluations, Link Budget Calculations, Close working relationship with site acquisition, Calculations with PLANET Planning tool, MapInfo map registration.

Education

Master's degree, Diploma for the Electronics engineer degree
  • at University of Sciences and Technologies Houari Boumediene
  • June 2005

• Diploma for the Electronics engineer degree, Option: Electronic system with the mention Very Well (17/20). The Report is entitled: « contribution to the hybrid order force-position of an arm manipulator by using the neuronal concepts.

Specialties & Skills

Optimization
Network Performance
Radio planing and optimization

Languages

French
Intermediate
English
Intermediate