Hossam Abdelwahed, LTE RF Engineer

Hossam Abdelwahed

LTE RF Engineer

Advacomm Associates

Location
Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
Education
Bachelor's degree, Electronics and Communications Engineering
Experience
14 years, 6 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :14 years, 6 Months

LTE RF Engineer at Advacomm Associates
  • Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
  • My current job since October 2012

Projects:
1-Mobily LTE pre-lunch Phase2
2-STC LTE pre-lunch Phase2
Responsibility:
Lead 2 LTE projects and SSV activities for pre-lunch LTE network using post-processing and KPI reporting for site / cluster acceptance.
Planning daily site drive test and maintaining weekly/monthly DT/Roll out status.
10 DT teams & 10 riggers coordinating and managing with planning DT tasks and procedures and provide proper training for new joiners DTE.
New LTE sites coverage and throughput issues troubleshooting and coordination with project teams and RAN to resolve site issues.
Pre & Post optimization of newly on air LTE sites to meet the target KPI’s.
Analyzing drive test data, post processing and submitting customer acceptance reports (site level and cluster level).
Handling customer’s complaints regarding LTE coverage and throughput issues and suggestion the proper optimization actions.

Specialties
 Genex Probe, Assistant V2.3, V3.3, V3.5 and U-Net.
 TEMS Investigation, Actix.
 M2000 IManager, WCDMA Nastar and LMT (local maintenance terminal).
 Mapinfo tools, Google earth and MS office (Excel, Word, … etc).
 QXDM, QPST, Iperf, Jperf and Wiresharck tools.
 Accuver XCAL-LTE and Accuver Xcap-LTE.

LTE RF Optimization Engineer Consultant ( Etisalat UAE). at AdvaComm Associates FZCO
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • May 2011 to October 2012

Responsibility:
LTE Live network Optimization
Clusters optimization for overall LTE network including (poor coverage, Neighbors, Pilot pollution …etc) analysis and suggestion proper optimization actions.
Daily KPI’s monitoring and reporting, analysis KPI’s (RRC, E-RAB, Service Drop, etc), including worst cells troubleshooting.
Conduct performance analysis and identify the worst performing cells & recommend suggestions to improve them.
Involved with overall network paramteres tuning for both Inter-RAT / Intra-RAT Handover, Inter-RAT / Intra-RAT reselection, RS power, and Cell BW & EARFCN modification .
Fully understand of LTE features implementation and tuning e.g. ANR, CSFB and PCI Conflict Detection.
Handling customer’s complaints regarding LTE coverage and throughput issues and suggestion the proper optimization actions.
Performance monitoring, measurement, tracing and alarms querying using Huawei M2000 software.
Perform post process and drive test data analysis including pre-defined events and L3 Messages using Genex Assistant.

LTE Pre-Lunch network
LTE sites initial tuning and pre/post launch optimization for performance improvement.
LTE pre-lunch cluster optimization to meet customer’s KPI’s before the commercial lunch.
Coordinating with DT teams to perform Single Site Verification (SSV) and provides test plan schedules.
Coordinating with NOC and RAN engineers for troubleshooting issues faced by DT teams and provides the technical support to rectify the issues.
Post processing and analysis DT data and preparing site acceptance reports (SSV reports).
Perform DT analysis for special customer complaints and make reports along with the suggestions to overcome bad quality/Events (Call drop etc.)
Troubleshooting throughput issue and trace operation for networks protocols (TCP/UDP) using QXDM, wiresharck, Iperf and Jperf tools.
Collaborating with RF engineers in RNP activities for of Pre-Launch and Post-Launch LTE network.

Post Processing / Coordinator Engineer at ACTEL Communications (S.A.E)
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • May 2010 to April 2011

Responsibility:
 DT teams coordinating and managing with planning DT tasks and procedures.
 Coordinating with NOC and BSS engineers for troubleshooting issues faced by DT teams and provides the technical support to rectify the issues.
 Pre & Post optimization of newly onair sites (2G / 3G) to meet the target KPI’s.
 Prepare Cluster optimization reports and post processing logfiles and identify network abnormal or failure events.
 Post-Processing & Analysis of all Drive test RF data log using TEMS, MapInfo.
 Collaborating with RF Engineers in the design, implementation and optimization of wireless networks.

2G/3G Test Engineer at ACTEL Communications (S.A.E)
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • October 2009 to April 2010

Responsibility
 Perform field test measurements and collect UE physical measurements for 2G / 3G (SC, RSCP, Ec/No, BCCH, Rxlev and Rxqual) for all the cells plus collect scanner data.
 Verify the network, site functioning properly, antenna positions, antenna directions or tilt and swapped feeders with Identify major call-related problems (dropped calls, hardware problems, etc.).
 Verify UMTS basic functionality and Verify call success rate and call drop rate and performing HSDPA / R99 /GPRS test.
 Execution of performance, benchmark, new site verification (2G & 3G) Drive tests and technical site audits across GSM (2G) and UMTS (3G) networks.
 Handling RF related customer complaints and assist of troubleshooting issues.
 Troubleshooting RF issues, interference, overshooting cells and missing neighbors, etc.

Education

Bachelor's degree, Electronics and Communications Engineering
  • at Mansoura University, Faculty of Engineering
  • August 2009

Mansoura University, Faculty of Engineering, Egypt  BSc in Electronics and Communications Engineering.  Last Year Grade: Very Good (82.9 %).  Last Grade: Good (70 %). Graduation Project  Telecommunication Systems (Landline Telephone System, transmission network, and CDMA technology).  Grade: Excellent (95 %).

Specialties & Skills

Optimization
Communications Engineering
Network Optimization
MS office (Excel, PPT, Word, ...)

Languages

English
Intermediate