Sr. Optimization Consultant (2G/3G)
LCC KSA
Total years of experience :18 years, 5 Months
STC - ZTE Managed Service Project
• Monitor and analyze BSC/RNC/cell level statistics, sort out worst cells of different KPIs, troubleshooting and recommending solutions for their improvements.
• Special events (Eid, Ramadan, summer vacations etc ) network optimization to meet high traffic volume and to ensure soft and hard parameters are in its optimum values.
• Based on traffic statistics and cluster drives for 2G/3G (UMTS900 & UMTS2100) forecasting upcoming capacity/coverage bottlenecks and propose new/capacity sites on time.
• Working on Trials/features and bench mark its related KPIs on cell as well as on network level.
• Responsible for preparing Weekly/monthly report which includes network level, cell level & cluster level Radio KPIs.
• Working on worst cells to improve KPIs on Cell as well as Network level to achieve agreed SLA.
• Handling customer complaints and trouble tickets, investigating & troubleshooting issues. Implementing / recommending soft and on site physical changes to ensure timely resolution of the trouble ticket raised.
• Working on USF6 Pre-Post launch optimization for new and swapped sites after site integration notification from Project team.
• Traffic balancing among 3G carriers and 2G (900 and DCS) to avoid over and underutilized within the capacity of the network.
• Performing resource management for regional field teams and creating work plans for efficient resource utilization & project progress on daily basis.
Mobily (Etihad Etisalat) -Huawei L + Project
• Responsible of End to End site acceptance from Manage service team of 400 plus Roll out sites which include swap, new and expansion sites in south region having Eight BSCs.
• Audit BSS database to rectify parametric discrepancies for newly integrated sites in the BSCs before sending DT team to ensure that soft parameters are in its optimum values.
• Hands-on experience on BSC6900 (V9R11) /BTS3900 with parametric optimization for timers, Inter/intra site/BSC/MSC handovers, SD-TCH traffic and blocking, IRAT HO.
• Prepare frequency, BSIC, MAL and Neighbor plan for Pre launch optimization and confirm soft parameters and BSS configuration before drive test on site.
• Post Processing of logs to provide solutions (frequency changes, physical re-designs, neighbor additions/deletions, parametric changes, identification of sector swaps) for the rectification of quality issues using TEMS and ACTIX.
• Giving technical support to L+6, L+7 and L+8 newly integrated expansion, new and swap sites optimization in order to ensure complete handover to MNS Team and take final KPIs acceptance.
• Handle Special events planning and optimization to meet high network utilization requirement i.e. Eid, Ramadan and some other on & off festival/holidays during whole year.
• Meeting and coordination with Pre sales and Technical Marketing team to Prepare and finalize RFQ and BOQ for upcoming new phases.
• Performing neighbor audit and addressing the one way neighbors, check Co BSIC-BCCH issues.
• Regular analysis of SD and TCH traffic to ensure minimal blocking in cells and in BSCs.
• New sites/cells Planning to enhance coverage and capacity, physical design analysis, coverage predictions and additional Frequency and Neighbor planning for new sites and sectors
• New planned site verification, site and cluster acceptance drive test analysis and benchmarks.
• Prepared L+6 and 7 Phase expansion Plan for all the Eight BSCs of south region and get the approval of SCF (Site Change Form) from Mobily Planning team.
Mobily (Etihad Etisalat) -Huawei USF Project
• Managed teams of DT Engineers to conduct DT for newly integrated sites.
• Prepared complete RF data (BCCH, TCH, BSIC and Neighbor Plan) before sites came ON AIR.
• Coordinate with Back office (BO) Team and MSC Team for end to end site integration.
• Keep maintaining KPIs till the final acceptance from MNS optimization team.
• Proposed soft parameter changes based on analysis of Counters/KPIs from M2000 and keep hourly/daily monitoring to meet SLA with customer.
• Joint activities in Multi Vendor environment (Huawei, NSN & Ericsson) for border cells KPIs and proposed and implement counter/data so that it can improved over performance of Mobily Network.
• Post Processing of Log files in ACTIX & TEMS to troubleshoot site/cell performance.
RF Design Consultant (2G/3G) at LCC KSA Dec 2010 to Feb 2011
STC Wireless Network Design Project (Ericsson/ Huawei /Siemens)
Responsibilities: • Dimensioning RAN (number of channel elements, Node-Bs, RNCs) according to the coverage, capacity and quality requirements from the STC operator.
• Network design for both 2G and 3G (WCDMA/HSDPA) with 3 Carriers providing (HSDPA 42.2 Mbps and HSUPA 5.6 Mbps) network.
• Plan Node-Bs in ASSET defining their related parameters: site coordinate, antenna type, antenna height, antenna tilt, antenna azimuth, CPICH power, cable loss, propagation model parameters.
• Reviewed Final Detail Engineering Design on ASSET3G for 2G and/or 3G network based upon results, modify site design and forward it to implementation team.
• Validating the site configuration in the field during the technical site survey visit and prepared the Technical Site Survey report.
• Done Nominal Planning based on certain parameters i.e. polygon, population information, growth factor and also input from marketing dept for that area/region.
• Analyzed site performance after integration through drive test measurements and/or OSS measurements, detecting problems and recommend revised site design to fix problems, if any.
• Prepared complete USF Project proposal i.e. nominal planning, site design, UMTS900/GSM900 services to the remote area in Riyadh district.
• Recommend and analyze additional coverage, capacity request based upon the feedback from optimization team for 2G/3G sites.
• Did initial study for requirement analysis and define procedures for LTE Trial with Huawei team.
PTCL EVDO Rev B PROJECT
• Meeting and coordination regarding RF related issues with client.
• Leading team of drive test Engineers in eight telecom regions in Pakistan.
• Log files Analysis of single site as well as Cluster DT to overcome PN Pollution, Connection release, coverage hole and improve SINR, Ec/Io, PER, Downlink and uplink data rate.
• Fine tuned Network parameters (soft and hard) related to Drop Rate, soft, softer, hard Handoff and downlink/Uplink data throughput.
• Post Processing of log files data to find Missing neighbors, swapped feeders and Call events.
• Pilot pollution analysis and recommendation physical changes/Tx power for overshooting cells.
• Prepared complete Cutover Plan to swap Huawei equipment with ZTE SDR (Software Define Radio) in different regions.
• Traffic statistic and KPI's monitoring to check overall network performance and give needful suggestion to improve coverage and Capacity of the network.
• Made Acceptance test document for Acceptance of the project for the customer.
• Prepared RF Optimization SOW & RFQ for outsourcing work to the subcontractor company.
• Short listing of subcon based upon Technical Evaluation/meeting with their teams members.
• Site Acceptance of different projects i.e. PAT & PAC document from client for RF part.
TELENOR GSM PROJECT
• Coordination and meeting with Client regarding RF Planning issues.
• Done Capacity Planning based upon Client's information.
• Done Frequency Planning (BCCH & TCH) using ILSA ASSET 5.2
• Done BSIC (NCC, BCC) Planning using MAPINFO (PIANO)
• Neighbor Planning and Finalize Sites Configuration estimation.
• Worked on TSS, SAR and TSSR approval from Client's RF team.
• Successfully approved the Nominal Planning on the bases population.
• Site candidates evaluation and Ranking using Coverage Predictions on ASSET 5.2
• Close Coordination with Transmission, Optimization and SA team during Roll out.
• Provided On-site Support to RF team members regarding all the RF Planning issues.
• Managed and mobilized RF team for site Surveys (SAR/TSSR) and Area Profiling.
PTCL CDMA2000 PROJECT
• Kept maintaining the KPIs for newly integrated sites in the network.
• Spectrum scanning to check external/internal interference in a cell/site.
• Fine tuning of RF Parameters soft/Physical to ensure quality and coverage of a site.
• Prepared weekly KPI reports along with worst cell and made action plan to overcome these cells.
• Carried out Drive Tests of Voice and Data service to check the footprints of a site.
• Single site optimization, Cluster optimization and Call events of different regional sites.
• Post log file analysis of single site/Cluster sites and prepared complete report and give suggestions, if required.
• Coordination/meetings with Clients regarding DT, KPI and expansion plan related Issues.
HUAWEI CDMA2000 PROJECT
• Carried out Drive testing for CS and PS services.
• KPI analysis and maintenance for each site.
• Handover testing between different regions.
• Fine tuning by changing antennas tilt and azimuth.
• Optimization of Neighbor list (Single site and HHO sites)
• Prepared Cluster Plan and Cutover Plan for different Regions.
• Post Processing of drive test log files: single site and Cluster.
Session: 2001-2005 Department: Electrical Engineering Degree Received: BS (Computer Engineering) Institution: COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Islamabad, Pakistan.