•Expertise in network elements such as MSC, BSC, BTS, PSTN. •Knowledge of GSM, CDMA, 802.11, LTE, WiMax, HSDPA, HSPA+, UMTS Bluetooth standards. •Experience with wireless data and IP networks. •Expertise in PCM Planning, E1 allocation, Time slot mapping, TRX Upgrade, Swap and Expansion activity.
Experience
2010 — Now
2010 — Now
• Maintained cellular radio equipment by correctly aligning frequencies with test equipment.
• Tested faulty circuits, repaired or replaced as necessary, and took radio measurements to ensure appropriate signal strength or quality
• Tested features like call processing, call maintenance, origination & termination calls, new features.
• Determine and order supplies and equipment needed for repairs and replacement of defective system components.
• Determining the cause of equipment failure using various types of complex test equipment.
• Responding to all NOC call outs within a specified area and contact the appropriate field staff to resolve a system problem.
• Monitored performance in areas of GSM network, Radio Frequency, call quality, calls processing.
• Prepared test plans, test cases, test scripts based on the Functional Specifications
• Installed, commissioned, and tested of FRAS, Asentria-siteboss, WWP-311, Valere, Ceragon, Motorolla-PIDU, and Dragonwave.
• Receive, investigate, resolve and track trouble tickets.
• Worked on TCP/TP Environment like: Ping, DNS resolution, ipconfig, DHCP
• Maintains accurate records of equipment assignments.
• Make frequent field visits and assure that all facilities are clean, functioning properly, alarmed properly and measures are being taken to correct any deficiencies.
• Provide field support for new cell construction in the following areas: on site supervision, equipment delivery coordination, path alignment coordination, equipment installation, cell turn up, and cell optimization.
• Coordinate or perform maintenance of cell sites which involves the emergency generator, batteries/power equipment, the AC units, microwave dishes, antennas, towers, locks and fences, coax cabling, etc.
2005 — 2008
2005 — 2008
• Worked in O&M Dept. (Operation and Maintenance) activities.
• Worked on Ericsson Standard .GSM technology.
• Handled whole Cluster having 55 BTS (Base Transceiver Station) Sites.
• Handled all maintenance of Ericsson BTS (2202, 2104, 2204, 2106, 2206, 2964, and 2954) and also up-gradation and degradation.
• Worked on remote terminal to operate BTS with several commands.
• Handle maintenance of NEC Microwave (STM-1) with PNMT Software, Installation, commissioning and maintenance of BG-20 with STM-1 and STM-4 capacity (ECI Branded), XDM300 up to STM-64 capacity (ECI branded).
• Do fast escalation of alarms to the relative person on the ground and clear alarms as early as possible.
• Coordinated with other RF team to optimize network, reduce network drop calls, and reduce interference levels
• Activities like Site restore, E1 connection, Power problem, maintaining cluster data, E1 Route.
• Frequently do drive test to find out performance of network.
• Monitored performance in areas of GSM network, Radio Frequency, call quality, calls processing.
• Monitoring daily KPI reports.
• Change RF parameter in Ericsson BSC’s using Winfiol.
• Worked on Post processing tools like TEMS, ACTIX.
• Coordinated with Radio Planners, Implementation Group, Operations during planning until integration of site to the network.
• RF Survey and gathering data from field
Education
New York University - Polytechnic School of Engineering
MSEE
2008 — 2010
Sardar Patel University
BE
2003 — 2007