KASHIF MANZOOR
Catonsville,Maryland
Summary
15+ Years Experience as RF Design/Optimization Engineer. Solid RAN Optimization Experience of 4G/VoLTE/5G on multiple vendors (Ericsson, NSN, Huawei and Samsung). Extensive experience in RF Design Macro sites /Small Cell /In Building/Stadiums/Airports (DAS) sites.
Overview
14
14
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
RF Design Senior Engineer
- Handling E2E RF design of Marco/IBS/Public Safety NR and LTE sites included sites survey, KPIs definition, Propagation, CW Test, Model Tuning, Antenna designed insuring KPIs are meeting the acceptance criteria
- Take on 4G/5G Macro/Small Cell/In Building/DAS design including antenna selection and placement for existing and additional expansions for NW
- Nominal 4G/5G Cell Planning based on Atoll RF planning tool defining their related parameters: site coordinates, antenna type, height, tilt, azimuth, power, cable loss, propagation model parameters (3D tracing, Okumura Hata, Walfish Ikegami, Cost 231 Hata, SPM)
- Performing Macros/Small cell design and modifications for all these designs & Creating plumbing diagrams
- Create DAS and small cell/IBS network designs and proposals as a capacity and coverage solution for big events, Indoor solution of big Buildings..etc
- Maintaining the LTE/NR KPIs performance and modification of Macro sites, DAS and Small Cell Networks
- Work on new cell sites, making sure site is properly integrated into network and optimized for peak KPIs performance and user experience
- Analyzed network KPIs, identified trends, and presented regular reports to management for tracking 4G/5G network performance.
RF Design and Optimization Sr Engineer
HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES
07.2018 - 04.2023
- Led team focused on designing and optimizing performance of 4G/5G networks at various levels (District/City/Clusters/Site/Cell/QCI) to meet KPIs and fulfill customer requirements
- Perform RF Optimization - RAN Coverage/Capacity/Mobility optimization
- Hands-on experience with mobility management, handovers, and radio resource control
- Design and optimize mobility control algorithms and strategies for seamless handovers in 4G/5G networks
- Analyze and enhance system performance in terms of mobility, latency, and reliability
- Provide network optimization analysis and recommendations using combination of drive data and network statistics
- Perform statistical analysis to identify KPI offenders and find root causes to address degradation/customer impact and apply proper improvement solutions accordingly
- Take on User experience improvement Latency, Data Throughout the task to enhance NW user experience.
- Managing 5G SA LAB site deployment trial, verifying RF parameter configurations, coordinating with headquarters for solutions, and monitoring site performance
- Troubleshooted and enhanced 4G/5G KPI degradation and conducted overshooting studies with L3 messages/events analyzing
- Set optimum parameters for various network aspects such as GULR NW Mobility strategy, DRX, MIMO, BF, PRACH, SSB Beam, scheduling, and MIMO CL Adaptive
- Achieved and maintained contracted 4G/Volte/5G KPIs related to accessibility, retainability, mobility, Latency, Data Throughput and service integrity
- Conducted trials, optimization studies, and traffic utilization analysis to enhance network capacity and improve KPIs performance.
RF Design and Optimization Sr Engineer
HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES
05.2015 - 06.2018
- Successful Launch of LTE2100 in South Region
- Successful Launch of LTE700 in South Region
- Successful Launch of U900 in South Region
- Successful Refarming of GSM/DCS Bands for U900 & LTE Expansion in South Region
- Managing RF technical team to deliver project level targets
- Cluster and site level acceptance from customer.
LTE RF Optimization Engineer
Alcatel-Lucent Mobily MNS Project
09.2013 - 01.2015
- Acceptance of new and swapped LTE sites SSVs
- Acceptance of swapped LTE clusters
- Preparing the LTE optimization daily report
- Applying new features and parameters to enhance the KPIs
- Monitoring & optimization of Major RF KPIs
- Analyze RSRP, RSRQ & SINR for network area, give and apply recommendations to improve LTE Throughput
- Analyze and Troubleshoot log files for low throughput and poor coverage
- Analyze the log files and give and apply recommendations to remove PCI’s interference
- Customer complain handling with coordination of indoor team to solve poor indoor coverage and low throughput
- Proposing he tilts and height to redesign the sites in order to remove the overshoots.
LTE RF Optimization Engineer
Nokia STC MNS Project
03.2012 - 03.2013
- Data preparation and configuration before and during swap
- KPI analysis and monitoring, taking actions to improve bad KPI’s
- DT log analysis and output the 3G reports
- Fine tuning of RF parameters and frequency plan to meet network quality & KPIs
- Frequency, Neighbor & Cell parameter audits of assigned area
- Audit for regular check on sites to keep network according to grid plan
- Pilot pollution minimization and missing neighbor analysis
- Monitor major KPI's like Downlink Traffic Volume, Coding Scheme Usage, UL & DL Throughputs
- Analysis of drive test on city and cluster level & recommendations to improve the network quality through physical & parameter modifications
- Recommended Physical grid plan and meeting KPIs afterwards.
LTE RF Optimization Engineer
Ericsson Optimization Project
09.2011 - 03.2012
- Analyze RSRP, RSRQ & SINR for network area, give and apply recommendations to improve LTE Throughput
- Analyze and Troubleshoot log files for low throughput and poor coverage
- Analyze the log files, give and apply recommendations to remove PCI’s interference
- Customer complain handling with coordination of indoor team to solve poor indoor coverage and low throughput
- Proposing tilts and height to redesign the sites in order to remove the overshoots
- Post processing & analysis of drive test logs
- Monitoring the major KPI and troubleshooting in terms of logical and physical changes
- Prepare reports for customer presentation
- Prepare monthly cluster reports
- Prepare LTE single site verification reports.
3G RF Engineer
HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES
10.2009 - 09.2011
- Analyze the KPI’s of the Clusters provide Solution to the Customer and Give reason for degradation
- Coordinate with teams and customer about technical and management issue
- Clusters Analysis for drops, access failures, quality and coverage problems
- New sites KPIs monitoring and check the problems of their performance to solve them
- Preparing clusters reports by investigating RNCs borders, main cities, and major roads
- Proposing new sites or sector additions with Before & After coverage plots
- Troubleshoot problems related to RF coverage
- Proposing antenna azimuth changes, antenna E-tilt & M-tilt changes.
Education
Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech) -
Pakistan
01.2009
Skills
- RF Design Tools: Atoll, iBwave, ACP, U-Net Radio Planning Tool, MapInfo, QGIS, GE, Spectrum Analyzer, Power Meter, PIM test, VSWR Seep test & OTDR Fiber Optic Tester
- RAN/OSS: Proficient with AMOS, and Ericsson ENM, Nokia NetAct, NMS/OSS & Huawei U2020, handling Base Stations of different Vendors (Ericsson, Samsung, Huawei & Nokia)
- RF Optimization Tools: Actix Analyzer, TEMS Investigation, VDT (Virtual Drive Test MR based) and UPM statistics KPIs monitoring
- Automation and Visualization Tools: Python, SQL, C, Tableau, Power BI, Google Data Studio, MS Excel and Power Point
- Strong background and familiarity with D-RAN, V-RAN, C-RAN and O-RAN 4G/Volte /5G (SA/NSA C-band/mmWave) 3GPP standards /L2/L3 Analysis, Samsung RAN equipment eNB/gNB
- Excellent Presentation, Automation and communications skills
- Project Risk Assessment (Course Duration: 6 months)
- Customer Relationship Management (CRM)
References
Could be furnished upon request.
Languages
Urdu
Native or Bilingual
English
Full Professional
Hindi
Full Professional
Arabic
Professional Working
Spanish
Limited Working
Certification
5G Network Optimization
Timeline
RF Design and Optimization Sr Engineer
HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES
07.2018 - 04.2023
RF Design and Optimization Sr Engineer
HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES
05.2015 - 06.2018
LTE RF Optimization Engineer
Alcatel-Lucent Mobily MNS Project
09.2013 - 01.2015
LTE RF Optimization Engineer
Nokia STC MNS Project
03.2012 - 03.2013
LTE RF Optimization Engineer
Ericsson Optimization Project
09.2011 - 03.2012
3G RF Engineer
HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES
10.2009 - 09.2011
RF Design Senior Engineer
Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech) -
Pakistan
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