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Mowafak AlKawass Email: mof.kawass@gmail.com Contact Number: 963-988128379/ 961-71303957

International experience in radio networks (Eastern Europe & Middle East) Team leading experience in radio design and optimization Experience in leading the radio activities in rollout and managed service projects Eight years of experience in radio design, optimization and operation LTE, 3G and 2G Ericsson and Huawei equipment experience Experience with operators, vendors, suppliers and service companies The only radio engineer who received the Chairman Award for 3G project 2009 in Syriatel Professional training experience for radio staff Recruiting experience for technical positions Chosen to represent the technical support in many marketing events with Syriatel and other exhibitions Project management experience

W ORK E XPERIENCE
3G Design and Optimization Consultant Touch , Lebanon Radio Access Network Design and Optimization (3G) WCDMA Three Carrier Network Design and Optimization Network performance improvement KPI Analysis Feature study and activation Network Capacity Studies Network Dimensioning Trace Analysis PCHR analysis Drive test analysis Jul 2011Sep 2012 Nov 2012Present

3G Design and Optimization Consultant Huawei- Touch , Lebanon

RNO/RNP team leader, lead the RNO/RNP team to improve network performance and reach the target KPIs (3G Network delivery project) Network performance manager (Managed Service Project) Work on the trial LTE network in Lebanon Network expansion study based on traffic model (UL CE, DL Power, Signaling capability of the sites, RNC boards based on BHCA) Parameter optimization Feature activation Single site acceptance 1

Cluster acceptance Initial tuning Cluster Optimization Resource planning Presales support Nov 2010- April 2011

3G Optimization Consultant Optimi-Mobily, Saudi Arabia

Responsible of running an automatic optimization through all Mobily 3G network using xParameter, xACP Analysing the 3G KPIs on network level to identify the lowest performing RNCs Working with the major 3 vendors (Huawei, Ericsson and NSN) Collecting performance and configuration data and propose new configuration This is a network level optimization project Remote support for Optimi 3G project in Thailand. Apr 2010-Oct 2010

3G Design and Optimization Consultant Turkcell-Huawei , Turkey Responsible of Two regions and manage all the 3G RAN technical issues related Leading the local teams of both regions in 3G issues More than 900 cells Provide reports of the network performance (Drivetest and Statistics) Provide recommendations to improve the KPIs 3G 2G inter relation reports and optimization Transfer knowledge to local consultants Work on a trial LTE network in Turkcell network (30 sites) Responsible of more than 900 3G sites

Radio Engineer Syriatel Telecom, Syria

Apr 2007-Apr 2010

3G/2G Radio Engineer (3G/WCDMA Planning & Optimization), key member in the team responsible for building the Radio 3G Network, tune it initially and optimize it, for both Huawei and Ericsson equipments. (Green field experience) Coverage plan using Asset3G and Xwizard Design nominal plan for the network, perform site surveys & drive tests and analyze them using Actix and Genex Assistant RF optimization (Also using xACP) New site verification test when needed (SSV test) Improve network KPI by parameter and RF changes and by using xACP tool Initial tuning for 3G network. Drive test with scanner, HSDPA cards, R99 UEs, Video and voice terminals (Tems investigation 10 or Genex Probe). Short call and long call (Call Setup Success Rate CSSR, Drop call rate). Analyzing drive test with TEMS Route or GENEX Assistant Responsible for two cities each use different vendor (Huawei and Ericsson). 2

Responsible of about 500 NodeB Perform swap projects Perform upgrade projects Signaling analysis IRAT Handover Optimization Developing network performance KPIs using Business Object for Ericsson equipment and iM2000 for Huawei equipment (HSDPA Drop call rate, R99 Drop call rate, CS Drop call rate, Accessibility rate, HSDPA RAB success rate, R99 RAB success rate, CS RAB success rate, RRC success rate, IUB congestion, HSDPA usage on IUB interface, R99 usage on IUB interface, Drop call reasons, Access failure reasons,.) Work on a network level project to improve the RF design on 3G network using xACP (Ericsson-Optimi tool) HSDPA utilization analysis HSDPA activity factor analysis and optimization HSDPA trace analysis Strong experience in Cell performance (RRC connection, HSDPA RAB connection, R99 RAB connection, CS RAB connection, IntraFrequency Handover, Interfrequency Handover, InterRat Handover, Soft/Softer Handover, HSDPA Cell Change) Strong experience in NodeB performance (Baseband resources(HSDPA and R99), IUB Traffic, HSDPA allocation, Channel Element resources) Number of HSDPA users supported for each NodeB. HSDPA required E1s for many scenarios (1 E1, 2 E1s, 6 E1s). HSDPA IUB configuration Analyze 3G alarms HSDPA professional training for local staff. Generate reports about the network performance, and build WCDMA KPIs for Ericsson and Huawei for HSDPA, R99 (UMTS), video call and voice call services with Business Object. Experience with Ericsson RNC/Cell performance measurements. o Traffic counters o Availability counters o RRC Success counters o RAB Success counters o Drop call counter Experience with RBS performance measurements. o Average user rate o CQI o Out of synch o SIR o RSSI o Propagation delay o UL synch Experience with Ericsson RNC and RBS. Working with P4, P6 Experience with Huawei BSC6800, BSC6810, BSC 6900, BTS3812E and BTS3900 Very good user of Huawei 3G LMT and iM2000 (OSS System) for BSC6900, BSC6800, BSC6810, BTS3812E and BTS3900 analyzing Cell Trace, CDT traces, IOS traces, BER traces, UU traces, IUB traces and IU traces. Create new 3G sites on iM2000. Swap sites on iM2000 and LMT. 3

I also work with UETR, CTR for Ericsson. Worked with GSM technology as planning engineer, performing site surveys, drive tests, RF optimization, building KPIs, generating reports, analyze drive test and KPIs and change parameters to guarantee performance. GSM optimization. o Monitoring performance measurements counters o Building KPIs from row counters (Business Object) o Analyzing drive tests o Monitoring network performance on radio commander (Siemens OSS system) o Monitoring alarms on radio commander (Siemens OSS system) o Optimizing parameter values on radio commander (Siemens OSS system) o Create new sites/cells o Swap sites Country border optimization (Syria-Jordan) (Syria-Lebanon) I participated in the network level audit project in the radio part, the project was held by an audit company called Optimi Relationship with vendors; Ericsson, Huawei Dealing with international experts on several projects Give professional 3G training for new employees and for GSM radio team. Perform technical interviews with candidates for GSM and 3G radio positions. Chosen to participate in HR programs to hire top graduates from universities for technical positions. Participating in marketing events for selling GSM lines, 3G modems and promote for services in camps and universities. Feb 2005-Mar 2007

Radio Engineer Syrian Mobile Systems, Subcontractor Company of Syriatel, Syria BSS Support Engineer for both Huawei and Siemens equipments 2G\3G. Radio Engineer

2004 and 2005: Participated in Cham exhibition for technologies with both project of 4th year and graduation project.

2006 and 2007: Participated in ICCTA in Syria (International Conference on Information & Communication Technologies) sponsored by IEEE and NOSTIA.

2008 and 2009: Participated in many sales and marketing events for several campaigns with Syriatel.

E DUC ATIO N
BSc. in Telecommunication Engineering Damascus University, Syria 2005

C OURSES & T R AI NINGS

WCDMA Radio Network Design (LZU 108 5173 R6A) by Ericsson WCDMA Air Interface (LZU 108 5306 R6B) by Ericsson WCDMA Radio Network Functionality (LZU 108 5686) by Ericsson WCDMA Radio Network Optimization (LZU 108 6489 R2A) by Ericsson GSM Radio Network Statistics (LZU 108 5403 R1) GSM Radio Network Tuning (LZU 108 3298 R4) GSM Advanced System Technique (LZU 123 3333 R4A) GSM Advanced Radio Network Planning (LZU 123 5333 R1A) GSM Radio Network Principles GSM System Survey GSM RNO & RNP Network Expert by Huawei ASSET3G (WCDMA Planning Tool by Aircom) X-Wizard (GSM & WCDMA Planning Tool by Ericsson-Optimi) xACP (GSM & WCDMA Automatic Optimization Tool by Ericsson-Optimi) TCPU Business Object MapInfo Tems Investigation 14 Actix Genex Probe 2.2 (3G Drive test tool by Huawei) Genex Assistant (3G Post processing tool by Huawei) CCNA Certificate of Attendance by New Horizon RedHat Linux Administration Certificate of Attendance by New Horizon Microsoft Office full course

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