USMAN AWAN

usman_ahmad_manwa@yahoo.com Cell #: +923008369252 OBJECTIVE To seek an environment in which I can express my knowledge and develop my professional skills to the Best of my capabilities. SUMMARY A dedicated, hardworking and enthusiastic engineer with more than 3 years experience in the field of GSM/UMTS/HSPA planning and optimization. Good experience in designing and optimizing MACRO/MICRO/IBS sites. On hand multi vendor experience (NSN, Ericsson, Huawei, Alcatel). Actively participated in enabling DC-HSPA for du-telecom which helped the operator to attain 21Mpbs on the DL. WORK EXPERIENCE 1. NEXUS TELECOM/WITECH TECHNOLOGIES LLC (DUBAI, UAE) RF OPTIMIZATION/DRIVE TEST ENGINEER (AUG 2010- JUNE 2011) Working on Huawei Project (Northern Emirates Region) for Operator DU-Telecom (UAE) fulfilling following responsibilities:
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Conducting Drive Test of New Integrating 2G/3G/HSPA+ Sites using TEMS. Conducting Drive Test for Site on Air Approval using TEMS. Conducting Walk Test of IBS DAS using NEMO. Troubleshooting of newly integrated/post integrated sites which includes: Verifying Cell parameters/data. Verifying Inter/Intra Cell, Inter System reselection. Verifying Inter/Intra Cell, Inter BSC Inter System/Frequency Handover. Verifying CS call setup/success. Verifying PS call setup/success. Verifying Data throughputs of GPRS/EGDGE/R99/HSDPA/HSUPA/HSPA+ Coordinating with NOC/OMC and BACK END Office for resolving issues like low data throughputs, call setup failure, poor coverage/quality etc Strong troubleshooting capability of interference, coverage and handover such as Pilot Pollution (identification of overshooting pilots, azimuth and tilt optimization), poor/no/over coverage, missing neighbors, Soft/Hard/Intra- and inter frequency handover Adjustment of Tilts/Azimuth for optimum site coverage. Proficient in troubleshooting HSPA packet drops and application layer session throughput to improve packet performance.

Solid knowledge of CS/PS call flow, Layer 3 messaging, RRC functions and procedures, protocol states, Intra frequency measurements and Inter RAT measurements. 6. Preparing Drive Test/Site on Air Reports in Mapinfo/Actix Analyzer. 7. Preparing IBS Walk Test/Site on Air Reports in Nemo Outdoor/Nemo Analyzer.
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AVS TECHNOLOGIES/MANTA WIRELESS SYSTEMS LLC (DUBAI, UAE) IBS PLANNING/OPTIMIZATION ENGINEER (SEP 2007- May2010) Worked on du-Telecom UAE project fulfilling following responsibilities: To prepare the passive/active in-building RF design for buildings comprising of high rise towers, shopping malls, airport and governmental buildings in UAE. This includes: Site survey Marking the antenna location on the floor plan Preparing the schematics (AutoCAD/IBwave) and 2G/3G Power budget. Selection of active equipment depending upon the power, capacity requirements and cost of the project. Proper sectorization for good 2G/3G Handover keeping in view the antenna power and capacity requirements. Final design documentation. 2. Involved in IBS (In-Building Solutions) planning of major sites in Dubai and Abu Dhabi like Burj Al Arab, Jumeirah Beach Hotel and Abu Dhabi Airport etc. 3. Involved in Repeater solutions planning of commercial and residential buildings. 4. Preparing final Bill of Quantities (BOQs) and Purchase Orders (PO) based on the design. 5. Estimating the cost of future potential projects. 6. Experience in working with Nokia/Huawei/Ericsson 2G/3G BTS equipment. 7. Experience/comprehensive knowledge of Active/Passive products like LGC Wireless, AVS technologies wideband equipment, Boosters and Repeater solutions. 8. Performing Continuous Wave (CW) Test in order to validate and verify the planned antenna positions. 9. Conducting Indoor Signal verification and WalkTest using Nemo Handy. 10. Post processing of Logfiles using Actix Analyzer, Nemo Outdoor/Indoor and Nemo Analyzer for the preparation of Site On-Air report. 11. Optimization of new IBS sites for site acceptance which involves: Site Integration. Parameter Check
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Antenna type change Passive component change Antenna O/P adjustment VSWR verification Reduction of the Noise Floor affecting the CSSR(Call Setup Success Rate) by further sectorization/proper tuning of the active equipment. 12. Neighbor definition and planning. 13. Handling the parameter definitions for 2G/3G IBS Datafill. 14. Attending to Customers complaints and troubleshooting existing On-Air networks. 15. Comprehensive knowledge and experience of emerging new telecommunication products. 16. Meeting with the customer to collect input on the preparation of designs. 17. Also supervised technical site surveys and IBS designs for sites of operators in: Turkey Ukraine Qatar Egypt Kazakhstan Azerbaijan
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MOTOROLA (ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN) INTERNSHIP IN THE RF OPTIMIZATION (JULY 2006-SEP 2006) 1. Basic drive testing using TEMS investigation tool for coverage verification. 2. Neighbor planning for troubleshooting of call drops. 3. Proposal for Neighbor addition/deletions after reviewing the drive test logs. 4. C/I (Interference Ratio) monitoring during the drive test and identifying the frequency clashes. 5. Verifying the antenna azimuths for newly integrated sites.

SOFTWARE & TEST EQUIPMENT USED

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MapInfo Professional. Ericsson TEMS Investigation Tool. NEMO Analyzer. NEMO Outdoor/Indoor. Nokia NetAct Planner. Actix Post Processing Tool. NEMO Handy. Ericsson TEMS DriveTest Kit.

Ericsson TEMS Test Transmitter for IBS. 10. PCTEL Scanner for CW Test. 11. iBwave Planning Tool.
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OTHER COMPUTER SOFTWARES. DESIGN/SIMULATION ENGINEERING LANGUAGES PSPICE, MICROSOFT OFFICE, MICROSOFT VISIO, MICROSOFT PROJECT, ADOBE PHOTOSHOP. PCB DESIGN, XILINX ISE 8.1, AUTOCAD,
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C++ & C, ASSEMBLY LANGUAGE, V ERILOG /VERILOG HDL.

EDUCATION BE (ELECTRICAL ENGG) (2003-2007 ) FSC (PRE-ENGINEERING) (2003) O LEVELS (2001) NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, PAKISTAN (CGPA OF 3.43/4.00) F.G. SIR SYED COLLEGE RAWALPINDI, PAKISTAN. (909/1100 MARKS) SAINT MARYS ACADEMY LALAZAR, RAWALPINDI, PAKISTAN. (CERITIFIED BY CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY, UK) (5 As,2 Bs,1 C)