Muhammad Ahsan Khan

Professional Resume Muhammad Ahsan Khan 14-E, Askari 1 Apartments, Sarfraz Rafique Road, Cantt, Lahore, Pakistan. Cell:-,- Email:-____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Objective: To make use of my Professional acumen in the field of telecommunications in job areas of Presales, RF- Planning/Optimization, Business Development, and Management in a multicultural environment in order to nurture individual growth and add value and success to a leading, going-concern and growing organization. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Specialties: • Project Management • RF-Planning & Optimization (RAN) • Pre Sales (Radio) • Transmission Planning & Optimization ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Work Experience: NERA Telecommunications Pakistan Private Limited (February 09, 2015-To date) Project Engineer: As Project Engineer I take care of Transmission implementation project keeping in view the time schedule agreed with the customer. Responsibilities: • Operational Activities I take care of Transmission Network Service Level Agreements keeping in view to avoid the outages throughout the country. • To manage Transmission Implementation activities all over Pakistan in accordance to time lines, procedures and quality. • Provide Pre-Sales support, for the Rollout services, to sales organization. • Preparation of the implementation and acceptance plan and finalized it with the customer. • Lead the internal and customer meetings. • Provide technical support to the field engineers in case there are some issues that cannot be resolved by them. • Keep track of the progress report against the agreed plan. • Deal with Sub contractor teams and to ensure that timelines are being followed strictly. • Plan the installation and commissioning of Multiplexers and Micro Wave Equipment keeping in view the realistic and committed Timelines. • Verification and checking accrued cost of sales within the Transmission function. • Verification and checking of expenses within the Transmission function. • Verification and checking of Monthly time reports of Transmission staff. • Building trust amongst the team members to support each other and complete the targets in time. • To conduct Individual Performance Management for each resource. • Looked after the project from pre delivery phase till the Invoicing of the services. • Implemented processes to get the services paid in minimum possible time. • Lessons learned activity at the end of the project. Ericsson Pakistan Private Limited (December 09, 2013-December 16, 2013) DT Manager: Responsible for delivery of sites on Cluster Levels with strict timelines of two Regions i.e.: Central II (Faisalabad Zone) and Central III (Multan Zone) Mobilink Swap Project. Handling 25 Teams for RF Drive Testing and Site Auditing for Smooth Delivery Pre/Post Swap DT’s, Health Checks and Customers Complaints in respect to meet the Cut-Over’s and Project Timelines. Nokia Siemens Networks Pakistan Private Limited (November, 2003-February, 2012) Radio Solution Architect Centre of Competence Pakistan, MEA Region Responsibilities: • Preparation of Complete Detailed RF Design • Plans for new and existing networks throughout MEA Region • This involves dealing with all RF aspects related to Coverage Enhancement • Coverage Expansion • Capacity Expansion • Swap Projects Projects participated as Radio Solution Architect: • • • • • EMTS Nigeria MTC Iraq Canar Tel Sudan Mena Tel Bahrain Saudi Tel Bahrain 11th July 2016 Professional Resume Telenor Swap Project: (March 2010 - March 2011): In parallel to my major role as Solution Architect, I was assigned to Telenor swap to work in Lahore region as Planning and Optimization engineer. Responsibilities: • • • • • • Maintenance of KPls for the assigned Nokia/Siemens Region and parameter changes audit. Involved in generation of major area KPI plan as well as carrying out the routine and issue based drive test of major and remote cities using TEMS Investigation and troubleshooting problems encountered. Analyzing integration reports of new sites based on Drive Test and neighbor analysis. City level redesigning (tilts azimuth and parameter changes) in order to improve the KPIs and Traffic sharing between the neighboring sites without affecting coverage/traffic. Being a BSC Responsible I am responsible for maintaining and improving DCR, CSSR, HSR, MPD, TCH Blocking. Neighbor optimization, Frequency Plan audit, Redesigns and soft Parameter trails to achieve the target based KPIs. Responsible for Frequency plans of newly integrated sites. Frequency audit, BSIC audit, MA List Audit of new sites in order to integrate them into the network. Roshan Swap Project- Afghanistan (June 2009 - August 2009): Responsibilities: • • • Responsible for all RF Planning and Optimization related issues. Partial/Final Acceptance of three major cities i.e. Kabul, Herat and Kandahar. Handling and resolving day to day issues faced by field teams. Telenor Flexi Edge BTS Trial Project (October, 2009 - November 2009): Before the final go ahead from Telenor management for the installation and deployment of NSN new product ‘Flexi Edge BTS’ in their network, they demanded a trial for this equipment in their highly dense populated area in Lahore city to see the results closely. For this, without having the experience and knowledge of the hardware as this was the first time introduction in Pakistan, NSN started a trial of two sites. I was responsible for the acceptance from RF department involving: • • • Monitoring Drive Tests. Drive Test results Acceptance. KPIs acceptance by improving DCR, CSSR, HOSR, MPD, TCH Blocking. The trial was a successful, leading a huge swap project win by NSN. Telenor Project (April, 2007 – February, 2012): Right after Siemens/Nokia merger, I was transferred Lahore to work with TP Lahore region. My major job responsibilities: • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • RF Cell Planning and Designing for Optimal performance of GSM cell sites with emphasis on appropriate Antenna Type, Antenna Beam Width, Azimuths, Tilts etc to comprehensively increase Capacity and Coverage of new and on air networks using ASSET 4.x and 5.1. RF Optimization of Network, through extensive Drive Tests using TEMS Investigation 4.x and 5.1. Planning of new cell sites keeping in view the Traffic Distribution, Network Health Reports and Signal Strength. Identification of Hot Spots for adding new sites based on Coverage and Capacity Solutions. Post Processing of Log Files using TEMS and Map Info for analyzing RX Qual, RX LEV, SQI etc. Optimizing the Network by altering various BSS Parameters such as Hand over Margins, Hopping Sequence Numbers, and Hand over Voting parameters etc. Spectrum Analysis to determine External ARFCN interference. Analysis of Stats to determine Problematic Areas in a compiled Traffic Report from the OMC. Preparation and maintenance of Databases for new and old cell sites. Frequency Planning of BTS Cell Sites for Single and Dual Band Sites, circumstances involving Individual and Common BCCH. Planning of various Parameters such as MAIO, MA List, HSN, Neighbor Planning, BSIC Planning etc to assist Frequency Planning and Frequency Reuse Patterns. Study and Analysis of subscriber mobility to avoid Periodic Location Updates and Hand over attempts. Comprehensive Feasibility Surveys of areas to calculate the number and types of BTS Cell Sites required. Increasing network performance by analyzing Coverage Maps, C/I, C/A, Best Server Plots etc. Preparing Nominal Plans and updating them according to requirements. Feasibility of Nominal Plans. Assessment of Coordinates provided by Sub-Contractor. Performing TSS (Technical Site Surveys) to physically evaluate the Site. Preparation and Revisions of TSS Reports as per requirement. Coordination between different departments to solve problematic sites. Study and Correction of Maps. Site Verification after implementation to check physical Antenna Parameters. Drive Test of a site to check site performance. Initial Tuning (Pre optimization) to remove basic faults and flaws. Analysis of daily generated STATS to point out and rectify network issues. Documentation of all Related Data. Attending various Customer Meetings for solving major conflicts and problems to improve network performance. Maintenance, Coordination and Up Gradation of Data Base. I have also been giving Training Courses, Presentations and Lectures to colleagues on various topics such as TEMS, Map Info, Neighbor planning, Frequency Planning, Site Surveys etc. Cluster Drives for final cluster acceptance. Various Optimization Activities to improve network performance. Indoor Site Planning, Optimization and acceptance of Lahore City. U-Fone Project: (December, 2003 - April, 2007): Initially I was associated with U-Fone Project Expansion Phase-3. The project involved Planning and Optimization of BTS Cell Sites in Punjab, Baluchistan and Sindh region all over Pakistan. 11th July 2016 Professional Resume Responsibilities: • • • • • • • • • • • Producing nominal cell plans which meet the required coverage, capacity and quality requirements. Performing technical site surveys to decide antenna specifications (i.e. type, tilt and orientation) as well as position, height and equipment configuration. Frequency planning of GSM 900 and DCS 1800. Database creation and initial parameter settings along with neighbor definitions. Drive testing and post processing (extensively) using TEMS investigation 6.1, 5.1, 5.0 and 4.1. Perform site integration and resolve conflicts of GSM 900 and DCS 1800 sites. Evaluation and analysis for requirement of network expansions. Analyzing the need and planning of micro solutions in airports, malls, factories etc. Pioneering the implementation of first SIEMENS network (in Pakistan) to be using the common BCCH parameter on Dual Band sites. Using the planning tool TornadoN-Enterprise (Asset) for the planning of new sites along with performing coverage and interference predictions. Using MapInfo for evaluation of candidates, making thematic maps, creating tables etc. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Training Courses and Tools Experience: • GSM over View and Fundamentals. • Map Info 7.x, 7.5(SCP). • G-Info. • ASSET Planning 4.2&5.1(AIRCOM). • ILSA Frequency Planning Tool (AIRCOM). • TEMS Investigation GSM 4.x, 5.1 and 6.1. • PlaNet. • Spectrum Analyzer. • CAPRI 4.2.0.6 (Database Management). • Radio Network Planning and Optimization (Course No: MN-1790). • SBS BR7.0 System Over View (Course No: MN-1780) • SBS BR7.0 Radio Network Parameters (Course No: MN-1789). • SBS BR7.0 Performance Measurement (Course No: MN-1736). • UTRAN Performance Measurement UMR 5. • UTRAN Radio Parameters UMR 5. • GPRS/EGPRS Radio Planning and Optimization. • SBS BR8.0 Parameters • SBS BR8.0 Delta Features • SBS BR8.0 Performance Measurements (Course No: MN-1736) • SBS BR9.0 Training Parameters/ Performance Measurements (Course No: MN-1709) • SBS BR9.0 Radio Network Parameters for GSM (Course No: MN-1789) • SBS BR9.0 Delta Features • SBS BR9.0 Hard Ware (Course No: MN-1707) • SBS BR9.0 E-/GPRS Radio Network Parameters (Course No: MN-1889) • SSS Traffic Measurement and Analysis with SPOTS (Course No: MN-2534) • 3-G Systra Introduction and Planning. • 3-G Radio Planning Essentials. • 3-G Radio Planning Specialist. • Net Act Radio Planning 4, 5 and 6. • DVB-H Introduction & Planning. • WiMAX Fundamentals. • Flexi EDGE BTS Performance Summary. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Education: • - Bachelor’s in Computer Sciences (Hons). Information Technology Institute, Punjab University. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Traits: • • • • • Dedication towards the profession. Survival in the multinational & multicultural environment. Strong interpersonal communication, patience and a positive attitude. Can work under high pressure. Very much objective oriented. 11th July 2016