PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Nokia Siemens Networks, Iran: RF Engineer, NPI and rollout project, Ericsson Equipment (Jan 2011 - Present)

Ericsson Bangladesh: Radio Network Optimization Engineer (March, 2010 – Dec, 2010)

Ericsson Vietnam: RF Engineer, Regional Team Lead and National Optimization Support (Aug, 2009 – March, 2010)

Ericsson Bangladesh: Radio Network Optimization Engineer (May 2007 - Aug, 2009)

CAREER ACHIVEMENTS

Best Performer of the Quarter, Nokia Siemens Networks, 2011 Employee of the Month of ERICSSON BANGLADESH in April, 2008. Leading team member of the Team of the Quarter in N&TC (EBL) for Q1, 2008. Rewarded 2nd prize in IEEE Paper Contest (BUET Branch), 2007.

CAREER SUMMARY

Radio Opti. Engr., Multi-vendor NPI project, Nokia Siemens Networks (NSN), Iran (MCCI Project)

Radio Optimization Engr. As BSC Owner, Managed Capacity, Ericsson Bangladesh (Airtel project)

Radio Optimization Engr. As BSC Owner, NPI project, Ericsson Bangladesh (Axiata/Robi project)

Optimization Regional Team Lead, Manage Services, Ericsson Vietnam (Vietnam Mobile)

Optimization National Support, Manage Services, Ericsson Vietnam (Vietnam Mobile)

Radio Optimization Engr. As BSC Owner, Managed Operation, Ericsson Bangladesh (Warid

Telecom)

KPI Validation: Manage Services for Airtel takeover Warid

IRC feature trial for Warid Bangladesh

Fractional Load Planning for Warid-Airtel Bangladesh

EDGE implementation in Warid

Dynamic Power Control Trial for ROBI project

AMR and DHA/DYMA Trial for Warid Project

Designer of POT (Performance & Optimization Tool) and DOT (Design & Optimization Tool), online

tools for graphical representation of statistical analysis and automated reports to assist optimization,

currently being used in Ericsson Bangladesh and Ericsson Vietnam

Consultant Profile: Abdullah FahimNationality: BangladeshContact No: Current: +989398828359 (Iran), Home:+8801727110187Email: abdullah.fahim@live.com

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

Strong base in 2G Optimization with more than 5 years experience in Network Performance

Improvement (NPI) and Manage Services projects.

Parameter expertise and working knowledge up to G10B.

Working experience with RBS 2000 and RBS 6000 series.

Strong practical understanding on Ericsson basic and advance features (Antenna hopping,

Enhanced AMR/HOSR, Multiband Cells, HCS, Dynamic BTS & MS Power control, AMR, ACLC,

IRC, CLS, DHA, DYMA, SCLD etc.).

Basic RF Planning and Initial Tuning

Recommendation and execution of change requests to maintain KPIs based on Network’s

Accessibility, Retain ability, Service Integrity.

Multi Band Cell Design, tuning and optimization.

Neighbour list optimization and daily consistency check and dominancy check.

Good practical knowledge about FLP network.

Good expertise on Alarm Handling and commands for parameter observation and change.

Drive Test Investigation, Root cause analysis, Layer 2 and Layer 3 message decoding

Cluster acceptance drive test analysis and report generation

Very good knowledge about Measurement statistics both GSM and GPRS (Object type and

counters). Practical knowledge in Business Object – designing universes and templates including

free-hand SQL templates.

Designing RF tools and macros with different language (e.g. PHP, Visual Basic, VBA etc.).

TOOLS EXPERTISE

TEMS: TEMS Investigation, TEMS Route Analysis

OSS: CNA, Citrix, MRR, NCS, FAS, CTR, MTR, R-PMO

Ericsson in-house Tools: Winfiol, MCOM, Exert, Static

Third Party Tools: MapInfo Professional, Actix, ATOL, Business Object, Asset

Design Software, Programming Language, Database Administration

o MATLAB, Verilog HDL, ORCAD

o PHP, HTML, JavaScript, Ajax, Visual Basic

o SQL, MS Access

o Excel (with VBA Macro), PowerPoint, Flash

DETAIL PROJECT RESPONSIBILITIES

Multi-Vendor NPI, Nokia Siemens Net. (NSN) Iran (MCCI, Iran) – Jan 2011 to present- Engineer for NPI on Ericsson Equipment to meet specific targets in multiband network- Responsible of several BSC performance, tuning, optimization and improvement- Improvement of OSS KPI and coverage- RBS 6000 swap- High gain antenna swap- Handle customer complaints- Ensure Zero drops in Tehran highways- Capacity management to meet specific Congestion level and Half Rate penetration- Analyze Drive Test logs to troubleshoot problems- Physical optimization of the existing sites to improve coverage and quality- Make nominal plan for new sites to improve coverage- Evaluate SAR,TSSR, prepare datasheet (CDD) for new sites- Initial tuning of the new sites

D&P Team, Ericsson Bangladesh (Airtel project) – Sep 2010 to Dec 2010- Full performance and optimization responsible for Dhaka City (Capital)- Frequency plan and spectrum analysis to introduce EGSM- Convert single band to multiband- Check the possibility of interference with existing CDMA band- Overshooting analysis- Parameter tuning for performance improvement

NPI project, Ericsson Bangladesh (Axiata/Robi project) – Mar, 2010 to Aug, 2010- Improve the performance of clusters of cells in the network.- Selected KPIs in key areas like Accessibility, Retainability and Integrity for voice services,

are to be improved to a target value- Monitor and improve selected PS KPIs.- Change parameters to achieve the target.- Design validation with the help of Design team, suggest change base on cell performance.- All the KPIs should be met both in BSC and Cell level.

Manage Services, Ericsson Vietnam (Vietnam Mobile) – Aug, 09 to Mar, 2010

Team Lead – North Regional Team (added responsibility Feb, 2010 to March, 2010)- Leading North regional optimization team consisting 11 team members- Taking whole responsibility of KPI improvement of the North Region

Optimization National Support- Special support to Optimization Director for all special issues.- Responsible for preparing different customer presentation report including weekly and

monthly customer KPI presentation.- Answer customer query on any optimization issue.- Validating KPI formula, working out special cases when needed.- Support 2 regional teams for achieving target KPI.- Train the local team about detail Ericsson Radio Parameters.- Train the team on RNO Tools (MRR, FAS, NCS etc).- Support for Business Object (6.5), preparing object types.- Point of contact for optimization team with other departments (OSS, CORE, Transmission,

MS, NOC).- TCH Drop and Handover Success rate Optimization

Managed Operation, Ericsson Bangladesh (Warid Telecom) – May, 07 to Aug, 09

BSC Responsible- Responsible for Radio Optimization for one Ericsson BSC.- Initial tuning, single site check, cluster acceptance- Monitor Daily KPI & responsible for maintaining the target value.- Recommend and execute parameter modification for KPI improvement.- Use RNO Tools (MRR, NCS, and FAS), PMR (MTR, CTR, and CER) & R-PMO for

optimization purpose.- Special support to Business Object (5.1)- Analyzed and troubleshoot worst performing cell.- Trail & enable different Ericsson Radio Features.- Prepare different customer reports for the owned BSC.- Neighbour Analysis, Log file analysis, Single Site Report check, CDD Parameter Audit.

KPI Validation: Manage Services for Airtel takeover Warid KPI formula validation on the Radio part on recent takeover of of Warid BD by Airtel (Bharti, India). Support on preparing Business Object reports and data validation.

IRC feature trial for Warid Bangladesh BSIC and TSC plan for IRC implementation Pre and post analysis to see the effect on uplink quality Final customer presentation to show the impact

Fractional Load Planning for Warid-Airtel Bangladesh Frequency, BSIC, TSC, MAIO planning. STS counter definition, KPI formula verification. Consistency check and overshooting analysis with dominancy check Feature optimization

EDGE implementation in Warid Statistical analysis regarding throughput, latency and data volume. Analyzing the network priority decision parameters and setting the optimized value for FPDCH,

ODPDCH and SPDCH to save the GSL devices in the RPP of PCU. Feature tuning for channel administration, EGPRS power control, link quality control and QOS etc. Pre and post analysis

Dynamic Power Control Trial for Warid project Dynamic BTS/MS Power Control Activation. Frequency Hopping Implementation.

AMR and DHA/DYMA Trial for Warid Project Data Collection and Analysis for TRA Pool Utilization and Congestion Initial Licensing Strategy for AHR suggestion Tuning Traffic and Radio Network Features to achieve optimized performance. TRC Re-dimensioning. Analyzing different test cases (AFR/AHR with 2 ACS and Max. Capacity, Max. Quality etc.) to

identify AMR Performance.

SPECIAL PROJECT

Web based Design & Optimization Analysis Tool

- In use in Ericsson Bangladesh and Ericsson Vietnam by around 100 engineers.- Declared Employee of the Month in Ericsson Bangladesh for developing this tool.- The estimated price value of the tool was set of 250,000 USD by the Ericsson management.- A web based Optimization Tool, built with PHP with MYSQL as database engine.- Data available on different Nodes (Cell, BSC, Province, Network) with different resolutions

(hourly, daily, BH, weekly)- Historical data preservation for many KPI and counters, the option for adding more

counters/KPI anytime.- Readily available customizable graphical representation of network performance.- Export provisions for both data and graphical plots.- Different automatic analysis reports (Handover reports, Worse cell reports etc) assisting

optimization process.- Different high level automated reports.

PROFESSIONAL TRAININGS

Technical Trainings- GSM System Survey by Ericsson Malaysia- GSM Radio Network Features by Ericsson Malaysia- GSM Cell Planning Principle 1 by Ericsson Malaysia- GPRS System survey by Ericsson Malaysia- GSM OSS-RC Radio Network Optimization by Ericsson Malaysia

Soft-skill Trainings- Effective Communication Skill by British Council- Presentation Skill by British Council- Effective Negotiation Skill by British Council- Creative Problem Solving & Decision Making by Communication Consulting

EDUCATION B.Sc. (Electrical & Electronic Engg): Bangladesh Uni. of Engineering & Technology (BUET)

- Acquired 6th position with honors (among 135 students) , CGPA 3.90 on a Scale of 4.00

Higher Secondary Certificate Examination of 2001, Science Group, 84.6% Marks Secondary School Certificate Examination of 1999, Science Group, 89.7% Marks

LANGUAGES SKILLS

English: Very Strongo IELTS (2012): Band 8 (S: 8.5, L: 8.5, R: 8.5, W: 7), TOEFL (2010) IBT: 104/120

Bangla: Native.

REFERENCES

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