Ahmad Zubair

840-A,Block B, Sabzazar Lahore

Date of Birth 28-02-1990

Phone: +92 (42)-37843309
Mobile:+(92)3028428153
Email: ahmadzubair28@gmail.com

OBJECTIVE_______________________________________________________________________
To work in a telecom industry that provides opportunity for RF engineers to gain experience,
explore their talent and apply their knowledge and skills to solve practical issues.

EDUCATION_____________________________________________________________________
Lahore University of Management Sciences 2009-
2013
Bachelor of Science (Honors)
Major: Electrical Engineering
Relevant Courses: Digital and Analog Communications, Principles of Digital Communications,
Electromagnetic Waves Theory

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES_______________________________________________________

Radio Network Optimization Expert – Ericsson (Huawei Equipment) Jan, 2018 to present
 LTE KPIs monitoring and issues troubleshooting for the assigned clusters.
 HSR improvement for the worst cells involving physical design changes and soft
parameters tuning including PCI retune and cell individual offset.
 LTE throughput improvement project by improving PDCCH aggregation and UL SINR
reduction through soft parameter changes and trials
 Feature trials (mentioned below).
 eNode and cell level parameters standardization and benchmarking
 Customer interaction and regular meetings with the relevant stakeholders to discuss
issues and their resolution.
 Trace analysis for troubleshooting RRC Setup Success rate and ERAB setup Success rate
degradation.
 Regular neighbour audits both using Atoll and manual inspection.
 Customer complaints handling including VIP complaints
 Cluster and VIP routes drive tests analysis and recommendations on monthly basis.
Implementation of recommendations and benchmarking.

Trials and Highlights

 PCI retune for HSR improvement.
 RSI retune for RACH improvement
 PucchPcTargetSinrOffset
 EpfEnhancedSwitch
 PzeronominalPUSCH
 PdcchPowerEnhancedSwitch
 PRACHFalseAlarmDetSwitch
 ANR
  Closed Loop MIMO

Radio Network Optimization – Mobilink (Ericsson & Huawei Equipment) Aug, 2016 to Dec,2017
 LTE/WCDMA/HSPA/HSPA+/2G Optimization
 Daily monitoring of LTE statistics at eNodeB and city level. Maintaining accessibility,
retainability, integrity and mobility KPIs within desired thresholds.
 Finding worst cells and degradations. Taking appropriate actions against each degraded
KPI.
 IRAT cell reselection parameter tuning between 4G, WCDMA and GSM
 CS Fall back troubleshooting. Resolving incorrect TAC/LAC mapping issues.
 RIM feature implementation at radio end to improve CSFB call setup time
 Cell reselection and Intra-Frequency handover parameter settings. Changing the
thresholds in case of indoor priority complaints.
 Periodic parameter audit and discrepancy removals
 Intra Frequency and IRAT neighbours audit.
 Rectification of CPICH power mismatches b/w F1 and F2 carrier cells in 3G network of
entire region. CSSR improvement was benchmarked.
 “CQI Adjust Algorithm Switch of non-Conversational Service” trial to improve downlink
throughput.
 External cells definition audit to remove discrepancies. Benchmarked improvement in
external cell HSR.
 External GSM cell relations definitions audit; IRAT preparation success rate improvement
 Planning drive test for newly integrated sites. Drive test analysis and recommendations to
improve coverage, SINR, pilot pollution and throughput
 Cluster tuning to improve SINR and pilot pollution
 Handling high priority corporate and individual complaints.
 LTE indoor micro-sites optimization
 Handling events where high crowd is expected. Tuning inactivity timer and implementing
necessary parameter changes to balance the load between cells.
 Finding operational issues and eNodeB level and engaging field operations teams to
resolve them.
 Inter team coordination to rectify issues present at various end.
 Presentations on various LTE concepts.
 Knowledge sharing with peers.

Radio Network Planning and Optimization – Warid Telecom (Ericsson ) Feb, 2014 to August, 2016

LTE Optimization (Ericsson)

 PCI planning and RACH planning
 Traffic balancing
 Tilt optimization to improve SINR and throughput
 CS Fall Back feature optimization and troubleshooting.
 LTE neighbour relations audit and rectifications.
 LTE KPIs monitoring.
 IRAT Handover and redirection parameters tuning
 Cluster Tuning
 SSV Acceptance and Approval
 Drive Test Analysis and Recommendation
 LTE Trials (Ericsson)
1. 4 way receive diversity
2. RIM feature to improve Call setup time
3. Uplink Power Control tuning
4. PUCCH over-dimensioning
5. CRS gain for coverage enhancement
6. CFRA implementation to improve HOSR
7. Enhanced PDCCH link Adaptation
8. Downlink frequency selective scheduling
9. PDCCH power boost
10. PDCCHLAGINRMARGIN tuning to improve CCE aggregation

Highlights:
 Studying new optimization features in Ericsson and Huawei. Implementing them on trial basis
to investigate the impact.
 Monitoring accessibility, retainability and integrity KPIs.
 Finding the cells that experience persistent degradation in terms of congestion and drop rate.
Performing changes to relieve congestion and reduce drop rate.
 Parameter tuning and frequency tuning to reduce call drop rate and improve quality and
throughput.
 Taking appropriate measures in case of operational issues in order to maintain optimum
network performance
 Analyzing drive test reports in order to find issues in the network which are not identifiable
through network statistics. Examining the DT report for bad quality patches, neighbor related
problems (missing neighbours, incorrect neighbor definitions), call drag and CSFB issues.
Making appropriate changes ccordingly.
 Viewing alarms and escalating issues to BSS/FM.
 RF Technincal Site surveys (TSS).
 Finding possible sources of external interferences in the network. Carrying out surveys in the
areas suspected and identifying the exact sources. Escalating issues to regulatory authority.
 Resolving customer complaints. Prioritizing the issues and arranging for site visits in order to
check on ground status.
 Planning schedule for quarterly QoS surveys as per PTA’s (regulator) requirement.
Reporting and verification.

LTE TRAININGS___________________________________________________________________
 LTE L14 Protocols and Procedures
 LTE Performance Management and Optimization
 LTE Radio Network Functionality

LAB ENGINEER-Lahore University of Management Sciences Sept, 2013 to Feb, 2014

 Preparations and delivery of lab lectures for Electronics and Circuits Courses.
 Managing and keeping record for the lab inventory.

Internships
 LUMS School of Science and Engineering June-Aug,2012
Worked as an internee in the Electrical Engineering department.
 Tripack Films Limited June-Aug,2011
RESEARCH & PROJECTS_________________________________________________________
 Gunshot Detection and Localisation -Final Year Project : 2012-2013
Embedded device capable of localizing the source of gunshots. Implementation on dSPIC
 Simulated existing routing protocols used in wireless sensor networks. Proposed
modifications. Submitted the research paper in globecom conference.
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PROGRAMING AND IT SKILLS
 C++, Python, R, SQL, Matlab, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Access, Excel Macros.

SOFTWARES AND TOOLS

 TEMS Investigation, TEMS Discovery, Actix, Nemo Outdoor, Nemo Analyze, Eniq web
portal and Desktop Intelligence, Business Objects, iManager M2000, PRS, AMOS, MTR,
MRR, FAS,FOX,NCS, NOX, Atoll.

HONOURS AND AWARDS_______________________________________________________

 Received gold medal in A Levels on achieving straight As (4 As).
 Received gold medal in O Levels on achieving straight As (8 As).

Interests and Hobbies_____________________________________________________ __

 I like playing cricket, football and table tennis.
 Participated in inter/intra school debates competitions.