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- UTRAN Operation and
maintenance
- UMTS & GPRS Instruction
- WAN & LAN Installation and
commissioning
- Voice, Data and Fibre
networking
- Design and Engineering
- Network Engineering
- Knowledge of data
communications including, signals and systems and
introduction to X.25
- Knowledge of HF, VHF, UHF and
SHF mobile and static radio communications
As a
Nokia RAN Engineer I have been involved with several
projects to date.
Paris/Lyon, France
[snip]
France with [snip] as the customer I was involved with
integration of the UMTS network from October 2003 –
February 2005. The first phase involved monitoring of
the network and fault rectification plus competency
training of customer employees. The second phase saw me
working with the Drive Test team during the
implementation of new ‘WBTS .
Reading, UK
Employed
as a Nokia RAN 1ST Line Engineer for the
[snip] I was responsible for investigating and
rectifying material faults via remote monitoring of the
network. In November 2005 I gained promotion to
Stability Engineer this required me to investigate the
root causes of performance affecting issues, mainly RRC.
Paris,
France
I
returned in January 2006 and was again with [snip] and
[snip]. The role I had was Team/Project Leader for the
QoS of 4 ‘RNC. During this 4 month project we Optimized
these ‘RNC to improve performance by the following
methods;
·
Iub and ATM Reconfiguration
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RNC, AXC and WBTS SW upgrades
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Utilizing KPI monitoring for faults such
as SLEEPING CELLS and then testing or applying the
correct remedies according to the failure reason (WBTS,
AC, TRANS etc.)
My responsibilities
also included producing a daily Cell Availability report
For the customer,
direct requests from Nokia France and co-ordination
of
Problem Reports raised
for Field Engineers. Directly after this project
I
began a dedicated KPI
project by collecting, analyzing and producing power
point presentations
from the following counters;
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RSRAN004
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RSRAN005
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RSRAN006
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RSRAN007
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RSRAN008
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RSRAN009
Reading, UK
On my return to this
project I resumed work as a 2nd Line
Engineer
responsible for
investigating Dropped Calls, RAB CS performance,
scripts, issues
escalated by 1st Line Stability and general
procedures
that contribute to
improving the monitoring and performance of the
network. I commenced
this position at the start of July.
Lyon, France
BSC SW Upgrades for
Nokia with [snip], the responsibility held was
preparation of all
relevant SW and associated network data prior to
the upgrade and then
post upgrade verification. I was involved with
this project from
October to December.
Paris, France
The start of 2007 saw
me return for the SQM Pilot with [snip]on
[snip] network. SQM is
an advanced monitoring tool that can be
integrated into a
customers existing environment and, using the
OSS/NECTACT platforms,
be set-up according to their needs and
requirements. The tool
detects potential service affecting faults
that are not
highlighted by alarm monitors, all problem classes are
represented by way of a
user friendly GUI. I was tasked with
promoting this product
and outlining all benefits to the customer.
Dublin, Republic Of
Ireland
At the end of March I
began A Stability Assurance Project with
[snip], this time
[snip] Ireland being the customer. Here I
was involved with a
competency transfer, network “clean-up”,
checking of all end to
end parameters plus advising on the most
effective and efficient
ways to improve the cell availability.
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During the period August 2002 – October
2003 I was self employed and undertook various contracts
with the following companies installing voice and data
networks;
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Black Box Networks Ltd
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Amisys Plc
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BBC
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IKM Network Communications
Prior
to this I was in the Royal Electrical and Mechanical
Corps, British
Army.
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