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Email: milapchand99@yahoo.co.in milapc@gmail.com ___________________________________________________________ PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE WorldSpace India Pvt Ltd, Bangalore, India March 2006 – Till Date Headquartered in Silver Spring, MD, World Space was found in 1990 to provide direct satellite delivery of digital audio and multimedia services. Manager – RF Network Planning Responsible for Network Planning with terrestrial repeater stations for coverage for mobile radio for all major cities in India, Middle East & South Africa CW Tests and Terrestrial Repeater Network Design for Bahrain and Qatar markets in Middle East and for Jordan market in West Asia. Terrestrial Repeater installation in Bahrain Theoretical Terrestrial Repeater Network Design for 10 Indian cities including Bangalore, New Delhi + NCR, Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkota etc. Responsible for redesigning of the network after CWD test Optimization of the network after the deployment of the same.
Current Assignments at WorldSpace Lead Network Planning Activities in India, Middle East and South Africa: Lead NW planning activities in India for the first 4 metros, 6 cities of next phase and upcoming cities in India. Work on the NW re-designs for all the 7 Emirates in UAE, as well as validation of NW designs in South Africa. Develop a task list of all the activities that are involved under NW planning. Work with the regional Contractor for planning of an optimized and effective NW with good coverage, signal and NW availability. Support in developing an RFP to include NW planning and implementation for India and other regions.
Lead Site Engineering Activities in India, Middle East and South Africa: Responsible for the site engineering activities in the above regions which includes Site survey, RF engineering, Link budgets/Level diagrams, Development of site facility requirements, providing guidelines to contractors on antenna mounting heights & locations, etc.
Support Repeater Installations: Lead Drive Test Activities in India, Middle East and South Africa: Lead for the above regions. The drive tests will consist of satellite and repeater signal measurements and data logging. Work closely with DTU equipment providers and regional WS support personnel to ensure the availability of the latest test equipment (SW and HW). Participate in the initial drive tests in the above regions along with the contractors. Work with the team to process the logged data, analyze various parameters, and present it to all concerned including WS Senior Management. Support any NW Optimization drive tests required during Operation & Maintenance phase
Documentation: Generate NW design and planning documents, drive test reports and presentations of all concerned work. Maintain good documentation control, and follow WorldSpace or qualified processes
Award Solutions (India) Pvt Ltd, Bangalore, India November 2003 to February 2006 A US-based company that specializes in offering training and professional services solutions to wireless operators and equipment manufacturers worldwide Radio Network Consultant Responsible for CDMA and GSM network performance analysis projects, which includes data collection, data parsing, deep dive analysis, suggestions and recommendations, report generation and report submission on various markets. Coordinated and collected required data for the project from the cellular operators and from time to time giving updates on the progress of the project and submission of interim reports, if required. Carried out root cause analysis based on available data and the key issues like system related problems, major configuration errors, low-performing sector carriers etc are identified from network statistics.
§ Executed Comparative Benchmarking project on Network Performance for Tata Tele-Services (CDMA), Hutch, Aircel (GSM) etc for Hyderabad, Ahmadabad, New Delhi, Chennai, Tamil Nadu etc markets in India Summarized results based on coverage related issues, RF Capacity, Forward Link Power, Sectors Per User, Interference, Mean Openion Score (MOS), Interference, Timing Advance (TA), Received Signal Quality, Call Drops, Access Failures etc depending on the technology.
Kavveri Telecom Products Ltd, Bangalore, India August 2001 to October 2003 A 150-employee telecom products manufacturing and projects implementation company engaged in GSM and CDMA micro-cell and repeaters based In-Building Coverage and repeaters based outdoor coverage projects on turnkey basis, which involves RF survey, planning, designing, supply of materials and implementation of the projects. Project Manager Responsible for RF survey, planning, designing and implementation of the In-Building coverage projects for various GSM and CDMA cellular operators all over India. Coordinated with the operators in identifying project sites and RF surveys Managed In-Building and outdoor projects all over India and worked in close association with all the operators in India. Evaluated and approved drawing and design specifications of equipments. Carried out stage wise and final inspection before handing over the site to the operator. Verification of Survey, planning and design reports including Link Budget Calculation. Followed up with operators for the approval of the survey report, issues related to implementation of projects at sites like permission, logistics issues etc. Implemented repeaters based In-Building projects where coverage was the major issue and not the capacity. At coverage and capacity issues based sites and only capacity issues based Buildings the solution is provided using micro-cells. Executed repeaters based outdoor coverage projects using repeaters like Frequency Shifting Repeaters, Channel Selective Repeaters and Band Selective Repeaters. Implemented more than 40 In-Building projects based on repeaters and micro-cells and around 30 Out-door projects based on repeaters for all the GSM and CDMA operators and service providers like Airtel, Vodafone (Hutch), Spice, Reliance, Tata, BSNL, Ericsson (for Airtel Network) in India. Worked extensively on Ericsson TEMS Light, an In-building GSM RF Planning and design Tool.
Subex Cellcomm Ltd, Bangalore & Mumbai, India January 1997 to July 2001 Subex Cellcomm provides complete solution for all GSM coverage related problems. They are the pioneers in providing repeaters and micro-cell based In-Building and Out-door coverage in India. Manager - Technical Responsible for various In-Building and coverage projects involving RF survey, planning, designing and implementation of the In-Building coverage projects for various GSM cellular operators all over India. Implemented various repeaters and micro-cell based In-Building and repeaters based out-door coverage projects for various GSM operators in India including Bharti Cellular (Airtel), Hutch, Birla AT&T (Idea), BPL, Spice Telecom etc. Executed projects in both GSM 900 and 1800 bands.
Methodex Infres Ltd, Bangalore, India October 1994 to December 1996 Executive Provided Customer Support for various office automation products like plan printers, photocopiers, paper shredders, currency and coin counting machines CMR Design Automation Pvt Ltd, Bangalore, India July 1993 to September 1994 Engineer Involved in demonstration, sales and after sales support of various CAD packages like PCB design package from Zuken-Radac and Circuit Simulation package from Susie CAD. EDUCATION Bharathidasan University, Tamil Nadu, India Bachelor of Engineering in Electronics and Tele-Communication - April 1993 LANGUAGES Read, write and speak fluently - English, Hindi (Indian) and Tamil (Indian) REFERENCES Available upon request |